Charities

Following the huge success of last years event, La La Choirs, together with CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, are again putting on a concert in Exeter Cathedral on the evening of Friday 9th December 2016. The La La Choir will be performing two sets at the start and end of the concert with young people who have previously been supported by CLIC Sargent performing as guests. We have one spot left for a guest act.

We would like to offer all Devon schools and Academies, with students aged 12 to 18, the opportunity to bring a choir along to...

On Sunday 22 May, Harry Arksey an England Badminton Player will be joining the Exeter and District Special Olympics team for a charity fundraiser.

The badminton fun-day is packed with badminton games, coaching sessions and mini challenges. We also have eight volunteers who are taking on the challenge to play 12 hours of badminton straight.

The Badmintonathon is being hosted in the Sports Hall at Exeter University from 8am until 4pm; everyone is welcome!

The Special Olympics is a charity that gets people with intellectual disabilities (such as Autism and Down...

Adrian Thorley has raised an incredible £1,557 for local charity Rainbow Living after running the London Marathon in a brilliant time of 3 hours 45 minutes.

Adrian volunteered to take on the challenge of the London Marathon following an appeal from his employer, local healthcare and protection insurance provider The Exeter, as part of their fundraising efforts for Rainbow Living, which is the company’s Charity of the Year.

Having turned 50 this year, and as such in the ‘SuperVet’ category, Adrian is no stranger to long distance running, but this is the first time he has...

A ground-breaking expedition that aims to save African elephants while encouraging the creation of sustainable local business in rural Kenya has won a funding award run by a Scottish wild land charity.

The Bee Elephant Enterprise project (BEE) aims to build beehive fences around farmland in the Tsavo National Park in deter elephants – which are afraid of bees – from destroying crops.

Small farmers, often desperately poor, can lose their livelihood overnight from a single elephant raid. Elephants in turn are often killed in retaliation.

By deterring the animals, the...