Exeter’s Slimmers have joined together to spring-clean their wardrobes and donate their clothes to Cancer Research UK in support of the national fundraising campaign ‘The Big Slimming World Clothes Throw’.
Members of all the Exeter and Crediton Slimming World groups are collecting all their unwanted clothes, shoes and accessories to donate to their local Cancer Research UK shop to support the campaign which runs from May 5th for two weeks. Each single bag collected could raise around £25 for the charity.
The campaign is a nationwide fundraising drive that sees Slimming...
Retail and catering staff at the University of Exeter are proud to have donated over £5,000 to local charity Hospiscare.
For every bottle of Abbey Well Water the team sell throughout their catering and retail outlets, Coca Cola Enterprises donate 5p to the University’s chosen charity/project for that year.
The University of Exeter has been taking part in the scheme for over four years, supporting various charities and projects both in the UK and Africa and have helped to raise over £12,000.
The Campus Services Team has been working with Hospiscare over the past two...
Exonia Bowling Club in Exeter has donated more than £1,000 to support local people with multiple sclerosis.
Club president Kate Caldwell chose the community rehabilitation team at Mardon Neurological Centre as her charity of the year – and members helped to raise £1,105.
Kate has been receiving therapy from the team, which is part of the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
She praised the individualised service she had received at the centre and asked for the donation to be used to provide greater support to people with MS.
On Thursday 10 October a charity dinner, organised by The John Casson Foundation, took place in aid of South West adoption agency Families for Children. 70 guests attended the sell-out event at Gidleigh Park, generously sponsored by wealth Management Company Brewin Dolphin Exeter and independent wine merchant Private Cellar raising £23,000 for the charity.
Guests enjoyed an entertaining and memorable talk from the award-winning actor and writer of Downton Abbey , Julian Fellowes, which was made even more special as the fourth series is currently showing on ITV. This was followed...
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.
One top Devon company is helping an animal charity with the little things that make a big difference.
Sparkworld has donated a selection of domestic appliances and kitchen tools to Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium.
“These things may not be sexy, but they are vital!” says Jenny Paton from Living Coasts. “The hand blender is used for preparing fish for feeding birds. And sometimes we make fish soup to syringe feed the rays, especially if youngsters need feeding up. The dishwasher is used to clean animal feed bowls.
Torbay Hospital has donated a used ultrasound machine to Paignton Zoo.
Paignton Zoo Head of Veterinary Services Ghislaine Sayers said: “Ultrasound is a valuable imaging tool that helps us to diagnose certain types of soft tissue and organ disease including ligament damage and heart disease.”
It has already been used to diagnose a pregnancy in a sheep. Ghislaine again: “The big benefit for us is that it is portable. We could never have afforded to buy a new one for ourselves, so to have this one given to us is wonderful!
The British Heart Foundation is Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) Exeter’s chosen charity for 2026.
The charity was chosen by the President of Exeter CII, Theresa Atal, who is also Compliance Director for Trusted Financial Advice (TFA).
Theresa said: “The British Heart Foundation is a charity very close to my heart - excuse the pun. My father had heart issues, and my partner has a defibrillator fitted. Every pound raised, and all donations handed in their shops around the country, help make a difference to people’s lives.”
The school community at St James School in Exeter is very proud of student Olivia who has generously donated 15 inches of her hair to The Little Princess Trust, supporting children and young people facing hair loss due to illness.
To complement her donation, Olivia also held a cake sale, raising £117 from the school community. Combined with other fundraising efforts, she has raised a fantastic £232 for the charity.
The Little Princess Trust is one of the largest funders of childhood cancer research in the UK. The charity relies solely on the generosity of its wonderful...
