WESC Foundation (WESC) launches The ‘Exeter’s Blind Spot’ campaign.
Since the charity’s rebrand many people know WESC as the blind school and not by their official name, WESC Foundation. This campaign is aiming to increase awareness and strengthen the association between WESC and the ‘blind school’ that it is so often referred as.
WESC wants to encourage the general public to get involved with the charity’s work and to promote the range of services they offer to visually impaired young people.
By launching this campaign WESC invites you to sign up to their...
Tiverton Housebuilder Devonshire Homes handed over a cheque to Devon charity Hospiscare this week marking a year of fundraising that saw the company exceed its target amount by £2,316.00.
Last April, the company pledged to raise £10,000 over the year. To achieve this figure various fundraising and sponsorship events were planned and held. This included Devonshire Homes pledging £50 for each open market sale; sponsorship from entering a team in the Great West Run; fundraising activities such as ‘Bake-Off’ and themed work days plus sponsorship at a Golf Day as well as two cabaret...
Join us for a fun quiz night putting your brain cells to the test! Will your team come up trumps, beating other local companies to the top prize? With a raffle, food provided by local caterers ‘Feast Without Fuss’ and a cash bar, the evening will be a charity event not to miss!
All profits raised at the quiz will go towards re-fitting the Clifford Room at the Barnfield Theatre. The Clifford Room plays host to regular mother & toddler groups and youth drama groups. With new digital dimmer racks, lighting control desk and sound system, the room will be a more versatile, safer and...
Trustees of Rainbow Living Exeter have publicly thanked local businesses and charitable foundations for their generous donations, which have enabled the purchase of a specialist bath for their Exeter house.
Local healthcare and protection insurance provider The Exeter donated £2,000; the charity was also supported by the James Tudor Foundation, which donated £4,500, and the St Edmunds and St Mary’s Major Charity, which donated a further £330.
Rainbow Living is a local charity which provides specially adapted accommodation for adults with disabilities; the charity...
Is it a dog, a crocodile or a prehistoric creature? Whatever your take on it, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) has an original Simon Cowell drawing – complete with signature – now available for auction.
The piece will be auctioned through the charity’s eBay store starting April 17, and Emma Perry, Senior Community Fundraiser at CHSW’s Little Bridge House hospice said: ‘We’re so grateful to have this opportunity to use Simon’s artwork to fundraise again for us. Whilst it may not be a Picasso, it is an original piece of artwork, which includes Simon’s signature, and so could be a...
More than 200 people attended a black tie ball in Sparkford to celebrate St Margaret’s Hospice’s 35th anniversary.
The ball, which was organised by West Country accountants and financial planners Old Mill, raised a staggering £12,426 to help fund St Margaret’s vital work in Somerset.
The theme of the evening was ‘Springtime in Paris’; Old Mill’s Adam Sealey serenaded people as they arrived on his violin while professional model makers Nigel Keen and Tim Bee created a light sculpture of the Eiffel Tower which was displayed in the hall.
Staff at a West Country legal firm took part in a record-breaking cake bake to raise hundreds of pounds for charity.
Everys Solicitors, a leading West Country legal firm, took part in the national Great Legal Bake, hosting their very own cake bake in their Exeter and Exmouth offices.
They were raising money for Access to Justice, a charity which supports the provision of legal advice services to people most in need but unable to afford it.
Llewellyn Nicholls, Everys Business Development and Marketing Manager, said: “Here at Everys, we were really keen to get...
Cartridges Law are a local firm in St Thomas Exeter with established strong roots in our local community and a flexible and practical approach to our clients' needs. As part of this aim we have always been able to offer legal aid work to our clients however with more and more Government cuts this funding is now unavailable to many vulnerable people.
We need to ensure vulnerable clients can still get access to legal advice and this is where organisations like the South West Legal Support are invaluable; however they too need funding.
