The Wrap Up and Run Exeter 10k returns this year. Why not encourage a team of friends or colleagues to take part and raise vital funds for Age UK Exeter's Spread the Warmth Campaign?
It costs £16 to enter.
You can sign up through the website www.ageuk.org.uk/get-involved/events-and-challenges/10k-races
Remember to tick the drop down box to say that you heard about it through Age UK Exeter which means funds raised stay local.
We are now running training sessions for complete beginners on Tuesday's at 6.30pm costing £1. Come and join us.
Following the huge success of the 2012 Exeter Business Games , businesses in Exeter are being encouraged to register for the 2013 Games.
24 teams from Exeter-based businesses took part in the 2012 games and with matched funding from Thomson Reuters, this year’s participants raised over £5000 for local charity The Exeter Foundation .
The Exeter Business Games will take place during May and June 2013, comprising of various events such as Ten-Pin Bowling, a Pub Quiz and Boat Racing on the Exe.
Exeter Business Games Co-ordinator, Debbi Moore, said: “The 2012 games...
Exeter Round Table’s Annual charity fireworks display is being held at Westpoint again this year.
This spectacular event has grown to become the biggest fireworks display in Exeter, and taken on a new dimension since moving to Westpoint three years ago.
Expect a great fun night out for everyone with fairground rides, food and drink stalls and of course a spectacular fireworks display by Firemagic (UK) Ltd.
Gates open at 5.30pm, fireworks display starts at 7.30pm.
Please plan to arrive on site by 6.45pm at the latest, to allow time to park and pass through...
The Donkey Sanctuary holds it's autumn craft fair on Saturday.
The indoor craft fair is a fundraising event and a great opportunity to purchase gifts, including handmade jewellery, cheeses, scarves and pashminas, skincare treats, wood turned items, art, homemade jams and chutneys.
You will also be able to have a go at willow weaving with workshops running throughout the day.
Refreshments will be available, including a barbecue.
Would you like to walk on fire? Take your chance at an MS Society Firewalk, where you'll walk 20 feet across burning embers.
On the night, participants will undergo a two hour training session to prepare them for the challenge of stepping onto embers burning at around 1200 degrees Fahrenheit.
Event details The registration fee is £25 per person, and we ask you to raise a minimum £125 to help support people with MS.
Once you have signed up, you'll be sent a free fundraising pack. Places are limited, so book today to avoid disappointment.
On the 27th September the annual Northcott Beaton Insurance Brokers Golf Day took place at Woodbury Park. This year the chosen charity for the event was The Exeter Foundation. The main aim to the Exeter Foundation is to provide the City of Exeter and its surrounding areas (The Greater Exeter) with a ‘Civic Trust’ that will promote our community and pursue the vision of people who live and work there. The Foundation will act as a fundraising body with a commitment to the future prosperity of Greater Exeter, and also as a vehicle for promoting collective civic pride. The Exeter Foundation...
The New Ottregians, a theatre company based in Ottery St Mary, have presented a cheque for £5,300 to Hospiscare, which provides end-of-life care for local patients and their families, following their incredibly successful production of Me and My Girl at the King’s School, in July.
Helena and Toni Williams-Pugh, who run the theatre company, made the presentation to Margery Whittington, from the local Hospiscare volunteer group, and Nick Agg-Manning, a trustee of the charity, which provides end-of-life care for local patients and their families.
Staff from a local fire protection services company have come up with a novel way of raising money for charity - instead of preventing a fire from happening, they will be walking across it. Firewatch South West, which is based in Newton Abbot, has joined forces with the West of England School and College, its charity of the year, to hold a firewalk.
The event, which will raise funds through sponsorship for the charity that provides specialist education and care to blind and partially sighted children and young people, is to be held at Double Locks, in Exeter, on Friday 26 October...
Five physiotherapists from Exeter Physio were on hand at the FORCE Cancer Charity and Francis Clark running event held at Powderham Castle.
The team set up their beds to treat any injuries or aches and pains picked up during the 10k, 5k and family events.
It was the third year the physiotherapy practice in Lower Summerlands had supported the event.
Partner Hugh Jenkins said: “This event brings in a lot of money for a very worthy cause and we thoroughly enjoy being a part of it. It is also very satisfying to see so many of our patients, who...
