What Women Want Fashion Show 2019
Fashion, fizz and fun turned the latest What Women Want extravaganza into a roaring success. The glitzy fashion show at Tytherington High School drew an audience of 200 guests, raising £4,500 for East Cheshire Hospice. What Women Want is made up of Julie Barnes, Jo Millward, Elaine Burgess, Jayne Carter and Jill Harding who have spent […]
Light Up The Night – in memory of Jean
My name is Georgia and, along with four other grandchildren and one daughter of Jean’s, we are taking part in the Light up the Night event in memory of our Grandma and Mum. Jean was diagnosed as terminally ill with cancer early last year and got taken in to the East Cheshire Hospice in September […]
Elaine Unthank’s Fundraising
Volunteer Elaine Unthank has a heart of gold after spending most of last year organising collections for East Cheshire Hospice. She took up the challenge in memory of her brother Darren Harper (49) who died of sarcoma cancer in the Hospice in November 2016. Darren worked at Spectus Windows in Macclesfield for more than 25 […]
Art Fair 2019 – Volunteers
Art Fair Cheshire is on the lookout for volunteers to help at two special events to mark its 20th anniversary. An exhibition at Macclesfield Town Hall (Thurs, Sept 26 to Thurs, Oct 3) will celebrate two decades of exhibiting and selling art for East Cheshire Hospice. Highlights include artist-led tours, evening gallery events, plus guest […]
Heather Broadbent, Update
It is a good job Heather Broadbent likes meeting new friends. She will soon be introduced to a group of strangers with whom she will spend almost a year sailing around the world. For the moment the identity of her fellow crew members in the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race remains a closely-guarded […]
Walking for Lucy
A group of family and friends will be walking to light up the night in honour of a “phenomenal” individual. The 13-strong group will be taking part in East Cheshire Hospice Light Up the Night Walk, formerly known as the Starlight Walk, in memory of Lucy Nicholls who spent her final days at the Hospice […]
Amelie’s Run
Eight-year-old Amelie Axford will be putting her best foot forward to get her fundraising journey off to a great start next month. Amelie will be dedicating part of her family holiday in Cumbria to tackle a short but tough and hilly two-mile run in aid of East Cheshire Hospice. The run, at Centre Parcs, was […]
Astra Zeneca 2018 Fundraising
One of the most important corporate supporters of East Cheshire Hospice has been awarded a specially designed trophy thanking them for their ongoing fundraising work. The Macclesfield pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, has been a loyal supporter of the Hospice since the Millbank Drive facility first opened its doors in 1988 and were one of the original […]
Heather Broadbent’s Around the World Challenge
Landscape gardener Heather Broadbent is preparing for her ultimate adventure – sailing round the world! The mum of two is taking to the high seas as one of the crew of a 70-foot ocean racing yacht in the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race. Heather will travel 40,000 nautical miles on her epic 11-month voyage […]
Toni’s Hospice Journey
A bride’s wedding day is always special, but for Toni Walsh it was an even more emotional occasion. She knew her husband Tim Longden had only days left to live. The Macclesfield couple were married at East Cheshire Hospice in February 2020, weeks after Tim had been diagnosed with a brain tumour. They had been […]