Hospiscare

Test your two-wheeled mettle in exciting cycling race

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Posted: Mon, 02/10/2014 - 10:05am

Local charity Hospiscare is looking for cycling enthusiasts to fill its spaces at the 2014 Prudential Ride London-Surrey 100.

The public ballot for the exciting cycling event closed when it reached capacity of 80,000 people in just one month.

Hospiscare is delighted to have nine golden bond places available for the 2014 event and is looking for keen cyclists to help support the charity.

Last year the local hospice charity had seven supporters take part in the event who between them raised over £4,500.

The race is taking place on Sunday August 10, 2014, and...

Mud, Sweat and Beers – are you tough enough?

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Posted: Thu, 02/06/2014 - 2:02pm

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...

Neighbours are good friends of Hospiscare

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Posted: Sun, 01/26/2014 - 7:43am

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...

Friends take on the Channel Swim in local pool

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Posted: Fri, 01/24/2014 - 10:59am

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.

Suzanne decided she...

Crisp CPD Announce Hospiscare Support

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Posted: Thu, 01/23/2014 - 11:10am

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 helps raise hundreds for local charities

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.

Also up for auction, courtesy of...

Charity offers trip of a lifetime to Africa

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Posted: Thu, 11/14/2013 - 1:55pm

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...

Hospiscare Service of Light

Event Date: 
04/12/2013 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
St Paul's Church, Honiton

Join us at the St Paul's Church for this special service, where Hospiscare's Book of Memories will be available to view, and will remain until Twelfth Night.

This uplifting service of remembrance is open to all, and includes carols, readings and prayers.

The Tree of Light will be shining with lights in dedication on the Cathedral Green in Exeter until 6 January.

It will be lit every evening at dusk.

Click here for more information.

Vote for Hospiscare to win charity fund

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Posted: Wed, 10/30/2013 - 12:56pm

Hospiscare is thrilled to have been nominated as one of the three charities to gain from Chelsea Building Society’s ‘Charity Choice’ Scheme. Members of Chelsea Building Society and the general public are able to visit the South Street, Exeter branch, until 8 November to vote for their favourite local charity to receive the Charitable Foundation’s support.

The charity which receives the most votes will receive a donation of £500, the second £300 and the third £200.

Mike Tate, Manager of Chelsea Building Society in Exeter explained, ‘The charities benefitting are all...

University's ‘Haunted Halloween Hobble’ to raise money for Hospiscare

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Posted: Wed, 10/30/2013 - 10:42am

The University of Exeter Students’ Guild and local charity Hospiscare are calling for adventurous families to join them for their ‘Haunted Halloween Hobble’ on the evening of Halloween, this Thursday 31 October.

The University’s team of student volunteers will be dressing up to create a spooky walk around the Streatham Campus. The event offers a family friendly alternative to trick or treating and is set to be an enjoyable spooky occasion. There will be lots of activities to get involved with including apple bobbing and a fancy dress parade with prizes for the best outfit.

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