Charities

Firefighters are preparing to roll up their sleeves to take part in a charity car wash on Saturday 15 June, raising vital funds for The Fire Fighters Charity.

The event will be held at Station 60 Special Operations, which is part of the Service Headquarters site at Clyst St George, from 9am – 1pm.

There will also be a Fireman Sam shop, selling merchandise from the popular children’s television show.

Motorists are invited to take their car along and have it washed in return for a donation to The Fire Fighters Charity, the UK's leading provider of services that...

The 14th annual Michelmores charity race attracted 920 entrants to run around a brand new city centre course starting in Cathedral Yard and finishing at Exeter Castle.

Started by celebrity chef Michael Caines, the men’s race was won by Simon Longthorpe with Emma Hitchins the first women home. Karen Cook and Franks Reay won the veterans competitions while solicitors Foot Anstey won the corporate event. Promotional clothing distributors, Pencarrie entered the largest team with Nike+ Run Club Exeter the first running club to finish.

Michelmores duo Jeff Nichols and Philip...

The garden at Pine Lodge in Tiverton has come a long way since Hospiscare opened the Day Care Unit based on Post Hill in 2011.

What was little more than a dumping ground just over a year ago is almost unrecognisable today.

A team of volunteers have worked tirelessly to take the garden in hand and transform the green space ready for an open garden event being held on 8 June.

The garden had been an overrun mass of trees, bushes and rabbits, but has since become a haven for patients at the unit, which is now beginning to burst with spring colour.

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Staff at the Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital have raised £150 to support research into Multiple Sclerosis.

Staff from across the hospital baked cakes, which were then sold in the reception area.

Claire Luxton, a Medical Secretary at the Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital helped to organise the event.

She said: “Everyone was very supportive and helpful – lots of people baked cakes and even more were happy to buy them! We are really pleased to be able to send £150 to the MS Society who do excellent work.”

Paul Taylor, Hospital Director at the Exeter Nuffield said...