Exeter MAG have organised a charity Easter egg run to Little Bridge House in Barnstaple. This is a children's hospice centre, and we are heading there to donate Eater eggs.
Bikers are asked to meet at Exeter services at 10.30 on Sunday 20 April with chocolate eggs. There will be a car going to take the eggs in so you don't have to strap them to yourselves!
We will be riding up to North Devon via the A377 to avoid motorways to enable any cc riders to come along. Young riders are encouraged to attend, so don't be put off if you are only on a 125, we would still...
A scuba diving Easter Bunny will be the star of the show at Living Coasts this Easter.
On Saturday 12th April the Easter Bunny will swim with the penguins at Torquay’s coastal zoo.
Visitors could win prizes in a unique game of pebble bingo. Meanwhile, the penguins will receive their own Easter treats in the form of fish.
Living Coasts’ Clare Rugg explained: “We wanted to do something new and different for visitors. The English Riviera is a great place for diving, and people can book a dive experience with the Living Coasts penguins, so we decided to invite the...
Exeter YMCA is proud to receive the High Sheriff Award for Services to the Community
John Lee, the High Sheriff for Devon, first visited Exeter YMCA earlier this year. He had a tour of their projects, met with many of the clients to hear how Exeter YMCA had helped transform their lives and heard presentations on their work in prisons, through Job Clubs and in schools.
John Lee said: "I was clearly very impressed with what I saw and also with the very dedicated team [at Exeter YMCA]."
Following his visit, John agreed to take part in Sleep Easy, Exeter YMCA...
On Friday 11 April, Casa Maroc in Exeter will be laying on a special menu for Headway Devon in their function room.
For just £10 each, you will be able to enjoy a three-course meal in the lavishly decorated Casablanca Lounge.
Fundraising Manager, Holly Keatings, said: “We’re really grateful to Casa Maroc. The team there have really gone out of their way to support the charity – not only will the food be a bargain, they are also doing discounted drinks for us plus the staff are donating their wages for the evening to Headway – so we really hope that you will consider coming...
On Saturday 29 March, generous local people shimmied, skipped and shook their way to raising £193 at a Zumbathon for Headway Devon, the local brain injury charity.
The event took place at the Riverside Leisure Centre in Exeter and was instructed by Johanna Morgan, founder of Sidmouth’s JM DanceFit. Attendees of all ages and abilities kicked their weekend into shape together and enjoyed sixty minutes of fun-loving Zumba, making every move count to raise valuable funds for this deserving local cause.
Holly Keatings, Fundraising Manager at Headway Devon said: “We would like to...
ADVICE EXETER is a newly formed group of local charities offering free advice and information to local people.
Exeter CAB, Age UK Exeter, Young Devon, Shelter, Community Housing Aid and Homemaker Southwest have teamed up to improve the services they offer to people in Exeter. The partnership, which is funded jointly by Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office, held a successful launch event at Exeter Community Centre in March.
The work of Advice Exeter will include a new online access channel and self-help resource for users, an expanded presence across the city in libraries...
As the first Honiton Sausage & Cider Festival draws nearer, the call is out for East Devon cider fans and businesses to lend a helping hand.
Ticket sales for the festival, on May 3 are going really well and the music line-up continues to grow with Diamondogz, Sweet Black Angels, Fools and Horses, Ollie Bowern and headliners The Wurzels all confirmed and more to come.
Trade stalls and food and drink stands are booking up nicely and with lots going on for all the family this promises to be a great day.
Funds raised will benefit the Devon Freewheelers charity which...
A big-hearted zoo keeper at Paignton Zoo has gone ape for Ape-ril in aid of orang utan conservation. Head Keeper of Mammals Craig Gilchrist has had his beard dyed orange by his barbers – The Groom Room, in Abbey Road, Torquay - as part of Ape-ril, a campaign run by the Sumatran Orangutan Society.
Craig, who is co-chair of a national zoo primate group, was keen to take part: “I want to raise awareness and money. Sumatran orang utans share 96.4% of our DNA, but they are Critically Endangered and on the edge of extinction.”
The Ape-ril campaign encourages men around the world...
A wildlife charity has invested in new equipment to help its vet team treat animals more efficiently.
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has purchased an x-ray digital scanner which has the potential to speed up animal care, reduce costs and make the work greener.
The AGFA CR30XM x-ray digital scanner has been supplied by Celtic SMR.
Ghislaine Sayers, Head of Veterinary Services for Paignton Zoo, explained: “It is better than our old style x-ray system in a number of ways. Running costs are minimal, as we don’t need to buy film or the chemicals required to develop it,...
Raising money can prove difficult but should always be fun - and so it was at Ashfords Plymouth office's hugely successful charity quiz last night at the City College Plymouth restaurant.
A record breaking £2,000 was for raised for our chosen Charity of the Year, Children's Hospice South West at the Plymouth Office's annual Charity Quiz.
Some 60 clients and contacts took part, including University of Plymouth, Sutton Harbour, City College Plymouth, Brewin Dolphin, Charles Stanley, Plymouth College of Art and many more.
