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Devon quartet aiming for a world record

Later this month, four Devon men will be heading for Dover from where they will attempt to break a world record.

All four have completed solo Channel swims.

Now they aim to work together in medley-order, each specialising in a different stroke.

To claim the world record they will have to beat the current time of 11 hours and 29 minutes.

Months of training at sea and in pools has given them the confidence to know they can beat the record.

But it won’t be plain sailing. They will be at the mercy of tides, current and weather conditions which,...

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Test your two-wheeled mettle in exciting cycling race

Local charity Hospiscare is looking for cycling enthusiasts to fill its spaces at the 2014 Prudential Ride London-Surrey 100.

The public ballot for the exciting cycling event closed when it reached capacity of 80,000 people in just one month.

Hospiscare is delighted to have nine golden bond places available for the 2014 event and is looking for keen cyclists to help support the charity.

Last year the local hospice charity had seven supporters take part in the event who between them raised over £4,500.

The race is taking place on Sunday August 10, 2014, and...

Mud, Sweat and Beers – are you tough enough?

Local charity Hospiscare are looking for last minute runners to fill the remaining spaces for Exeter’s Rock Solid Race on Saturday 15 March at Escot Park.

The race is currently 83% full and set to sell out before the day. Training for an event like Rock Solid Race can be tough, especially in the wet and cold, but the challenges involved make taking part in the event all the more rewarding.

Raising sponsorship for a local charity such as Hospiscare is a fantastic way to support a charity and acts as an incentive to keep supporters focussed on their training: making sure they...

Wealth Management Company launches New Charity of the Year with a ‘Drop & Shop’ fundraiser

Local Wealth Management Company Brewin Dolphin Exeter launched Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) as its new charity of the year with the creation of a ‘Pop up Shop’ at their offices on Pynes Hill. Brewin Dolphin organised a ‘Drop & Shop’ to raise funds and awareness for the charity by inviting neighbouring business colleagues to help fundraise.

The Brewin Dolphin team, headed up by Administration Manager Rhiannon Bates, arranged two separate collection days for the donation of unwanted items including clothes, jewellery, toys and home-ware. The businesses on Pynes Hill...

Hospiscare attempt at skydive record

Local charity Hospiscare is looking for individuals to jump from 15,000 feet after teaming up with Skydive UK and other charities to try to beat the world record of tandem skydive jumps achieved in 24 hours. The current record is held in Germany and is set at 251 people. Skydive UK, based at Dunkeswell Airfield near Honiton, is hoping to smash this record with 260 jumps on Saturday June 21, 2014. Hospiscare is delighted to be helping Skydive UK with their Guinness World Record attempt. Fundraiser Celia Wilkinson said: “We are really excited to be part of the record attempt because, on top...

Valentine coffee morning at Axhayes adoption centre

Find your soul mate this Valentine’s Day at Exeter Axhayes!!! We have lots of adorable cats and kittens looking for love! Come along to meet them at our Valentine’s Coffee morning. It will be held from 11am on Saturday 15th February at the Centre. Please come along and enjoy a cup of coffee and a Valentine's themed cakes.

We'd love volunteers to come and help. Bakers to bake their yummy cakes, and everyone else to come and support us! Please call 01395 232377 for more details or to put your name on our list of helpers.

Give it a go, with CEDA's BIG Challenge.

Tuesday 18 February will be a big day for CEDA, Exeter's local charity providing services for disabled people.

From 11am until 2pm the organisation will be showing off the achievements of its users from the past year along with giving all visitors to their BIG Challenge event the chance to try something different. Event organiser Howard Hoskins has assembled a great selection of participatory activities including Wildlife handling, Boxing, Trim Trail, DJ Skills and many more.

Activity Programme Manager Craig Bowden said "its great to show off the array of...

Greetings from Suid-Afrika

My name is Jibin Joy and I’m from Exeter. 21 years old, a Politics Student and traveler explorer. I’m starting a new column about my placement with International Citizen Service (ICS) and the British charity Skillshare International in Cape Town, South Africa. ICS is a government development program that helps to enlighten, empower and to help eradicate poverty around the world.

Skillshare International works alongside local organizations in Africa to improve the lives of those who require the help the most. My Placement will be with the local organization Orion for 10 weeks...

Can you spare some time to help Axhays Cats Protection Centre?

Exeter Axhayes Cats Protection Adoption Centre are looking for volunteers to help with a collection over the weekend of 21 - 23 March 2014.

The centre are looking for people who are willing to stand and rattle a collection tin for a few hours over the weekend.

It is an in-store event therefore you will be indoors out of the cold.

If you are willing to give a few hours for this or for any event please give the centre a call on 01395 232377 or email friendsofaxhayes@gmail.com

Could spare some time to help at fundraising events?

Exeter Axhayes Cats Protection Adoption Centre are looking for volunteers to help out at fundraising/publicity events throughout the year. The Friends of Axhayes Group are a small group of volunteers who meet regularly to arrange fundraising events but they desperately need people to help out at these events.

You do not need to commit to any regular hours and you can do as little or as much as you like.

A spokesperson for the centre said, " We are totally dependant on donations and receive no government funding. Therefore we do hold events throughout the year to raise funds...

Jo's Trust Fundraising

Generous Ashfords' people have beaten their charity fund raising target for their chosen charity, Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust.

Staff and partners of the firm pulled out all the stops with fundraising and awareness raising event for Jo's Trust, the only UK charity dedicated to women and their families affected by cervical cancer and cervical abnormalities.

The South West based firm set itself a £10,000 target and topped this by more than 50% raising more than £16,000 in the last year, following a firm wide ballot to select a charity of the year.

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Charities

Devon quartet aiming for a world record

Test your two-wheeled mettle in exciting cycling race

Mud, Sweat and Beers – are you tough enough?

Wealth Management Company launches New Charity of the Year with a ‘Drop & Shop’ fundraiser

Hospiscare attempt at skydive record

Valentine coffee morning at Axhayes adoption centre

Give it a go, with CEDA's BIG Challenge.

Greetings from Suid-Afrika

Can you spare some time to help Axhays Cats Protection Centre?

Could spare some time to help at fundraising events?

Jo's Trust Fundraising

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