Lycra-clad cycling enthusiasts are being called to take part in the second Kitsons Devon Classic Bike Ride which is supporting local charity Hospiscare in 2014. The popular bike ride, taking place on Sunday July 20, features a challenge for all cycling abilities across a choice of three routes, adding a different element to the event and allowing individuals to pick between 55, 85 and 100 mile routes. Each course starts and finishes at David Lloyd Club, Exeter, and will take the cyclists out into the beautiful Devon countryside. Another added element to this year’s event comes at the end...
Renowned wine expert Susy Atkins is joining forces with Honiton’s Deer Park Hotel to lead a taste tour of South America – and all to support local charity Hospiscare’s plans to build a new East Devon Day Hospice.
At the event on March 14, Susy – who is the resident wine expert on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen – will guide guests through ten tables of specially matched tapas dishes and wine, exploring the nuances of each grape and explaining the chemistry behind winning combinations. Each table will feature a different wine plus a specific tapas dish prepared by Deer Park’s head chef from...
Exeter Golf and Country Club gym members have raised over £100 for Hospiscare in the first of their year-long programme of fund-raising events.
The gym held the Six Nations Circuits Challenge earlier this month for the Club President’s charity of the year.
Personal Trainer and Gym Manager, Helen Kukor said, “On behalf of all the Gym Team I would like to say a big thank you and well done to all the people who took part in the Six Nations Charity event. The event was a resounding success with lots of members taking part and overwhelming support from our other club members...
Local charity Hospiscare are looking for last minute runners to fill the remaining spaces for Exeter’s Rock Solid Race on Saturday 15 March at Escot Park.
The race is currently 83% full and set to sell out before the day. Training for an event like Rock Solid Race can be tough, especially in the wet and cold, but the challenges involved make taking part in the event all the more rewarding.
Raising sponsorship for a local charity such as Hospiscare is a fantastic way to support a charity and acts as an incentive to keep supporters focussed on their training: making sure they...
Neighbouring businesses in Marsh Barton met at the Hospiscare Enterprise Centre (HEC) on January 14 for a cheque presentation after supporting the local charity’s 12 Days of Christmas campaign.
The 12 Days of Christmas saw eight businesses, from units surrounding the HEC on Trusham Road, come together to raise money for the charity on a chosen date between December 13 and 24. The businesses were asked to raise money in any way they chose from raffling a hamper to holding a mufti day or just by making a donation to Hospiscare. More than £900 was raised for the campaign, which not...
Two friends from Exeter, Suzanne Lovelace and Sadie Evans, landlady at The Royal Oak, St Thomas, are taking on the ‘Channel Challenge’ throughout February to raise money for local charity, Hospiscare.
The English Channel stretches 21 miles between Dover and Calais and the friends will be swimming the equivalent distance at local pool The Riverside, covering 1,408 lengths each.
Suzanne and Sadie, who met whilst swimming at The Riverside, struck up a friendship and when Suzanne asked Sadie if she wanted to join her challenge, she couldn’t say no.
An Exeter-based business has announced that Hospiscare will be their charity of year for 2014.
Management training and coaching business, Crisp Professional Development (CPD), recently announced their partnership with the charity, donating £5 to Hospiscare for every person booked onto an open course in 2014. Managing Director Shaun Durham said the CPD team is looking forward to supporting a local charity that does such valuable work within the community.
He said: “We are very pleased to have chosen Hospiscare for our charity of the year for 2014. As a local charity...
Exeter Chamber of Commerce helped eight local charities raise over £900 at their Christmas Charity Auction Lunch last week, held at the Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel.
Paul Nero, chief executive of Radio Exe was the auctioneer on the day, taking bids from over 100 business people that were in attendance. Items for auction included an Exeter Chiefs Rugby weekend experience for two, in aid of St Loyes Foundation, and a beautiful framed print of the cover photo of the BBC Radio Devon Countryside Calendar from Devon Community Foundation.
Local charity, Hospiscare is embarking on its first overseas challenge, taking people off the beaten track into one of the most unusual and exotic, natural environments on the planet – the Sahara Desert.
Hospiscare has teamed up with tour operator Different Travel, who specialise in overseas charity challenges and adventure holidays, to organise a five day, ATOL protected, Sahara Trek which runs from November 6 to 11, 2014.
Hospiscare Running and Challenge Fundraiser Celia Wilkinson said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Different Travel to offer the trip of a...
