dream a way

Exeter based charity Dream-A-Way recently provided a holiday grant to young Tom from East Devon and were delighted to meet up with him and to hear about his wonderful holiday experience Tom flew to Rome with his carers in November for a 5 day holiday at the Star Hotel Metropole. Tom is an absolutely delightful young man and it was a real pleasure to spend some time with him and his lovely carers, Julie and Kate. He has no vision whatsoever and is autistic. Nothing though, has stopped him from researching foreign countries and cuisines and cultures.

He has found totally amazing ways...

Dream-A-Way, the 2014 charity for Princesshay, were delighted to receive the support of Mercedes-Benz of Exeter with the generous donation of a Mercedes-Benz A Class 180 for their festive raffle.

Dream-A-Way was formed in 1993 and during 2014 they have proudly celebrated their 21st Anniversary. Throughout this time the charity has been managed by a strong team of volunteers, all of whom are unpaid and receive no expenses, payments or honoraria thus ensuring that all funds raised and generously donated are used to support local people with disabilities.

During 2014 Dream-A-...

Exeter-based charity Dream-A-Way are celebrating the success of the first fundraising event organised by their Sidmouth supporters.

It was a comedy night staged at the Marine Pub in Sidmouth .

Organiser Mike Rock said: “The night was a great success with over 70 attending comedians travelling down from Bath.

"Many thanks to all the staff and owners for hosting our first ever Dream-A-Way Sidmouth event and a particular thank you to the loft, Sarah and Phil for providing raffle prizes which helped us to raise £163!”

Dream-A-Way Chairman Jeff Merrett said: “I...

The very popular Exeter based charity Dream-A-Way, proudly celebrated their 21st anniversary on Friday 17 October by hosting their ninth consecutive Ball in the beautiful new suites at Sandy Park, the home of the amazing Exeter Chiefs.

The Diamonds Are Forever themed Ball was a glittering success and thoroughly enjoyed by all 325 guests.

In true Diamonds Are Forever style, the venue looked superb with no glitter or starlight spared.

Arrival cocktails were enjoyed whilst entertainment was beautifully provided by Jazz Lounge setting the opening scene for a simply...

A wishing well has been hand crafted and donated by local contractor, Build Care Plus Limited to Princesshay’s charity of the year Dream-A-Way.

The wishing well is located in the centre of the main thoroughfare in Princesshay and has proved a big hit with shoppers of all ages.

Jeff Merrett MBE, Chairman of Dream-A-Way said: “We’re extremely grateful to Build Care Plus for creating and donating the wishing well.

"We hope visitors to Princesshay will enjoy the new feature and we’d like to thank those who have already donated. Those looking to exchange their pennies...

The Dream-A-Way team were delighted when some of the HMS Defender crew joined in with the bucket collection at St James Park at the Exeter City v Portsmouth match on Saturday.

While it was a great result on the pitch with City scoring a 94th minute equaliser (1–1) it was also a great result with a very good collection off the pitch too with Lez Miller’s top 20 collectors overcoming the rainy weather and collecting a massive total of £638.15.

Chairman Jeff Merrett said “ Despite the weather it was a great atmosphere at St James Park and Dream-A-Way were delighted to have...

ThebestofExeter which specialises in promoting Exeter’s local businesses via its website, digital marketing and business network events has announced that its charity of the year for 2014 will be Dream-A-Way, the Exeter based charity which provides holidays and days out for people with disabilities and their families.

Dream-A-Way has been associated with thebestofExeter for many years and its volunteers enjoy belonging to this excellent organisation which does so much to support local charities as well as businesses.

To be chosen as their Charity of the Year for 2014 really...