Charities

On Saturday 29 March, generous local people shimmied, skipped and shook their way to raising £193 at a Zumbathon for Headway Devon, the local brain injury charity.

The event took place at the Riverside Leisure Centre in Exeter and was instructed by Johanna Morgan, founder of Sidmouth’s JM DanceFit. Attendees of all ages and abilities kicked their weekend into shape together and enjoyed sixty minutes of fun-loving Zumba, making every move count to raise valuable funds for this deserving local cause.

Holly Keatings, Fundraising Manager at Headway Devon said: “We would like to...

The Exmouth branch of RGB Building Supplies has joined forces with Exeter Age UK supported group, Men in Sheds, to launch a Tool Amnesty on Monday 7 April.

RGB is asking people to donate any old or unused hand tools to the Tool Amnesty in return for a £5 voucher to spend in branch.

All the donated tools will be given to Men in Sheds who will renovate and refurbish them so that tool kits can be sent to Africa, via the charity Tools for Self Reliance, to help locals learn a trade and support their local communities.

The Tool Amnesty is part of RGB Exmouth’s weeklong...

The coffers of the Exeter Foundation have again been boosted by almost £2,000 following the success of the charity’s latest Sportsman’s Dinner held at Sandy Park last week (20 March).

Star attraction for the night was former Scotland and British Lions star Doddie Weir, who entertained the audience of nearly 200 people with a number of anecdotes from his playing days, as well as further amusing stories about his life away from the game.

Weir was also not afraid to have the odd joke or two at the expense of some of the audience members, including his former Borders team-mate...

One of the highlights of the Rotary year is our annual "Youth Speaks" Competition in which local school teams compete for a chance to represent their schools and colleges in the national final later this year.

The standard in this year's competition was as high as it’s ever been. For any young person the chance to compete in a public speaking competition is a daunting and sometimes terrifying experience but even though only 2 teams went onto the District Finals, hopefully all students who took part will take away something positive from this experience. Next year we...