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From homelessness to hospitality: Café EX4, Exeter’s new lifeline

Five years ago, Dan was homeless, living in supported accommodation, and struggling with addiction and mental health challenges.

This month — the same week The Salvation Army in Exeter Temple celebrates its 145th anniversary — Dan stood alongside Majors Carl and Elizabeth Di-Palma who lead the church and charity in Exeter, to watch celebrity chef Michael Caines (MBE DL), cut the ribbon on Café EX4, a community café run by people with lived experience of homelessness, addiction, and neurodiversity.

Café EX4 operates under a licence agreement, making the café a tenant of...

Fundraisers making a splash for Devon Air Ambulance

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Wed, 10/17/2012 - 11:10pm

Dozens of free-styling kayakers will be flipping over Exeter's Flowerpots Weir in Wild West costumes this Saturday, 20th October. The freestyle and boater competition, nicknamed the Potsrodeo, is run by Exeter University canoe club and will be in aid of Devon Air Ambulance Trust. Teams from all over the UK will be competing.

Kayaking enthusiast, Andy Ball, from the Exeter University Canoe Club, said: "The competition is open to any novice, intermediate or expert canoeist. It‘s all happening at the Mill on the Exe. Exeter University Radio DJ will be playing music all day. There’ll...

Event Exeter venue to host Children in Need party

Authored by eventexeter
Posted: Wed, 10/17/2012 - 10:22am

The Forum at the University of Exeter has been chosen to host BBC Children in Need in the South West on Friday 16 November 2012.

Starting at 1.30pm, there will be live feature broadcasts by the BBC Spotlight team on BBC1 as well as live links to the national TV network programme throughout the evening.

Opened by Her Majesty The Queen in May this year, the Forum is the newest venue in Event Exeter’s portfolio and boasts state-of-the-art technology and a range of attractive spaces suitable for any event.

Sarah Snow, Assistant Director for Campus Services (Sales &...

Six scale Ben Nevis in aid of Exmouth & Lympstone Hospice

The Exeter Daily talks to Lisa Boucher from Exmouth about her recent challenge to scale Ben Nevis with five friends, Ella Mills, Jane Bing, Nadine Richardson, Jan Ackerman and Petrina Shorrock, in aid of Hospiscare.

Why did you choose to raise money for Hospiscare? We all have people in our lives that have been affected by cancer. Exmouth and Lympstone Hospice is providing care to local people during their treatment and also making things as comfortable for them as well as their family. We wanted to raise money for a local charity so it stays close to home. Why did you choose to climb...

Level One Training in Childhood Grief opportunity

The first training session for Balloons Level One in ‘Childhood Grief’ was delivered by Deborah Butler and the feedback from delegates was excellent.

Balloons Level One training has been designed to meet the initial demands of adults who want, or need, to understand the impact of grief on children and young people. It is a course that will be valuable for many agencies, establishments and individuals.

If you are interested in booking a place, Balloons is running Level One on the

17th October and 22nd November at Cardinal Newman House, Wonford Road, Exeter, EX2 4PF....

Devon Community Foundation benefits from mega cycle ride

Devon Community Foundation has benefitted from the cycling efforts of Darren Goodman from Exeter-based private property company Eagle One, who recently cycled 143 miles in just one day to raise a fantastic £1,822 for the charity, which supports hundreds of voluntary and community groups throughout Devon.

Darren’s motivation to complete the cycle came from a boast in the office stating he could cycle to each of its subsidiary offices of Blue Cedar Homes in one day. However, after recently opening an office in Ringwood, Dorset, this challenge took Darren from Exeter to Bristol,...

Santa Clauses are coming ... to Exeter (yes already)

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Wed, 10/10/2012 - 11:37pm

Have you entered the Santa Dash yet? Why not pop into Exeter City FC's reception and sign up for the club’s charity Santa Dash on Saturday 29th December in Exeter City centre.

For just £17 for an adult and £5 per child, you will receive your Santa Suit and your match ticket for the Barnet game which kicks off at 3pm on that Saturday afternoon. Last year saw 310 people run through the high street before watching City draw 0-0 with Scunthorpe here at St James Park and the club are hopeful of beating that total this time around. The Santa Suit sizes are as follows: Small Child: Age 2 – 7...

John Lewis Exeter in support of local charities

Kate Connock speaks very enthusiastically about working for John Lewis, and having worked for the firm for 22 years she should know what she is talking about. She now sees that extensive experience culminate in her most exciting challenge to date, managing the launch of a very special branch of the brand 'never knowingly undersold'.

However the pride she shows is as much to do with the links John Lewis forges with the local community and how it treats its staff, or partners as it calls them, fairly as it does with the quality products it sells. Despite the mammoth task of...

Hospiscare sets Guinness World Record for cream tea

Volunteers and staff from Hospiscare have eaten their way into the record books after 403 people sat down to a cream tea in the Great Hall at the University of Exeter, beating the previous Guinness World Record of 334.

The charity, which provides end-of-life care for local patients and their families, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with a series of special events and the tea party, which was generously hosted by the University, was the idea of Paula Lawford and Jessica Macan, of Exeter Friends of Hospiscare, and took six months of planning.

“The volunteers...

Exeter Physio lends a hand at FORCE charity run

Five physiotherapists from Exeter Physio were on hand at the FORCE Cancer Charity and Francis Clark running event held at Powderham Castle.

The team set up their beds to treat any injuries or aches and pains picked up during the 10k, 5k and family events.

It was the third year the physiotherapy practice in Lower Summerlands had supported the event.

Partner Hugh Jenkins said: “This event brings in a lot of money for a very worthy cause and we thoroughly enjoy being a part of it. It is also very satisfying to see so many of our patients, who...

Cooper Associates helps children's dreams come true

Exeter’s leading independent financial services company, Cooper Associates, has been busy raising money for charity Dreams Come True by attempting to complete the National Three Peaks Challenge. Lisa Rawle, Group Office Manager at Cooper Associates, recently attempted the Three Peaks Challenge in aid of Dreams Come True, a charity working to fulfil the wishes of children with serious or terminal illnesses. The National Three Peaks Challenge involves a gruelling climb of Britain’s three highest mountains – England’s Scafell Pike, Wales’ Mount Snowdon and Scotland’s Ben Nevis. The challenge...

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