Charities

In March this year, Hospiscare was delighted to welcome the Men’s Walk 2017 `sell-out` crowd to Double Locks. The 650 men and boys walked eight miles in fine weather along the canal path to the Turf Hotel and back to enjoy a pint, a Chunk pasty and watch England beat Scotland to retain the Calcutta Cup – and they have raised an amazing £40,000 for Hospiscare!

One of the walkers, Jack Carter, said, ‘I walked in memory of my wife, Jan, who was looked after by Hospiscare, but I worried about raising sponsorship as I thought I had no one to ask. Then I jotted down the names of family,...

Visually impaired people in Devon are being invited to see if they are eligible for a free specially adapted radio from a charity.

British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF) provides the equipment to those with sight loss across the UK to meet its criteria.

Radio is a lifeline to those who are blind and partially sighted as they often lead lonely lives, unable to read or watch the television.

A radio becomes their vital way of keeping in touch with the outside world and also provides companionship.

BWBF issues sets to those who are registered blind or...

Staff from insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher’s are on track to raise £30,000.

Organised in memory of much loved colleague, Claire Jarman, a mum of two, who sadly lost her life to cancer earlier this year, cyclists from Exeter joined nearly 40 colleagues from across the company’s South-West branches for a sponsored ride on May 19 amd 20. With the initiative backed by the entire Arthur J. Gallagher business, including the executive leadership team, one of those who took part was Michael Rea, CEO of its UK Retail division — a regional UK network of client-focused branches in more...

After unexpectedly losing his sister to an accident in 2003 then his brother from cancer in 2010, Iain MacDougall has decided to raise £10,000 for the organisations that looked after his siblings in their final days.

In order to get fit and raise money, Iain chose this year to start running. But this isn’t just your average fitness regime. Iain decided that he wanted to quite literally go that extra mile and spend two years working his way up to running a full marathon. Along the way he will be running 5k and 10k races and a half marathon.

The £10,000 that Iain hopes to...