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Help for Heroes is set to benefit from £2,456 raised by local legal firm Stephens Scown following fundraising over the last 12 months.

Fundraising events included cake bake sales, dress down days, quiz nights and a Wimbledon themed night. Robert Camp, Managing Partner of Stephens Scown, said: “Help for Heroes is our firm-wide charity which staff voted for and which we have been supporting for the last few years. We are delighted to be giving our time and efforts for such a positive cause that does so much for our servicemen and women.”

Clare Hutton, Help for Heroes’...

Palmers Whitton and Laing’s brave Pam Preston is doing a skydive fundraiser for Hospiscare.

Employees at Palmers Whitton and Laing are rallying around Pam Preston, as she prepares to skydive for Hospiscare. Pam is taking part in a ‘tandem’ sky-dive on 24 August 2013, with her employees, along with family and friends, giving their sponsorship pledges in advance of the big day.

Pam is hoping to raise much-needed funds for Hospiscare, a charity working to provide high-quality care and dedicated support to people who are terminally ill living in Exeter, mid and east Devon....

It's been a busy few months for Devon Air Ambulance Trust, and there's no let up in sight, but they wouldn't have it any other way!

The Devon Air Ambulance on Tour event, taking the new Air Ambulance around the county finished in Paignton on Tuesday 13 August. The Charity is now looking forward to celebrating its 21st birthday in style with a Birthday Weekender on 7 and 8 September at Darts Farm.

Events kick off with BBC Radio Devon's John Govier broadcasing his Saturday morning show live from Darts Farm from 10am to 1pm, with tickets just £4 per person (limited to 350). At...

Devon Community Foundation has awarded £8,053 to St Sidwell’s Community Centre to appoint a part-time worker to develop a sustainable vocational and life-skills training programme for the centre’s volunteers.

The Centre, based in the heart of Exeter, aims to build a stronger, healthier and more inclusive community by improving the physical health, emotional well-being and quality of life of local individuals and groups. They achieve this by providing a wide range of centre-based activities, learning opportunities and support services to the local community.

St Sidwell’s...

Exeter-based charity Dream-A-way, which provides holidays and days out for people with disabilities across Devon and Cornwall, is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year. Jeff Merrett MBE, the charity’s chairman said “ It’s always a big thrill for all of us at Dream-A-way when we hear about the effect the holidays we provide have on the lives of our clients and their carers and families. This is just one such story.” In July, the Kennedy family, along with Jamie’s carer, spent a fantastic week at one of Dream-A-Way’s luxury caravans at Sandy Bay Exmouth. Ellie and Oliver assist Jamie on...

The UK’s surface repair specialist Plastic Surgeon is going ape for charity. The company has pledged its expertise in support of Paignton Zoo’s 90th birthday Great Gorillas Project.

Plastic Surgeon has set up the Gorilla Preservation Squad to care for the host of life-sized fibre-glass gorillas spending the summer at major landmarks and locations across the region.

The model gorillas have been sponsored by businesses and community groups, painted in original designs by specially commissioned artists and displayed in public, creating a unique art trail around Exeter and the...

Volunteer Deputy Launching Authority, Dave Ashman has raised £605.89 for Exmouth RNLI’s latest appeal. Dave took part in the Eddystone Pursuit sailing event on 13 July, off the Plymouth coast.

The fundraising total consisted of £400.18 sponsorship and £205.71 prize money from the annual competition. The Eddystone Pursuit was set up in 2002 by Julia Creeke, in memory of her Mother to generate money for worthy causes. This year, the competition raised £63,471 for 35 charities.

In his Trapper 300, named Sun Trapper , Dave joined two other boats: Ficato and Sixpence to make up...