Charities

Accomplished businessman Richard Purchase has been appointed as the new Chair of Trustees at WESC Foundation, an inspirational charity providing cutting edge education, care and support to visually impaired young people and adults.

A professional with over 20 years in business and HR/industrial relations and, until recently, owner of a successful and vibrant business consultancy, Richard promises to bring an enthusiastic energy and dynamic approach to his new role at the Exeter-based charity, and within just weeks from his official appointment has already instigated a recruitment...

A senior case manager at Exeter based charity St Loye’s Foundation has addressed a national conference focussed on getting disadvantaged people into work and the challenges they face along the way.

Jane Edwards, who specialises in offering employment advice and guidance to people with health conditions and disabilities, was joined in her presentation to the Into Work Convention by Simon Mills of Sustaincare, a Community Interest Company building a new model health service. They have been collaborating on a new ‘Health Journal’ which contains workbooks for clients covering sleep,...

Staff at Go Ape Haldon Forest in Devon, near Exeter, are literally going bananas to support Teenage Cancer Trust.

Go Ape is the UK’s leading forest adventure and staff from the 28 sites across the country have devised the ‘Big Banana Relay’ to raise much-needed funds for the charity.

The relay will see the ‘Big Banana’ travelling a total of 1,823 miles across the UK with the Go Ape gorillas using the quirkiest forms of travel possible.

The relay got underway at Leeds Castle on Saturday 14 June and the ‘Big Banana’ made its way to Exmouth, where it was handed over to...

Exeter Chiefs star Kai Horstmann was on hand to proudly hand over the keys to the new FORCE Cancer Charity van, which has been partly funded by the Exeter Foundation.

Set up in 2010 by some of Exeter’s top names in business and sport, the Foundation not only helps to raise vital funds for worthwhile local charities, but it also supports key projects across the region through money raised not only at Chiefs' match-days, but at various fundraising events throughout the course of the year.

For Kai, these latest handover to FORCE (Friends of the Oncology and Radiotherapy Centre...