Frances and Edward Canning from Heavitree, Exeter are celebrating 55 years of marriage by renewing their vows and raising vital funds for people living with cancer by hosting a Macmillan Coffee Morning.
Multi award-winning Cofton Holidays, based near Dawlish Warren in South Devon, is celebrating raising in excess of £2,000 for local charities over the past twelve months.
Cofton Holidays has raised money for eleven different charities including the Exeter Leukaemia Fund, Devon Air Ambulance, Macmillan Cancer Support, Children's Hospice South West, the Dogs Trust and Dementia UK.
ellony Kirby, Director at Cofton Holidays, commented: "Thanks to our dedicated team and visiting guests, we have been able to help a wide variety of charities, all of which represent very different...
Macmillan Cancer Support's Financial Grant Scheme has recently been boosted by a donation of £5,000 from the Devonshire Freemasons. The donation was made after the Freemason's learned of the financial struggle people are facing when diagnosed with cancer.
Area Fundraising Manager for Macmillan, Suzie Warren, said "We are so grateful for the support we have received from the Devonshire Freemasons. This donation will have a direct impact on people in Devon struggling with the cost of cancer."
Suzie went on to say, "Many people find themselves having to stop work or reduce...
Michelmores is proud to announce a fundraising total of £65,273 for its Charity of the Year, Macmillan Cancer Support.
Over its two year partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, Michelmores hosted a variety of events across its Exeter, Bristol and London offices.
The majority of funds raised came from the firm’s popular 5K run, that takes place in Exeter's City Centre and attracts around 1,000 runners each year.
Events also included a Charity Art Auction, Christmas Bazaar and Macmillan Coffee Morning along with several sweepstakes, raffles and office dress down...
We will be in Bedford Square, Exeter (opposite Lloyds Bank) on Saturday 12th December for some good old fashioned carol singing. Please come and join in!
With thanks to members of Ottery St Mary Silver Band for playing for us.
Police officers and staff in Devon and Cornwall are a shade more colourful this week for a unique charity drive which has raised £12,000.
Many police officers and staff have swapped traditional epaulettes for bright pink ones and are sporting pink lanyards on their Force ID badges for a week [7-13 September].
The uniform change is part of a Forcewide charity drive in support Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer’s chosen annual charities.
More than 1,300 employees have so far bought pink epaulettes and lanyards from their salaries to support Macmillan Cancer Support, Cancer...
Our huge thanks go to everyone who made our recent fundraising and awareness day in Exeter a great success. Volunteers from the Wilko, Exeter, Bovis Homes SW and the Cranbrook Macmillan Fundraising Group collected over £1,400 from generous Exeter shoppers in the High Street and the volunteers at the cancer information tent, many of whom were Macmillan healthcare professionals, were able to provide information to help people at a difficult time
Every day in Devon 19 people hear the news that they have cancer. The money collected will go a long way to help them, and others, and to...
The Cranbrook & Exeter Macmillan Fundraising Group invite you to tea at the Younghayes Centre, Younghayes Road, Cranbrook on 26th September. Please come along for tea, coffee, cakes, scones and raffle.
If you curious about Cranbrook or thinking about moving to the newest town in Devon why not check it out at the same time and have a chat with the locals. We're a really friendly bunch!
Nearly 1,000 people took part in the 16th Michelmores Charity Run on 11 June, raising over £25,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support – and beating last year's fundraising total.
The fastest male was Owen Walpole who ran the distance in just 16 minutes and 6 seconds − followed in second place by James Denne who finished in 16 minutes and 15 seconds. Third place went to Michelmores' Nathaniel Lane who covered the course in 16 minutes and 55 seconds.
The fastest woman was Cathy Newman with a time of 18 minutes and 32 seconds, followed by Emma Sharples who ran the distance...
