Charities

A Somerset charity promoting health and wellbeing for older people has received a cash injection from a leading housebuilder in the region. Age UK Somerset, based in Taunton, has been handed £1,000 from persimmon Homes South West’s Community Champions fund. The grant will go towards organising sessions for clients to improve their activity levels, reducing and preventing illnesses and generally improving quality of life and wellbeing. Dianne Ramsay, who applied for the grant, said: “The friendships that are made in our classes make a real difference, helping them to feel a real...

Over 500 items of food have been donated by Exeter businesses to support local families this Christmas. The generous companies made the donations in aid of the Exeter Foodbank at an event staged by NatWest at the city’s Cookery School recently. Last year more than 5,500 people, including 1,610 children, needed to use the foodbank, which was launched in 2008 to help people affected by financial crisis. In just two years the average number of people using the service each week has doubled to 180 and staff say this likely to increase to over 200 in 2019. Over 100 companies attended the event...

A Dorset project to benefit people living with dementia patients through music has been handed £1,000 from a regional builder.

The innovative Press Play To Rewind programme created by Musica Music and Wellbeing, based in Shillingstone, uses personalised playlists and meaningful music as part of a dementia care package for patients and was awarded the funds by Persimmon Homes South West.

Rosanna Mead from Musica explained: “This year we launched our programme Press Play to Rewind which aims to provide training and support packages for healthcare professionals and carers in...

Rainbow Living is very excited to announce the charity has been selected by Exeter Golf and Country Club as the Golf Captains’ Charity of the Year for 2018/19.

Over the next 12 months Exeter Golf and Country Club is aiming to raise £10,000 for Rainbow Living, which is a local volunteer-run charity providing accommodation for adults with learning and other disability. Fundraising has already commenced with the Golf Dinner and Dance event raising £1,000. Many more fundraising events are planned throughout the year, including raffles, auctions and coffee mornings.

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