Charities

Men and women in the South West are being challenged to lay off the booze in January to raise money for Cancer Research UK. The charity is launching Dryathlon, its New Year fundraising campaign, and urging people across the West to sign up now before the festive season gets into full swing. Dryathletes pledge to drop the drink for a month and either get sponsored or donate the money they would have spent on alcohol to the charity. Supporters can register as individuals or set up a team and get their friends, family and colleagues involved to motivate each other along the way. And for those...

Local charity Hospiscare is launching its Christmas Hamper Appeal for the festive season. To get involved you simply have to: • Get a cardboard box - those with an artistic flair can decorate it. • Ask colleagues to bring an item in to fill it • Once full, hold a raffle at the workplace • The winner takes home the Hamper • Send the money from the raffle to Hospiscare - your local charity. All the money raised will be spent caring for people in Exeter, mid and east Devon who are living with a terminal illness. Hospiscare Fundraiser Louise Beeken said: “This is a great way to get into the...

Cartridges Solicitors will be donning their silly Christmas jumpers on 11 December to raise money for FORCE.

FORCE is a cancer charity who play a vital role in local cancer services and have done so for 26 years. They hold the belief that anyone diagnosed with cancer deserves the best possible treatment and professional support close to home. The wide services they offer are invaluable including support groups, counselling, benefits advice, complementary therapies and relaxation classes, coping with hair loss to name just a few.

Staff will donate to the charity and wear...

Two local professional firms joined forces to organise two seminars which raised monies for ‘Stop Abuse For Everyone’ (SAFE). Haines Watts Forensic, a national chartered accountancy firm and professional chartered financial planners and wealth advisers Towry, held the joint seminars in central Exeter. The events, aimed at family law barristers and solicitors, focused on financial volatility during the divorce process and offered solutions to the impact on clients’ financial settlements.

The two events helped to raise money for Exeter-based SAFE with donations from delegates...