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Devon Air Ambulance is welcoming its socially-conscious supporters to get involved in a different way to fundraise.

Many of us know how to have fun online and want to use our online activity, from livestreaming an event to competitive gaming, to raise funds for the causes we love.

Devon Air Ambulance has now signed up to Tiltify, the fundraising platform that helps fundraisers to creatively fundraise online.

Whether supporters are delivering a live cookery lesson or lecture, choreographing a dance routine, or running an epic gameathon, they can now fundraise and...

There are so many reasons why background checks are conducted. For starters, this is a confirmation of an employee’s criminal past before they get enrolled in any company. Additionally, it's the only way to confirm specific information about an employee in regard to their certifications.

Whether you are an employer or just checking your criminal history, it's this information that could predict a person’s future behaviors or employment opportunities. You could rely on this information when seeking to hire the best employees or to determine their reliability. That having been said...

Hundreds of volunteers from the South West will from today be invited to join a leading phase three COVID-19 vaccine study, as the number of people who have signed up to take part in vaccine research hits 9,220 across Devon, Cornwall and parts of Somerset.

The study will test the safety and effectiveness of a promising new vaccine, developed by US biotechnology company Novavax, across a broad spectrum of people, including those from a variety of age groups and backgrounds. Phase 3 studies involve many thousands of people, giving researchers insights into the effects of a vaccine...

As the impacts of COVID-19 continue to be felt across the UK, charities everywhere are struggling to cope. But this might be hitting the smallest hardest - as the smaller, more specialist local charities and community groups are faced with providing ever greater local support to their local communities.

These groups, already operating hand-to-mouth pre-COVID-19, are now dealing with even more challenges, including raising money in a cash-strapped economy.

That’s why the UK’s number one gift-card exchange, Exeter-based, Cardyard, is targeting their national fundraising...