STEPtember!
Do you count how many steps you walk each day? East Cheshire Hospice is asking supporters to take one step a day for every £1 needed to run the Hospice. The Steptember challenge – in September – involves 7,500 steps a day, reflecting the amount of money needed to keep the Hospice going daily. To […]
Pip’s hair-raising-experience!
Schoolgirl Philippa Wilson has just undergone a hair-raising experience – having her beautiful blond locks cut for the first time! Even Pip’s hairdresser was anxious about using the scissors because she had never seen hair that long before. Pip with a reminder of her long hair. Â Â The nine-year-old volunteered to face the chop to […]
Fundraising Latest
The long-awaited return of fundraising events has come as a welcome relief for East Cheshire Hospice. The charity held a Drive-In Cinema and a Firewalk last month after a two-year break from events due to the pandemic. The previous formal event staged by the Hospice was a Tough Woofer dog walk back in October 2019. […]
John Jones Milestone
When musician John Jones MBE dropped off his latest collection at East Cheshire Hospice he reached a £100,000 milestone of fundraising. The accordion player has been busking outside the Hospice shop ECHO in Poynton since it opened just over a year ago after taking six months off during the pandemic. John also performed last month […]
Geoff Gittins walking challenge
Business partners Geoff Gittins and David Baker are turning their walking challenge in aid of East Cheshire Hospice into an annual event. Their latest adventure saw them tackle the demanding Limestone Way over the Peak District and Derbyshire Dales. Keen walkers Geoff Gittins (left) and David Baker. A year ago the pair undertook the Gritstone […]
Corporate Challenge Raises £13,533 for Hospice Bereavement Services
A bumper sum of £13,533 raised in the Corporate Challenge run by East Cheshire Hospice will help fund the Hospice’s bereavement services. Firms had to raise as much as possible from a £100 start-up loan during May. The proceeds will provide much-needed support to expand a bereavement service in greater demand because of Covid-19. Corporate […]
Kuehne+Nagel’s Corporate Challenge in Memory of Neil Robinson
Friends and colleagues of Neil Robinson raised a toast to his memory with a drop of gin, his favourite tipple. Drink and cakes were sold by colleagues at global logistics company Kuehne+Nagel where Air Logistics Commercial Director Neil spent his entire career. It was part of a fundraising challenge, which raised £6,008 in just one […]
Gritstone Trail Challenge is Especially Poignant for Mike and Sam
Relief at ending a gruelling charity walk turned to sadness for fitness enthusiasts Mike Mason and Sam Maguire. The day after the pair had completed the 35-mile Gritstone Trail they learned that Faith Mitchell, wife of their close friend Ash, had died of cancer sarcoma, aged 33. Faith was a patient at East Cheshire Hospice […]
Local Hens Eggschange their Produce for Donations
It’s no yoke – eggs are a cracking way to raise money for East Cheshire Hospice. Schoolgirl Freya Eeles (11) discovered that by selling them outside her step mum’s home in Hallefield Crescent, Macclesfield. A dozen hens kept on land behind the house work overtime and with a suggested donation of 10p an egg which […]
Wing Walk Takeoff Delayed
A Wing Walk has had to be delayed five weeks in the latest blow to East Cheshire Hospice’s fundraising plans. Bad weather was one of the reasons the challenge was put back until Monday, July 26. A rise in Covid infections leading to Cheshire East being made an ‘enhanced response area’ Â was another factor. The […]
