Please join us for the Alphington Garden Trail, taking place on Sunday 17th July, with five gardens and the Ide Lane Allotments opening to the public to raise funds for Rainbow Living.
Combined admission: adults £5 and under 16s free for entrance to all venues. Tickets can be purchased at any garden entrance via cash or card at some venues – please see poster for details. We’ll be selling home-made jams and marmalades + refreshments at some gardens.
70 year old Derek Hathaway from Exeter has realised his personal challenge to sail solo around the coast of Britain – and including gift aid, raised £4,141.25 for local charity Rainbow Living.
Originally due to depart April 2020, Derek’s plans were put on hold when the UK went into lockdown but with the easing of restrictions earlier this year, he finally set sail on the 20th April.
Derek launched from Starcross Yacht Club on the Exe, sailing anti-clockwise around the coast of Britain. He travelled east towards Ramsgate via the Solent, before heading north to Scotland and...
Rainbow Living is very excited to announce the charity has been selected by Exeter Golf and Country Club as the Golf Captains’ Charity of the Year for 2018/19.
Over the next 12 months Exeter Golf and Country Club is aiming to raise £10,000 for Rainbow Living, which is a local volunteer-run charity providing accommodation for adults with learning and other disability. Fundraising has already commenced with the Golf Dinner and Dance event raising £1,000. Many more fundraising events are planned throughout the year, including raffles, auctions and coffee mornings.
A determined team of local people have raised an impressive £5,357 so far, after cycling the length of the country for Exeter-based charity Rainbow Living.
Over 11 days, the team spent an average of 8 hours in the saddle every day as they cycled from John O’Groats to Land’s End; overall they covered 950 miles and climbed over 51,000 feet – and burnt more than 38,000 calories!
The group braved torrential rain and lashing winds; herds of cows, flocks of sheep, punctures, saddle sores and overall tiredness may have slowed them down but they were not deterred during their epic...
A nine-strong team of Devonians are cycling the length of the country to raise funds for Exeter-based charity Rainbow Living.
It’s an eclectic group, ranging from experienced cyclists to complete novices, and including four of pensionable age! Event organiser Curly Wright, a 69 year old pensioner, is joined by Shirley French, 70, a retired senior nurse who is in remission from cancer, and former Devon and Cornwall Police Officer Terry Windeatt, 70.
The rest of the team includes Dr James Haytor, who works at the Cheriton Bishop and Christow surgeries, Dick Scagell, 63,...
Local charity Rainbow Living is delighted to announce the appointment of four new Directors to their Board.
Dave Hopton, Clive Hughes, Tracey Rockey and Paul Winfield join Rainbow Living at an exciting time, as the charity embarks on its latest project, a fourth Rainbow House in Exeter.
Rainbow Living is a small, but growing, volunteer-run charity, which has enjoyed success with its unique housing model, which enables adults with learning and other disability to live with their peers in specially adapted accommodation, designed to promote and encourage independent supported...
Rainbow Living’s Treasurer Ruth Airdrie has attended Buckingham Palace for her MBE investiture ceremony.
Ruth was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours list, in recognition of the voluntary work she has undertaken for Rainbow Living over the last 11 years.
Ruth visited the palace with her husband John and daughter Sarah for the investiture ceremony. The MBE was presented by HRH Prince Charles.
An MBE is awarded by the Queen and is given to those who have made an outstanding achievement or service to the...
A second-hand bike sale is set to raise funds for Rainbow Living, thanks to the fantastic efforts of a supporter of the Exeter-based charity.
On Saturday 18th November, Curly Wright will be selling refurbished bikes and donating all proceeds from the sale of these bikes to Rainbow Living.
Following a great response to his plea for donations of unwanted and unused bikes, Curly has spent months refurbishing and updating the donated bikes; he has stripped bikes down where needed, repairing and rebuilding them, as well as undertaking safety checks and ensuring they are road...
Rainbow Living is delighted to announce that Ruth Airdrie, the charity’s Treasurer, has been appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours list.
The award was made in recognition of the voluntary work Ruth has undertaken for Rainbow Living over the last 11 years. Ruth was one of the group of people instrumental in founding Rainbow Living and she has worked tirelessly as a Trustee since then, helping to develop and shape the charity’s unique housing model which provides specially adapted accommodation so adults with learning...
Following four years of fundraising, planning and renovation, local charity Rainbow Living has officially celebrated completion of their third Rainbow House by opening the house up for a special preview.
Supporters turned out in force as the charity’s Trustees and Board greeted over 200 guests during the 2-day event. Visitors had an opportunity to look round the extensively refurbished house, which has included a loft conversion, specialist bathroom and kitchen design, as well as a complete rewire and redecoration. The project also included extensive improvements to the garden and...
