Charities

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....

‘On your bike’ says garden centre

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Wed, 02/18/2015 - 5:21pm

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...

Club president raises £4,400 for Hospiscare

Authored by jenniashford
Posted: Mon, 02/16/2015 - 10:11am

The 2014 Club President of Exeter Golf and Country Club has raised £4,400 for local charity, Hospiscare.

Hilary Weatherley, who was Club President of the Exeter golf club until January, decided to use his passion for live music to offer new events at the club to generate fundraising. With a background in music, Hilary is a keen folk fan and wanted to celebrate the talents of fellow club member, Steve Knightley, of Topsham-based folk band, Show of Hands.

Steve performed live to a full-house of 160 people at the club in July in what was one of the largest shows on his recent...

Photography studio launches calendar with a difference

Authored by mrowl
Posted: Thu, 02/12/2015 - 7:58pm

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...

Make a date to Race for Life

This Valentine's Day (Saturday, February 14) a heartfelt invitation is going out to all women in Exeter urging them to enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.

Event organisers are asking women to make a date to beat cancer by signing up for Race for Life 5k, 10k or Pretty Muddy event at Westpoint Exeter. The event takes place later this year, over the weekend of 25 – 26 July.

Ruth Chamings, Cancer Research UK’s Events Manager in Devon, said: “Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to spend time with the people we love. For this reason it’s also the perfect date to enter...

All eyes on Red Nose Day in Exeter

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...

Famous faces back winter fuel appeal

Authored by LauraHew
Posted: Tue, 02/10/2015 - 11:10am

A unique charity appeal which helps older and vulnerable people across Devon living in fuel poverty, has received a welcome boost from some famous faces this week.

The Surviving Winter campaign sees people who do not need their winter fuel payment, and others, donate what they can to be passed on to those in need, helping them stay warm and well in the colder months.

And this week the national campaign has been backed by celebrities Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Michael Parkinson and Sir Terry Wogan.

Dame Helen Mirren said: "It's hard to think of the millions of people...

Soldier Steve cycles length of Britain - without moving!

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...

Exeter hotel raises over £7,000 for charity

A top Exeter hotel pulled in thousands of pounds for charity in 2014 by hosting everything from a sky dive to a pumpkin contest.

The Mercure Exeter Southgate raised more than £7,500 for a number of charities - and has big plans to do even better this year.

The charities that have benefitted from the novel fundraising events include Contact the Elderly, Exeter Foundation, Age UK and Hospiscare.

Tamsyn Parsons, sales manager, at the hotel, said that fundraising was a big part of the hotel’s life.

She said: “Our fundraising activities have grown year by year,...

Otter Nurseries announces charity partnership with ELF

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Sat, 02/07/2015 - 2:47pm

Otter Nurseries has chosen ELF (Exeter Leukemia Fund) as its Charity of the Year for 2015.

The Ottery St Mary garden centre is keen to support the charity as it concentrates on its latest project, building a new family suite at the RD&E.

The Chevithorne Suite, based within the hospital, will give patients and their families a self-contained living unit including a bedroom, living room, kitchenette and garden area, creating a private place where end of life patients can spend time with their loved ones.

Otter Nurseries Marketing Manager, Sabine Taylor, said: “We...

Children invited to take on pancake challenge

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sat, 02/07/2015 - 12:03pm

Schools, youth groups and families across the South West are invited to mark Shrove Tuesday by raising funds for vulnerable children and young people with a pancake-themed challenge. Action for Children is holding its first national Great Pancake Challenge this year – and the charity wants children aged 7-11 years old from across the South West to join the fun by holding sponsored flips, stacking tall towers, decorating, or creating their own unusual pancake activities. Brigitte Gater, UK West Director of Children's Services at Action for Children, said: “Every child who takes part in this...

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