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A dedicated super fan of the 1968 classic film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang embarked on a lockdown project to create a replica of the flying car featured in the film.

Kevin Edge, a retired kitchen fitter from Lympstone, made the magical car in his workshop, using various materials, including household objects such as a toilet brush holder and a thermal flask.

Members of the community donated parts to support Kevin’s creation; a local garage donated car dials, while an upholsterer donated real leather for the seats.

Kevin, 72, who worked on Chitty for two years, has donated the car to Children’s

The 5th Newquay Cub Scouts have plated up a £200 donation for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) following their Jubilee Cream Tea event.

The group held their cream tea fundraiser over the Jubilee weekend at Pine Lodge Hotel in Newquay. Refreshments were donated by Paulines Café and cream teas were served to friends and family all in support of CHSW and its local children’s hospice in St Austell; Little Harbour.

A raffle was also held on the day with prizes generously donated by Cornish Tea, St Austell Brewery, Callestic Farm, Tarquins and Pine Lodge.

Alice Merrett, Area Fundraiser for CHSW

A charity golf day recently held at Carlyon Bay Golf Club celebrated its biggest year yet by raising over £20,000 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The return of the charity golf day after its two year hiatus due to the pandemic was clearly a welcome date in the diary for players, with a record 48 teams entering this year.

Event organiser, Ian Warne, Branch Manager of HSBC said;

It was fantastic to welcome both old teams and new to this years golf day which totally surpassed all expectations. We are delighted to have raised such a fantastic total for our local children’s hospice.

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Novice gig rowers took to the seas on Sunday 10 July in a charity gig rowing competition raising funds for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

16 crews took part in the event at Newquay Harbour which is estimated to have raised around £2000 for the local children’s charity which runs Little Harbour children’s hospice in St Austell.

The novice crews, some of which had never set foot in a gig before, were joined in the gigs by members of Newquay Rowing Club and competed against each other in the charity competition.

Local businesses, organisations as well as groups of friends entered teams

It was a hot weekend of pedaling for one hundred cyclists who completed a 225-mile ride and have raised more than £160,000 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The annual Ride for Precious Lives saw cyclists ride through three counties in three days in the event which is now in it’s 13th year and sponsored by Edwards Vacuum.

The route started out from the charity’s Charlton Farm children’s hospice near Bristol on Friday 8 July, stopped off at Little Bridge House hospice in Barnstaple on Saturday, and finished at Little Harbour children’s hospice in St Austell on Sunday.

Riders who took

Two ex-RAF servicemen in their 90s took to the skies yesterday (July 10) to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West and Macmillan Cancer Support.

Ray Hales, 94 from Barnstaple completed a wing-walk, and Arthur Bennett, 90, also from Barnstaple, did a skydive at Dunkeswell Airfield near Honiton.

The daredevil friends and former Western Power Distribution (SWEB) colleagues were blessed with blue skies and perfect flying conditions for the spectacular flying feats that they hope will raise £10,000 between the two charities.

First up, it was chocks away for Ray, who climbed onto the wings

Prideaux Place gardens near Padstow will be throwing open it’s gates on Sunday 24 July to help raise vital funds for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

On the day visitors will be able to enjoy the beautiful grounds of Prideaux Place overlooking the Camel Estuary. There are shady woodland walks as well as the opportunity to feed deer in the ancient deer park, take part in a teddy bear hunt, visit the tea room and all while enjoying the landscaped grounds of the estate.

The gardens will be open from 11am – 5pm and dogs on leads are welcome.

Entry on the day will cost £5 for adults, £2 for

A team from Weir Quay boatyard were successful in winning the Smeaton trophy at this year's Eddystone Charity Sailing Pursuit leading to over £1500 donated to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The event took place on Saturday 18 June and saw 70 yachts battle it out for prize money for their chosen charities. Boats tackled the 26 mile off shore course from Plymouth Sound and back again and £110,000 was raised for over 30 different charities.

As first time entrants into the event, winning the Smeaton Trophy was a fantastic achievement for the Weir Quay team in their yacht Kraken and a great

Members of the Tamar Restoration and Engineering Club, based in the Tamar Valley, have recently handed over a donation of £1000 to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) following the completion of a restoration project.

The group was tasked with restoring a 1958 Nuffield DM4 tractor by a local farmer which was in need of extensive restoration to get back to full working order. The group spent hours working on the vehicle, fitting it with new rear wings, tyres, fuel pump, silencer and various other parts as well as treating it to a fresh coat of paint to restore it to its original colour scheme

A Bristol man will be going from couch to ultra-marathon when he takes on a gruelling charity challenge in memory of his little sister next week.

Jake Humphries, 29, from Mangotsfield, dusted off his running shoes in February after a taking a break from the sport during the pandemic.

But five months later, on July 9, he’ll be taking on the Race to the Stones, a 100km section of the ancient Ridgeway National Trail, with 3,704 ft elevation that will take him across Berkshire and Wiltshire in just one day.

The woodland, riverside and ridge trail is billed as ‘the UK’s favourite ultra-marathon