The charity team at Otter Nurseries in Ottery St Mary has announced this year’s charity partnership with the Baton.
The Baton is run by Alan Rowe, well known in the area for his charity work. Alan founded the organisation to raise awareness of life in the British Armed Forces and ensure ex forces personnel are given the right support when they return to civilian life. The Baton also offers practical support to those in need, on a case by case basis.
Otter Nurseries Marketing Manager, Sabine Taylor said: “The Baton is a very different type of charity for us to support, and...
A total of 369 men have already signed up for next month’s Hospiscare Men’s Walk starting at Exeter’s Double Locks pub and finishing with a FREE pint and a pasty.
“This is a great start and we’re hoping many more will join us for a walk along the canal and then watch the Six Nations England v Wales on huge LED screens in the Hospiscare bar, relaxing with a pint and a pasty,” said main sponsor Roger Wilkinson of Wilkinson Grant & Co.
“We’re raising funds for a vital local charity so join us!”
The walk on Saturday 12 March is an eight mile route along Exeter’s...
As 2016 gets underway, a local fundraiser is sending out a message of thanks to all who raised funds for Macmillan Cancer Support last year.
Bridget Hill, Macmillan Fundraising Manager for South, Mid and East Devon said: "Because of all your support, in 2015 Macmillan was able to commit £310,686 in Devon, helping to support over 35,000 people living with or beyond cancer locally. That means there are now over 50 Macmillan professionals working in the county.
"I want to say a personal thank you to everyone who hosted or attended coffee mornings, volunteered their time, took...
A member of RGB Building Supplies’ Exeter team has raised a fantastic £365 for the Exeter Foundation by dying his hair a wonderful shade of violet.
For the past few weeks, RGB driver Keith Thomas has been inviting customers to make a donation to his ‘Colour in Keith’ appeal and vote on what colour, or pattern, his hair became.
Keith’s hair was then dyed in the Exeter branch on Friday 19th February with colour kindly donated by LaRicheLtd.
Keith said: “A huge thank you to all our customers who made a donation, and to RGB who matched the amount that was raised. RGB is...
Exeter-based Rainbow Living is inviting local children and disabled adults to celebrate Mother’s Day by getting involved in a special competition to show their mum how much they love them.
All entrants need to do is design a Mother’s Day card to be in with a chance of winning an amazing Mother’s Day hamper, kindly donated by Sainsbury’s Pinhoe.
The charity is delighted to announce the support of Sarah Turner (aka the ‘Unmumsy Mum’ Exeter blogger!) as a guest judge. Sarah is an award-winning blogger and her first book - The Unmumsy Mum - has just been published.
HeartSWell South West is looking for people to take to the sky and jump 10,000ft from a plane to raise money for heart patients and lifesaving equipment in the Westcountry. The 10,000ft tandem skydive can be completed in several different locations across the UK, the nearest centre being the Honiton Dropzone in Devon. HeartSWell ask the skydiver participant to raise £395 in sponsorship money in order for them to jump for free and in turn the charity will receive an average donation of £140. In addition to this, every extra pound that is raised by the skydiver over the minimum amount, goes...
A mum-of-three from Exeter is urgently searching for a stem cell donor to help cure her leukaemia. Kate Barnett was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in October 2015.
Following a round of chemotherapy, doctors discovered she also has myelodysplasia, which prevents her bone marrow responding properly to treatment. The hairdresser and customer assistant is now searching for an unrelated donor for a stem cell transplant, which represents her best hope of a cure. "I was devastated and went into shock when I was diagnosed. I hadn’t even felt ill, just tired and thought I was doing...
Exeter Philharmonic Choir presented a cheque for £1,875 towards Exeter Leukaemia Fund’s Chevithorne Appeal.
The money was raised from the ‘retiring collection’ of two carol concerts held at Exeter Cathedral last year.
Christine Burns from the choir, said: “We were delighted to hand over this amount, and we’re very grateful, as always, for the generosity of our audiences.”
The choir supports a different local charity each year. They chose the Chevithorne Appeal for its importance to people of Exeter and beyond who are coping with the emotional as well as the physical...
Following a successful year of fundraising, Exeter-based charities and projects are better off to the tune of over £145,000 thanks to donations from the Exeter Chiefs’ official charity, the Exeter Foundation.
Some £97,534.34 was given to projects who had applied for funds from the Exeter Foundation, including £10,000 towards a play area at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital’s Bramble Ward, £25,000 for a new hydrotherapy pool at Vranch House and a £1,500 contribution for a new Volunteering in Health minibus.
The Exeter Foundation also supported the 19240 Shrouds of the...
