The new ELF family suite at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital received a boost when an East Devon garden centre helped to finish the exterior.
Otter Nurseries in Ottery St Mary was approached by landscape architect, Dan Hutchinson of Stride Treglown, for donations of plants and labour for two outdoor spaces around the new building, including a small garden intended as a private area for patients and their families.
The garden centre’s garden designer Anna Childs and her team visited the site on several occasions, preparing the ground and planting suitable varieties of...
“Tricep Tyranny”, “Hurdles from Hell”, “Muddy Dunk” and “Son of a Bitch Ditch”. If these strike you as a good way to spend a day, then ROCKSOLID is for you! There’s a challenge for all with 5k, 10k or 20k routes where you will conquer fear, work as a team and push yourself to the limits to become a ROCKSOLID race champion.
ROCKSOLID takes place at the beautiful Escot Park on 25-26 March 2017 and Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF) is looking for participants to join TEAM ELF! The charity has FREE spaces for fundraisers and also is putting on a FREE bootcamp for all ELF participants with...
The fine city of Exeter has never witnessed such devastating scenes of destruction and chaos. So it will come as great comfort to citizens to learn that it is on an incredibly small scale - 1:87 to be precise - and safely contained within a 40ft shipping container, as part of a surreal model village experience visiting the city.
The Aftermath Dislocation Principle (ADP) is a post-riot landscape created in miniature by acclaimed artist Jimmy Cauty - co-creator of chart-topping band The KLF and its subsequent, million pound-burning arts incarnation The K Foundation.
Staff from the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Trust and ELF were joined by ELF Patron, David Fitzgerald to put the first spade in the ground for the new family suite.
ELF wants to do more for critically ill and end of life patients. The Chevithorne Appeal will fund the building of a suite of rooms for patients and their families so that they can be together whilst still receiving the tailored medical care at the hospital.
The suite will have two bedrooms – one for the patient and one for their family. An open plan living area with kitchenette gives the home comforts and...
Join Steve Rider for one of the first opportunities to play on the new course layout at the Exeter Golf and Country Club next June!
The annual ELF Golf Day, sponsored by Cathedral Financial Management, will take place on Thursday 16th June.
Teams of three will enjoy a round of golf and a barbecue making a splendid day out for golfing enthusiasts.
Steve Rider will host the event and comments: “When my brother was taken ill, I was given a real insight into the great work of the haematology unit and the vital supportive work of ELF.
Join Steve Rider for one of the first opportunities to play on the new course layout at the Exeter Golf and Country Club next June!
The annual ELF Golf Day, sponsored by Cathedral Financial Management, will take place on Thursday 16th June. Teams of 3 will enjoy a round of golf and a BBQ making a splendid day out for golfing enthusiasts.
Steve Rider will host the event and comments “When my brother was taken ill, I was given a real insight into the great work of the haematology unit and the vital supportive work of ELF. Fundraising remains a continuing requirement and some...
Two Devon based charities have donated a new ultrasound scanner to the Vascular Access team at the Royal Devon and Exeter hospital to help them care for patients with cancer.
FORCE Cancer Charity and the Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF) jointly donated the machine to give the team more flexibility when preparing patients to receive chemotherapy treatment on the hospital’s oncology and haematology wards.
The ultrasound scanner is used by a specialist nurse to find a suitable vein to insert a long thin tube or line to administer chemotherapy drugs through. The new machine will...
A popular Exeter hotel has donated television sets to a charity fundraising body, after undergoing a major refurbishment.
The Mercure Exeter Southgate underwent a £2.5m re-furbishment earlier this year. The hotel donated 20 television sets, which were previously in rooms, to the Exeter Foundation.
As a fundraising body, the Exeter Foundation offered the televisions to its member charities on a first come first served basis. The televisions were snapped up within 2 hours by a number of different charities.
Headway, Exeter Youth Section, Age UK, Exeter Leukaemia Fund...
Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF) has received £5,000 to help fund a family suite for critically ill or end of life patients at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. The donation was provided by the Santander Foundation which offers grants to UK registered charities for projects that help disadvantaged people in local communities. ELF provides transport, accommodation and guidance services to families affected by blood cancers and blood disorders. The grant will go towards the charity’s Chevithorne Appeal to enable critically ill and dying patients to spend crucial time with their family and...
The Residential Property team at Michelmores took over the Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF) shop in Crediton on the 9th June 2015. Raising funds by selling cakes, steaming clothes and dressing the store windows the team raised £650 in one day for the charity.
The Exeter Leukaemia Fund supports families affected by blood cancers and blood disorders across the South West by providing compassionate, tailored support in the Yarty ward at the RD&E where around 400 patients are treated each week.
Karen Eagle, an Associate in the Residential Property team, said: 'I would like...
