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Cllr Duncan Wood joined members of Exeter's WI in the City for a rugby session with Exeter City Comm

Pitch perfect: Football meets rugby in Exeter’s Strive ‘25 takeover

Exeter City Community Trust, the charitable arm of Exeter City Football Club, is stepping into a new sport as it joins a major national initiative to grow women’s rugby in the city ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025.

The organisation, which is more used to the beautiful game than the oval ball, is joining with Exeter Chiefs and Exeter City Council as the delivery partner for the Strive ‘25 Rugby Challenge, a national programme aimed at engaging 25,000 women and girls in rugby across host cities. Exeter is one of only eight UK cities which are hosting the Women’s Rugby World...

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Skittles fundraiser for FORCE Charity

The Family Law Company raised over £1300 at their annual skittles event for FORCE Cancer Charity – and the total is still rising.

The event was held in memory of Helen Finch who worked at the firm for over 21 years and was lost to cancer earlier this year.

There was a great atmosphere at the event, organised by TFLC Director Jane Chanot. Businesses taking part on the evening were Thomas Westcott, ITEC and Foresight Financial Planning, joining lawyers and support staff from TFLC for the skittles challenge.

A raffle was also held to raise money; a variety of amazing...

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L-R: John Drewett, Andy Fraser, Ryan Joint, Ruth Burrows, Tarryn Lowth & Rosan Petrov at the event

Housebuilder colleagues smash charity target in memory of Dean - one year on from race tragedy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 10/18/2019 - 9:53am

Colleagues at a national housebuilder have smashed their charity target after running the Cardiff Half Marathon this month, in memory of 32-year-old Dean Fletcher, who tragically died last year at the event.

The husband and father - a management accountant at Bovis Homes’ South West region - suffered a cardiac arrest after completing the course last October.

In his honour, six Bovis Homes’ colleagues ran the 2019 event to raise funds for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young), a charity that aims to reduce the risk of cardiac arrest in those aged under 35. The team aimed to raise...

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Racing stars team up for A Question of Racing on Haldon Gold Cup day

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 10/18/2019 - 9:17am

LOVE Devon, the fundraising arm of the charity Devon Communities Together, and Exeter Racecourse have teamed up to create the first A Question of Racing on Haldon Gold Cup Day, Tuesday November 5.

A star-studded panel includes record-breaking Devon born-and-bred female jockeys Bryony Frost and Lizzie Kelly, Philip Hobbs, David Pipe and Joe Tizzard, who rode the winner of the Gold Cup three times.

They will face questions from the BBC’s David Fitzgerald, including what happened next, home and away questions, the picture board, one-minute round and the buzzer round.

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FORCE Cancer Charity Vintage Fair quirky items

Vintage fair at the FORCE shop

The FORCE Cancer Charity shop in Heavitree is holding a special vintage sale day next month.

All sorts of retro goodies from 80s knitwear to tin toys and vintage books will be on offer at the FORE Street store on Saturday November 2.

There will be bargains galore including collectable books at half their marked price.

“We’ll have some great deals for lovers of all things vintage plus our usual amazing selection of goods and there’ll be a bake sale. What more could you want,” said FORCE Shop Manager Anna Heard.

And early warning of a couple of dates for your...

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Flour festival: members of Beverley's charity team prepare to ready, steady, bake for a very worthwhile cause

Devon holiday park's bakers rise to charity challenge

Staff at Paignton's Beverley Holidays put the icing on the cake for Macmillan Cancer Support during its World's Biggest Coffee Morning event this autumn.

Receptionists, entertainers and other members of the park's charity support team all took part in a kitchen contest for the coveted title of Beverley’s Star Baker.

The cook-off resulted in both a deluge of delicious cakes – and a £395 windfall to support the help given by Macmillan to people living with cancer.

The money was raised through sales of the oven-fresh fancies at the park's well-attended coffee morning,...

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Flooring Superstore, Newton Abbot

Local charity to benefit from support of new store

Authored by NeilShaefer
Posted: Mon, 10/14/2019 - 7:52pm

A flooring retailer has marked the opening of its new £100,000 store in Newton Abbot by pledging its support for a local mental health support charity.

Flooring Superstore opened on the Kingsteignton Trading Estate, Pottery Road, in September.

The official opening was carried out by representatives of Step One Charity, which supports people to manage their mental health, achieve employment goals and live more independently.

Step One Charity is in the process of renovating an existing property in Newton Abbot which provides supported living services for people with...

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FORCE Cancer Charity Patron Nigel Acheson

Dr Nigel Acheson becomes new patron of FORCE

Dr Nigel Acheson is the new Patron of Exeter-based FORCE Cancer Charity.

He becomes only its fourth patron after former diplomat Sir Anthony Parsons, FORCE co-founder Chris Rowland and Martin Cooper, the former Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Medical Director who died last year.

“It is an enormous privilege to become Patron of FORCE,” said Dr Acheson, who will also continue as a trustee of the charity which supports anyone locally affected by cancer.

“I know from my time as a cancer specialist how FORCE provides support to patients and their families, as...

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Redrow South West supports Macmillan in World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 10/09/2019 - 10:18am

On Friday 27th September, Redrow Homes’ South West division supported national charity Macmillan Cancer Support in its annual World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event.

The UK-wide coffee morning is Macmillan’s biggest fundraising event, raising £26,914,382 in 2018 and over £200 million since its conception in 1990.

The housebuilder invited its residents and prospective homebuyers as well as members of the local community to the coffee mornings it hosted across eight of its developments in the South West.

The events hosted by Redrow were warmly welcomed by its customers...

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Bark in the dark for homeless pets

If you go down to the woods on Saturday 21 December, be sure to take part in national pet charity Blue Cross’s Bark in the Dark event to help raise money for sick and homeless pets.

The event takes place in Haldon Forrest from 6:00pm until 8:00pm and is open to all the family and their four-legged friends. Registration takes place between 4:00pm and 6:00pm.

The 5k dog walk takes dogs and their owners on a festive guided walk through the forest in the dark of night.

All money raised from the events will go towards helping tens of thousands of sick, injured and...

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Hillies fly down the home straight for Devon Air Ambulance

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/08/2019 - 10:22am

Exeter Racecourse will be raising money for the Devon Air Ambulance at its race meeting on Sunday, November 24 and the meeting will kick-off in fine style with the first Dartmoor Hillies race.

Eight ponies bred on Dartmoor will come dashing down the home straight and racegoers will be able to place their bets, with every penny donated to the charity.

Charlotte Faulkner, on behalf of Friends of the Dartmoor Hill Pony, said: “We are delighted to be coming to having a Hillies race at Exeter Racecourse to show how fabulous these amazing ponies from Dartmoor are while helping to...

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