Charities

Brain Tumour Support, a charity that runs a monthly Support Group in Exeter, is asking for local groups, companies and communities to get involved with “Sparkle up your day” – a fundraising day that involves people bringing a bit of sparkle into their day and donating to Brain Tumour Support.

“Whether it’s edible glitter on some cupcakes, wearing something sparkly to work or sticking glitter in your beard, we want everyone to get involved, get together, and donate,” says Tina Mitchell Skinner, who set up the charity 16 years ago after losing her husband to a brain tumour. “Demand...

Generous buyers at Chilcotts most recent sale helped swell ongoing fundraising for Hospiscare to over £16,500.

Each sale day the auctioneers invite the Hospiscare team to take over the kitchen at the Silver Street Saleroom near Honiton Community College, to sell tea and coffee, snacks and cakes made freshly by Hospiscare volunteer Mary Bolshaw and her team, with every penny of profit kept by the charity.

At the July Antiques and Interiors sale, Liz and Duncan Chilcott launched celebrations to mark the company’s 15th anniversary by providing free refreshments for buyers...

A group of fundraisers from Exeter completed the National Three Peaks Challenge in 24 hours on Friday 12 July, to raise vital funds for charity Parkinson’s UK.

The group were inspired to take on the climbing challenge by a family member of one of the climbers, who has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. They fundraised nearly £7,000 for the charity by completing the challenge.

The climbers were seven employees of Mace’s local office in Exeter. Mace is an international consultancy and construction company, which has chosen Parkinson’s UK as its charity partner for 2019. Mace...

Local charities and community groups are being encouraged to apply for funding of up to £20,000 from a pot worth over £3 million that has been raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

A wide range of community organisations, from registered charities, to community groups and social enterprises, can apply for grants of between £500 and £20,000. Applications are open from Wednesday 31 July for two weeks, until 14 August.

The funding is available through three different trusts, all of which are funded by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Each trust supports projects...