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The Nailsea Bikers have handed over a cheque to their chosen charity, Children's Hospice South West, for a staggering £10,413.

The funds were raised during last year’s incredibly successful Nailsea International Bike Show.

This is the largest amount raised at the event in its entire 11-show history and could not have been achieved without the incredible support received from local and national sponsors, The Grove sports centre, the participating bands and musicians, the Ring O' Bells, and of course the Nailsea Bikers team themselves.

Lucie Perryman, Area Fundraiser at Children's Hospice

Pupils at Bishop Fox's secondary school in Taunton have been busy gathering chocolate eggs to give to poorly children this Easter.

The Year 10 students organised a school-wide collection of Easter treats for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) after deciding to support the charity, which provides vital support for children and young people with life-limiting conditions and their families.

They managed to collect 43 eggs in total and presented them to CHSW area fundraiser Mary Gray, who visited the school on Thursday to take them to the Little Bridge House children’s hospice in North Devon.

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On Wednesday evening (6 April) Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) held a very special appreciation event at Topping & Company Booksellers thanks to the sponsorship of MiTEQ Solutions.

Existing and new supporters of the charity gathered to hear from a member of CHSW’s Sibling Team, about how storytelling and books play a vital role in the support of the siblings whose brothers or sisters have been diagnosed with life-limiting conditions.

Children’s author Will Hamilton-Davies also treated guests to a reading of his book ‘The Shrew with the Flu’, the undertone of which is selflessness and

A Perranporth painter’s love of creating works of art is helping to raise vital funds for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Maureen Crofts paints every day and specialises in wildlife pieces created using both graphite and watercolour pencils.

Maureen and her husband Derek have helped raise awareness and funds for CHSW for many years, following their grandson Toby being diagnosed with a life-limiting brain disease. Toby and his family receive care and support at the charity’s Little Harbour children’s hospice in St Austell.

Maureen will continue to donate the proceeds from the sale of

Four gardens in the hamlet of Kelly, in Lifton, are going to be opening over the weekend of 23 - 24 April to help raise funds for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Kelly House, along with its neighbours, is going to be opening its garden gates to the public to enjoy from 2pm – 5pm each day. The four gardens total around 10 acres which will be able to be enjoyed along with sculptures and glass art along the way.

Entrance costs just £5 which covers you for all four gardens and tea and cake will be available to purchase at Kelly House.

Alice Merrett, CHSW Area Fundraiser said; “We are

People are being asked to lace up their walking boots and take on an Incredible Hike for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) this spring.

The charity has lined up a raft of inspiring walking routes across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset for supporters to choose from – or they can simply pick one of their own.

CHSW area fundraiser Kate Romo said: “Whether it’s a scenic stroll or an epic coast path ramble, grab your walking shoes, hike as you like and show your support for local children and families.

“We really are blessed wth some super walking routes in the South West, and with spring now here

The entirely fictious fundraiser called Jail & Bail took place on Friday (March 25) in Bristol in support of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Eight businesspeople found themselves arrested for (comedy) crimes, tried, and ‘sent down’ by Judge Downsy.

Jail & Bail is a hugely entertaining courtroom event which sees fundraisers arrested, charged with their (entirely fictitious) crimes and then placed on trial.

Having been found guilty, the reprobates were taken into custody, photographed and banished to the cells at the old Bridewell Police Station, now known as The Island.

The culprits

Six representatives from the local community were arrested, put on trial and locked up for their fictitious crimes on Friday when they took part in Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Jail and Bail fundraiser in Bodmin.

Passers-by had to look twice as they saw the six being marched through Bodmin town centre on their way to their mock trial at Bodmin Jail. Put on trial were Simon Jones from Wildanet, Gareth Looker from Looker Marketing Communications, Darren Buckley from Cornwall Chamber of Commerce, Kevin Hicks – Grand Worshipful Master of the Mark Master Masons and Mike Bee and Spencer

Staff at Thomas Westcott have raised more than £11,000 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) during an ‘incredible’ year of fundraising for the charity.

The independent accountancy firm, which has 17 offices and 250 members of staff across Devon and Somerset, chose to support CHSW in 2021, the charity’s 30th anniversary year.

As part of their charity of the year partnership, Thomas Westcott staff took part in a whole range of fundraising activities throughout 2021, including quizzes, half marathons and skydives. They also wore their craziest shirts as part of CHSW’s ‘Shirty 30’ fundraiser

The UK’s biggest celebration of silent and classic screen comedy – Slapstick – is adding a new event to its 2022 programme – this time reuniting and honouring the stars of the mould-breaking Saturday morning TV show, TISWAS.

Bob Carolgees, John Gorman, Sally James and Chris Tarrant (AKA The Four Bucketeers) will be at St George’s Bristol on Saturday 16 April (8pm start) to share their memories of the anarchic series with Andrew Kelly, Director of Bristol Ideas and a boyhood fan of the show.

The reunion is happening 40 years to the month in which Tiswas ended its nine-year run, having made