Charities

Nominate a charity to receive a festive financial boost 

Specialist insurer Ecclesiastical will be giving 120 different charities an early Christmas gift of a £1,000 donation.

Ten lucky winners will be announced each weekday from 7 to 22 December.

Devon Air Ambulance Trust, Exmouth Gateway Club, Routeways, The Barn Owl Trust and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin in Uffculme were the...

Devon Air Ambulance launches 2020 Christmas Appeal

This year charitable income at Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) has been hit hard due to the hundreds of fundraising events cancelled throughout Devon. For the first time, the charity is asking for your help this year in reaching out to the people of Devon to support their Christmas 2020 Appeal, ‘There to Care’.

Small cake sales and fundraisers planned by families and individuals, through...

Enjoy food, glorious food and support your local children’s hospice

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is asking people to Cook Eat Give and raise a few pounds for its Little Harbour children’s hospice next month.

The charity is inviting people to host a dinner party in their social bubble or organise a virtual dinner party over Zoom during a special week of foodie fundraising from November 2-8.

CHSW Community fundraiser Sherelle Puertas...

Major call for volunteers in Plymouth to support through COVID winter crisis

Royal Voluntary Service, one of Britain's largest volunteering charities, is today calling on Plymouth residents to volunteer for an 'hour per week' or more to see us through the difficult COVID winter.

Months on from the start of the pandemic and the groundswell of volunteer support that followed, the charity is urging people to pull together and support one another again by...

Riley Jayne Home This Christmas

How you can help a local singer and mental health charity Devon Mind bring the community together this Christmas

Mental health charity Devon Mind is proud to have teamed up with a renowned local singer-songwriter to launch ‘Home This Christmas’ , a campaign which seeks to bring the community together and help people feel less isolated during this unique and challenging holiday season.

The lead-up to Christmas can be one of the hardest and loneliest times of the year for many people, including...

Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation appeals for public support for a project to help mental wellness through nature in the South West 

] Ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10 October, Butterfly Conservation, the UK charity dedicated to saving butterflies, moths and the environment, has launched a crowdfunded appeal for the Social Butterflies project, aimed at alleviating poor mental health in south west England through interaction with and care for the natural world. The project has been made possible by an award from...

Charity receives boost from Government to support those bereaved from Covid-19

The UK’s largest bereavement charity, Cruse Bereavement Care, has received a much needed financial boost from the Department of Health and Social Care to help it respond to an increase in demand for its services due to the pandemic.

The charity, whose Devon branch covers the whole of the county, was awarded funding by the Government in June to provide additional support through its...

9-month-old is Dad’s best running mate for 100-mile charity challenge

A Devon dad is running 100-miles over 10 weeks for charity, taking his 9-month-old son Arthur along for the ride in his buggy.

Ian Chown, from Ottery-St-Mary has already travelled 86.9 miles with Arthur in tow and plans to complete the running challenge this weekend with his final run to hit 100 miles. He has already raised over £950 of his £1000 target for Wallace & Gromit’s...

Devon cooks urged to beat cancer with brunch

PEOPLE across Devon are being urged to bite back at cancer by putting Sunday brunch on the menu this autumn.

An array of celebrity chefs, including Jamie Oliver and Tom Kerridge, have joined forces to encourage foodies and fundraisers alike to cook up some cash for Stand Up To Cancer.

The joint fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 aims to get new cancer...

Three charities win share of £1 million giveaway

Three regional charities have been awarded a share of a £1 million fund supporting under-18s as a part of the hugely successful Persimmon Homes Building Futures campaign.

Exim Dance Company represented the education & arts category for Persimmon Homes South West, Barnstaple Youth Ability Football Club sport, and Children and Families in Grief health, and were among the 96...

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