Charities

FORCE Cancer Charity is celebrating today after being awarded £290,000 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund.

The grant will help the charity restart its programme of face-to-face services across Devon and expand a pioneering programme of using specialist volunteers to work alongside its professional staff in support and education programmes.

This new National Lottery funding is for a specific three-year project, which will enable FORCE to reach more local people dealing with a cancer diagnosis while it works to rebuild funding for its core services after...

Air Ambulance Week 2022 is taking off from the 5th to the 11th of September to raise awareness of the lifesaving work of air ambulance charities across the UK, and here in Devon, our local air ambulance charity will be sharing the stories of previous patients who have benefitted from their time-critical care.

During this national awareness week, organised by Air Ambulances UK, and named ‘Critical Moment – Lifesaving difference’, Devon Air Ambulance will also be joining other air ambulance charities around the United Kingdom in sharing information about their work with local...

Staff from Berry Recruitment Group (BRG) raised almost £2,500 for the mental health charity MIND – by travelling 421 miles.

The mileage is the distance between the group’s Cornwall and Darlington branches and staff were encouraged to cover that distance in any way they liked.

They walked, ran and cycled and the group – headquartered in St Albans, Herts, with branches in Truro and Exeter - donated a pound for every mile covered.

In the end a distance of 2,431 miles was achieved – almost six times as far as the target; meaning £2,431 was raised during Mental...

The local branch of sight loss charity Guide Dogs is urgently appealing for a volunteer assistant treasurer to join the Exeter fundraising group. This role is vital for the group to continue, as it involves banking money raised from collections to help raise much-needed funds.

No specific expertise is required, and full training is given. This role will work alongside the current long-serving volunteer who is stepping down very soon.

Guide Dogs relies on donations to keep its vital services running, and activity is just picking up again after the impact of the pandemic...