School Children in Exeter have been helping to raise money for BBC Children in Need.
At schools in the city children dressed up in spotty clothing to match this year's theme.
The money they raised has gone to Exeter and Localities Grief Support for Children, Young People and Their Families and Community Equality Disability Action (CEDA)
Grief support helps children and young people who have suffered the loss of a relative or friend. Providing 1-1 support, Memory Daysand a Youth Forum. To help the Children become happier, more confident,and better able to communicate...
Local charity, Hospiscare is embarking on its first overseas challenge, taking people off the beaten track into one of the most unusual and exotic, natural environments on the planet – the Sahara Desert.
Hospiscare has teamed up with tour operator Different Travel, who specialise in overseas charity challenges and adventure holidays, to organise a five day, ATOL protected, Sahara Trek which runs from November 6 to 11, 2014.
Hospiscare Running and Challenge Fundraiser Celia Wilkinson said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Different Travel to offer the trip of a...
An Exeter businessman who has developed a system which can deploy tens of thousands of personal emergency First Aid pods by parachute to victims of natural disasters like those being experienced in the Philippines, has spoken of his frustration that no major charity or organisation has adopted the idea.
Nick Sprague launched his charity Parabottle after the Haiti earthquake in 2010 and has so far raised £30,000 to develop the cost-effective airborne system for distributing food and water.
Each Parabottle will contain a bottle of water, a foil blanket, and matches. The...
Princesshay is collaborating with Radio Exe this festive season to support its Operation Christmas campaign. Operation Christmas encourages shoppers to buy an extra gift which will be donated to Princesshay’s local charity of the year, WESC Foundation.
There will be dedicated Operation Christmas drop off points throughout Princesshay and at the WESC charity shops in Exmouth and Honiton for shoppers to drop off their chosen gifts. On Christmas Eve all donated gifts will be presented to WESC Foundation.
Caroline Burkie, Fundraising and PR Manager, WESC Foundation, says, “We...
This morning the RSPB sent a formal letter of complaint to the bosses Devon NHS concerning the willful destruction of land near Exminster.
Hillcrest is home to a population of Cirl Buntings, a bird so nationally important and rare to find. The RSPB, a charity in support of finding nature a home, believe this is a deliberate opportunity to reduce the nature conservation value of the land which in turn will gain planning permission for new development.
Restricted to the South Devon coastal land, the species of the Cirl Bunting became almost extinct in the late 1980’s in the...
A Paignton Zoo gorilla has joined the Royal Navy on a voyage to the Antarctic.
The adventurous ape, named PEG – Polar Explorer Gorilla - has sailed on board HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s ice patrol ship. And fittingly, this plastic Paignton Zoo gorilla will be painted with an image of a Living Coasts' macaroni penguin, alongside a number of other penguin species.
The curious arrangement came about after the Executive Director of Paignton Zoo and Living Coasts, Simon Tonge, was invited to lunch on board ship with other dignitaries. Simon: “During conversation the...
Join Cath Kidston after hours in the Exeter store this Christmas to make your own decorations, all ticket proceeds will go to Cath Kidston’s charity partner, Crisis. As well as a tutorial from one of their experts customers will also receive two decoration packs (one to make on the night, and one to make at home), a pair of Lattice Rose haberdashery scissors and a matching pin cushion worth £26. Customers can also enjoy refreshments while you craft. Tickets are £20 and are available here
Global workplace provider Regus in Exeter is supporting a Christmas campaign which sends present-filled shoeboxes to needy children in developing and war torn countries.
The Regus centre is a local drop off point until the 18th November for the 2013 “Operation Christmas Child” shoebox appeal.
Run in conjunction with the Samaritan’s Purse charity, the appeal involves filling shoeboxes with toys and gifts to send to children overseas in refugee camps, orphanages, homeless shelters and impoverished neighbourhoods.
Steve Purdy, Managing Director at Regus, says: “The...
Have you got what it takes - to take on the world famous Royal Marines endurance training course - in the name of charity? 6 and 7 September will see the 24th annual running of this historic event in the heart of Devon.
The Commandant of the nearby Marine training centre has given permission for civilians to attempt the very same training course that the Royal Marines use each and every day.
Anyone over the age of 16 can enter and will need grit and determination but most of all a great sense of humour to test their fitness on the 4k Fun or 10k Marine or the ultimate 17k...
Over £2,750 was raised for Oxfam last weekend, when 60 artists and bands played live across Exeter for The Exeter Daily-sponsored music festival, Oxjam Exeter Takeover.
Exeter was just one of up to 60 towns and cities across the UK that took part in the festival, all on the same weekend.
Events began at midday on Saturday and included acts performing in Princesshay, the Guildhall Shopping Centre and Exeter Phoenix.
Over the course of the weekend, festival goers enjoyed music at several other locations in the city, including The Cavern, The Oddfellows, The Globe Inn...
