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Exeter charity launches free "Joy Rides" to help people get cycling again

Ride On is launching a new, free cycling programme aimed at beginners, people returning to cycling after a break, or anyone looking for a sociable ride to help them get back outside this summer.

Called Joy Rides, the sessions launch on Saturday 18 July and run weekly through to September, alternating between Saturday mornings and Wednesday evenings to fit around work, family, and shift patterns. Each ride follows one of three easy, mostly traffic-free routes around Exeter Quay, the Exe estuary, and Topsham, led by trained ride leaders and open to all abilities.

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Students to swim across Lake Geneva for eating disorder charity 

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Posted: Thu, 07/13/2023 - 7:50am

A University of Exeter Business School student will aim to swim across Lake Geneva later this month in a money and awareness-raising feat of endurance for charity.

Oscar Sanger, who studies Business Management and will be entering his final year in September, decided to raise money for the eating disorder charity Beat after a close family member became ill with bulimia and anorexia.

Studying in Lausanne on a year abroad and far from his family, Oscar was preoccupied with the condition of his teenage cousin who had been hospitalised, and looking for ways he could show his...

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Children’s Hospice South West launches Incredible Hike coast path challenge!

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Posted: Fri, 07/07/2023 - 11:02pm

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) are calling for people to lace up their walking boots and take on the Incredible Hike in May 2024.

The charity’s Incredible Hike challenge is a guided 3-day walk from Friday 17 May to Sunday 19 May 2024, totalling 60 miles along the South West Coast Path from Minehead to Croyde.

With only 50 places available, this is going to be a sell-out event.

Participants can return to walk year on year to complete the entire 630 miles of National Trail, while raising money for children and young people living with life-limiting...

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Call goes out to step up to Diabetes UK challenge

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Posted: Wed, 07/05/2023 - 9:36am

A sponsored step challenge which raises vital funds for leading charity Diabetes UK returns this summer – and a call has gone out for people from Devon to sign up.

The One Million Step Challenge, sponsored by Fitbit, runs between 1 July and 30 September and tasks participants with completing a massive one million steps over three months – around 10,000 a day. Participants can take on the challenge from their own doorstep, at their own pace.

All funds raised will go towards Diabetes UK’s work funding life-saving research and ensuring everyone living with diabetes gets the...

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Exeter Community Initiatives celebrates 30th anniversary!

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Posted: Mon, 07/03/2023 - 10:31pm

Local charity, Exeter Community Initiatives (ECI), is celebrating its 30th anniversary this summer!

Established in 1993, ECI has supported more than 50,000 people in Exeter and across Devon over the last three decades.

Initially set up by local churches to help homeless people in Exeter, ECI was originally known as the Palace Gate Project. It soon became an umbrella charity creating more than 25 new community projects, several of which still operate as independent charities today, including St Sidwell’s Centre, St Petrock’s and Homemaker South West Ltd.

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The start of the 24th annual Nello bike ride for FORCE Cancer Charity

Fun in the sun at Nello 2023

The 24th annual Nello cycle ride in aid of FORCE Cancer Charity is on course to raise £60,000.

Nearly 900 cyclists took to the roads around Devon to support the Exeter-based charity, which offers free support and advice to local people affected by cancer.

The riders tackled 60 or 100 mile routes in glorious sunshine, starting and finishing at Topsham Rugby Club.

They came from all over the world to take part.

Craig Muldoon travelled 6,000 miles from Thailand to his former home town of Topsham be a part of an event he first rode 20 years ago.

He lost...

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CHSW launches Incredible Hike coast path challenge

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Posted: Mon, 06/19/2023 - 11:36pm

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) are calling for people to lace up their walking boots and take on the Incredible Hike in May 2024.

The charity’s Incredible Hike challenge is a guided 3-day walk from Friday 17 May to Sunday 19 May 2024, totalling 60 miles along the South West Coast Path from Minehead to Croyde.

With only 50 places available, this is going to be a sell-out event. nige

Participants can return to walk year on year to complete the entire 630 miles of National Trail, while raising money for children and young people living with life-limiting...

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Cream tea anyone? Exeter homelessness charity teams up with TV personality to launch summer campaign

Hospitality venues, businesses and residents in and around Exeter are being invited to get involved in a campaign to help a homelessness charity support the growing numbers of rough sleepers.

In a drive to build momentum leading up to St Petrock’s Big Cream Tea , which takes place over the weekend of 8 and 9 July, the campaign launches this week, online and across traditional media.

The charity has recorded a light-hearted 30 second film with Naomi Cleaver, designer, author and television presenter , enthusiastically enjoying one of the nation’s best loved...

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Tesco shoppers in Devon called to help raise vital funds in charity’s fight against food allergies

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Posted: Tue, 06/06/2023 - 5:29am

Generous shoppers in Devon are being encouraged from this Saturday to help an in-store fundraising campaign to support medical research into food allergies.

For the fourth year running, Tesco is working with The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation to help raise awareness and support medical research into food allergies by contributing 10p from every Tesco own-brand Free From product bought in Devon stores and online from 3-11 June.

All money raised will help Natasha’s Foundation to continue its research into reducing the risks of food allergies and help children, and...

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Enjoy a cream tea and help support FORCE Cancer Charity

People are being asked to support FORCE Cancer Charity by ordering a cream and raising money for the Lord Mayor of Exeter’s chosen charity.

Cream Teas for Cancer is back again this year and takes place on 6 July. People can book their cream tea in advance and have it delivered on the day.

This scrumptious ticks all the boxes for businesses, friends and families to get behind and show their support for FORCE while spending some quality time together, having fun and making the whole cream tea experience one to remember!

Started in 2018, this event has raised over...

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Devon family support group lands £5k donation from local housebuilder

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Posted: Sun, 05/28/2023 - 3:29pm

A Devon family support group has received the backing from a leading local housebuilder in the South West, Persimmon Homes.

The £5,000 donation comes through Persimmon’s Community Champions scheme, which provides up to £750,000 every year to good causes across Great Britain.

SNUG – supporting neonatal users and graduates - was founded in 2011 by a group of local individuals who all shared the same goal; to offer advocacy and wrap-around support to families who have been impacted upon by a difficult pregnancy, birth or neonatal stay.

Since its inception, SNUG has...

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