A group of local artists is celebrating after hosting a successful open arts event, and raising £290 for Blythe House Hospicecare. Peak Vision Arts is a new group of artists living and working around Chapel-en-le-Frith. Photographer, Lynne McPeake; 2D mixed media artist, Ingrid Katarina Karlsson; jeweller, Yuka Jourdain; ‘The Peak Potter,’ Louise Neilson; Julia Brownsword, […]
The driving rain and freezing winds didn’t stop hardy golfers from enjoying a friendly competition in Buxton to raise funds for a local hospice. Blythe House Hospicecare hosted a golf day at Buxton and High Peak Golf Club on Friday 7th June, raising £4,712. This fantastic amount will pay for 31 nights of home care […]
A man from Longnor is putting his feet up after running more than 120 miles across Scotland in four days, and raising £600 for Blythe House. Jonathan Kempster ran from Cape Wrath to Helmsdale, to raise vital funds for Blythe House Hospicecare after his mum Betty suffered a stroke in November 2018. Healthcare assistants from […]
Nifty High Peak specialists with an eye for stamp or coin collections are being invited to spare some time to help support people with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. Blythe House Hospicecare is on the lookout for passionate local experts who might like to volunteer between four to eight hours per week to sort and […]
A new author from Chapel-en-le-Frith has raised more than £140 for local patients with life-limiting illnesses, after launching her debut novel. Simone Hubbard hosted three book launches for Under a Greek Spell at Rems Bar, selling merchandise from Blythe House Hospicecare at the events. Simone’s husband, Martin died in 2013 after being diagnosed with cancer […]
A man from Longnor is preparing to take on a mammoth challenge as he bids to run 140 miles across Scotland in just four days. Jonathan Kempster is set to run from Cape Wrath to John O’Groats from Saturday 1st June, to raise vital funds for Blythe House Hospicecare after his mum Betty suffered a […]
Two sisters from Litton Mill have raised an outstanding £2,790 for local cancer patients after hosting a bake sale in memory of their mum who died in April. Alice and Emily Lewis held the bumper baking event during the early May Bank Holiday Weekend on Litton Mill Green, alongside their friends from Bishop Pursglove CE […]
Expert husband and wife dancers Michael and Jackie Hough marked 50 years since their first dance class in Chapel-en-le-Frith with a special anniversary celebration. The golden afternoon tea dance saw over 130 past and present dance students come together at the town’s Methodist Church on Saturday 11th May. The event raised a fantastic £1,705 for […]
Pupils at Buxton Community School hatched a masterplan to raise more than £630 for Blythe House Hospicecare. Year 8 students were given £10 per tutor group and asked to generate as much profit as possible for Blythe House, as part of their inter-form Easter Enterprise challenge. Young people from across the six tutor groups came […]
Throughout June, Cooper Sons Hartley & Williams, Buxton will be providing a Will writing service in return for their fee being donated to Blythe House Hospicecare. Ann’s grandson, Oliver, was just five-years-old when he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia. Following 10 months of intensive chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant, treatment for a […]
