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An Indian restaurant in Bristol has raised an incredible £10,000 for Children’s Hospice South West.

Mowgli, which specialises in Indian Street Food, opened its doors in Corn Street in the city a year ago.

The restaurant chain was founded in 2014 by Nisha Katona, the daughter of Indian immigrant doctors.

Nisha gave up her 20-year career as a child protection barrister to bring to life her vision to build an eatery serving the kind of food Indians eat in their home and on their streets.

The first Mowgli opened in Bold Street in Liverpool in 2014.

Now there are 25 restaurants across the UK, the

A daredevil granny is to take on the fastest zip wire in the world to celebrate her 90th birthday.

Vivian and 7 friends and family – including her granddaughter Becky – are to take on the 1.5 kilometre Velocity Zip Wire in Snowdonia in May 2025 to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The challenge will see Vivian, a great grandmother of 2, whizz through the air at speeds of up to 100 mph. The spritely OAP is hoping she and her team will raise £5,000.

Vivian, from Keynsham, is used to a life of thrills, having once been a womens’ World Champion in Sand Yachting. Viv first

A Vintage Tractor Rally raised £774.14 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

On Saturday 21 December, a parade of decorated tractors convoyed from Par Market in St Austell to the Little Harbour children’s hospice in nearby Porthpean.

Sacks of presents were hand delivered off the tractors by Santa to the children at Little Harbour.

Robin Rickard, Operations Manager at Par Market, said; “The idea for the rally began when a local vintage tractor owner asked to pop in for a cup of tea.

“A group of tractor enthusiasts from across Cornwall wanted to put on a vintage tractor display and convoy

Diehard toy fans started queueing outside a shop in Cornwall nearly 24 hours ahead of a huge Christmas giveaway. Harry's Toy Chest in Truro organised the festive giveaway to raise money for Children's Hospice South West at Little Harbour in Porthpean, St Austell.

The event, which took place on Saturday (December 14) saw toy enthusiasts queueing for hours to be in for a chance to win hundreds of pounds in gift vouchers and free Lego in raffle giveaways. It marked owner, Harry Stacey's fifth year on the high street, so he decided to organise a huge event to celebrate.

Not wanting to leave fans

A former soldier has completed a year of challenges to raise money for the children’s hospice where he works.

Matt Norman, operations lead at Children’s Hospice South West’s Charlton Farm Children’s Hospice in Wraxall, set himself eight tough challenges to complete in 2024 to raise money for the charity.

Matt, who joined CHSW in May 2023 after a distinguished army career, kicked off his year of fundraising activities in April with:

• 50km Bridge 2 Bridge Walk from Clifton Suspension Bridge to Pultney Bridge in Bath via the River Avon before finishing at his home in Kingswood.
• He then pulled on

Festive fun and goodies galore were up for grabs at a Bristol shopping centre.

Christmas revellers enjoyed getting in the festive spirit at Willowbrook Shopping Centre in Bradley Stoke as part of its Advent Day initiative.

Each shop in the centre is allocated a day during Advent to hold a community activity.

Staff and volunteers at the centre’s CHSW shop joined the fun, holding a cake sale, tombola and raffle.

The Advent Day also coincided with the scaled down Santas on a Bike event which had to be cancelled due to storm Darragh.

Instead, bikers with their festively decorated machines put

A loving dad is to run the streets of Bath to raise money for the children’s hospice that cared for his daughter for nearly a decade.

Jesse, supported by wife Sue and family and friends, is to take part in the city’s half marathon next March to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) in memory of their daughter Ella.

After enjoying a problem free pregnancy, Jesse and Sue welcomed baby Ella to the family in 2011. Soon after she was born, the couple realised that little Ella was not hitting her expected milestones.

“Initially we just thought it was a case that every child develops

A much-loved children’s charity shop in Bristol which was forced to close suddenly earlier this year is to re-open – just in time for Christmas.

The Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) Little Steps shop at Zetland Road, Redland, was forced to close immediately on September 23 after the ceiling collapsed.

Repairs have now been carried out and the shop will re-open at 9.30am on December 11.

The shop, which opened in 2014, is a treasured part of the Bristol community and sells only pre-loved children’s items, from prams and buggies to clothes and toys.

CHSW Area Manager Debbie Cheeseman said:

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A fundraising group from St Austell have raised thousands for local charities.

The Pirates of St Piran are a non-profit, charity fundraising group, who perform all over Cornwall and Devon to raise money.

They are a shanty band who perform traditional sea shanties and original songs in full pirate costume, playing at festivals, pirate events and taverns all across the two counties.

So far they have raised £98,000 for local charities, including Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), The RNLI and the Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust, along with many other causes in their local area.

Captain Swillin’

A quaint Somerset pub – heralded to be one of the most festive in the world – will be lighting up for Christmas once again in aid of charity.

The Queen Victoria Inn in Priddy, run by Mark Walton and wife Debs, will be covered with more than 55,000 lights for the big switch on Friday 6 December.

Mark, who has run the pub for 14 years, and a team of volunteers spend hours covering the cosy, country pub in lights ready for the event. As well as the lights, other features of the eye-catching festive display include a 16ft ‘wine bottle’ tree. The intricate frame of the tree was made by Ben Selway