Charities

A three hour non-stop, charity spinathon will go ahead this Saturday, despite original plans being foiled by the fire at the Exeter Riverside Leisure Centre. The charity event, which will see participants taking part in three hours of non-stop high intensity ‘spinning’ on static bicycles, is taking place this Saturday (4 March) and was originally scheduled to be held at the Legacy Leisure-run Wonford Sports Centre using spin bikes from the Riverside Leisure Centre. A total of 28 participants had signed up to the Spinathon, but the recent fire at the Riverside centre meant that the event,...

A charity set up just six years ago to help promote the local community and the vision of people who and work there is today celebrating raising the sum of £1m.

Put together back in 2011 by three rugby directors and three local businessmen, the Exeter Foundation is a city-based charity that has been working tirelessly to bring future prosperity to the people in and around the Devon city.

And since its inception the Exeter Foundation has helped to directly fund over 75 different charities and organisations in a series of wide-ranging projects and schemes.

Headed up...

Last year, over 200 staff across 33 branches of Bradleys Estate Agents in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset tackled a range of fundraising activities to raise money for Exeter Deaf Academy.

Inspired by Deaf young people and their achievements, Bradleys pledged to spend a year fundraising for the Academy’s New Build project. In 2019, Exeter Deaf Academy will be relocating from their current site on Topsham Road in Exeter to a groundbreaking purpose-built Academy in Exmouth. The new Deaf Academy will be a world-class facility which will change the lives of Deaf students, bring communities...

Hospiscare Events Fundraiser, Tom Gilbert, is holding an information evening at Searle House in February for anyone who would like a real challenge while raising valuable funds for Hospiscare.

Tom says the Icelandic Trek is the perfect opportunity to have a life changing experience among the snow and lava fields, support your local hospice, and meet some amazing people on the way.

If you are wondering whether a charity challenge is for you, here is what one participant of Hospiscare’s 2016 China Trek said: "I met such a wonderful bunch of trekkers, we supported each other...