Charities

A project to help unite a mission community has raised nearly £3,000 for the diocese Sand Dam Lent Appeal. This now takes the total to £8,874.

“I’m absolutely thrilled!” said the Revd Chas Deacon, Diocesan Companion Links Mission Officer. “This will help us to make a good start towards assisting water security in the Thika Diocese in Kenya. There’s a lot to be done!”

The Five Alive Mission Community was the first mission community to be created in the Exeter and undertook the fundraising project to promote unity. Simultaneously they also followed a Lent course called, ‘...

Andrew Stamp, the CEO of Exeter-based company Brain-In-Hand, will be one of the keynote speakers at The Autism Show later this month.

Mr Stamp will discuss 'the human side of assistive technology' at the prestigious event at ExCel in London. The Autism Show is a national event for autism dedicated to parents, carers and professionals.

Brain-in-Hand Ltd, which is located at Exeter University's Innovation Centre, has developed a personal technology system to assist people with Asperger’s Syndrome, high-functioning autism, acquired brain injury and a number of other conditions...

To help celebrate Mole Avon Trading Limited’s 40th anniversary and their Ruby Appeal for Hospiscare, the company teamed up with Crediton Milling and together have raised £1,241 for the local charity.

During a four week period at Mole Avon’s retail branches in Axminster, Crediton and Okehampton for every bag of Layers Mash or Layers Pellets sold 50p would be donated to Hospiscare.

Crediton Milling, based at Fordton, Crediton is one of the few remaining family owned and run independent feed mills in the Westcountry and the have been supplying animal compound feed to Mole Avon...

In 2011, 25 intrepid ‘Yompers’ meandered their way across the hills and vales of Exeter and the surrounding countryside culminating with a celebration at Woodbury Park and, thanks to the fundraising efforts, a cheque for £2,500 presented to The Exeter Chiefs very own charity – The Exeter Foundation, who provide the city of Exeter and its surrounding areas with a ‘Civic Trust’ that promotes our community and pursues the vision of people who live and work here through a variety of local charities.

The Foundation acts as a fundraising body with a commitment to the future prosperity of...