News

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) will be arresting, charging and putting on trial some well-known business people in the area who, if found guilty of their entirely fictitious crimes, will have to raise a bail of £999 each to be set free. Funds raised on the day will help support the work of its Little Bridge House children’s hospice in Barnstaple.

Those taking part in the charity’s entertaining Jail and Bail event at Exeter Castle on Friday 21 st September include; Chris Callan from TT Electronics, Chris Mullan representing Accord Marketing, Darren Sparrey from D.S Electrical, David

In July, the 1st Bishopston Beaver Scout Colony challenged themselves to walk a combined distance of 5,895 meters - the height Mount of Kilimanjaro - by climbing the hill at Blaise Castle estate, finishing at the castle, to raise vital funds for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

To complete the Mount Kilimanjaro challenge at least 20 people were needed to walk up the hill along with siblings and parents. Olly, CHSW’s Community Fundraiser, came to support the Beavers (aged 6-8 years) and tell the children about CHSW’s local hospice, Charlton Farm.

Olly said, “It was heart-warming to see

Golfers at Lansdown Golf Club exceeded expectations recently at the club’s charity golf day when over £7,000 was raised to be donated to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) and CLIC Sargent.

The event took place on Friday 18 th August with over 100 people making up 35 teams playing on the course.

Making up the winning team were Dan Palomeque, Gavin Palomeque, Curtis Silcox and James Ledger.

The club was aiming to raise £5000 to be split between the two charities however Captain John Butler was delighted to have raised nearer £7300. A lively auction after the day of golf saw some fantastic

The Fundraising Team from Children’s Hospice South West are delighted to receive support from two businesses for one of the charity’s upcoming Bubble Rush events which will be returning to Newnham Park in Plympton on Sunday 23 rd September.

Services Design Solution (SDS), based in The Millfields, and Viridor based in Plympton, will each be sponsoring one of the bubble stations around the route and will have a presence on the day along with main event sponsor GA Solicitors.

Having sponsorship from these businesses means that even more money raised by people taking part in the Bubble Rush can

From Monday 20 th August, for four consecutive weeks, CHSW’s Little Steps store in Bristol will have some fantastic offers for customers. To kick-start this initiative, throughout the first week you can buy three items and get the cheapest one free!

Conveniently located on Zetland Road in Redland, the Little Steps shop contains a treasure trove of items for ever-growing children from 0 to 15 years old. As well as clothing, the store is well stocked with toys, games, books and baby equipment. It’s a great resource for the community and is a place to meet other local parents or take some time

Geoff Harry who works at RGB Building Supplies’ Porthleven branch and RGB customer Steve Dyer recently swapped hard hats for helmets and cycled from John O’Groats to Lands End raising a fantastic £4,684 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The 1,000-mile journey took the pair 12 days to complete and saw them ride through Scotland, Wales and England. Geoff and Steve, who works for Helston based monumental masons J H Ching, rode unassisted and carried everything they needed.

In addition to raising funds for CHSW, Geoff and Steve took on the challenge to celebrate their 60th and 50th

The concept of ‘whole family care’ is a key part of the service at Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW). Siblings, in particular, often share a special bond and the loss of a brother or sister will have a lifelong impact.

CHSW operates a Sibling Service at each hospice, providing dedicated support and care to the brothers and sisters of children who have life-limiting conditions. The service was established in recognition of their needs and provides much valued and dedicated care.

CHSW’s Charlton Farm hospice, based in North Somerset, has been kindly gifted a brand new 7-seat Renault Scenic by

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is delighted to receive a donation of £16,000 from ship repairers and marine specialists A&P Falmouth, the money was raised through the company’s Cycle to Work Scheme.

The scheme was set up 10 years ago and allowed employees at A&P, based at the Docks in Falmouth, to benefit from the loan of bikes and cycle equipment and to then pay a fair price at the end of the loan period to own the items. It was agreed that the money paid towards the ownership of the items would be donated to charities.

A number of small donations to charitable causes has been made over

Children's Hospice South West is delighted to have been chosen as one of the charity partners for CITY Community Trust, Exeter’s leading health and wellbeing charity.

Along with Age UK Exeter, Julian House and Force Cancer, Children’s Hospice South West,have been selected to receive official partner status following an open application process.

The charities, all based in Devon, offer support to those most in need across a wide range of people in the local community and will support each other with cross party services and promotional support for fundraising activities. The primary focus will

Local students from Launceston College have finished the end of their academic year by doing their bit for a local charity.

10 students taking part in the National Citizen Service (NCS), a national program designed to help young people be heard and build their confidence and skills, dedicated their charity project to raising funds for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) as well as Kids Cancer Charity.

NCS Devon Group 3 spent four weeks together, with the final two weeks working on a community charity project. Over the two weeks they organised various charity fundraising events from scratch to