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Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is opening a new shop at Unit 2 Townsend Road on 14th February at 10am.
The shop will be open 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sunday and will stock a wide variety of good quality pre-loved items including, clothes, accessories, collectables, toys and games and books and media.
Nicola Hague has been pounding the streets of Plymouth in training for this year’s Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 26th April.
Announcing his racing return earlier this month, electric land speed record holder Nick Ponting is teaming up with Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) to launch an exciting initiative.
Families are being invited to get their tickets for the South West’s brightest’ 5k charity fun runs taking place in Bristol, Newquay and Exeter this summer.
Registration for Children’s Hospice South West’s Rainbow Runs is now open, with a 25 per cent discount available for those who sign up early.
More than 3,000 people walked, jogged or ran through a series of coloured paint stations at last year’s event, raising £178,000 for local children with life-limiting conditions and their families.
At the end of 2018, two members of Clevedon-based Triangle Networks visited their local children’s hospice – Charlton Farm in Wraxall - having decided they were going to run a half marathon and raise funds to support the cause. They came away from their visit inspired to do more and pledged to take on, not just one, but 12 half marathons!
Couples are being invited to show some love for Children’s Hospice South West this Valentine’s Day.
Queen Anne’s Café on the Strand in Barnstaple is holding a Valentine’s Dinner and Dance in aid of the charity on Friday, February 14.
Villagers in Upton in Somerset have helped raise nearly £2,000 for Children’s Hospice South West.
Most of the money was raised at October’s annual Marrow Sunday Charity Auction at the Lowtrow Cross Inn. The annual auction, which been running for more than 25 years, took a year off last year but made a welcome return in 2019.
Of the £1,925 total, £500 was raised by local resident Kevin Hancock’s sponsored head shave.
A fundraising group based in Truro are organising a sponsored walk called Harbour to Harbour to raise funds for Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Little Harbour in St Austell.
The walk is happening on Sunday 19th April with three different routes and distances making it something that everyone can get involved in. Routes include 12 miles from Devoran to Portreath, 9 miles from Bissoe to Portreath or 5 miles from Scorrier to Portreath.
Peter Shore from Glastonbury has written a non-fictional account of drama and scandal during World War One. Entitled War Widow and Child, the tragic story of scandal in a normal family has gained critical acclaim.
