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East Devon law firm shares Christmas cheer

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 12/22/2015 - 10:22am

Around fifty people from a range of East Devon businesses joined solicitors Beviss & Beckingsale and their chosen charity See The Future for a cracker of a festive lunch at Honiton’s Deer Park Hotel in December.

The guest list for the event last Thursday (December 10th) included local surveyors, estate agents, accountants, lawyers and other businesses from hairdressers to auctioneers.

Guests were welcomed with a festive glass of mulled wine before a sitdown lunch, which included a talk by See The Future founder Leanne Greengrass. A game of “heads or tails” raised money...

Michelmores raises £65,000 for charity

Authored by Michelmores
Posted: Mon, 12/21/2015 - 8:12am

Michelmores is proud to announce a fundraising total of £65,273 for its Charity of the Year, Macmillan Cancer Support.

Over its two year partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, Michelmores hosted a variety of events across its Exeter, Bristol and London offices.

The majority of funds raised came from the firm’s popular 5K run, that takes place in Exeter's City Centre and attracts around 1,000 runners each year.

Events also included a Charity Art Auction, Christmas Bazaar and Macmillan Coffee Morning along with several sweepstakes, raffles and office dress down...

Sanctuary staff raise thousands for charities

Staff from Sanctuary Housing in Exeter have shown their charitable spirit in 2015 by raising more than £2,000 for two national charities. Employees from the leading housing provider’s Exeter office teamed up with colleagues across the South West at a series of events to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Research UK. Since the beginning of the summer, activities have included an auction, Macmillan Coffee Mornings and an office bake-off where staff pitted their cooking skills against each other and enjoyed some tasty treats. A team of staff also raised £600 at July’s Race...

RGB pledges support to Exeter Foundation

RGB Building Supplies is delighted to announce its involvement with the Exeter Chiefs’ Exeter Foundation by joining their commitment to support the local community as a Foundation XV member.

Like other members, RGB has pledged to raise in excess of £1,500 before July 2016.

To do this, staff will be holding bucket collections at some Exeter Chiefs’ home games and the builders merchant has vowed to match the amount that is donated.

RGB will also be supporting other Exeter Foundation events, including RockSolid, an obstacle race for people of all abilities that has...

LHC cook up £1,000 donation for charity

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 12/18/2015 - 10:02am

LHC Architecture + Urbanism have raised more than £1,000 for one of their chosen charities of the year by hosting their very own Bake Off contests.

Following weeks of fierce competition between the team of architects and urban designers at the Exeter and Plymouth studios, LHC cooked up a special surprise for staff at the Kidney Research shop in Exeter and handed over an impressive cheque.

To celebrate handing over the grand total of £1,000, LHC organised a final Christmas Signature Bake Off and baked some impressive goodies to share with staff from the local charity shop,...

Santa thrills Exminster residents

Exminster residents came out in force when Father Christmas made a special visit to the village.

Santa delighted young and old alike as he toured the village in a red Morgan, donated for the event by Berrybrook Garage. The event was supported by the whole community with local shops, businesses and St Martins choir all getting involved.

The event, run by Exminster Pre-school, is a popular annual tradition in the village, and this year residents dug deep, donating a total of £233.97.

The Christmas Bazaar was held the following day at Victory Hall, raising a further £1...

Teign Valley Golf Club raise over £2,300 for local chariTEE

Local charity Rainbow Living are thrilled to have been presented with a cheque for £2,375 from Teign Valley Golf Club, following a year of fundraising as one of the club’s charities for the year 2015.

This amazing amount was raised from a series of fundraising events organised by Teign Valley Golf Club throughout the year, including charity golf days, raffles and a silent auction. Ted Ridgeway, Derek Hathaway and Maggie Thompson from Teign Valley Golf Club were delighted to present the cheque to Ruth Airdrie from Rainbow Living.

All of the money raised will be put towards...

Exeter hotel raises grand total for charity

The Magdalen Chapter in Exeter have this week announced a grand total of £1,500 raised for Farms For City Children this year. 2015 is the hotel's first year working with the charity and this figure will fund entirely for six children to experience a whole week on one of the Farms For City Children farms.

To celebrate the total, General Managers Fiona Moores and Louise Todd of The Magdalen Chapter invited the team in to raise a glass - christmas cocktail even! - to this wonderful figure.

Guests of The Magdalen Chapter have been generously donating since December last year,...

Christmas fun and fundraising at Blundell’s

Blundell’s pupils have spent time during the run-up to Christmas fundraising for charity and having fun at the same time.

The girls in Year 12 of Gorton House sold a record number of 1,400 candy canes, raising £740 for the Crisis At Christmas charity.

Pupils and staff buy the canes to wish their friends and colleagues a Happy Christmas and write a label with a message. In a real team effort, the GH girls then worked as a production line to tie the labels onto the canes, which were then given out to the lucky recipients.

In another fundraising initiative, pupils...

Record numbers attend Lord's Taverners Christmas charity lunch

The Lord's Taverners Christmas lunch this year reached peak numbers, being attended by 630 business people, resulting in the largest event ever to be hosted by Sandy Park in Exeter.

The fundraising lunch began with a drinks reception then a delicious festive meal and bidding in the charity auction to win a private jet flight and lunch to Jersey, box at the Exeter Chiefs and rides in yachts and sports cars to name but a few.

A true or false quiz eliminated the room down to a winner for the top prize of an Xbox One and crackers were pulled to reveal lucky tickets and a host...

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