Charities

With prostate cancer claiming the lives of one many every hour in the UK, it's one of the most common male-specific diseases in the country, and the second biggest killer after lung cancer. That’s why this Father’s Day weekend (June 18th and 19th) charity supporters from Exeter are being urged to join thousands from across the UK to gather en masse and get on their bike to take part in the national fundraising effort and biggest cycling event of its kind, the ‘Rotary Ride’. The Rotary Ride, which is now in its second year is a nationwide event organised by Rotary International in Great...

A technology firm in Devon and Cornwall is helping to keep a publicly-funded life-saving air ambulance going. ITEC, based in Exeter, Plymouth and Redruth, is now providing IT support for Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust (CAAT) following a rigorous tendering process. The essential back-up ensures vital computer communications remain robust, enabling the charitable trust to raise the money to fund the helicopter’s 700 missions a year. CAAT, which receives no taxpayers' money or National Lottery grants, relies on fundraising to raise the £3 million needed annually to keep the lifesaving...

What an amazing Exeter Rainbow Run! With 1700 runners, steel drummers, Storm Troopers, Heart FM and bouncy castles, this year’s Children’s Hospice South West’s Rainbow Run was the best yet! As part of the 25th Anniversary celebrations for the charity, the run started with silver streamers and the record number of participants enjoyed a madcap, mayhem of riotous colour as they ran through the paint stations along the course. Jayne Jarrett, events fundraiser at the hospice said: ‘Wow, what a day! To have a record number of runners in our 25th year has been incredible. The atmosphere was just...

Exeter School pupils, parents, staff, friends and alumni are putting their best wheel forward to raise £50,000 for charity.

The team of nineteen riders supported by ten crew, two minibuses, and a van plan will cycle 904.8 miles and 46,678 vertical feet over ten days to raise money for the Children's Society and The Janine Di-Vincenzo Foundation.

Estates and Facilities Manager Craig Stewart has organised the ambitious cycle ride from Land's End to John O'Groats.

"After lengthy conversations with colleagues over lunch in the Exeter School dining hall, I managed to...