Charities

Six members of staff from Quay Court Care Centre, Devon, are undertaking an Air, Sea and Land challenge during Dementia Awareness Week in aid of Alzheimer’s Society. Dementia Awareness week began on Sunday and continues until 24 May.

Katie Frost, Julie Edmonds, Natasha Hyne, Jes Hawkes, Georgina Rose Mercy, Sharon Frost, and Tim Colebrook are those taking part.

Spurred on by their commitment to care for people with dementia, this challenge is about much more than fundraising.

The Air, Sea and Land challenge consists of three stages, starting on Sunday 18th May at...

WESC Foundation, the Exeter-based specialist centre for visual impairment, has revealed a groundbreaking new computer game being developed by research associate Jonathan Waddington to make a real difference to the lives of learners with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) – the term used when the brain misinterprets signals from otherwise healthy eyes.

This is the first time experts in the field of visual impairment from around the world have had an opportunity to see the computer game in action. The game has been developed over the last 12 months with the aim of making visual...

Husband and wife duo Jilly (59) and Nigel (63) Rumble, from Hemyock set off on a 1,000 mile cycle for Fight for Sight today.

The pair, who retired three years ago, are cycling from John O’Groats to Lands End and are looking forward to completing the challenge.

Jilly, who worked at Fight for Sight, the main UK’s charity that’s dedicated to funding pioneering eye research to prevent sight loss and treat eye disease, for eight years before retiring was keen to support the charity.

Jilly said: “I am honoured to have worked for Fight for Sight and during my time working...

Following the massive success of the last eight celebratory balls hosted at Sandy Park, Exeter based charity Dream-A-Way would like to invite you to join them for their amazing Diamonds are Forever Ball on Friday 17 October 2014.

On arrival you will be entertained and amused by the extremely talented Jazz Lounge whilst enjoying your complimentary cocktail.

This will be followed by a delicious dinner and dancing into the small hours to music from fantastic local band The Late Shift and the inimitable Nick Coles - Man on Fire, generously sponsored again by Timepiece, Exeter...