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Cllr Duncan Wood joined members of Exeter's WI in the City for a rugby session with Exeter City Comm

Pitch perfect: Football meets rugby in Exeter’s Strive ‘25 takeover

Exeter City Community Trust, the charitable arm of Exeter City Football Club, is stepping into a new sport as it joins a major national initiative to grow women’s rugby in the city ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025.

The organisation, which is more used to the beautiful game than the oval ball, is joining with Exeter Chiefs and Exeter City Council as the delivery partner for the Strive ‘25 Rugby Challenge, a national programme aimed at engaging 25,000 women and girls in rugby across host cities. Exeter is one of only eight UK cities which are hosting the Women’s Rugby World...

FORCE online art group a great success

FORCE Cancer Charity piloted a programme of online support during the Coronavirus lockdown with a weekly art group.

The six-week course proved so successful that a second group has been given the go-ahead and will begin on August 13.

The group is run on the Zoom video conferencing platform.

Three local artists - Lucy Rockliffe, Jess Carvill and James Hedge – lead the one-hour sessions alongside FORCE information nurse Nicky Peterson.

Up to six people can take part and each one is sent a free pack of art supplies before the first virtual meeting.

Part...

Devon urged to shop to save lives

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 07/06/2020 - 10:35am

PEOPLE across Devon are being urged to shop to save lives, as Cancer Research UK stores re-open after three months of devastating closures.

The majority of the charity’s shops are getting back to business to tackle a shortfall in funding caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

With its shops typically contributing more than £25m every year to vital research, Cancer Research UK has suffered a dramatic loss of income since they were forced to close temporarily at the end of March.

Highlighting the scale of the funding gap, the call to support shopsacross the region...

Thank you to customers and colleague at M&S Exeter for supporting NHS Charities Together

This weekend, colleagues and customers at M&S Exeter will be taking part in the one-off Clap for Carers to mark the 72nd birthday of the NHS, supported by the founder of the initiative and NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens.

Ahead of the weekend, the team have installed a new display to share with customers just how generous the local community has been during this unprecedented time. The in-store display (pictured right) shows how much M&S Exeter customers have donated through a range of activity including shopping M&S’s Rainbow sale (where 10% of each purchase is...

Deafblind UK helps people to live better with sight and hearing loss, this Deafblind Awareness Week

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 06/26/2020 - 1:01am

National charity, Deafblind UK, is on a mission to make things easier for people who have sight and hearing loss.

Director of Operations, Simon Moore said: “Combined sight and hearing loss affects around 400,000 people in the UK, but many people don’t realise that they’re suffering and just struggle on.”

The charity has also produced some guidelines to help people live better with sight and hearing loss. The leaflet, available to download online, suggests some simple and inexpensive changes that people can make to their home, or when out and about, to make things a bit...

New family walking trail MonsterHero Safari comes to Exeter

A new interactive family story-trail around Exeter will launch on Saturday 4th July. The MonsterHero Safari Trail works on smartphones, challenging families to find hidden ‘MonsterHeroes’ around the city which appear on the phones when you reach their hiding place.

Families and households in Exeter can search the streets for 10 cute and colourful ‘MonsterHeroes’. Using only smartphones, the safari allows players to learn each of the MonsterHero’s name, story, and superpowers. Once all 10 MonsterHeroes are found, a free e-book, that tells the story of their first team-up, will be...

Devon Air Ambulance launches its first ever Virtual Bike Show fundraiser

Following the cancellation of Devon Air Ambulance’s (DAA) annual Motorcycle Ride Out, which sees in the region of 1000 bikers rally together every July to support their Air Ambulance, DAA took the opportunity to launch its first ever Virtual Bike Show fundraiser, supported by Bridge Motorcycles.

There are four categories from which participants can select to enter their bike, including Best Classic, Best Custom, Best Trike and My Pride & Joy. The My pride & joy category is DAA’s all-encompassing category, so if your bike does not fit into any of the others you can still...

Builders merchant continues Devon Air Ambulance support 

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 06/17/2020 - 11:16am

After raising £3,000 for Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) over the past 12 months, RGB Building Supplies is delighted to continue its support for the charity for a further year.

The money was raised through charity breakfast mornings held in RGB’s branches, the builders merchant’s annual golf day, and staff members taking on individual challenges. This included employee Richard Betts who, although being a staunch Tottenham Hotspur fan, agreed to wear an Arsenal football shirt if £100 was raised in a day - £221.90 was donated.

The company also supported the charity’s shops by...

FORCE Cancer Charity shop reopens

The FORCE Cancer Charity shop in Heavitree has reopened for the first time in nearly three months.

The shop in Fore Street closed on March 23 due to the Coronavirus pandemic but the team has been working hard to get the building safe for staff and visitors.

And it paid off with a steady stream of customers throughout the first day.

"Amazing day!" said Shop Manager Anna Heard.

"Great to see a lot of our regulars and welcome them back. It has highlighted the need for some more signage in terms of directions etc.. so thank you to everyone today for helping us...

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Timely donation for Citizens Advice Exeter

Teamwork was the keyword for fundraising by The Family Law Company which has just presented a donation of £1,000 to charity of the year, Citizen’s Advice Exeter.

It took teamwork to organise the fundraising events with the main activities, including a quiz held at Exeter’s Historic Guildhall in late 2019. This was well supported by teams from the local business community, raising £650. Further donations were received from teams taking part in a table tennis and pizza night held at the company’s Balliol offices.

Teamwork was also needed to present the donation virtually!...

128 groups benefit from housebuilder cash

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 06/14/2020 - 10:38pm

The first £128,000 of a £1million charity giveaway has been distributed to groups supporting young people across Britain.

The funding – from the Persimmon Homes Building Futures scheme – was awarded to 128 different organisations, with applications received from Caithness to Cornwall.

The initiative aims to support community groups working with under-18s across three categories – education & arts, health and sport.

Robert Hart, director in charge of Persimmon Homes South West, said: “The quality of applications to Building Futures has been phenomenal – and...

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