The Dream-A-Way team were delighted when some of the HMS Defender crew joined in with the bucket collection at St James Park at the Exeter City v Portsmouth match on Saturday.
While it was a great result on the pitch with City scoring a 94th minute equaliser (1–1) it was also a great result with a very good collection off the pitch too with Lez Miller’s top 20 collectors overcoming the rainy weather and collecting a massive total of £638.15.
Chairman Jeff Merrett said “ Despite the weather it was a great atmosphere at St James Park and Dream-A-Way were delighted to have...
Bikers from voluntary emergency courier service Devon Freewheelers are helping to save even more lives after agreeing to help the Lions Club distribute bottles for use by vulnerable people.
The Message in a Bottle (MIB) scheme comprises bottles designed to contain vital information that can aid NHS emergency services in the event of a medical crisis in the home.
A plastic bottle is labelled with a green cross, filled with personal and medical details and kept in the fridge. Green cross stickers are then fixed to the back of the front door and the door of the fridge so that...
GRICE - A tour of Duty - Analogue to Digital Music Expo 2014 aftershow gig
Sat 22 March /Doors: 7:30pm / Exeter Phoenix, Voodoo Lounge / Tickets: £8/£6 / 01392-495301
The Analogue to Digital after-show will host artrock band GRICE who will be playing tracks from the acclaimed album 'Propeller' as well as some bonus tracks from the forthcoming album 'Alexandrine'. The band incorporate in their performance Ableton Live, Stutter edit, loops, soundscapes and electronica production elements accompanied by visualisations and short films. ‘Acoustic rock...
Local Wealth Management Company Brewin Dolphin Exeter launched Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) as its new charity of the year with the creation of a ‘Pop up Shop’ at their offices on Pynes Hill. Brewin Dolphin organised a ‘Drop & Shop’ to raise funds and awareness for the charity by inviting neighbouring business colleagues to help fundraise.
The Brewin Dolphin team, headed up by Administration Manager Rhiannon Bates, arranged two separate collection days for the donation of unwanted items including clothes, jewellery, toys and home-ware. The businesses on Pynes Hill...
A long line of colourful ants is marching through Paignton Zoo.
The 8-inch insects form a trail that will lead from the Zoo’s entrance building all the way to the new invertebrate house, a distance of over 300 metres.
The invaders are pictures which are being coloured in and hung up. The Amazing Ant Trail will guide visitors to the new Investigate exhibit, which is due to open at Easter.
Paignton Zoo’s Jenny Paton has organised the trail. “Each year leading up to our 100th birthday we will be celebrating a different aspect of natural history. This year we’re...
Volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew members from Exmouth, Max Champion, Stephen Satchell, Paul Fox, Lee Manning, Neil Cannon and Hedley Saunders completed a 32 mile cycle from Supacat in Dunkeswell to Exmouth RNLI lifeboat station on Saturday (25 January) to raise funds towards the new launch and recovery vehicle needed for the Exmouth’s new Shannon class lifeboat. The challenge, made even harder as the cyclists were wearing full all weather RNLI lifeboat kit, celebrated the charity’s SOS Day which is on Friday 31 January.
The Six On Saddles, departed Supacat in Dunkeswell at 9.30am on...
Fancy a great evening out, whilst supporting Devon Air Ambulance Trust too?
Why not pop along to The Gissons Inn in Kennford on 31 January between 8pm to 1am?
Music from local band Basher Tate and free food too - although the new management hope you will show your appreciation by making a donation to the charity in return.
To find out more about The Gissons Inn go to their website
Generous Ashfords' people have beaten their charity fund raising target for their chosen charity, Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust.
Staff and partners of the firm pulled out all the stops with fundraising and awareness raising event for Jo's Trust, the only UK charity dedicated to women and their families affected by cervical cancer and cervical abnormalities.
The South West based firm set itself a £10,000 target and topped this by more than 50% raising more than £16,000 in the last year, following a firm wide ballot to select a charity of the year.
Wildlife charity volunteers have given more hours than ever before.
Volunteers at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park and Living Coasts in Torquay gave more than 26,000 hours during 2013 - equivalent to nearly 3 whole years, 155 weeks or more than 1,000 full days.
For the year ending in October 2013, 166 volunteers gave 26,074.5 hours – 1,932.25 more than in 2012.
Volunteer Coordinator Neil Thomas-Childs is full of praise for all the volunteers at both sites: “The support from our volunteers is very much appreciated as, without their time and dedication, much of what...
Neighbouring businesses in Marsh Barton met at the Hospiscare Enterprise Centre (HEC) on January 14 for a cheque presentation after supporting the local charity’s 12 Days of Christmas campaign.
The 12 Days of Christmas saw eight businesses, from units surrounding the HEC on Trusham Road, come together to raise money for the charity on a chosen date between December 13 and 24. The businesses were asked to raise money in any way they chose from raffling a hamper to holding a mufti day or just by making a donation to Hospiscare. More than £900 was raised for the campaign, which not...
