Update on Heather Broadbent’s Around the World Challenge
Round-the-world sailor Heather Broadbent is preparing to embark on her epic voyage on Sunday (Sept 1). Heather will spend 11 months at sea competing in the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race which starts at St Katherine Docks in London. The landscape gardener, from Disley, will be on board the 70-foot ocean racing yacht […]
Lifestyle Fitness Charity Spinathon
Cyclists were made to sweat during a Charity Spinathon which raised almost £1,300 for the Hospice. Some 30 members of Lifestyle Fitness, based at Macclesfield College, took part in the three-hour marathon. Over half the donation came from sponsorship raised by fitness enthusiasts through JustGiving pages. Lifestyle Fitness has 1,000 members in Macclesfield where classes […]
Training for Nepal!
Tackling Tegg’s Nose on a summer’s evening is one thing, but navigating Nepal in November is a completely different prospect. But that is the challenge facing Sarah Dale and Louise Delany who must combine preparations for a Himalayan trek with jobs at East Cheshire Hospice as well as running families. Both volunteered for the once-in-a-lifetime […]
Are you tough enough??
Tough Woofer is back for 2019 and promises to be bigger, better and muddier than before! We are urging entrants to bring along their wellies for the 5k course at Capesthorne Hall on Sunday, October 20. More than 400 dogs and owners took part in last year’s first ever canine obstacle course event raising £30,000 […]
The Faces of Tough Woofer 2019
Meet the two beautiful beagles ready for a starring role as models for Tough Woofer 2019. Roxy and Harley will have their pretty faces splashed all over banners and billboards advertising the canine event organised by our events team. The dogs, owned by Abigail Henshall and partner Steve Abraham, won our Facebook competition to find […]
In conversation with Susie MacMurray
See for yourself one of Cheshire’s newest and most amazing pieces of artwork – and meet the artist who created it. Susie MacMurray will be in conversation during her spectacular Gathering exhibition in the Staircase Hall in the Mansion at Tatton Park. Her opening talk is Thurs 25th July and further conversations are on Thurs […]
Richard Raymond is Nightrider
Teamwork is usually the key to Richard Raymond’s fundraising for East Cheshire Hospice. As co-founder of the charity’s Christmas Tree Collection, he plays a pivotal role in a large-scale operation which has so far raised more than £1m. But his latest fundraising challenge was very much a single-handed effort as he undertook a 50 kilometre […]
M-Fest made impact
A mortgage business brought the music festival scene to Pott Shrigley, raising £1,511.47 for East Cheshire Hospice. Visitors to M-Fest, organised by Mortgage Advice Bureau, enjoyed a distinct local flavour at the one-day bash held in a field. The BBQ food and drink was free, having been supplied by butcher Jeremy Heathcote and the mortgage […]
The rain couldn’t stop Splash Out!
Splash Out! brought more water than East Cheshire Hospice had expected but getting wet was always going to happen. The first of almost 850 entrants defied the rain before skies brightened for later starters at Alderley Park. The new-look event, sponsored by RRG Toyota in Macclesfield, saw families tackle five fun water challenges on the […]
Corporate Challenge 2019 was a brilliant success!
East Cheshire businesses have gone head to head in a corporate challenge which tested their money-making abilities. The challenge was to turn £100 into as much profit as possible over a month by devising and taking part in fundraising activities to raise funds for East Cheshire Hospice. The winning company, McCann Health Medical, rose to […]
