Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer will be saddling up alongside police officers and staff from Devon and Cornwall and Dorset for a unique cross-border challenge in aid of local charities.
A team of 18 senior officers and staff members from the two police forces is aiming to cycle from Christchurch in Dorset to Land’s End in Cornwall in three days.
The 225-mile ride, which starts on Friday 13 May, will see the team pedal through a county each day before reaching their destination on the Sunday evening.
The route is especially tough due to the hilly nature of the route and...
A ground-breaking expedition that aims to save African elephants while encouraging the creation of sustainable local business in rural Kenya has won a funding award run by a Scottish wild land charity.
The Bee Elephant Enterprise project (BEE) aims to build beehive fences around farmland in the Tsavo National Park in deter elephants – which are afraid of bees – from destroying crops.
Small farmers, often desperately poor, can lose their livelihood overnight from a single elephant raid. Elephants in turn are often killed in retaliation.
Firefighters from Ottery St Mary Fire Station will be teaming up with Sixth Form students from Kings School for a charity car wash this Saturday (23 April) from 10am-2pm.
They will be rolling up their sleeves at the local fire station in Canaan Way to raise funds for the Fire Fighters Charity and the Goodwill Children’s Home in India.
Bring your car along and have it washed in return for a donation to the charity, the UK’s leading provider of services that enhance the quality of life for serving and retired fire service personnel and their families.
WESC Foundation (WESC) launches The ‘Exeter’s Blind Spot’ campaign.
Since the charity’s rebrand many people know WESC as the blind school and not by their official name, WESC Foundation. This campaign is aiming to increase awareness and strengthen the association between WESC and the ‘blind school’ that it is so often referred as.
WESC wants to encourage the general public to get involved with the charity’s work and to promote the range of services they offer to visually impaired young people.
By launching this campaign WESC invites you to sign up to their...
Tiverton Housebuilder Devonshire Homes handed over a cheque to Devon charity Hospiscare this week marking a year of fundraising that saw the company exceed its target amount by £2,316.00.
Last April, the company pledged to raise £10,000 over the year. To achieve this figure various fundraising and sponsorship events were planned and held. This included Devonshire Homes pledging £50 for each open market sale; sponsorship from entering a team in the Great West Run; fundraising activities such as ‘Bake-Off’ and themed work days plus sponsorship at a Golf Day as well as two cabaret...
Join us for a fun quiz night putting your brain cells to the test! Will your team come up trumps, beating other local companies to the top prize? With a raffle, food provided by local caterers ‘Feast Without Fuss’ and a cash bar, the evening will be a charity event not to miss!
All profits raised at the quiz will go towards re-fitting the Clifford Room at the Barnfield Theatre. The Clifford Room plays host to regular mother & toddler groups and youth drama groups. With new digital dimmer racks, lighting control desk and sound system, the room will be a more versatile, safer and...
Trustees of Rainbow Living Exeter have publicly thanked local businesses and charitable foundations for their generous donations, which have enabled the purchase of a specialist bath for their Exeter house.
Local healthcare and protection insurance provider The Exeter donated £2,000; the charity was also supported by the James Tudor Foundation, which donated £4,500, and the St Edmunds and St Mary’s Major Charity, which donated a further £330.
Rainbow Living is a local charity which provides specially adapted accommodation for adults with disabilities; the charity...
Is it a dog, a crocodile or a prehistoric creature? Whatever your take on it, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) has an original Simon Cowell drawing – complete with signature – now available for auction.
The piece will be auctioned through the charity’s eBay store starting April 17, and Emma Perry, Senior Community Fundraiser at CHSW’s Little Bridge House hospice said: ‘We’re so grateful to have this opportunity to use Simon’s artwork to fundraise again for us. Whilst it may not be a Picasso, it is an original piece of artwork, which includes Simon’s signature, and so could be a...
