Stagecoach South West has raised £500 for Macmillan Cancer Support, following a World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event at the Exeter depot.
Staff were able to enjoy a morning cuppa with colleagues, along with a tempting selection of homemade cakes and treats, all of which were available for a small donation to Macmillan.
The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan’s biggest fundraising event for people facing cancer. Individuals and organisations from all over the UK host their own Coffee Mornings and donations on the day are made to Macmillan. Last year alone, the...
On Friday, 14th December Exeter Cathedral will once again come alive to the sound of your favourite Christmas songs as La La Choirs host their sell-out concert to raise funds for CLIC Sargent. Tickets are available from the link below and are already selling fast, so don't delay getting yours!
Joining La La this year will be Kelly College school chamber choir who were the winners of the Devon Schools Choir competition, together with the CLIC Sargwnt Singers, a group of talented young musicians who met at the CLIC Sargent music programme over the summer.
Police dog handler Andi Darbey from Exeter took part in the FORCE Autumn Series cycle ride on Sunday, just 48 hours after her latest round of chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Andi was diagnosed in June and in July she began a treatment plan that involves chemo, surgery and radiotherapy.
But she is determined to stay active and continue raising money for a charity she has supported for many years and is now supporting her.
Andi was joined by more than 20 family members, friends and colleagues from Devon and Cornwall Police on the FORCE ride.
A charity beer has raised an elephantine sum for wildlife conservation. Bays Brewery helped generate £3,282 by selling a special beer – Trunk Ale - on behalf of wildlife charity Paignton Zoo Environmental Park.
Paignton Zoo supports environmental education in the Omo Forest of south-western Nigeria, where the elusive forest elephant still survives. The Zoo has been funding work there since 2008.
The Paignton micro-brewery is a long-time supporter of Paignton Zoo and its conservation projects. Pete Salmon, from Bays, said: “Since 2013, our partnership with Paignton Zoo has...
A well-known Exeter musician is set to conduct again at the end of September for a special charity concert in the city centre in aid of Unicef, the United Nations Children's Fund. Raymond Calcraft, who was Director of Exeter Philharmonic Choir for fifteen years from 1988 to 2003, led the Choir in more than 80 concerts in the Cathedral, and took them to Spain in 1998 to sing in Madrid's famous Auditorio Nacional and the Cathedral of Salamanca. He also brought the English Chamber and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras to Exeter to perform with the Choir.
Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) held its annual Jail and Bail fundraising event in Exeter Castle on Friday, which raised over £11,000 for the local children’s charity.
Seven local business people took part in the event which involved individuals getting arrested and put on trial for fictitious crimes including noise pollution, being a Bristol Bears fan in Exeter Chief’s territory and being the world’s worse dancer!
Prisoners included David Roberts from Nu-Heat UK, Kevin Felon from RGB Building Supplies, Kevin Parry & Scott Hunt from NatWest, Chris Callan from TT...
Leading Exeter health and wellbeing charity CITY Community Trust has made a key new appointment as it continues to develop its links with the business community.
Stacey Hedge has joined the charity as business development manager.
CITY Community Trust, which is Exeter City Football Club’s partner charity, provides a range of activities to people of all ages, focused on health, education, wellbeing and physical activity.
Stacey said: ‘I’m thrilled to be joining such a great organisation doing fantastic work across the Greater Exeter area. My role will be to raise the...
The charitable trust behind the project to restore and invigorate an historic house on the outskirts of Exeter are looking for new trustees with specialist skills.
Poltimore House is an 18th century Grade II* listed country house which was owned by the distinguished Bampfylde family for around 500 years. Since it was sold off in 1921, it has variously been a girls’ school, a college for boys, a private hospital, part of the NHS and a retirement home.
Partly destroyed by fire in 1987, the once elegant house which once boasted having a “Spacious Hall, 7 Reception Rooms,...
The charitable trust behind the project to restore and invigorate an historic house on the outskirts of Exeter are looking for new trustees with specialist skills.
Poltimore House is an 18th century Grade II* listed country house which was owned by the distinguished Bampfylde family for around 500 years. Since it was sold off in 1921, it has variously been a girls’ school, a college for boys, a private hospital, part of the NHS and a retirement home.
Partly destroyed by fire in 1987, the once elegant house which once boasted having a “Spacious Hall, 7 Reception Rooms,...
The four women behind Devon’s ‘Row for the Ocean’ team are overjoyed to have raised four and a half thousand pounds in one night at their charity auction, raffle and boat unveiling at The Terrace in Exeter last week (Thursday 13th September).
With just 85 days to go until they set off on a gruelling 3,000-mile race across the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to the West Indies, the fantastic total is a big boost for rowers Kirsty Barker, Rosalind Holsgrove-West, Kate Salmon, and Laura Try.
The women were delighted to be joined on the night by sponsors, supporters, and well-...
