Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park is pleased to announce Children’s Hospice South West as its charity partner for 2015. Committed to supporting local charities and organisations, Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park together with its sister park in Cornwall, will be working with Children’s Hospice South West throughout the year on special events and fundraising activities.
Children’s Hospice South West helps and supports children with life-limiting conditions. The charity has three hospices throughout the South West, including Little Bridge House in North Devon, Charlton Farm near...
Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), with two City-Centre shops was delighted to receive funds of over £5700 presented by Wealth Management Company, Brewin Dolphin, Exeter office.
The money will go towards the general care budget and could fund the food bill at the Barnstaple hospice, Little Bridge House, for six weeks.
Children’s Hospice South West helps and support children and their families who are living with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions: every day is dedicated to making the most of every moment. Because life is unpredictable, the charity is there...
Accountants and financial advisers Old Mill have turned £50 into £5,772.40 for Children’s Hospice South West.
Old Mill’s Exeter office took part in Ashfords Solicitors CHSW £50 challenge, where businesses are given £50 which they then use to raise as much money as they can for charity.
Six local businesses, including Ashford’s who put in five teams, Optix Solutions and Somerset College, took part in the challenge, which took place over 10 weeks. Old Mill raised by far the most with almost £6,000; in second place was AC Mole, with a total of £2,314.20 and in third was Bishop...
There was a sight to see around Exeter on Sunday for those doing some Christmas shopping as over a hundred motorbikers dressed as Santas, elves, reindeer and even a festive banana went through the city in convoy, taking part in a festive ride with a difference. The riders were on their way from their meeting place at Exeter Services to deliver piles of Christmas toys they were donating to youngsters with life-limiting illnesses at the Little Bridge Children’s Hospice South West in North Devon.
They were accompanied by a truck being driven by one of Santa’s elves and Mrs Christmas....
It's that time of year again when Father Christmas and his team of elves step up their toy workshop operations to ensure their production targets are met before Christmas Eve.
With the world's population increasing, Father Christmas needs more and more space to store the toys and gifts produced at his North Pole headquarters before the big delivery date.
Like many businesses, Father Christmas makes use of his local Dainton Elf Storage to meet peak demand and now the successful storage company is offering members of the public a similar service to the one used by Father...
Four golfers from a South Devon golf club took on an epic sporting challenge with a difference last week to raise money for the Children’s Hospice South West.
The challenge combined a love for cycling and golf as the group from Wrangaton Golf Club covered over 220 miles by bike and played 72 holes in just four days.
The four-man team was headed up by Stuart Newberry, Club Captain, Wrangaton Golf Club, who wanted to mark his year of captaincy by doing something memorable and ‘slightly mad’. He was joined by three members of the club, Charles Grose, Andy Dykes and Matt...
Ashfords LLP and CHSW are giving local companies £50 and challenging them to use the investment to raise more money for charity.
Ashfords LLP is proud to be sponsoring the £50 Challenge for Children's Hospice South West (CHSW). The £50 Challenge is an exciting on-going initiative set up by Ashfords which encourages businesses in the South West to compete against one another with the aim of generating as much money as possible from a start-up investment of £50 within a 10 week period.
Ashfords has sponsored the event so that rather than you giving money to charity, Children'...
Exeter’s first ever Rainbow Run on Sunday (8 June) was a resounding success.
This crazy, fun event was raising money for the Children’s Hospice South West and 1,000 participants raised an astonishing £48,000 for the charity, which has three children’s hospices in North Devon, Cornwall and North Somerset.
Held at the Exeter Racecourse, this is the first time that the Rainbow Run has taken place in Devon.
This brilliant fun event features runners and walkers being showered with coloured paint, and the charity is delighted as to its success:
A collaborative effort between four Exeter based businesses is aiming to get a team of at least 12 walkers to the top of the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales within a 24 hour period.
The group comprises participants from chartered accountants Francis Clark who are providing refreshments for the teams; property consultants Edward Symmons who are in charge of maps and other specialist kit; Ashfords Solicitors who have arranged a fund-raising website page and Barclays Bank who have arranged the transport.
The teams include Sean Grinsted, Glenn Nicol and Mike Pearce...
