This year’s Lord's Taverners Christmas lunch proved to be another success with 600 business people attending the event at Sandy Park on 6th December.
The fundraising lunch began with a drinks reception, delicious festive meal and the chance to bid in the charity auction. Auction prizes up for grabs included a box at the Exeter Chiefs, party for up to 75 people at Jack in the Green and private meal cooked by celebrity chef Mitch Tonks, with an invite for 4 people to attend the Lympstone Manor launch party reaching a substantial £2900!
Three convertible chairs have been donated to Bolham Ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital to enable carers to stay with their relatives if they need to whilst in hospital.
The donation to the Bolham Ward Trust Fund has been made in memory of former patient Patrick Tilbury by local charities The Exeter Foundation, The Exeter Lions and close friend Laura Coniam.
Patrick’s parents Barbara and David Tilbury organised the £4500 donation to the neurological ward where he spent time being cared for earlier this year.
Barbara Tilbury said: “Sadly David and I were in...
Princesshay will host the Farms for City Children Tractor Appeal on Saturday 17th December, with their vintage Massey Ferguson 165 as well as entertainment from local musicians and performers to bring Christmas cheer to visitors in the city.
Farms for City Children have launched their fundraising campaign to raise £20,000 to replace the old worn out tractor used on the farm in Devon.
Founded in 1976 by Michael and Clare Morpurgo, Farms for City Children offers urban children from across the country an opportunity to live and work on a real farm for a week. The charity...
Christmas is the time for giving so pupils from Exeter Deaf Academy have dressed up as ‘Santa’s Little Helpers’ to ask their local community to give the gift of volunteering this festive season.
In the run up to Christmas, Exeter Deaf Academy need volunteers to give just 3 hours to help sell car raffle tickets in Princesshay Exeter on weekdays, weekends or on a Thursday Late Night Shopping evening.
Raffle tickets are sold by volunteers from the Exeter Deaf Academy stand in Princesshay up until Christmas Eve. So far, volunteers have sold over 4,000 raffle tickets, but with...
Exminster Garage teamed up with a local rock band to raise funds for charity Rock 2 Recovery after pledging to help those who serve their country in the British Armed Forces.
The garage first became aware of the charity after signing up for the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant to support the armed forces community. Exminster Garage
Director, Jo Strachan explained: “When we signed the covenant we were specifically interested in helping those who have been wounded or are sick.”
Jo and husband Glen were very excited to receive a Silver Award in recognition of their...
A charity that brings songs and smiles to older isolated people will launch in Exeter in December. The Golden-Oldies Charity, fondly just referred to as ‘Goldies’ and with Sir Cliff Richard as its Patron, started in the Bath and Bristol area 10 years ago. Founder Grenville Jones, a well respected West Country choir leader, had seen for himself how singing brought joy to so many people through his many choirs. Always quick to emphasise that his charity Goldies is not a choir, Grenville took the first four daytime singing and activity sessions for isolated lonely people himself. Ten years on...
Sunday 8 January and Sunday 22 January Cruises are tide dependent. Selected dates/times only. See details below. Booking essential
It's certainly worth the early start to see the wildlife on the Exe foraging for food this early in the morning on a cruise that lasts 1.5 hours (approx).
All throughout the cruise, expert commentary is provided by knowledgeable RSPB volunteers who will keep a close eye out and help you spot the various species of waders and wildfowl that either flock to the Exe to overwinter or call the Exe their home.
George Stafford, 19, has been shortlisted as Donor Champion of the Year at the Anthony Nolan Supporter Awards 2016. The prestigious Anthony Nolan Supporter Awards are back for their fourth year to celebrate, recognise and thank the outstanding supporters who keep the pioneering blood cancer charity moving forward. After watching his two best friends battle blood cancer, George, from West Hill, near Exeter registered as a potential stem cell donor with Anthony Nolan as soon as he was able.
In February 2016, George was identified as a match and went on to donate bone marrow to a...
Sunday 13 November to Monday 27 February Cruises are tide dependent. Selected dates/times only. See details below. Booking essential
Stop Press: Extra cruise due to popular demand: 26 November at 10.30 am.
Come and enjoy a popular RSPB birdwatching cruises that lasts between 1-1.5 hours and is well known for the variety of birds you can see and how close you can get to them – so ideal for everyone.
All throughout the cruise, expert commentary is provided by knowledgeable RSPB volunteers who will keep a close eye out and help you spot the various species of waders...
A grand charity auction will take place at the Riviera International Conference Centre in Torquay today (3 November).
For sale? 39 life-size painted rhino figures.
The original, one-off artworks will be raising money to help Critically Endangered wild rhinos in South East Asia. In 2013, the Paignton Zoo Great Gorillas Project charity auction raised £100,000 when 27 large gorillas and two of their smaller cousins went under the hammer.
Charities that benefitted included a conservation project working the Critically Endangered Cross River gorilla in Nigeria. The...
