Charities

The charity team at Otter Nurseries has announced a fundraising total of just under £9,000 for 2014 charity of the year, emergency medical couriers Devon Freewheelers.

Marketing Manager Sabine Taylor said: “We were always hoping to raise enough to help buy the charity a new bike, and thanks to the amazing generosity of staff and customers, we are bang on target.

“Devon Freewheelers seems to be a charity close to the hearts of many people in this area, and everyone was prepared to dig deep for them.”

The total was raised through many different fundraising events...

Exeter's new photography studio is launching a calendar with a difference.

This will not be a selection of saucy kiss me quick poses, rather a celebration of everything that is good about Exeter, and in particular those people that are the lifeblood of the community, the carers, the volunteers, the school dinner lady.

There's one in every road, and without them most of what we take for granted wouldn't exist - or function half as well.

There will be a whole host of people associated with the calendar but Dana Mulligan at Cartridges Solicitors in St...

Red Nose Day 2015 is set to offer more than just Red Noses this year. Bright red comedy glasses with hair raising eyebrows, as modelled by the fabulous Gok Wan, are also coming to Exeter!

Visitors to Specsavers on Exeter's High Street can follow in the footsteps of Gok Wan and make their faces funny for money with Specsavers’ official Red Nose Day glasses in small and large sizes, for just £3 with £1 donated to Comic Relief.

Lillian-Evangelia Agelis, store director of Specsavers Exeter, says: "We are all looking forward to raising money for Red Nose Day as it’s such a great...

Exeter soldier has raised more than £2,000 for a military charity after cycling for 24 hours straight on a stationary bicycle. Steve Tonking, 34, took on the Herculean challenge to raise money for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision impaired ex-Service men and women. The target set was to cycle a distance of 1000 km, which is equal to cycling from Nottingham to John O’Groats. The soldier, now based in Nottingham, and his team of 12 friends and colleagues supporting him, easily went past this target reaching 1202km, with Steve riding an incredible 500km himself. Throughout...