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Inspire Cheshire West has closed. Thank you to everyone who took part. Your contributions, stories, ideas and experiences about life under lockdown restrictions were a valuable resource to the communities of west Cheshire.

An amazing show of Human Kindness through these unprecedented times

Sonja and Danielle who run kids space , a nonprofit childcare facility from the local youth centre in the rural village of Malpas has spent the last 8 weeks of locked down caring for children of key workers free of charge.

At a time when any one would be forgiven for closing their doors for fear of catching covid-19 these two selfless ladies showed so much compassion for the community of Malpas, they decided they were going to do what they can to help.

we want to say a special thank you to them both and a thank you to Malpas youth centre for allowing kids space to use the youth centre rent free over the last 2 months

Community Volunteering

On 18th March, my flights for a spring break road trip around rural Halkidiki, Greece were cancelled. I decided to still take my annual leave from work as the country was in crisis and lockdown followed soon after Monday 23rd March, the day I was due to fly to Greece. I was already committing to a weekly food shop for my 95 year old housebound Auntie living on the Wirral. That week, I scaled up my food shopping to cover another Auntie in Chester, my parents in Chester and their elderly neighbour. I was really enjoying helping others, so when…

A shining example of positive community spirt

Jeannie and Mary , two residents of Malpas who had both had enough of the mounting litter during lockdown on old hall street , decided they wanted to do something about it.Taking the litter picker by the handle, they set to the task in hand and six bags of rubbish later the area was left looking much more presentable . Jeannie and Mary have both set a shining example of positive community spirit and I would like to say thank you to them both .