Charities

Exeter Leukaemia Fund were delighted to welcome special guest, Olympian and ELF Vice Patron, Jo Pavey, to their second Let’s Talk Running event which was held at the Buckerell Lodge Hotel on Tuesday 23 July.

The events are held for runners of all abilities who are currently training to run an event in aid of ELF, have run for ELF in the past, or are interested in running for ELF in the future.

The relaxed, informal and interactive atmosphere at the Buckerell Lodge ensured that the evening flew past, with Jo talking to the attendees about her experiences in the world of...

Devon project ‘The Devon Active Villages’ are urging locals to give them their support and help them win this year’s National Lottery Awards. The Devon Active Villages project, by Active Devon, is a finalist in this year’s award’s Sport category; one of seven categories that will recognise the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects.

The Devon Active Villages works with people to discover what sports they enjoy, and once they have gained this information they try to arrange for these sports to take place in local communities and villages. So far the group has helped around 10,000...

An Exeter-based education charity which aims to increase learning about other cultures and global events celebrates its 10th anniversary this summer. Laura Joint has been finding out about its work.

In an office in Exeter, the small group of part-time staff at Devon Development Education (DDE) are busy working on their latest innovative projects. For the past decade, the registered charity has been responsible for developing award-winning international learning projects for schools across Devon, uncovering Exeter’s hidden multicultural history and establishing Devon’s Fairtrade...

In the city of Exeter you may have heard whispers of a Magic Carpet. Although it is unlikely that you will come across Aladdin on Exeter’s Magic Carpet, what you will come across are some rather intriguing and interesting projects run by a local arts charity.

Magic Carpet is Exeter’s local arts-for-health charity and they work in all areas of the arts including painting, printing, photography, sculpture, ceramics, animation, film, music, drama, dance and environmental arts. The charity began in 1981 by a group of Exeter University students, who recognised a gap for provisions for...