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Devon charities announced as partners for huge weekend of live music

Four Devon-based charities have been selected to be official partners for the county’s biggest music event this summer.

TK Maxx presents Live At Powderham runs for four nights from Thursday June 25 to Sunday June 28, featuring headline shows from vocal powerhouse Teddy Swims, seven-time GRAMMY winner Alanis Morissette and global superstar Lewis Capaldi.

Each night will see a local charity given the opportunity to have a team of fundraisers on site and for 2026 Live At Powderham will support Devon-based charities who make a big impact in the communities they serve....

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Fundraising with a twist at Crealy

Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park is working in partnership with Radio Exe to celebrate National Rollercoaster Day on Sunday 16th August 2015 to help raise vital funds for Crealy’s charity of the year, Children’s Hospice South West.

National Rollercoaster Day celebrates the nation’s greatest thrill seeking ride. Devon’s Crealy is home to three family friendly rollercoasters, with its newest addition The Twister, which opened in July.

Devon’s Crealy together with the team from Radio Exe are offering guests the rare opportunity to skip the queues to ride their favourite...

Lord Mayor says a 'really big' thank you to Simpkins Edwards

The Lord Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Mrs Olwen Foggin, along with Past Lord Mayors, hosted a thank you reception at the Guildhall in Exeter in honour of chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards on 4th August 2015.

For the past 12 years, Simpkins Edwards has organised and hosted the Really Big Quiz, which pits teams from businesses around the city against each other to discover Exeter’s brainiest business – raising thousands for the Lord Mayor’s charity in the process. The reception was held to extend a thank you for all the work the team from Simpkins Edwards has put into the...

Exeter Samartians join Twitter

The local branch of Samaritans is aiming to increase the information it provides and the audience it reaches by taking the unusual step of setting up a Twitter account.

The Exeter Mid and East Devon branch - which uses the name @ExeSamaritans - is one of the first Samaritans branches in the country to open an account on Twitter, and will create tweets that will be sent to followers several times each week.

“Our aim is to let people know about interesting online articles and inform them about what’s happening with our local branch. It’s also a reminder that we are here on...

Ambulance staff support local charities

Staff from South Western Ambulance Service (SWASFT) have raised more than £2,000 for local charities from a sponsored cycle and walk along the Granite Way.

The event took place on 16 May 2015 with many ambulance staff and their friends and family cycling and walking from Okehampton to Bridestowe, along the Granite Way. The event was in aid of the Devon Ambulance Staff Benevolent Fund (DASBF) and FORCE Cancer Charity.

The cycle route was 16 miles long and the walk eight miles with support for those taking part being given in the form of fresh fruit supplied by Riverford...

Old Mill’s 300 mile cycle for School in a Bag

Old Mill have used pedal power to raise £7,916 for Yeovil charity School in a Bag.

Thirteen staff from West Country accountants and financial planners took part in Paris to Yeovil (P2Y) - a 300 mile cycle ride from Paris to their offices at Maltravers House in Yeovil.

The money raised will help Yeovil based charity School in a Bag (SIAB)deliver rucksacks filled with stationery, learning resources and eating utensils to poor, orphan, vulnerable and disaster affected children.

The challenge was organised by David Rice based in the Yeovil office but staff from all the...

Charities invited to apply to become Michelmores’ next Charity of the Year

South West law firm Michelmores LLP is seeking applications from local charities who would like to become their next Charity of the Year, starting January 2016.

Over the last two years Michelmores has raised over £50,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support through events such as the firm's annual 5K Charity Run, coffee mornings, a Charity Art Auction and many more.

This year, the submission criteria has changed, and Michelmores is looking to support a charity local to its head office in Exeter.

The main requirement for the charity looking to becoming Michelmores...

Dog on Tour: Maggie and Oscar embark on last leg of epic charity ride

Maggie Scorer, who in March set off on a 5000- mile ‘Dog on Tour’ cycling challenge around the UK coast with her faithful companion, eight-year-old golden retriever Oscar, is now on the last leg of her journey.

Maggie has spent nearly 150 days and approximately 4500 miles cycling to raise £25,000 for Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal charity and blood cancer charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.

They began their journey in Suffolk and travelled northwards along the east coast, anti-clockwise, and hit a mile stone by reaching Lands Ends last week.

The pair...

Did you spot the Oxjam van in Exeter?

Exeter’s Oxjam Takeover kicked off with a great start. Jam in a Van was the first of three events leading up to the main event at Exeter Castle on October 17. All of the team was out and about on Saturday Aug 1 to spread the word about this vital fundraising music festival, which is a national event in aid of Oxfam. There was an array of local performers touring Exeter’s streets, and it was all done out of the back of a van, commencing at Princesshay.

The Oxjam team met some wonderful people ranging from the extremely supportive staff at Waitrose, to an 80 year gentleman with a...

LoveUKeira Tractor Road Trip

Horley residents Tim and Kirsty Lee’s beautiful daughter Keira, was diagnosed with a brain tumour on the 28th November 2013 at 2 years old, and died just 1 week later on December 5th following surgery to partially remove the tumour.

“I’ve tried many times to put into words how this has affected me, my wife, Keira’s siblings and generations of our family – but I simply can’t explain the absolute horror we have, and continue to go through," says Tim. “And that is precisely why we have created LoveUKeira, to try to spare other children and families from the pain and heartbreak that we...

Interserve team cycle length UK in three days

Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has completed an epic cycle ride covering the distance from John O’Groats to Lands End in three three days on a static bike, to help raise money for a new Academy for the Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education.

Members of the A team of Interserve South West Regional Building and Infrastructure teamemployees, through the company’s Give A Day Of Your Time (GADOYT) initiative started their cycle challenge on Wednesday 22nd July at 4pm in Tesco, Exeter Vale, Exeter. on a turbo trainer position in Tesco’s at Exeter...

Charities

Devon charities announced as partners for huge weekend of live music

Fundraising with a twist at Crealy

Lord Mayor says a 'really big' thank you to Simpkins Edwards

Exeter Samartians join Twitter

Ambulance staff support local charities

Old Mill’s 300 mile cycle for School in a Bag

Charities invited to apply to become Michelmores’ next Charity of the Year

Dog on Tour: Maggie and Oscar embark on last leg of epic charity ride

Did you spot the Oxjam van in Exeter?

LoveUKeira Tractor Road Trip

Interserve team cycle length UK in three days

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