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To mark the final duty of his year as Worshipful Master of St. Michael’s Lodge, Dawlish W. Brother Keith Meager with his wife Helen hosted an event to present cheques to Cancer Lifeline South West his chosen charity for 2016/17 and also the Masonic Teddies for Loving Care, who have given over 40,000 teddies to children who become stressed during visits to the emergency departments of hospitals including Torbay, RDNE Exeter, North Devon and Derriford Plymouth.

At social events held throughout the year, as well as at regular lodge meetings, a total of £1,500.00 was raised for Cancer...

On Thursday 19 October, arts venue and charity, Exeter Phoenix, will launch the You Make Exeter Phoenix fundraising appeal to raise £60,000 for major refurbishments.

The buzzing arts centre is getting a face lift and exciting new contemporary art gallery facilities thanks to funding awarded by Arts Council England for an exciting new capital project. This summer, it was announced that Exeter Phoenix would receive additional capital funding for a specific project to invest in gallery spaces and improve visitor facilities. The Arts Council agreed to invest £187k towards the £244k...

Local independent adoption agency and charity, Families for Children, are appealing for potential adopters to come forward who will consider adopting a sibling group. If adoptive families cannot be found soon then it is likely that these brothers and sisters will be separated.

New research published today to mark National Adoption Week (16-22nd October) says that 57% of the children in the South West waiting for adoptive families are brothers and sisters in groups of 2 or more. Figures from national adoption information service, First4Adoption, based on the latest government...

Two randomly selected Devon teachers attending this year’s Farmwise Devon event at Westpoint, Exeter, have won free places to take part in the campaign's first teacher training programme on food and farming.

1,400 children from 32 schools attended this week's event, sponsored by Mole Valley Farmers. Children were taken on a journey from field to fork, enjoying practical and hands on tasks through 12 educational zones including Beef, Fruit, Forestry, Dairy and Arable.

Farmwise Devon educates primary school children about where good food comes from. Now in its fifth year, the...