Five Exeter friends - Keith Chapman, Jamie Howard, Brian Moore, Andy Rowe and Anthony Towl have just returned after completing an epic 11 day, 1,100 mile cycle ride from Paris to Rome, raising £7,500 for Hospiscare.
Starting at the Eiffel Tower, the route took them down through France, over the Alps and into Italy, passing through Tuscany before finishing at the Coliseum. The route had to be changed at the last minute due to snow blocking some of the high Alp passes, but they still found some tough mountains to climb!
Andy Rowe said “We self-funded the trip, meaning every...
Four friends from Exeter will embark on a 300 mile pilgrimage next year in memory of a much-loved Exeter woman who died from cancer aged just 31.
Lesley Harper, who had lived in Exeter all her life, was referred to Hospiscare after being told in October 2011 that her cancer was incurable. She passed away just five months later on March 25, 2012.
Since her death Lesley’s family and friends have organised a variety of fundraising events to raise money for the charity that looked after her in her final weeks.
Lesley’s father, Stephen Harper, has organised a twice-...
An evening of Tango and Salsa dance organised by a local nurse has raised £2,000 for Hospiscare.
More than 60 dance enthusiasts attended the Latin dance event, held at Reed Hall, Exeter University, which featured dance demonstrations, lessons and a live tango orchestra.
The evening was organised by nurse Mo Ross in memory of her sister, Geraldine Privett, who received Hospiscare after being diagnosed with a terminal illness in 2012. Geraldine was a ward clerk at Whipton Hospital up until her illness started.
Mo said: “My sister was diagnosed in May 2012, her first...
Richard Kaye, Chairman of Exeter Round Table, recently met with Celia Wilkinson, Events Fundraiser of Hospiscare for the handover of a donation of £250 raised prior and following the Hospiscare charity walk on 16 March 2013.
Celia commented: "We were delighted to receive the cheque for £250 from the Exeter Round Table, and are extremely grateful for their support of Hospiscare."
Exeter Round Table is a voluntary organisation for young men based in and around Exeter. Nationally, Round Table has thousands of members who meet up every couple of weeks around the UK to do...
Flower enthusiasts in Exeter are being sought to help a local charity provide a colourful and fragrant environment for its patients.
Hospiscare is looking for volunteers with a flair for flower arranging to join its flower team; arranging floral bouquets from small to bigger projects around the hospice.
The hospice, based on Dryden Road, Exeter, receives donations of flowers each week from funeral tributes and supporters of the charity, as well as a huge weekly donation from the Sainsbury’s store on Alphington Road.
Volunteers currently visit the hospice on a daily...
Golf enthusiasts will be taking to the green in July to play in one of Devon’s premier golf tournaments while raising money for Hospiscare.
More than 200 people have already signed up to take part in the Hospiscare Golf Day, being held on Thursday, July 11, where they will have the chance to take home the Marnie Burgoyne Memorial Trophy.
Now in its ninth year, the much-loved amateur tournament has raised approximately £80,000 and the event’s organisers are hoping that this amount will rise to £100,000 when they celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2014.
The garden at Pine Lodge in Tiverton has come a long way since Hospiscare opened the Day Care Unit based on Post Hill in 2011.
What was little more than a dumping ground just over a year ago is almost unrecognisable today.
A team of volunteers have worked tirelessly to take the garden in hand and transform the green space ready for an open garden event being held on 8 June.
The garden had been an overrun mass of trees, bushes and rabbits, but has since become a haven for patients at the unit, which is now beginning to burst with spring colour.
We are delighted to announce that The Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel has adopted Hospiscare as their Charity of the Year for 2013.
Hospiscare is a local charity providing an all-encompassing service for people with a terminal diagnosis. All of their services are provided free of charge with the support of the local community.
Employees of the Southgate Hotel have already been very busy the past few weeks fundraising for Hospiscare by organising a Pink Pig Racing event and taking part in the Starlight Walk in Exmouth on 11 May.
An apron featuring the signatures of 14 celebrity chefs will be raffled at Darts Farm on 15 June to raise money for a local charity.
Plucky Lesley Weeks from Exmouth contacted the world-famous chefs, including Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Paul Hollywood and Heston Blumenthal, in September last year after she signed up to complete a 450k cycle challenge across Vietnam and Cambodia.
This will be the fourth fundraising adventure Lesley, resident hairdresser at Hospiscare, has embarked upon since 2007, raising more than £23,000 for the charity she has worked for over the last...
Charity-run cookery classes which have helped novices in Devon to fend for themselves in the kitchen, will be running again this June.
The Hospiscare Catering Team at Dryden Road Exeter began the series of courses in September last year and have taught people, many who have never had to cook for themselves, basic culinary skills.
The courses are for anyone who has found themselves alone following a bereavement or are looking after a poorly partner and doesn’t have the first idea how to prepare and cook a basic meal.
80-year-old Eric Smith from Honiton completed the...
