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Amy Martin during treatment for breast cancer and recently with her family

Amy tackles huge challenge to thank FORCE

Twelve months ago, Amy Martin could barely run at all after a tough regime of cancer treatment.

But on Sunday May 24, she’ll be one of 440 people lining up as part of Team FORCE at Exeter’s Great West Run.

Amy aims to raise £1,000 for FORCE Cancer Charity to say thank you for all the support she has received from them since a diagnosis of breast cancer in late 2023.

She has signed up for the 10k — the 13.1 mile half marathon option wasn’t on the cards — and admits: “I will be walk-running, but I will finish it because I am a bit stubborn and — let’s be real— I’ve...

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Sights set on man’s best friend

Staff from an Exeter opticians are going canine-crazy for Guide Dogs Week with a visit from a furry friend and a range of activities in-store.

Specsavers in Exeter is hosting a main fundraising event on 10 October, with the chance for people to come and say hello to a guide dog and talk to a local guide dog owner about eye health.

The store are raising money for the charity throughout this week to raise as much as possible for the cause.

Store director at Specsavers in Exeter, Jonathan Baumber says: "We’re determined to raise as much money as possible for Guide Dogs...

Michelmores hosts pop-up charity art auction

In a bid to raise awareness for its chosen Charity of the Year, Macmillan Cancer Support, Michelmores is hosting the ART4MACMILLAN charity art auction on 17 October 2014.

Woodwater House in Pynes Hill will be transformed into a 'pop-up' saleroom, and fine art auctioneers and valuers, Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood will be offering their expertise for the sale of a selection of works generously donated by a number of well-known artists from Devon and beyond.

Prior to the evening, prospective bidders will be able to preview all the available lots in an online...

Football tournament's charity goal

An Exeter School sixth former has helped raise valuable funds for local charity, the Devon Air Ambulance Trust, by organising a World Cup-themed charity day and raising over £3,000.

Upper Sixth Former Emily Ackland first got hooked on fund raising when she cycled from London to Paris last summer raising over £11,000 for PAPYRUS.

She said it was then that she experienced the satisfying feeling of fundraising for charity.

"It is very fulfilling to know that you are helping others whilst also pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone," said Emily.

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World first for Devon multimedia journalist

Devon multimedia journalist Rachel Palmer is part of the team delivering a world first next week as she films the first ever live broadcast of a cataract surgery from a hospital in Malawi.

The Google+ digital event will enable viewers around the world to share in real time the journey of Mr Winesi March as he has his sight restored.

The broadcast is to launch the new fundraising appeal for international development charity Sightsavers which is hoping to raise £30 million to support one million sight-restoring surgeries, and transform the lives of those living with blindness...

Golfers raise a bucket load of cash for charity

Four golfers from a South Devon golf club took on an epic sporting challenge with a difference last week to raise money for the Children’s Hospice South West.

The challenge combined a love for cycling and golf as the group from Wrangaton Golf Club covered over 220 miles by bike and played 72 holes in just four days.

The four-man team was headed up by Stuart Newberry, Club Captain, Wrangaton Golf Club, who wanted to mark his year of captaincy by doing something memorable and ‘slightly mad’. He was joined by three members of the club, Charles Grose, Andy Dykes and Matt...

Community eats their way to new defibrillator

Kingswear’s popular Manna from Devon Cooking School was buzzing on the evening of Thursday 25th September. Co-owners Holly and David Jones hosted a charity pop up supper at the cooking school to raise money to help equip the village with a community defibrillator. The well-attended event raised an impressive £600 to go towards this.

This fundraising initiative has been set up by two Kingswear residents, Catriona Bratten and Emma Jones. Commenting on the evening, Catriona said: “We are delighted with the amount raised. There was a fantastic turn out and everyone enjoyed delicious...

Exeter School alumnus joins summit challenge

A group of cricketers, including a former Exeter School pupil, set a new record for the highest-ever match with a lung-busting effort at the top of Kilimanjaro on Friday 26 September.

The teams, including English bowling legend Ashley Giles and South African icon Makhaya Ntini, the country’s first black Test player, and Exeter School alumnus Shripal Shah (1985 -1991), trekked to the roof of Africa before dawn and played ten overs each.

The game was played at 5,730 metres (18,910 feet), in the flat crater just below Kilimanjaro’s 5,895-metre summit.

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Charities come together to transform the lives of more people with complex needs

Two charities are coming together to help improve the independence and well being of more people with complex needs.

Community Care Trust, a mental health charity based in Devon, is set to join St Loye’s Foundation within a newly-formed group structure.

The move will enable the delivery of enhanced specialist support, training and employment services to more people in the future.

Chris Knee, Chief Executive, St Loye’s Foundation: said: “We are delighted to be able to announce that the Community Care Trust is joining us in a mutually beneficial relationship. By...

40-strong EDF team to take part in GWR

Almost 40 staff members from EDF Energy’s Gadeon House office in Exeter have rallied together and entered into Exeter’s Great West Run, taking place on Sunday 19 October.

The group hopes to raise £3,000 in aid of EDF Energy’s charity partner Marie Curie, with all the funds going to help Marie Curie Nurses provide more free care to people with terminal illnesses in their own homes and in the charity’s nine hospices. Almost £500 has already been raised as part of an office charity day, where the team held a raffle and a cake sale.

Several of the participants from EDF Energy...

Charity coffee and cakes for legal eagles

Local lawyers have lent their support to the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning by holding events to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support on Friday, 26 September.

A number of staff from Stephens Scown LLP in Exeter have been busy baking cakes and raising money through other initiatives including a dress down day. Five hundred and thirty five pounds has been raised from events in its offices in Exeter, Truro and St Austell.

The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan’s biggest fundraising event, with thousands of people across the UK taking part. Last year £20 million...

Charities

Amy tackles huge challenge to thank FORCE

Sights set on man’s best friend

Michelmores hosts pop-up charity art auction

Football tournament's charity goal

World first for Devon multimedia journalist

Golfers raise a bucket load of cash for charity

Community eats their way to new defibrillator

Exeter School alumnus joins summit challenge

Charities come together to transform the lives of more people with complex needs

40-strong EDF team to take part in GWR

Charity coffee and cakes for legal eagles

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