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A Bideford musician has raised £3,694 for Children’s Hospice South West by playing bass guitar for 60 hours non-stop.

Mark Edwards’ emotional two-and-a-half day world record attempt over the August Bank Holiday weekend saw him play a rotating list of 86 songs at the Fairway Buoy in Westward Ho!

He already holds the Guinness World Record for non-stop bass playing, clocking up 41 hours and 41 minutes in 2018, raising more than £3,000 for CHSW. And Mark will find out if he’s broken his own record with his latest ‘Bassathon’ when the attempt is officially verified later this year.

“It feels great

A calendar full of images taken of St Austell and the surrounding area is being sold to raise funds for Little Harbour children’s hospice at Porthpean.

‘ St Austell Friends’ facebook group ran a competition in June for its 10,500 members, where page followers were asked to submit a photo from the local area. Followers could then vote for their favourite and the 12 photos with the most votes are being included in the calendar.
The photos chosen for inclusion in the group’s 6th annual calendar capture picturesque scenes around the area including Cornish sunsets, fishing boats, china clay pits

Plymouth-based sports therapist, and owner of JK Rehab, Janis Krogzems has recently raised £191 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) following a weekend supporting the charity.

Over 4 – 5 September Janis ran various free sports therapy sessions, workshops and appointments at his centre in Ernesettle in Plymouth and donated all the money given by clients to the local childen’s charity.

Janis ran free sessions and workshops including sports therapy, injury consultation, sports massage and injury prevention. Also running over the weekend were demonstrations of Muay Thai skills, free

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) marked its milestone 30th anniversary on Saturday (9 Oct) by hosting a celebratory dinner and dance at Bristol Museum.

The event was kindly sponsored by one of Bristol’s top independent financial planning firms, Brunel Capital Partners, and was attended by businesspeople, long-term supporters and service users of CHSW.

Guests were treated to a three-course meal and entertained by The Liberty Sisters singing jazz and swing classics.

CHSW was founded by Eddie Farwell and his late wife, Jill, after spending many years travelling from their home in Devon to

A green-fingered couple from Dawlish have been showing off their beautiful garden to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Alan and Jenny King raised £867 for CHSW in memory of their grandson Stanley, who had a life-limiting condition called Tay-Sachs Disease and died at the charity’s Little Bridge House children’s hospice in June 2019, aged four.

The hospice, near Barnstaple in North Devon, provided regular respite for the family, helping them to create cherished memories together and offering ongoing bereavement support after Stanley died.

“ Little Bridge House is a

A Zumba fundraising party held at Lanivet Community Centre on Friday 17 September has raised over £500 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Attendees of Zumba with Jeanie classes were inspired by CHSW’s 90’s themed celebrations for its 30th anniversary and organised their own zumba party to help raise funds for the local children’s charity. Along with the Zumba they also organised a cake sale to bring in extra donations.

Jeanie Lloyd lives in St. Merryn and has been teaching Zumba since November 2011. “I absolutely love teaching Zumba classes. The reason is simple: Every class feels

AN RAF veteran has celebrated his 90th birthday by doing a skydive for Children’s Hospice South West and Macmillan Cancer Support.

Arthur Bennett, from Barnstaple, is no stranger to jumping out of aeroplanes – he did a skydive for CHSW and North Devon Hospice in 2018 – but his latest tandem jump at Dunkeswell Airfield, near Honiton, came just days after turning 90 on September 16.

“It’s a fantastic feeling freefalling at 15,000ft and the views of Devon and Cornwall were marvellous,” said Arthur, a former RAF senior aircraftsman.

“The instructor let me take the handles for a bit and we did

On October 30, Kevin Doherty from Yeovil is planning to take part in a sponsored litter pick for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW). But it won’t be any old litter pick, Kevin will be covering 30 miles from Yeovil to Weymouth and he’ll be dressed as Bananaman!

It won’t be the first time Kevin has raised charity funds in this way. The idea was born in 2019 as a fundraiser for Veganuary which saw him collecting 44 bags of litter over 2 days and covering 20 miles - litterpicking from Yeovil to Dorchester. In October 2020 he did the litterpick in reverse, walking from Dorchester back to Yeovil

The weekend of the 9th and 10th of October marks the 10th Woolly Weekend to be held at Kelly House, Lifton.

Kelly House has been the home of the Kelly family for the last 900 years. When Sophia Kelly moved back to her ancestral home 11 years ago, she found that it was chilly after being used to central heated accommodation, So she needed some good warm woollens.

After discovering a beautiful hand-knitted gloves produced in South Brent in Devon and some exciting, dyed yarn from Cornwall, she became aware that the southwest had a vast range of local producers of woolly products. But there was

This summer has seen multiple fundraising events held in Plymouth in memory of 11 year old Oliver Brown, which have raised over £24,000 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Oliver, from Plymouth, died in November 2019 after a three year battle with a rare blood cancer and was supported by Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) at it’s Little Harbour children’s hospice in St Austell.

Since Oliver’s death his family have been fundraising hard for the charity and its hospices. Oliver’s Mum Nicky explains the support they received and why they want to give back;

They just made everything