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Good luck Team FORCE at the London Marathon

FORCE will have five people taking part in this year’s London Marathon on Sunday April 27 .

Linda Grady, Sarah Moffat, Georgie Pigott, Ben Trigg, and Mark Wadeley-Jones will proudly wear the Team FORCE vest as they line up for start in Greenwich Park as part of a field of 56,000 runners.

They will tackle 26.2 miles around the capital and are on course to raise a fantastic amount of money for FORCE to help support local people affected by cancer.

With a few days to go before the big event, the fantastic five had already raised more than £6,500 in sponsorship and...

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Devon Air Ambulance gets help to ‘build’ for the future

RGB Building Supplies is delighted to announce it has selected Devon Air Ambulance Trust (DAAT) as its chosen charity and will be organising various fundraising events.

In 2018, DAAT assisted 1,102 patients, which included 162 in the Exeter and East Devon area. Having been established in 1992 the Trust has grown considerably and now runs two aircraft, which since the beginning of the year operate until 2amevery day.

As the aircrafts carry equipment that is not always available on land ambulances, DAAT’s doctors and paramedics are able to offer enhanced clinical care to...

Foam-filled fun as Bubble Rush 5k comes to Exeter - and will boost charity Pete's Dragons

A foam-filled 5k fun run where participants are bombarded by colourful bubbles is coming to Exeter for the first time.

Bubble Rush will bring its frothy, family-friendly festivities to Exeter Racecourse on Saturday, June 29, and fundraisers can boost a fantastic cause.

Pete’s Dragons, which helps hundreds of suicide bereaved families across Devon, will benefit from sponsorship cash netted by those who brave the bubbles.

The fun run will feature four bubble stations where foam canons will be pumping out masses of coloured bubbles.

Bubble Rush events take...

Team Mi-space exceeds £50,000 fundraising target for Prostate Cancer

Mi-space’s charity cycling team has exceeded their fundraising target of £50,000 one month ahead of their June 7thride from London to Amsterdam, in support of Prostate Cancer UK.

This is the second year that Mi-space has participated in the event, last year raising £14,300 with a team of 11 riders. This year Mi-space set out to achieve far more, in terms of rider participation, awareness of Prostate Cancer and raising funds for Prostate Cancer UK; they now have a contingent of 32 riders.

Team Captain and Divisional Director of Mi-space, AJ Eaton, said:“Based on our...

Grieving families support others ‘at their most vulnerable'

A decision made by bereaved families has enabled £8,000 to be donated to a Devonshire hospice.

The donation was made to Hospiscare by the East Devon Crematorium, near Exeter, thanks to the generosity of families who have lost a loved one.

The donation was raised through a national verified scheme that recycles metals which remain after cremation with the express consent of bereaved families, such as items used in the construction of the coffin or orthopaedic implants.

Hospiscare currently supports around 740 patients and their families and friends

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L-R: Simon Boyce, Tim Boyce, Bazzil Boyce, Susan Boyce, Clive Boyce

25 years of growing success for local family business

Boyces at Manstree, a small family-run business based in Shillingford St George, are delighted to be celebrating their 25th Anniversary this month.

Brothers Tim and Simon Boyce, together with their parents Clive and Susan, took over the fruit farm and vineyard in 1994. Over the years, the family has grown the business substantially, and they now employ a small team to help as the Boyces at Manstree reputation has spread throughout Devon and further afield.

The brothers also started the nursery business soon after taking over and Boyces Nursery now supply floral displays to...

Di and Sammi Rosser on the Twilight Walk

Hospiscare's Twilight Walk: Di & Sammi Rosser's Story

In 2016, Di & Sammi Rosser took part in the Twilight Walk simply because it sounded like a fun event and they felt that Hospiscare was a charity worth supporting. They could never have imagined two years later they would be walking in memory, having placed a photo of their much loved husband and dad Jeff on their memory star and displaying it, with so many others, within the special memory tent at The Maer, Exmouth.

“Behind our smiles and excitement about taking part in last year’s Twilight Walk is a terrible sadness and grief at the loss of a loving husband and dad to cancer...

Water damaged Topsham Vintage & Variety charity shop reopens

Topsham residents and visitors can look forward to the reopening of the popular Devon Air Ambulance Vintage & Variety charity shop in Fore Street this Saturday.

The shop’s planned refit was negated when excess water forced the shop to close its doors last winter.

Now, thanks to the hard work of contractors, staff and volunteers, the specialist charity shop welcomes local shoppers and visitors to browse newly-replenished shelves and rails, which boast many vintage items, from accessories and garments to trinkets, books and toys, donated by generous supporters across the...

Come along to Avenue F and tell us what's on your bucket list

Join Hospiscare at Devon County Show!

This year local charity Hospiscare has been chosen as Devon County Show ’s Charity of the Year (16-18 May). If you’re visiting the show, pop along to Avenue F to have a chat with the experts about the questions that really matter to you.

Hospiscare want to open up the conversation about death. You only die once, so how do you do that well? If you start having conversations early on about what matters to you, then the chances are you probably can.

Talking about death does not tempt fate. It won’t make it happen sooner. You may be comfortable with the subject or you might...

Runners's boost for Happy Feet funds

A Devon woman running her first half marathon in aid of Just 4 Children’s Oscar’s Happy Feet has seen her fundraising effort boosted by a housebuilder’s charity fund.

Kerry Vandenbrouck, of Paignton, scooped £1,000 towards her target thanks to the Persimmon Homes Community Champions initiative. The match-funding scheme seeks to support groups and charities working to improve the quality of life or environment across the region.

Kerry explained: “Oscar is five and from Paignton, he was born 10 weeks prematurely and finally came home after eight weeks in hospital.

“At...

Hold your horses, there’s a new car to be won!

Devon charity team up with Marsh Kia, Exeter

Some visitors of Devon County Show may be arriving by tractor, horse or traction engine over the next few days, but could soon be driving around in a brand new sporty Kia car. Local charity Living Options Devon has teamed up with Marsh Kia to give people the chance to win a brand new Kia Stonic. The Kia Stonic will be on site every day at the Kia stand at Devon County Show, everyone who purchases a £2 raffle ticket will be entered into the draw.

The Kia car raffle is all part of a seven month programme of events which Living Options...

Charities

Good luck Team FORCE at the London Marathon

Devon Air Ambulance gets help to ‘build’ for the future

Foam-filled fun as Bubble Rush 5k comes to Exeter - and will boost charity Pete's Dragons

Team Mi-space exceeds £50,000 fundraising target for Prostate Cancer

Grieving families support others ‘at their most vulnerable'

25 years of growing success for local family business

Hospiscare's Twilight Walk: Di & Sammi Rosser's Story

Water damaged Topsham Vintage & Variety charity shop reopens

Join Hospiscare at Devon County Show!

Runners's boost for Happy Feet funds

Hold your horses, there’s a new car to be won!

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