Charities

Record-breaking £150,000 raised in Rowcroft’s Big Tackle in Torquay!

In a spectacular show of support for Rowcroft Hospice on Saturday 7 March, around 1,500 walkers took part in the Big Tackle eight-mile walk in Torquay raising an incredible £150,000 – making it the biggest and most successful event in its history. The funds raised will provide a vital boost for local hospice care at a time when funding challenges across the UK mean two in five hospices are...

Devon Charities invited to benefit from huge weekend of live music

Charities across Devon are being encouraged to get involved in the county’s biggest music event this summer.

TK Maxx presents Live at Powderham runs for four nights from Thursday June 25 to Sunday June 28, featuring headline shows from vocal powerhouse Teddy Swims, seven-time GRAMMY winner Alanis Morissette and global superstar Lewis Capaldi.

And now organisations from...

Parkinson’s UK and the British Gymnastics Foundation Launch Love to Move training offer

A new partnership between Parkinson’s UK and the British Gymnastics Foundation is looking to train more instructors to deliver their innovative Love to Move programme.

What is Love to Move?

Love to Move is the UK’s largest seated exercise programme designed specifically for participants living with Parkinson’s, dementia or lower mobility levels and offers an opportunity to...

Devon man to ride length of country for charity

A software engineer, from Cullompton, is to retrace a Land’s End to John O’ Groats journey he undertook with his late father, to raise funds for a military charity and to spread his dad’s ashes.

Stuart Douglas, 42, was joined by his dad, Iain, in 2008, on a 1,014-mile motorcycle trek by A and B roads, as the latter possessed only a licence for a 125cc bike. The journey raised more...

Bays Goes Up The Creek To Support Devon’s Waterways

Bays Brewery has teamed up with Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) for its first charity beer of 2026, ‘Up The Creek’ – a session IPA that raises a glass to the waterways that keep the region flowing.

Available in bottles, beer boxes and on cask from 22 February 2026, ‘Up The Creek’ bursts with bright citrus aromas, inspired by the freshwater habitats the Trust works tirelessly to...

Killerton walk for FORCE

Seventh annual Killerton walk in memory of colleague

An intrepid group from The Family Law Company with friends and families braved the weather to undertake a fundraising walk in memory of a cherished colleague. This year’s ‘Walk for Helen’ raised just under £280 for FORCE.

Helen Finch lost her fight to cancer in 2019. Since then, an annual walk in February at Killerton has raised funds in her memory for FORCE Cancer Charity. This...

FORCE Cancer Charity Teams Up with Tozers for Free Will-Writing Week

This March, why not make or update your Will as part of FORCE Cancer Charity’s Make Your Will Week, taking place 2nd - 6th March 2026.

Leading local solicitors Tozers, with branches in Exeter, Teignmouth and Newton Abbot, are supporting the week by offering their Will‑writing services free of charge in exchange for a donation to FORCE.

Rachael Morley from Tozers Solicitors...

Children’s charity awarded £5,000 from The Cadbury Foundation

The invaluable work of BOUNCE! Brighter Futures has been given a major boost, thanks to a £5,000 donation from The Cadbury Foundation, made possible by the support of local Mondelēz International employees.

The mid-Devon mental health charity, which is dedicated to improving emotional and behavioural outcomes for children and young people, has been granted the significant sum from...

Handel’s Solomon comes to Exeter Cathedral

Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s Lord Mayor’s concert this spring is a not-to-be-missed musical event, and a first for EPC. On Saturday 14 March 2026 the choir and four soloists will sing Handel's majestic oratorio Solomon , a work not known to have been performed in Exeter Cathedral since its composition in 1748.

High drama, rich orchestration and some of Handel’s most exquisite choral...

Plymouth hospitals backed by local housebuilder

One of Plymouth’s most popular builders has donated £3,000 to the city’s hospitals.

Persimmon Homes Cornwall & West Devon marked the payment to Plymouth Hospitals Charity at Derriford Hospital alongside the Council’s Cabinet Member for Health & Adult Social Care, Cllr Mary Aspinall, as part of its Community Champions scheme.

Plymouth Hospitals Charity helps to...

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