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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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Golden-Oldies to launch in Exeter

A charity that brings songs and smiles to older isolated people will launch in Exeter in December. The Golden-Oldies Charity, fondly just referred to as ‘Goldies’ and with Sir Cliff Richard as its Patron, started in the Bath and Bristol area 10 years ago. Founder Grenville Jones, a well respected West Country choir leader, had seen for himself how singing brought joy to so many people through his many choirs. Always quick to emphasise that his charity Goldies is not a choir, Grenville took the first four daytime singing and activity sessions for isolated lonely people himself. Ten years on...

Old Mill raises £5,000 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance

Accountants and financial planners Old Mill have raised more than £5,000 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance by hosting an Autumn Dinner Dance.

More than 100 people supported the black tie event, which was held at Bowood House in Calne on Saturday 15th October.

Guests were treated to a three course meal an also enjoyed an auction, conducted by Charles Lucas, a director of Chesterton Humberts, a raffle and live music from local band The Shadow Monkeys.

Andrew Tubb, Financial Planner at Old Mill said: “Each year we choose a charity and we then hold events throughout the year...

Devon teenager shortlisted for national charity award

George Stafford, 19, has been shortlisted as Donor Champion of the Year at the Anthony Nolan Supporter Awards 2016. The prestigious Anthony Nolan Supporter Awards are back for their fourth year to celebrate, recognise and thank the outstanding supporters who keep the pioneering blood cancer charity moving forward. After watching his two best friends battle blood cancer, George, from West Hill, near Exeter registered as a potential stem cell donor with Anthony Nolan as soon as he was able.

In February 2016, George was identified as a match and went on to donate bone marrow to a...

Charities set to light up Princesshay this Christmas

Princesshay’s Roman Walk will come alive with festive cheer as the centre hosts its fourth Charity Christmas Tree Festival, starting on the 18th November.

The festival, which aims to raise both awareness and funds for local charities, will be opened with a celebratory light switch-on by the Lord Mayor of Exeter at 5.00pm on Friday 18 November. Representatives from participating charities will be attending the event, which follows Exeter’s city wide Christmas lights switch-on on Thursday 17th November.

35 Christmas trees and lights, all donated by Princesshay, will line...

Exeter College Christmas Concert supports Devon Air Ambulance

This Christmas Exeter College invite the public to join them in their festive celebrations and support Devon Air Ambulance (DAA). Exeter College’s Festival of Carols will be held on Thursday 8th December at Exeter Cathedral in aid of DAA as the College’s chosen Charity of the Year.

This event is open to the public and free of charge, in turn the College would like to collect donations at the end of the evening for DAA. The festival will run from 7:30pm to 9pm, with doors opening at 6:30pm.

Exeter College would like to encourage the public to join the college’s staff,...

Become a motorbiking Santa!

A festive motorbike cavalcade with a special difference will take place just a couple of weeks before Christmas this year – and YOU could be part of it. The riders will be delivering Christmas toys to youngsters with life-limiting illnesses at the South West Children’s Hospice. So why not arm yourself with a Santa suit, decorate your motorbike with some tinsel or antlers and join the Exeter Based Motorbike Rides group for a ride to remember? This amazing festive ride will take place on Sunday 4 December, meeting at Exeter Junction 30 Moto Services from 10.30am, leaving there at 11am. The...

Trust in the Trustees

With Trustees’ Week running from November 7 to 13, three experts from The Family Law Company are keen to explain why they became trustees with local charities.

There are currently around 194,000 charities in the UK with just over 1 million trustees; just under half are women, and the average age of a trustee is 59 in England and Wales, although 86,000 are aged 16-34.

Donna Hart and Stephen Sowden, who are based in Exeter, and Ann Shears who works at the Plymouth office, have taken on the role of trustee with three very different charities.

Donna became a trustee at...

Exeter student leads clean water project

The taps have been turned on at an exciting rainwater collection project, managed by an engineering graduate from Exeter University, in the area of Sainte Luce in South East Madagascar.

The project, named Project Tatirano (meaning to ‘collect rainwater in Malagasy), has been running a pilot scheme for the last 12 months at a local school in Sainte Luce, aiming to provide clean drinking water for both the children at the school and those villagers who live nearby.

Harry Chaplin who studied Civil and Environmental Engineering at Exeter, was the brains behind the project....

Donate and Do Good Day a great success!

The Pavey Group’s ‘Donate & Do Good Day’ for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) was a resounding success.

The day was held in Exeter on Tuesday 25 October and the idea was, as many busy professionals don’t have time to take their unwanted items to charity shops, the team from Pavey Group would visit the businesses to pick up collections instead!

Whilst members of the team spent the morning collecting charity shop donations from businesses all the area, the rest of the team worked as volunteers at CHSW’s Sidwell Street shop in Exeter helping to sort through the...

Bakes and bargains for Halloween at FORCE shop

The FORCE Cancer Charity shop in Heavitree will have some bewitching bargains to celebrate Halloween on Saturday (October 29).

Every piece of clothing in the Fore Street store will be on sale at half price and there will also be homemade cakes for sale.

“Why not pop in for a spell,” said FORCE Shop Manager Anna Heard. “We promise there will be more thrills than chills and you’ll miss a trick if you don’t treat yourself.”

She and her staff will be in fancy dress for the day to add to the enchanted atmosphere.

The shop is open from 9:30am until 4:30pm and the...

Charities

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

Golden-Oldies to launch in Exeter

Old Mill raises £5,000 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance

Devon teenager shortlisted for national charity award

Charities set to light up Princesshay this Christmas

Exeter College Christmas Concert supports Devon Air Ambulance

Become a motorbiking Santa!

Trust in the Trustees

Exeter student leads clean water project

Donate and Do Good Day a great success!

Bakes and bargains for Halloween at FORCE shop

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