Charities

Rowcroft to open new shop at Torquay Harbour

Rowcroft Hospice is setting sail for Torquay Harbour this summer with the launch of its brand-new boutique that’s due to open on Thursday 24 July – just in time for the busy school holiday season.

Perfectly positioned in the heart of the harbour’s multi-million-pound redevelopment – a...

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Animals benefit from renovated homes thanks to Surprise Supplies win

As previous winners of RGB Building Supplies’ Surprise Supplies initiative, Woodside Animal Welfare Trust has been able to complete a number of projects and update its animals’ homes.

In February this year, members of the local community voted for the Plympton-based charity to receive £1,000 to spend on materials at RGB in Plymouth

Woodside Animal Welfare Trust is an animal...

Raising funds and awareness in the fight against breast cancer

STAFF at two Devon opticians turned themselves all shades of pink to raise awareness and much-needed funds to help towards beating breast cancer.

The conscientious colleagues at the Specsavers Paignton and Totnes stores were taking part in Wear It Pink Day as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with the stores being decked out in bright pink, collection pots available so customers...

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Anthony Mangnall MP for Totnes and South Devon visits Lifeworks Learning Disability Charity

On Wednesday 5th October Anthony Mangnall MP for Totnes and South Devon made a special visit to Lifeworks Learning Disability Charity. The students at Lifeworks Special Further Education College had the chance to showcase their current artwork projects, including pottery, large canvas paintings and Lego models, all of which have all been created in their new updated art room facilities in...

Local partnership set to give smiles back to survivors of domestic abuse

Award-winning local women's charity, Trevi, is delighted to work with Plymouth-based Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise (PDSE) to deliver life-changing dental treatment to those women affected by domestic violence and abuse.

In the UK, 1 in 4 women will experience domestic abuse, while 1 in 20 women experience extensive and repeated abuse and rape as children and adults. In Devon...

Lions Club donation to help refurbishment of much-loved local shop

The Lions Club of Sidmouth has made a big donation to the Samaritans shop on the town’s High Street - just in time for a major refurbishment in the new year.

Quite appropriately, the big donation came in the form of a big cheque, which a pride of Lions handed over to Samaritans volunteers at a ceremony in Sidmouth.

The shop - a former bank - was opened as a fund-raising...

Devon housebuilder donates an estimated £80,000 worth of furniture to BHF

Allison Homes has donated approximately £80,000 worth of furniture to The British Heart Foundation (BHF), which will be sold in charity shops across Devon to raise money for the organisation.

The furniture was previously used to decorate the show homes at various Allison Homes developments, which means that the donation also serves the dual purpose of reusing the furniture in a...

Identity Fashion brings Fashion Week to Plymouth

Devon designer fashion brand, Identity Fashion, together with Bulgarian designer, Nikolay Pachev, has organized a unique fashion show in Royal William Yard, Plymouth, for the local community, raising more than £5,000 pounds for the Chestnut Appeal for men’s health.

The collection presented was entitled “HUG” based on the idea that individuals are essential to one another and we...

Devon charities celebrate share of £1million fund

Five charities based in Devon have received donations of £1,000 each as part of the Benefact Group’s Movement for Good Awards.

For the fourth year running, the Benefact Group is giving away £1million to charities through its Movement for Good awards. Members of the public were invited to nominate causes close to their hearts, with another 250 awards of £1,000 available now for...

Brave mental health worker to jump 15,000ft out of a plane to support Splitz Support Service

After experiencing emotional and psychological abuse, Rachael has worked hard to rebuild her life. Now she wants to give back to the organisation that first helped her, Splitz Support Service, by jumping 15,000ft from a plane in a sponsored tandem skydive.

Since the start of the year, Rachael has been focusing on rebuilding her life. After quitting her job, she decided to follow her...

Four brothers’ Atlantic rowing challenge secures backing of Westcotts

A challenge by two sets of twins from Tiverton to become the first four brothers to row any ocean in the world is being supported by Westcotts, the South West’s leading firm of chartered accountants and business advisers.

26 year old Jack and Hamish and 24 year old Arthur and Euan Friend, known as ‘The Friend Brothers’ will be rowing 3,000 miles unsupported across the Atlantic, when...

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