Patient Debbie Northway has raised over £200 as a thank you for the care she received at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital by holding a ‘Leg Party’.
Just over a year ago Debbie lost her leg above the knee and has since been attending the Exeter Mobility Centre for prosthetic and physiotherapy appointments.
She recently celebrated having her new prosthetic leg by throwing a ‘Leg Party’ for friends and family where she raised £105 for Exeter Mobility Centre and £105 for Otter Ward to say thank you to the staff who cared for her.
Leading UK law firm Ashfords LLP, has raised a life-changing sum of over £62,000 for Children's Hospice South West (CHSW) as its Charity of the Year 2014.
CHSW provides children's hospice care across the South West and supports more than 400 life-limited children and their families promising to make the most of short and precious lives.
Ashfords started with an initial target of £15,000 but the fundraising soon started to snowball with a wide variety of activities and events such as skydives, abseils, marathons, charity quizzes and a Mount Kilimanjaro climb. Two...
Devon Air Ambulance Trust is delighted to be reopening their Heavitree, Exeter charity shop on Saturday 6 December at 10am.
Martin Bell, Retail Director of Devon Air Ambulance Trust said “We are often asked why we spend money on refurbishing our shops. There are many reasons for this. In the case of our Heavitree shop we are at the end of the current lease so we are obliged to ensure that the premises are fit for purpose. We plan to continue trading from these premises for many years to come. Therefore at the same time replacing the lighting and heating to low running cost...
An Exeter based collaborative between graphic designers Future Imaging and web developers Web Engineer has attracted national charity partnerships for their website http://www.DontSendMeACard.com
The site allows users to redirect funds to worthy causes from the millions of pounds spent annually in the UK on posting Christmas cards.
Users create a page and ask friends and family to post their Christmas wishes online and make donations for what they would have spent on sending them cards.
Those fundraising can designate that the costs go directly to the environmental...
The Exeter Northcott Theatre is proud to present its inaugural Charity Command Performance which will take place on Sunday 14 December.
The evening will bring together luminaries from stage and screen in exceptionally unique music and spoken word performances which will raise a considerable amount of money for the theatre.
Olivier-award winning actor Mark Rylance will join Dame Hilary Mantel (Mann Booker winner for her books Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies), actor partners Imogen Stubbs and Jonathan Guy Lewis, veteran actor Joss Ackland; reknowned opera singers Theresa...
Here at Lords Meadow Leisure Centre we're raising money for Children In Need at our 'Fight Night' Event.
The fitness team have recently undertaken pad boxing training and are now keen to show off their new skills, integrating boxing into a fantastic, circuit based, pad boxing challenge event!
When? Wednesday 19th November
Time? 6.00 - 7.00pm
Where? Main Sports hall, LMLC
Tickets? Now available at reception for a minimum donation of £2 to Children In Need.
It’s been quite a week for Devon Air Ambulance Trust’s in house Lottery, who is celebrating 30,000 playing members.
The charity funded service started its own in house lottery in September 2001 and since then it has gone from strength to strength.
The amount raised by DAAT Lottery members effectively this year will pay for 330 life-saving missions. A huge achievement.
In 2013 sales of the Lottery equated to £1.35 million with over £900,000 donated back to the Trust (272 missions) after the deduction of the prize fund and minimal administration charges. Caroline...
A Devon businesswoman has carried out 24 tasks in 24 hours to raise £2,000 for the Exeter Foundation.
Starting with swimming across the River Exe, and finishing 24 hours later with a sky dive, Ashley Petrons took on an array of tasks for the round the clock fundraiser in Exeter.
A training session with the Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park, selling the Big Issue, serving breakfast at the Southgate Mercure Exeter Hotel, and a bake off with Little French Cakes at Intoto Kitchens were all successfully completed by 28-year-old Ashley, of PR and marketing firm Astley Media.
Staff from an Exeter opticians are going canine-crazy for Guide Dogs Week with a visit from a furry friend and a range of activities in-store.
Specsavers in Exeter is hosting a main fundraising event on 10 October, with the chance for people to come and say hello to a guide dog and talk to a local guide dog owner about eye health.
The store are raising money for the charity throughout this week to raise as much as possible for the cause.
Store director at Specsavers in Exeter, Jonathan Baumber says: "We’re determined to raise as much money as possible for Guide Dogs...
An Exeter School sixth former has helped raise valuable funds for local charity, the Devon Air Ambulance Trust, by organising a World Cup-themed charity day and raising over £3,000.
Upper Sixth Former Emily Ackland first got hooked on fund raising when she cycled from London to Paris last summer raising over £11,000 for PAPYRUS.
She said it was then that she experienced the satisfying feeling of fundraising for charity.
"It is very fulfilling to know that you are helping others whilst also pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone," said Emily.
