A 'knee-jerk' fund-raising Yomp to raise money for victims of the Nepal earthquake looks to have raised £45,000.
In a blog post, Paul Mattin, who completed the 170-mile yomp from Devon to the Nepal Embassy with fellow businessman Nick Sprague, thanked those who had contributed to the appeal
In his post he said:
"Many of you will have followed the effort on Twitter and Facebook, but this little flyer will I hope round off what we all achieved.
"The 170 mile stroll, over 5 days (that's @ 35 miles per day) was undoubtedly an ill-thought-through idea! But...
Two well-known businessmen who are on a 170-mile yomp from Devon to London have already raised more than £23,000 for the Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund.
Paul Mattin, right above, and Nick Sprague are marching to the Nepali Embassy in London where they will deliver prayer flags and pay respect for the thousands of lives that have been lost.
Paul Mattin from Woodbury Salterton is a former Royal Marines Officer (Captain) who specialises in leadership and training. He has led numerous expeditions to Everest and is in close contact with friends from a Sherpa family living in the...
An Exeter businessman who has developed a system which can deploy tens of thousands of personal emergency First Aid pods by parachute to victims of natural disasters like those being experienced in the Philippines, has spoken of his frustration that no major charity or organisation has adopted the idea.
Nick Sprague launched his charity Parabottle after the Haiti earthquake in 2010 and has so far raised £30,000 to develop the cost-effective airborne system for distributing food and water.
Each Parabottle will contain a bottle of water, a foil blanket, and matches. The...
EXETER City FC are hoping a secret ingredient will boost their season – beetroot!
The club has struck a deal with city-based drinks manufacturer Cobell to supply players with the first 100 per cent natural sports performance drink called PWR+.
And one of the key components of the brand new beverage is beetroot juice.
PWR+ has already been trialled by the Exeter Chiefs rugby team and now the Grecians are the first football club in the UK to take advantage of its unique benefits.
The drink was inspired by research at Exeter University into the natural benefits...
