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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...

Veterans with dogs bags £4,000 from Tesco’s community grant scheme

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 08/13/2019 - 12:15pm

Veterans With Dogs is delighted to announce it has bagged £4,000 from Tesco’s Bags of Help community grant scheme.

Bags of Help is run in partnership with environmental charity Groundwork, and sees grants awarded to thousands of local community projects every year. Since launching in 2015, it’s provided more than £79 million to over 26,000 local community projects.

Millions of shoppers have voted in Tesco stores up and down the country and it can now be revealed Veterans With Dogs has been awarded£4,000.

Craig MacLellan, Chief Executive of Veterans With Dogs said: “...

The team from The Room Works being presented with the Andy Shinner Trophy from RGB Building Supplies’ CEO Kevin Fenlon. From LtoR: Kevin Fenlon, Dean Clarke, Jim Leisk, Mike Jordan and Will Smith

£3,900 raised for ambulance trusts during RGB’s charity golf day

RGB Building Supplies’ annual golf day, held at Bovey Castle on Thursday 11th July, raised a fantastic £3,908 for the Devon Air Ambulance Trust and Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust. The tournament was won by a team representing RGB’s Exeter-based kitchen and bathroom showroom The Room Works.

The day, organised in association with Exeter City FC, saw 28 teams made up of suppliers, customers and staff take part in the four-ball competition, with The Room Works team taking home the Andy Shinner Memorial Trophy.

Following the golf, players enjoyed a sit-down meal and were...

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Join the quiz and support Citizens Advice!

The Family Law Company is organising a quiz night at the stunning Exeter Historic Guildhall in the High Street on Thursday September 12. Teams of four are invited to sign up for the fundraiser in aid of Citizens Advice Exeter as part of its 80th anniversary celebrations.

The cost per team is £30 which includes soft drinks and nibbles. To register your team please email jemma.breban@thefamilylawco.com or call 01392 421777.

Citizens Advice aims to provide the advice people need for the problems they face and improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives....

Disabled veteran takes on swimming challenge for Armed Forces charity

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 08/12/2019 - 6:21pm

A local disabled veteran from Exeter has raised £2,800 for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity through a swimming challenge at the Mercure Hotel in Exeter.

Tony Cox served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps for 5 years, but after leaving the service he suffered from complex health and mobility issues that took their toll on both his work and personal life.

On Friday 26th July, Tony completed a swim of 500 lengths, a total distance of 7.5 kilometres, for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.

Tony has raised has an amazing £2,800 for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. If you would...

Exeter hotel raises over £10k for the British Heart Foundation

Following an extensive refurbishment earlier this year, Jurys Inn Exeter took the opportunity to give back and donated used bedroom furniture to the British Heart Foundation. The furniture donations have raised an incredible £10,320 to help support the charity and fund vital heart research.

The stylish makeover began earlier this year to celebrate the hotel’s tenth anniversary, and visitors can now see the fantastic results when staying in one of the hotels’ 170 rooms. All the bedrooms have now been refurbished using radiant pastel tones, and feature the DREAM bed by Jurys Inn,...

Sparkle up your day for Brain Tumour Support 

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 08/12/2019 - 12:07pm

Brain Tumour Support, a charity that runs a monthly Support Group in Exeter, is asking for local groups, companies and communities to get involved with “Sparkle up your day” – a fundraising day that involves people bringing a bit of sparkle into their day and donating to Brain Tumour Support.

“Whether it’s edible glitter on some cupcakes, wearing something sparkly to work or sticking glitter in your beard, we want everyone to get involved, get together, and donate,” says Tina Mitchell Skinner, who set up the charity 16 years ago after losing her husband to a brain tumour. “Demand...

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Cycling The Nello for Helen

Two intrepid cyclists from The Family Law Company took part in The Nello for the first time to raise funds for local charity, FORCE in memory of a colleague.

Director David Cobern and Building Manager Leroy Smith teamed up to cycle the 100 mile route across Exmoor as a tribute to the company’s cost draughtsman Helen Finch, who lost her battle with cancer earlier this year.

The pair have diverse levels of cycling experience, as David explains. “Leroy is a keen cyclist but my own experience is limited; failure was definitely an option.

“The hardest part for me was...

The Hospiscare Team

Generous auction-goers make Hospiscare fundraising total soar

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Tue, 08/06/2019 - 8:18am

Generous buyers at Chilcotts most recent sale helped swell ongoing fundraising for Hospiscare to over £16,500.

Each sale day the auctioneers invite the Hospiscare team to take over the kitchen at the Silver Street Saleroom near Honiton Community College, to sell tea and coffee, snacks and cakes made freshly by Hospiscare volunteer Mary Bolshaw and her team, with every penny of profit kept by the charity.

At the July Antiques and Interiors sale, Liz and Duncan Chilcott launched celebrations to mark the company’s 15th anniversary by providing free refreshments for buyers...

Fariba Sutton

Former nurse re-opens barn for second fundraising knees up in aid of Devon Air Ambulance

Guests to don eveningwear and boots for an evening of music, dining and dancing to raise funds for the local charity.

Following the success of the 2018 Glad Rags & Gum Boots fundraiser in support of Devon Air Ambulance, organisers are bringing back the popular Dartmouth event for a second year on Saturday 21st September (7pm - 11pm), this time with even bigger ambitions to raise funds for their nominated charity.

Having raised over £5,000 for the charity in last year's barn-storming event, Fariba Sutton-Scott-Tucker, who hails from a medical family and worked as a nurse...

L-R: Dan King, Danny Cleal, Sam Pattison, Ray Webber, Henry Burridge, Stuart Wilkinson and Aidan Mason

Exeter group conquer Three Peaks Challenge for charity

A group of fundraisers from Exeter completed the National Three Peaks Challenge in 24 hours on Friday 12 July, to raise vital funds for charity Parkinson’s UK.

The group were inspired to take on the climbing challenge by a family member of one of the climbers, who has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. They fundraised nearly £7,000 for the charity by completing the challenge.

The climbers were seven employees of Mace’s local office in Exeter. Mace is an international consultancy and construction company, which has chosen Parkinson’s UK as its charity partner for 2019. Mace...

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