Staff from LHC’s Exeter and Plymouth design studios have raised over £2,500 for one of the UK’s oldest charities, Devon based Hannahs.
The team of architects and urban designers cycled 58 miles and climbed 3750 feet of hills on Sunday, raising money towards a new £11,000 all-terrain wheelchair for the charity.
Twenty members of staff, including six of the company Directors completed the route, starting from the Exeter Design Studio on Exeter Business Park and finishing at the Plymouth Design Studio at Royal William Yard, visiting the two Hannah’s sites at Seale Hayne,...
We recently held a tea party to celebrate the “graduation” of our Hospiscare Exeter community nurse Rachel Willmott.
Rachel is pictured, wearing pink, with her certificate which she received after studying and spending three years alongside highly experienced senior colleagues. She is now working in her new role as community nurse specialist in the city.
Rachel said: “I love this job. As a team we are able to give specialist advice and support to people who are at the end of their life. Hospiscare community nurses have time and experience and we are able to support families...
National sports charity ‘Tennis For Free’ has served up an ace for Exeter and the surrounding area by investing in a 50 week programme of free tennis lessons hoping hundreds of people across the area can make a racket at the city’s Heavitree Pleasure Ground courts.
The timing of the launch couldn’t be better as the World’s top players will be playing at the most famous tennis tournament of them all - Wimbledon. The charity, created by comedian Tony Hawks, has created a partnership with Exeter City Council, local professional tennis coach Jon Hamilton and the LTA to help provide...
Exeter CVS has been recognised as a Beacon for Change by BIG Assist, a lottery-funded programme to strengthen social enterprise and voluntary sector infrastructure, and to build social action.
Beacons for Change are organisations which have benefited from BIG Assist support and are now recognised as leading the way on adapting to changing circumstances, developing new approaches to meeting community need, and building cross-sector relationships.
As a Beacon for Change, Exeter CVS will become part of a national network with opportunities to inform policymakers, funders and...
Big thanks to Debbie from Mad Cakes for launching our Big Devon Bake Off – she popped into our Exeter hospice with these amazing Lego cakes!
Our Hospiscare staff and volunteers enjoyed tucking into these cute little fellas raising £26, which is the first money in our Bake Off kitty.
Debbie also gave cakes to our friends and colleagues at the RD&E Bramble children’s ward; we’re based at Dryden Road, opposite the RD&E. Mad Cakes will be hosting a Hospiscare bake off for children later in the summer, keep an eye on our website for an update: www.hospiscare.co.uk...
