Charities

The 2025 Michelmores 5K Charity Run returned to Exeter’s historic Quayside on Thursday 11 September with a sell-out crowd of runners and supporters, raising vital funds for South West charity FearFree .

The event brought together over 1,000 people from across the region for an evening of sport, community, and purpose. Now in its 24th year, the Michelmores 5K has become a staple in the local calendar.

Hosted by former Exeter Chiefs rugby player Chris Bentley, the run was supported by local businesses, running clubs, families and friends – all united in support of FearFree...

A team of staff and volunteers from local charity Westbank Community Health and Care, who took on a fundraising challenge this month to collectively walk 360 miles - a distance equivalent to the circumference of Devon - have already exceeded their goal by walking more than 600 miles so far.

This month, Westbank is celebrating the 21st anniversary of its extensive Health Walks programme and Project Lead Debbie Hutchinson came up with the idea of linking all of the different routes by organising her ‘Walk for Westbank’ challenge. She has been joined on the various stages of her...

A charity tackling hunger, loneliness, and food waste by providing free three-course community meals for those in need, is appealing for urgent help from Exeter residents, amid a ‘summer volunteering slump’.

Community dining charity FoodCycle needs to fill almost 10,000 volunteering slots to keep weekly community meals going at around 100 locations in England and Wales this summer.

Among them FoodCycle Exeter runs on Tuesdays at 6.30pm, at the Mint Methodist Church, and FoodCycle Exeter Beacon Heath runs on Thursdays 6.30pm, at Beacon Heath Church.

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Exeter City Community Trust, the charitable arm of Exeter City Football Club, is stepping into a new sport as it joins a major national initiative to grow women’s rugby in the city ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025.

The organisation, which is more used to the beautiful game than the oval ball, is joining with Exeter Chiefs and Exeter City Council as the delivery partner for the Strive ‘25 Rugby Challenge, a national programme aimed at engaging 25,000 women and girls in rugby across host cities. Exeter is one of only eight UK cities which are hosting the Women’s Rugby World...