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Exeter Leukaemia Fund wins MAB Foundation's £20,000 anniversary grant

The Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation has awarded its one-off £20,000 Extra Funding Grant to Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF), a charity supporting people affected by blood cancer and their families.

The award marks three years of grant-giving by the Foundation, which has supported around 60 UK charities and raised over £550,000 since launching in 2022. Every previous grant recipient was invited to apply for the anniversary grant, with five charities shortlisted and asked to submit a video for colleagues and business partners to vote on.

ELF, which receives no government...

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Extra boost for St Thomas as WESC opens new charity shop

WESC Foundation – The Specialist Centre for Visual Impairment is proud to announce the opening of their sixth Social Enterprise Charity Shop in Cowick Street, St Thomas.

Based in Exeter, WESC Foundation is a school and college that supports visually impaired learners, many of whom also have complex needs, from across the South West as well as providing outreach services to mainstream schools and colleges.

The St Thomas Social Enterprise is much more than a Charity Shop. It also provides an excellent location to introduce visually impaired learners to a range of social...

Swinton team walks 200 miles for SW charities

A team of colleagues from Swinton Insurance has raised £1,105 for the South West Costal Path Association (SWCPA) and Cancer Research, by walking 200 miles from Plymouth to Poole.

12 Business leaders from 11 South West-based branches of the UK’s largest high street insurance broker completed the momentous trek, which took place over five Sundays in October.

Each Sunday the team walked an average of 40 miles, starting at the Stoke Beach in Plymouth on the 2nd of October and completing the walk on the Sunday 30th October at the South Haven Point in Poole Harbour.

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Give the gift of 3 hours this Christmas to Exeter Deaf Academy

Christmas is the time for giving so pupils from Exeter Deaf Academy have dressed up as ‘Santa’s Little Helpers’ to ask their local community to give the gift of volunteering this festive season.

In the run up to Christmas, Exeter Deaf Academy need volunteers to give just 3 hours to help sell car raffle tickets in Princesshay Exeter on weekdays, weekends or on a Thursday Late Night Shopping evening.

Raffle tickets are sold by volunteers from the Exeter Deaf Academy stand in Princesshay up until Christmas Eve. So far, volunteers have sold over 4,000 raffle tickets, but with...

Ragamuffins Hair raises £5,000 for Force

Ragamuffins Hair located in Kenton, Exeter, recently celebrated their 20th Anniversary by giving back to their community and hosting a charity event to raise money for local Exeter cancer support charity, Force (Friends of the Oncology and Radiotherapy Centre, Exeter).

To celebrate 20 years of business, salon owner Nikki Farrant and the Ragamuffins team held a fundraising event to raise awareness and money for Force Cancer Charity, a local charity who work to raise money to aid research, purchase state of the art equipment to improve cancer treatment and provide support to cancer...

Exeter named one of the most generous cities in the UK

This Christmas, ActionAid release figures revealing Exeter to be the ninth most generous city in the UK based on the number of children sponsored across Africa, Asia and South America by local people.

Exeter was ranked the ninth most generous out of a top twenty survey, with people from the area sponsoring over 172 children - enough children to fill over six classrooms.

Sponsorship provides basics like food, shelter, clean water and education for children in the poorest parts of the world. In the long term it will also help the child, their family and their whole. Millions...

Deaf students get set for Exeter Santa Run

Staff and students from Exeter Deaf Academy will be among the sea of Santa’s running along Exeter Quay this Sunday.

Exeter Deaf Academy college student Sam is pictured here with Care staff Rebecca and Tony.

The event is organised by Exeter City Football Club’s Football in the Community, with Exeter Deaf Academy being one of their chosen charities.

Exeter Deaf Academy educates and cares for students aged 4-24, but it is not funded in the same way as state schools and so relies on fundraising for essential projects that otherwise would not happen.

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Number of people fleeing from global conflict highest since World War Two

The figures show that there are currently 65 million across the globe displaced from their homes due to unprecedented levels of conflict. It is not just Syrians and Iraqis who have been forced to flee; ongoing violence and instability in South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan and Nigeria – among others – have resulted in the huge scale movement of desperate people. Most stay within their own country or are hosted in neighbouring countries and a small percentage are seeking safety in Europe.

“Everyone is affected, but the poor are the most vulnerable,” said Madara...

Garage joins forces with rock band for fundraising campaign

Exminster Garage teamed up with a local rock band to raise funds for charity Rock 2 Recovery after pledging to help those who serve their country in the British Armed Forces.

The garage first became aware of the charity after signing up for the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant to support the armed forces community. Exminster Garage

Director, Jo Strachan explained: “When we signed the covenant we were specifically interested in helping those who have been wounded or are sick.”

Jo and husband Glen were very excited to receive a Silver Award in recognition of their...

Are you ROCK SOLID enough?

“Tricep Tyranny”, “Hurdles from Hell”, “Muddy Dunk” and “Son of a Bitch Ditch”. If these strike you as a good way to spend a day, then ROCKSOLID is for you! There’s a challenge for all with 5k, 10k or 20k routes where you will conquer fear, work as a team and push yourself to the limits to become a ROCKSOLID race champion.

ROCKSOLID takes place at the beautiful Escot Park on 25-26 March 2017 and Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF) is looking for participants to join TEAM ELF! The charity has FREE spaces for fundraisers and also is putting on a FREE bootcamp for all ELF participants with...

RGB Exeter launches charity Christmas Present Appeal

The Exeter branch of RGB Building Supplies is asking customers and members of the local community to donate gifts, no matter how big or small, to its Christmas Present Appeal in aid of Children’s Hospice South West.

Between Monday 14th November and Monday 12th December, a gift suitable for a child of any age or their parents can be placed under the Christmas tree in the Exeter branch. At the end of the appeal, Children’s Hospice South West will distribute the presents to the children and families they support, in time to be enjoyed over the festive period.

The hospice...

Charities

Exeter Leukaemia Fund wins MAB Foundation's £20,000 anniversary grant

Extra boost for St Thomas as WESC opens new charity shop

Swinton team walks 200 miles for SW charities

Give the gift of 3 hours this Christmas to Exeter Deaf Academy

Ragamuffins Hair raises £5,000 for Force

Exeter named one of the most generous cities in the UK

Deaf students get set for Exeter Santa Run

Number of people fleeing from global conflict highest since World War Two

Garage joins forces with rock band for fundraising campaign

Are you ROCK SOLID enough?

RGB Exeter launches charity Christmas Present Appeal

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