WESC

Dancing in the Streets 2013

Event Date: 
08/06/2013 - 11:00am to 09/06/2013 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Princesshay Square

Dancing in the Streets Festival 2013 is back and ready to rumble! With talented local performers from dancers and singers to comedians and live music, Saturday 8th until Sunday 9th of June is set to rock the very heart of Exeter’s shopping capital, Princesshay.

The festival now in its fourth year was the first of its kind in Exeter and launched the now very popular community event space in Princesshay Square.

Dancing in the Streets welcomes people of all ages to experience the dancing festival vibe, inviting visitors to take part in Vibes Dance Company’s Swagga, Zumba,...

EAST meets WESC

Event Date: 
25/05/2013 - 9:30am to 5:00pm
Venue: 
EAST Princesshay

Fashion retailer EAST will be hosting a Fashion Day event at its store in Princesshay on Saturday 25 May as part of the shopping centre's yearlong charity partnership with WESC Foundation.

Shoppers will be welcomed to the event with a glass of fizz and can expect to be truly pampered at EAST’s Fashion Day.

Indian head massages will be on offer for a donation to the charity to help customers relax and enjoy a special shopping experience. A representative from Princesshay’s Molton Brown store will also be available at key points throughout the day offering hand massages in...

Quiz raises £1,500 for blind charity

A charity quiz has helped raise over £1,500 for WESC Foundation, a specialist centre for visual impairment located on Topsham Road, Exeter.

The event held at the school’s campus was sponsored by Devon-based accountancy firm, Thomas Westcott, and saw over twenty teams battle it out for the top spot, with The Princesshay Pirates being crowned as overall winners, and The Wonders of the University from Exeter University taking second place. Caroline Burkie, Fundraising and PR Manager for the charity, comments: “We were really pleased our second quiz event was so well supported and...

Raise the roof and funds at a special christmas concert

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Thu, 12/13/2012 - 2:23pm

The West of England School and College would like to invite supporters and members of the public to their Christmas Concert, featuring the Global Harmony Choir on the 19th December at 7pm.

Held at the Topsham Road campus, music during the evening will range from seasonal pieces, to songs from South Africa and Georgia.

Tickets are £5 and all proceeds will go towards providing specialist education, care and therapy to the children and young people who are blind or partially sighted and also contend with additional needs.

Caroline Burkie, PR and Fundraising Manager at...

Firewatch encourages people to walk over hot coals for charity

Staff from a local fire protection services company have come up with a novel way of raising money for charity - instead of preventing a fire from happening, they will be walking across it. Firewatch South West, which is based in Newton Abbot, has joined forces with the West of England School and College, its charity of the year, to hold a firewalk.

The event, which will raise funds through sponsorship for the charity that provides specialist education and care to blind and partially sighted children and young people, is to be held at Double Locks, in Exeter, on Friday 26 October...

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