Imagine your child running through a field of dancing daffodils, peeping up through the golden heads and having a lovely time! Well, this Easter your imagination could become a reality.
For the third year running, Cheshire children’s photographer, Helen Rae, joins forces with Daffodil Walks near Northwich to help raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support, the UK’s leading source of cancer care, by photographing happy children in the daffodils.
The windows of twenty shops and restaurants in and around Didsbury Village became the new homes for a band of giant knitted chicks as part of the ‘The Great Didsbury Easter Chick Hunt’ organised by Francis House Children’s Hospice.
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Twenty life-size knitted chicks will be on display in the windows of local businesses in Didsbury village from March 1. To spread the word about ‘The Great Didsbury Easter Chick Hunt’ staff from Francis House and local traders will be outside Didsbury Library on March 1, from midday, handing out maps and selling mini-knitted chicks.
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Last week saw Children in Need day and the Junior School rose to the challenge magnificently. AESG chose to hold a sponsored Countryfile Ramble and staff, parents, children and Sixth Form helpers spent an hour during the morning ‘rambling’ around Alderley Edge in the lovely Autumn sunshine.
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Stars from Strictly Come Dancing and Coronation Street entered into the festive-spirit with signed decorations to adorn Christmas trees on display at The Lowry Outlet in Salford Quays today.
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Head Girl at Alderley Edge School for Girls, Rowdah Charbak, took part over the summer in the Virgin British 10K London Run, raising a huge £4147.61 for her chosen charity, ‘Syria Relief’.
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Manchester-based charity Prevent Breast Cancer will transform Cheadle Hulme pink as part of Paint Cheadle Hulme Pink. The event will include a series of fundraisers, such as live music, afternoon tea and a ‘pink parade’.
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Manchester children’s charity, Friends of Rosie, launch a new crowdfunding campaign to raise £100k to fund research to help fight childhood brain tumours.
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Mamas Pie Kitchen is a small family company with the aim to give back to the community as much as they possibly can. On Saturdays they bake around 30 pies and donate them to the cause. They give out hot pies to people sleeping under bridges and on the roads to ensure that they have dinner that evening.
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Manchester Grammar School Junior School Boys Complete Bear Grylls Survival Race To Provide Clean Sanitation In The Democratic Republic of Congo.
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A father from Rochdale is organising a ball in aid of Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity, which ‘filled a hole’ for his family when his daughter’s undiagnosed illness left her unable to speak, or move.
Matt Davies is holding the Scarlett Ball, named after his five-year-old daughter Scarlett, in Rochdale Town Hall, on Saturday 2 July. He hopes the event will raise £10,000 to be split between Rainbow Trust, which supports families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness, and When you Wish Upon A Star.