Charities

Torquay Neighbourhood Police Team has secured £3,000 from the Home Office hotspot policing fund to support the important work of Torbay Street Pastors as they continue to help people who are on a night out.

The money, from a government problem solving fund, will be used by the small charity to buy essential supplies to keep their van stocked with important items such as water, hot...

Exmouth celebrated the official launch of the 2026 Mail Trail on Wednesday 24 June 2026, unveiling what organisers are proudly calling the world's first hanging basket trail made entirely from knitting and crochet.

The Mail Trail this year features 33 knitted and crocheted hanging baskets displayed throughout the town, alongside 29 handcrafted woolly postbox toppers and a spectacular...

A DEVON optician is preparing to run the Grand Western Canal, having been inspired by his best friend’s daughter who’s been battling acute leukaemia.

Neil Millen, a director at the locally owned and run Specsavers Bideford, is pulling on his running shoes to raise as much money as he can for the charity Cure Leukaemia after seeing 15-year-old Daisy McGowan battle the disease for two...

Staff members from across the Ted Wragg Trust , a family of 18 schools in Devon, have gone the extra mile to support young people, raising £664 for the South West Opportunities Fund (SWOF) through two major running events.

Staff from schools and the trust shared services team took part in both the Plymouth Half Marathon and the Great West Run in Exeter as part of the trust's ‘Run for...