Tom Lemon at leading furniture retailer, DFS, in Exeter has completed an extreme outdoor challenge to raise money for BBC Children in Need as part of DFS’s endeavour to raise over £1 million for the charity this year.
Earlier this month, on Wednesday 11 September, Tom Lemon joined DFS colleagues to tackle the Olympic white water rafting course that saw Team GB capture Gold and Silver medals at last year’s Olympic Games. To donate to Tom Lemon and the DFS team, visit https://mydonate.bt.com/teams/dfs
Helen Normoyle, Director of Marketing at DFS, said: “We like to give...
Oxjam Exeter 2013 is part of a national music festival. The main event during the festival will be the Oxjam Exeter Takeover 2013, featuring up to 120 acts performing at multi-venues across Exeter on 19 and 20 October. There will also be fundraising activities and warm-up gigs to watch out for prior to the Takeover weekend.
All events are in aid of raising vital funds for Oxfam. Twitter @oxjamexeter2013 Facebook www.facebook.com/oxjamexeter
The Exeter Daily is getting behind Oxjam Exeter, as it was revealed today that we will be be the headline sponsor of this fantastic...
Exeter-based EMCAS, one of the country's leading financial Claims Management Companies, is aiming to raise over £10,000 for charity in twelve months. The business, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in August, has been raising money since the start of the financial year and, following its Back to School fundraiser last week, has already collected in excess of £3,100.
Over 400 members of staff across its Exeter, Taunton, Paignton and Torquay offices dressed up in school uniform for the day to raise funds. Contributions were made through a mix of raffles, on-site school Tuck...
The team at Crowdfunder.co.uk are taking part in Children’s Hospice South West’s £50 Challenge with an aim to raise as much money as possible for the charity.
A number of businesses and organisations across the South West are taking part in the challenge to raise money for the charity. Crowdfunder have launched their own crowdfunding campaign with the initial £50 investment.
The crowdfunding project, titled the £50 challenge, will run for seven weeks and encourage people to support and place a pledge, in return for a reward.
“Dear Mr. and Mrs. Tyler, we have a baby called David for adoption and we wonder if you would care to consider him. He was born on October 4th and his weight at birth was 7 lb 4 oz. David is a handsome baby with a nice shaped head and ears, fair skin and very dark eyes. He is a good and easy baby” is how Families for Children Patron Mark Tyler was described to his prospective adoptive parents. 50 years later Mark is about to celebrate his half-century by having his head shaved in aid of the charity. “I want to see if that nice shaped head is still there!” said Mark.
There will be a special evening of mediumship with mediums Peter Bancroft, Linda Bullock and Clare Corner, taking place at Exeter Spiritualist Church, York Road, Exeter, EX4 6PF raising monies for Devon Air Ambulance Trust (DAAT). Exeter Spiritualist Church has adopted DAAT as its 'Charity of the Month' for September and to coincide with National Air Ambulance Week 2013.
Entry is just £3.50 per person. Tickets available on the door only.
The Guardian Charity Awards 2013 shortlist, announced today, has St Petrock’s, Exeter’s charity for people who are homeless, among its list of successful charities. Five of these charities will find out in October whether they will share the £25,000 prize money and other prizes.
Speaking on behalf of St Petrock’s, Mel Hartley, project manager, said “Obviously we’re delighted to have been shortlisted for such a prestigious award and would love to think that we may win an award.
“If we are successful with the Guardian Charity Award, we will use the prize money towards...
Whodunnit? With the Agatha Christie Festival in full swing, the question is – who created the Poirot gorilla that’s been wowing shoppers in Torquay this summer?
This time it wasn’t the butler – it was the students of South Devon College.
They created a remarkable gorilla version of Agatha Christie's famous detective, Hercule Poirot, as part of Paignton Zoo’s Great Gorillas Project.
Celebrating the 90th birthday of Paignton Zoo, the project has put life-size model gorillas, sponsored by businesses and community groups and painted in original designs by specially...
On Friday 20 September, Living Coasts staff and volunteers will be at Beacon Cove for a beach clean.
They will be on the beach - right next to Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo - from 11.00am to 1.00pm. Everyone is welcome to join in and help keep our beaches and oceans clean and free from pollution.
Why is beach cleaning so important? Waste and litter in our seas are a constant threat to some of our best-loved marine wildlife. There is the constant danger of animals accidentally eating or becoming entangled in litter. In addition to marine wildlife, beach litter is also...
One local family has tracked down the full set of Great Gorillas – entirely by bus.
Lucy Sambell, from Exeter, her 13-year-old son Zachary and their two chocolate Labradors, father and son Murphy and Dooley, took two days to complete the free public art marathon.
The Great Gorillas Project is celebrating the 90th birthday of Paignton Zoo with 30 life-size model gorillas, sponsored by businesses and painted in original designs by specially-commissioned artists, placed around the streets and public spaces of Exeter and the English Riviera.
