fund raising

Charity Christmas lunch raises over £65,000

Authored by ellenjenkins
Posted: Mon, 12/12/2016 - 12:10pm

This year’s Lord's Taverners Christmas lunch proved to be another success with 600 business people attending the event at Sandy Park on 6th December.

The fundraising lunch began with a drinks reception, delicious festive meal and the chance to bid in the charity auction. Auction prizes up for grabs included a box at the Exeter Chiefs, party for up to 75 people at Jack in the Green and private meal cooked by celebrity chef Mitch Tonks, with an invite for 4 people to attend the Lympstone Manor launch party reaching a substantial £2900!

The silent auction went hi-tech this...

Exeter climbers attempt to summit Everest... in one day

Climbers at The Quay Climbing Centre in Exeter will be attempting to climb the height of Everest on Friday 12th June as part of a fund raising day to support earthquake relief projects in Nepal.

The event is part of a series of similar challenges taking place at climbing walls across the UK as a way of supporting a part of the world that is close to the hearts of the climbing community and is being organised by two local climbers, Ellie Wilkinson and Denise Murphy.

Climbers are being challenged to complete as many metres of climbing as they can throughout the day in the...

Crediton firms scale new heights

Authored by Stacy Hill
Posted: Mon, 06/23/2014 - 11:03pm

A team of people made up of members from businesses around Crediton have completed the Three Peaks Challenge, and attempt to walk the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales within 24 hours.

The intrepid adventurers have raised just over £600 of a £2014 target for The Devon Community Foundation.

George Clover and James Fyfe from Helmores Estate Agents, Chris Eaton and Sam Watkins from Viator Electrical Contractors, Colin Heard of Colin Heard Landscapes, Damo Cross of Colourburn, Barny Butterfield of Sandford Orchards and Graham Webber of GW Fitness completed the...

Jo's Trust Fundraising

Authored by Ashfords LLP
Posted: Thu, 01/30/2014 - 11:00am

Generous Ashfords' people have beaten their charity fund raising target for their chosen charity, Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust.

Staff and partners of the firm pulled out all the stops with fundraising and awareness raising event for Jo's Trust, the only UK charity dedicated to women and their families affected by cervical cancer and cervical abnormalities.

The South West based firm set itself a £10,000 target and topped this by more than 50% raising more than £16,000 in the last year, following a firm wide ballot to select a charity of the year.

A...

Charity Quiz Night at Exeter City Football Club

Event Date: 
23/01/2014 - 7:30pm to 10:00pm
Venue: 
Capital Suite, Exeter City Football Club, Stadium Way, Exeter.

Cafe at 36 from St Thomas Exeter have organised their third fund raising quiz night being held to support Age UK Exeter, their local charity in Cowick Street.

The quiz is being held at Exeter City Football Club, on the 23rd January 2014, kick off is at 7.30 pm. There is a fully licenced bar and hog roasted pork baps will be available at half time!

For those of you who are twitter fans, the Quiz Master is #DevonHour who hosts a weekly networking twitter chat.

There will be a prize for the winning team, and a raffle will be held with prizes all donated by local...