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Staff at Little Bridge House children’s hospice near Barnstaple are asking supporters to do something incredible in 2019 and help raise money for Children’s Hospice South West.

From skydives and abseils to overseas challenges in some of the world’s most breath-taking locations and endurance events a little closer to home, the charity has got plenty planned to get the blood pumping this year.

The events fundraising team is inviting people to find out more about the various challenges on offer at a special drop-in Challenge Event Information Evening at the Fremington-based hospice on Monday

Venson Automotive Solutions has raised £1,000 for the Children’s Hospice South West, which provides hospice care for children and families who live in the South West. Venson staff raised the funds at the Christmas raffle, with prizes donated by Venson suppliers.

Children’s Hospice South West provides specialist palliative care, respite for the whole family, a sibling service, as well as emergency support, end of life care and a bereavement service. Operating three hospices in Devon, Somerset and Cornwall, the charity is dedicated to making the most of short and precious lives through

Our 12-month fundraising campaign has raised over £9,000 for charity!

Our staff chose Children’s Hospice South West as its 2018 charity of the year as we wanted to make supporting a local charity one of our priorities during our 30th anniversary celebrations.

With a £5,000 target in place, we held a series of events over the year the team and raised just shy of £9,500! Absolutely outstanding!

Our marketing co-ordinator, Jess Bolitho, who led on the fundraising campaign, said: “We are truly amazed by the amount of money the team raised for Children’s Hospice South West”

To smash our target by

Children’s charity Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) recently announced plans for its 10 th anniversary Moonlight Memory Walk which is happening in Falmouth on the evening of Saturday 30 th March and last weekend the charity launched the promotion of the event with a cream tea.

Around 80 people turned out on Sunday at the charity’s Cream Tea launch of the Moonlight Memory Walk at the Falmouth Hotel and spent time looking back at photos and memorabilia from the last 10 years and also signing up to this year’s walk.

The Moonlight Memory Walk has been a key fundraising event for the charity

Plymouth based C&P Plastering have taken part in a year of fundraising for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) and recently handed over a donation of £195.90 to the local children’s charity.

Throughout 2018 the plastering company held fortnightly bake sales, led by a different employee each week. Delicious bakes were made, packaged and then sold to operatives and clients and made their way across Devon and Cornwall. At Christmas employees also donated sensory toys to the charity to be given as gifts to the children.

The company chose to support CHSW due to one employee having a close personal

Knitted tea cosies have been keeping the tea warm and raising money for Children’s Hospice South West at the Tors Inn in Belstone.

Mango, the pub’s springer spaniel, was the inspiration behind a baker’s dozen of tea cosies made by local Margo Cockell – 12 for the pub and one for the charity’s Little Bridge House hospice near Barnstaple in North Devon.

Margo knitted the woolly warmers for landlord Kevin Vogan after he decided to switch from metal to porcelain tea pots – and the tea cosies have since proved to be such a hit with regulars that Kevin offered them the chance to ‘adopt’ one in aid

People are being invited to enjoy an early taste of spring in a colourful corner of Dartmoor this month.

Thousands of snowdrops – as well as early crocus, dwarf daffodils and hellebores – are expected to be in bloom for the 12th annual Andrews Corner ‘Snowdrop Sunday’, near Belstone, on February 17.

The woodland garden, situated high on the northern slopes of Dartmoor, offers spectacular views across the Skaigh Valley. It was created over the last 50 years by the Hill family and is now home to around 100 different snowdrop cultivars, both common and the more unusual.

The event, now in its 12th

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is looking for brave individuals to join them for a thrilling skydive experience on Saturday 23 rd March at Dunkswell Airfield in Honiton.

Amanda Gallagher, Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser at CHSW said, “Sign up for this once in a lifetime adventure and give yourself some unforgettable memories while raising vital funds for CHSW at the same time. If you are up for the challenge but can’t make the date then we have other dates through the year, please get in touch and share this with any adrenaline seekers!”

One such thrill-seeker is Kirtsy Bale, co-owner

Bob, Jamie and Dan from Triangle Networks based in Clevedon are aiming to raise £3,000 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) by taking part in a combined 36 half marathons (12 each) over the course of the year.

Amanda Gallagher, CHSW Corporate Fundraiser, said “Running one half marathon is quite a challenge for many people, let alone 12! We wish them the best of luck for their first run at Longleat on 3rd February!”

The team from Triangle Networks visited CHSW’s local hospice, Charlton Farm in Wraxall on one of its monthly open days, which kick-started the partnership. It gave the team a