Based on a 14 acre campus in Topsham Road, Exeter, WESC Foundation (WESC) - The Specialist Centre for Visual Impairment - provide education, health, care, therapy and mobility. Riding therapy is often used as a prescribed physiotherapy to help to mobilise learners. The WESC therapy team welcomed the delivery of a magnificent black stallion named ‘Winston’, a bespoke designed Horse Simulator.
The charity launched its ‘Horse Simulator Fundraising Appeal’ at Exeter Racecourse in spring last year to raise the £25,000 needed. The RDA (Riding for Disabled) simulator was designed and...
Today (June 1) marks the start of national Volunteers’ Week and Exeter-based FORCE Cancer Charity has revealed the latest figures about the value of time given freely given by its supporters.
In 2015 volunteers racked up more than 19,450 hours for the charity, which offers face-to-face support to anyone locally affected by cancer.
That’s worth an estimated £125,000 – a vital contribution to an organisation that offers all of its services free of charge, receives no Government funding and needs to raise £1.2 million every year to maintain them.
WESC held their charity golf day at Exeter Golf & Country Club on 12 May sponsored by ITEC. With a record 17 four-ball teams entering and over £7,000 raised, the Specialist Centre for Visual Impairment declared 2016 as their most successful charity golf day to date.
The winning Team ‘Fantastic Four’ made up of: Paul Laverick, Neil Gauntlett, Mark Wightman and Iain Creer were each presented with a bottle of champagne and a four-ball voucher courtesy of Exeter Golf & Country Club. Mark Peters VAT Associates were runners-up, followed closely by MJ Baker in third position....
Ceilidh in aid of Arthritis Care with the highly acclaimed Devon band Dumbo’s Feather Caller: Martin Hodge
Friday 1st July 2016 7.30pm - 11.30pm
Cruwys Morchard Village Hall Tiverton EX16 8LD
Raffle & Licensed Bar
Tickets in advance £10 Children under 12 years £5.00 Tickets at the door £12.50 and £6.00 All tickets include a pasty and choice of drink: local cider/beer/wine/soft drink
Raffle prizes so far include: Exeter Chiefs rugby tickets, cast iron cookware, a gift voucher for the Ring of Bells in Cheriton Fitzpaine, cooking classes, a photo...
Fancy a peek around some private gardens in Exeter’s leafy St Leonards? Then pop along to see six gardens in Matford Avenue, Matford Road, Leighdene Close and St Leonards Road, five of which are opening for the first time.
The keen gardeners, who are all good friends, are taking part in Exeter Hospiscare’s Open Gardens on Sunday May 22 from 2pm-5pm. Admission is by donation.
“Come and take a look around, this is a friendly, welcoming neighbourhood,” said Minna Egan, one of the garden owners.
“We have neighbourhood parties at Christmas and in the summer, so we all...
Nine well known members of the business community have been ‘jailed’ at Exeter Castle and have to raise a bail of £999 for Children’s Hospice South West in order to be released.
Each ‘prisoner’ has been charged with a fictitious crime and they will be held at the castle until they raise their bail money - but they only have a few hours to ensure they reach their bail targets.
With access to phone and Wi-Fi they are relying on friends, family, colleagues, suppliers and customers to make donations to their online donation pages.
Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer and a team of senior police riders from Devon, Cornwall and Dorset got on their bikes today to begin a 225-mile cross-border cycle challenge in aid of local charities.
The team of 20 police officers and staff from the two police forces left from Christchurch police station in Dorset this morning and are aiming to cycle to Land’s End in Cornwall in three days.
They will pedal through a county each day before reaching their destination on Sunday evening.
The route is especially tough due to the hilly nature of the route and riders will...
