Charities

Mental health support charity to receive funding boost

A mental health charity based in Exmouth in Devon is receiving a £1,000 funding boost thanks to regional housebuilder Persimmon Homes South West.

Heads Up Mental Health Awareness CIC applied for the donation from the Persimmon Homes Community Champions scheme, which was created to financially assist regional charities, organisations and good causes.

Paula Baker from Heads Up...

Diabetes charity hoping to generate pedal power in Devon

People from the south west are being asked to saddle up for a cycling challenge that will raise vital funds for Diabetes UK this spring.

The UK Wide Cycle Ride runs throughout the 30 days of April. It is a perfect opportunity to take your fitness up a gear, while raising money for Diabetes UK’s work in funding life-saving research and making sure everyone living with the condition...

Meg’s mountain fundraiser in memory of eight-year-old niece

A woman from Devon has set herself a year-long challenge to climb 12 mountains in 12 months to raise money for Brain Tumour Research after her young niece died from the deadly disease.

Little Carys Bradshaw was living in Sydney, Australia, when she was diagnosed with an aggressive and high-grade diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) in January 2017. Her diagnosis came after the six...

Local fundraiser in support of Apple Tree Farm raises over £5k

Kentisbury Grange Estate near Barnstaple has raised £5,136 at a special fundraiser to raise awareness and much needed funds for a new sensory room at local therapy centre, Apple Tree Farm and for the National Organisation for FASD .

The Estate’s Coach House Restaurant welcomed guests on the 7th March as they enjoyed a fine-dining five course meal prepared by award winning chefs,...

Plymouth Ice Rink works with Plymouth Together Fund

This Easter holiday Plymouth Ice Rink, based at Plymouth Pavilions will be hosting a fundraising event called ‘Skate Together’ on Friday 22nd April 2022. Proceeds from this event will be donated to local charity Plymouth Together Fund.

The Plymouth Together Fund is a local charity founded to support Keyham, and surrounding communities, in the wake of the tragic shooting that took...

Cheeky calendar raises over £1,600 for South West mental health charities

RGB Building Supplies’ Well Built Builders Bum 2022 calendar has raised £1,610 for Mind charities across the region – Devon Mind, Cornwall Mind and Mind in Somerset.

The calendar features tradespeople from across the region, who put themselves forward to be photographed doing their job and showing a tiny bit of their bottom, all in the name of raising funds to help the charities...

Woman holding a recycled charity candle for Missing People

Home Sweet Home for Missing People

Devon eco-business The Recycled Candle Company has teamed up with national charity Missing People to help raise awareness of the thousands of people who go missing each year.

The new Home Sweet Home pillar candle is being released just in time for Mother’s Day, always a poignant day for families with a missing loved one.

Jo Youle from Missing People explained: “Someone is...

Call goes out to Devon swimmers to make a splash in diabetes charity challenge

A sponsored swimming challenge which raises vital funds for Diabetes UK returns this spring – and a call has gone out for people from the south-west to sign up.

Swim22 runs between 22 March and 22 June and involves swimming a total of 22 miles – the same distance as the English Channel. Participants can take on the challenge at their own pace, anywhere they like, accumulating the...

Local holiday park’s fundraising is a flying success for Devon Air Ambulance

For the last two years, Hoburne Devon Bay holiday park in Paignton has been supporting Devon Air Ambulance as the park’s nominated charity.

Despite covid measures and restrictions on fundraising events, the popular family holiday park has raised more than £14,000 for the much-needed local charity, which responded to 1,900 incidents across the region last year.

Fundraising at...

Local women's charity and family centre celebrates Ofsted achievement

Trevi, the leading women's charity in Devon, are delighted to announce that their Daffodil Family Centre has been awarded a 'Good' Ofsted Rating on its very first inspection.

The Daffodil Family Centre, which opened its doors in early 2020, is a national parenting assessment centre based in Plymouth. It offers a strength-based parenting assessment that aims to support the parent to...

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