Charities

A group of fundraisers from Exeter completed the National Three Peaks Challenge in 24 hours on Friday 12 July, to raise vital funds for charity Parkinson’s UK.

The group were inspired to take on the climbing challenge by a family member of one of the climbers, who has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. They fundraised nearly £7,000 for the charity by completing the challenge.

The climbers were seven employees of Mace’s local office in Exeter. Mace is an international consultancy and construction company, which has chosen Parkinson’s UK as its charity partner for 2019. Mace...

Local charities and community groups are being encouraged to apply for funding of up to £20,000 from a pot worth over £3 million that has been raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

A wide range of community organisations, from registered charities, to community groups and social enterprises, can apply for grants of between £500 and £20,000. Applications are open from Wednesday 31 July for two weeks, until 14 August.

The funding is available through three different trusts, all of which are funded by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Each trust supports projects...

The freemasons of Devonshire have recently given the Exeter based charity “Balloons” a grant of £10,500 over three years to help in the support of the very worthwhile work they undertake.

Ian Kingsbury JP the Provincial Grand Master and Dr. Reuben Ayres the Provincial Grand Charity Steward of the Devonshire freemasons visited the offices of Balloons to present them with a certificate denoting the grant which was funded by the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF) where they met up with Sara Bennett Balloons CEO who kindly showed them round the offices while explaining the work they...

A disabled veteran from Exeter will be taking on the challenge of swimming 500 lengths to raise money for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.

Tony Cox served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps for 5 years, but after leaving the service he suffered from complex health and mobility issues that took their toll on both his work and personal life.

On Friday 26th July, Tony will be attempting to complete a swim of 500 lengths, a total distance of 7.5 kilometres, for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. Due to Tony’s health and mobility issues, he estimates that this challenge could take...