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High-flying trampoline parks in Devon and Cornwall have raised more than £1,000 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

iBounce in Exeter and Bodmin sold special wristbands to customers throughout 2019, raising £1,134 for the charity, which provides respite breaks for more than 500 children with life-limiting conditions.

Money raised will enable families to make precious memories together at the charity’s three South West hospices in Barnstaple, St Austell and Bristol.

Ben Cheriton, managing director of iBounce, said: “CHSW has been our chosen charity to support for the last two years and

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is opening a new shop at Unit 2 Townsend Road on 14 th 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.

CHSW Area Manager Rhian Timms said: “We are delighted to be opening a shop in Shepton Mallet, we have already received a wonderful warm welcome from the local community, with offers of stock donations and a lot of interest in the shop which is absolutely fantastic

Nicola Hague has been pounding the streets of Plymouth in training for this year’s Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 26th April.

Nicola has a very special reason to be taking part in the event and be tirelessly fundraising alongside training and that is all down to her son Ethan.

Ethan was born with an incurable disease called Tay-Sachs which there is no cure or treatment for, sadly Ethan died one month before his third birthday. During Ethan’s battle with the disease his mum Nicola, dad Simon and older brother Callum received support from Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) and its Little

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.

Racing at Silverstone circuit in the highly competitive BRSCC Mazda MX5 Championship, a scheme has been launched to let as many of Nicks supporters and fans to have their own name on his racing car for just £10.00 and Nick has pledged to donate 100% of all money generated to support CHSW.

Commenting earlier this month, Nick said: “I always wanted to get as many fans involved as possible and had this idea a

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.

This year, the charity hopes even more people will take part in the colourful fun to help provide vital

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!

Bob Irwin, Sales Director, and Jamie Butt, Business Development Manager, put their bodies on the line and completed their set of half marathons throughout 2019 and have raised a total of £1,480.00 so far.

Jamie said: “We wanted to do a challenge that was

Members of the renowned Keynsham Chicks knitting group visited Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) on its January Open Day and presented the charity with a cheque for £1,426.

The group are dedicated to raising vital funds for CHSW’s Charlton Farm hospice which supports families from the local area whose children have been diagnosed with life-limiting conditions. These funds bring the total raised by the group to over £11,000 in 3 years.

The group of women from Keynsham and the surrounding area are well known for producing beautifully knitted chicks which they stuff with Easter eggs. At the

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.

Diners can enjoy canapes and prosecco on arrival, followed by a two-course dinner and live music by 1940’s-inspired harmony trio The Marionettes. There will also be a raffle and auction in aid of CHSW, which offers respite to nearly 200 families at its Little Bridge House children’s hospice in Fremington.

Queen Anne’s supported the charity throughout 2019, raising

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.

On behalf of the organisers, Mary Coombes said: “We would like say a huge thank-you to everyone who supported the event in any way, either by donating to the auction or turning

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 19 th 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.

Roger Clarke, Chairman of CHSW’s Truro Friends Group which is organising the event said

We organised our first Harbour to Harbour walk in 2016 to celebrate