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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

Castle Veterinary Group based in Launceston has chosen to support Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) as it’s charity of the year and launched the partnership at the Launceston Agricultural Show.

The group decided to choose the children’s charity because of the work that they do supporting local children with life limiting and life-threatening illnesses and their families – making the most of short and precious lives.

CHSW has three children’s hospices in the south west; Little Bridge House in Barnstaple, Charlton Farm near Bristol and Little Harbour in St Austell and is supporting over 500

The organisers of Little Bridge Stock, a family festival held at the Old Station Inn, Blackmoor Gate, have handed over a donation of £2176.61 to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

This was the seventh year of the annual festival which hosted performances from a range of local bands and musicians across two stages including Yazzy, The Big Fat Blues Band, Coast to Coast, The 5.15, Jolly Joker and Good Company. The festival was free to attend and proved very popular with families from the local area.

Organisers of the event are also excited to announce the date for next year’s festival which

With a career spanning 25 years, Marcus Trescothick is applauded in his field and as an acknowledgement to his contribution to sport, he has been awarded a second Testimonial year in which he will be raising funds for the Professional Cricketers Association (PCA) Benevolent Fund and Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Marcus has announced he will be taking part in a 5-day Bike Ride in support of CHSW.

Marcus said, “Since my benefit 10 years ago I have been an ambassador for Children’s Hospice South West and I am involved with them because what they do is just so great. Having young children

Alba is two years old and lives in Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire, with her parents. Alba’s Aunt Laura and four cousins live in Loch Leven in Scotland and it is here that Alba’s Scottish-based family have undertaken a 13-mile walk to raise funds for the hospice that supports her, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

CHSW has three hospices across the South West that provide the very best care for children with life limiting conditions and their families. Alba and her family - Mum Roz and Dad Adam - are allocated 12 nights a year at CHSW’s Charlton Farm, just outside of Bristol.

CHSW is

The Children’s Hospice South West shop in Totnes recently celebrated its 5 th birthday, with a special thank you to the volunteers and customers who have supported the shop since it opened.

The shop in High Street, Totnes, opened in July 2013, and marked five years of trading with a special cake made by shop manager’s assistant Julia Howarth to thank volunteers and customers for their continued support.

Since its opening, the shop has received more than 26,000 bags of donations, thanks to the generosity of local residents. A colourful display in the shop’s window thanked all those who have