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Vertu MINI Exeter drives support for North Devon Hospice

Vertu MINI Exeter is supporting North Devon Hospice, as part of MINI’s Local MINI Hero initiative, which encourages dealerships to actively support and celebrate their local communities.

As part of this special partnership, Vertu MINI Exeter will be sponsoring and attending two major fundraising events for the hospice this year – its recent Nightwalk, and the North Devon Marathon, which is set to take place on 29th June. Attendees can look out for two stunning MINI vehicles on display at each event, as the dealership showcases its commitment to the cause and community.

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Generous community helps young people in Africa ‘build’ for the future

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 09/04/2019 - 11:50am

The Exeter branch of RGB Building Supplies and Devon-based charity Amigos are thanking the local community for the amazing response received to their recent appeal to donate preloved tools. These will all now go on to help young people in Africa lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

Amigos has been working in Uganda for nearly 20 years and for the last nine it has been providing vocational training in construction skills. Throughout June and July, a total of 33 ‘dumpy bags’ of tools were collected across the RGB network and in some cases, instead of donating preloved...

Bovis Homes colleagues training for Cardiff Half Marathon

Housebuilder employees run Cardiff Half Marathon in memory of colleague

Authored by Paula_D
Posted: Wed, 09/04/2019 - 9:56am

Colleagues at a national housebuilder will run the Cardiff Half Marathon in memory of 32-year-old Dean Fletcher, who tragically died last year after taking part in the event.

The husband and father - a management accountant at Bovis Homes’ South West region - passed away following a cardiac arrest after completing the course last October.

In his honour, eight Bovis Homes’ colleagues will be running the 2019 event to raise funds for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young), a charity that aims to reduce the risk of cardiac arrest in those aged under 35.

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Could you spare an hour or two to help a local charity?

Authored by garyelf
Posted: Sat, 08/31/2019 - 10:49am

September is blood cancer awareness month and local charity Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF) will be collecting and raising awareness across Devon to help raise funds and awareness for the charity.

ELF is currently looking for volunteers to donate an hour or two of time to help at various collections around the county. Volunteering is a great opportunity to get out and about in the community, meet new people and help a great cause.

ELF is currently recruiting for collections in Exeter at the Guildhall Shopping Centre on Saturday 14th September and Tesco Exeter Vale on Thursday...

Owen Richards, Managing Director at Air Marketing, training for the CHICKS Superstar Games with his team.

Exeter businesses gear up for children’s charity sports day

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 08/30/2019 - 11:17am

On Tuesday 17th September, members of the local business community will be battling it out in the inaugural CHICKS Superstar Games, hosted in Princesshay, Exeter, to help raise awareness and funds for the Devon-based national children’s charity.

The mock sports day will see the likes of Grow Magazine, Air Marketing, Attention Media, Burrington Estates and KTA go head-to-head competing in a mix of classic sports day activities including the egg and spoon dash, three-legged race and sack relay, as well as battling it out in heats including an obstacle relay.

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Fotos, Flowers and Felt - Charity Art Auction

Authored by JanetRaeburn
Posted: Fri, 08/30/2019 - 11:04am

To celebrate Devon Open Studios 2019, Rainbow Living has launched a Charity Art Auction , with work donated by three local artists.

Joan Prowse , Helen Workman and Roy Anderson – or Fotos, Flowers and Felt as they like to be known – are exhibiting at Joan’s Studio during Devon Open Studios, taking place 7th to 22nd September; the studio will be open to the public, providing an opportunity to view the four pieces being auctioned, along with the artists’ other work.

Joan works in many different media and has donated ‘On the Crest of the Wave’, an original framed needle...

Sign up for the Smile a Mile Charity Walk

Authored by sandypark
Posted: Tue, 08/27/2019 - 11:55am

The date of this years’ Exeter Chiefs Foundation Smile A Mile Charity Walk has been confirmed as Saturday, 21st September 2019.

Come and join us in walking 10 miles in aid of the Foundation in a circular route which starts and finishes at Sandy Park, and takes in a flat, scenic route through the River Exe Valley.

The event will combine both the fundraising walk with watching the Exeter Chiefs V Bath Rugby Premiership Cup Game at Sandy Park.

Act Fast and sign up before the 2nd September to ensure you get your T-shirt for taking part!

Entry is £25 per person,...

Quiz night for Children's Hospice South West

Educated Recruitment are thrilled to announce that they are taking part in the £50 Challenge for Children’s Hospice South West and are hosting a charity evening on Friday 27th September at Coomebinteignhead Village Hall.

The charity event will include a quiz, raffle and auction with amazing prizes to be won and a disco to round off the evening!

Our event is open to the public, so please do come along on what will be a fantastic, local event for such an incredible cause. The night kicks off at 6:30pm with the quiz to start at 7.15pm. The raffle, auction and disco to follow...

Front Row. A member of the group & Veronica & Scruffy the dog.  Middle Row. Ian Kingsbury, Molly Holmes, Reuben Ayres. Back Row. Members of Reminder Finders

Age UK Mid Devon tackles loneliness with new programme funded by £1m from the Masonic Charitable Foundation

Age UK Mid Devonis supporting older people as part of a three year programme to help older people feel less lonely and get the most out of later life, funded by the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF), the freemason’s charity.

The grant of £63,000, awarded on behalf of freemasons from the Province of Devonshire, is part of a £1 million grant from the MCF to Age UK. The MCF is funded by freemasons, their families and friends, from across England and Wales.

Age UK Mid Devon who are based in Tiverton is one of twelve regional Age UKs and one local Age Cymru delivering Later...

Get on your bike ready for September

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 08/26/2019 - 10:27am

SOUTH WEST cyclists are being urged to use peddle power to raise money for Cancer Research UK this September.

The charity is launching its Cancer Research UK Cycle 300 challenge. It is urging men and women to sign up now and then choose how, when and where to clock up 300 miles on a bike next month.

There are many ways to hit the 300-mile mark. Commuters can to notch up ten miles a day on their cycle to work. Weekend enthusiasts can plan epic 75-mile routes through rolling countryside, while gym bunnies can step up the spin classes to hit their target.

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Exeter Specsavers raises funds for deaf charity

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 08/19/2019 - 11:12am

EXETER Specsavers store cranked up the cuteness factor when it played host to precious puppies from the Hearing Dogs for Deaf People charity.

Audiologists from the store’s Hearcare team arranged the fundraising day to launch its support of the charity, with the aim of raising thousands of pounds.

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People trains dogs to alert deaf people to important sounds and danger signals, providing independence, confidence and companionship.

Vicky Ryan, Community Fundraising Manager atHearing Dogs for Deaf People, said the money raised at Exeter Specsavers...

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