Charities

New Year, new challenge at Living Coasts

Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium is looking for new volunteers. But the charity zoo is not seeking skills handling penguins, fur seals, otters or octopus. Instead you’ll need to be great with that most extraordinary of species – human beings.

The three volunteer roles are all to do with helping visitors: meeting and greeting people as they arrive; fundraising; and providing...

Stagecoach Plymouth staff support Children with Cancer

Stagecoach staff in Plymouth have nominated ‘Children with Cancer’ for the company’s annual £500 charity donation.

During December, staff are asked to put forward suggestions for a £500 charity donation from each of Stagecoach’s four Devon depots. Driver Kev Kellow nominated Children with Cancer UK for the Plymouth donation after meeting local fundraiser Steve Goucher.

Since...

Over £30,000 raised by police force to benefit charities

Over the last three years, officers and staff across Devon & Cornwall Police have participated in and organised fundraising activities which have benefitted both local and national charities.

The funds, now totalling over £30,000, were raised in a wide variety of ways, from the purchase of epaulettes, to charity bake sales and even a ‘guess the weight of the ferret’ competition....

Macmillan gives over £124,800 to keep Devon cancer patients above the breadline

Macmillan Cancer Support has revealed that in 2016 it gave out grants totalling approximately £124,8001, to Devon residents who were struggling with the financial hardship that cancer can bring. Across the south west region, the charity provided just over £849,3001 in grants to help keep cancer patients financially afloat last year. With hundreds of Devon cancer patients relying on charity...

PKF Francis Clark Supports Christmas Macmillan at Eden

PKF Francis Clark in Truro, was delighted to be a sponsor of the recent Macmillan Christmas Fair held at the Eden Project earlier this month. The event raised a record-breaking £64,000. The money will go towards directly supporting Cornwall’s cancer patients.

The famous biomes at Eden were turned Macmillan Green for the duration of the Fair and played host to one of the county’s most...

Plymouth optometrist heads to Ethiopian road race in aid of eye sight charity

A LOCAL optometrist is gearing up to take part in one of Africa’s biggest road races on 26 November to raise money for Vision Aid Overseas.

Specsavers Marsh Mills optometrist Charlotte Evans, 23, will be running 10 kilometres at an altitude of 8,000 feet above sea level alongside 40,000 international runners in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. She is taking part in the race to help...

Evans Halshaw Plymouth and Saltash aim to hit hole in one at charity golf day

Local Vauxhall retailers, Evans Halshaw Plymouth and Saltash, are proud to announce they sponsored a charity golf day in an attempt to raise much needed funds for St Luke’s Hospice.

The two retailers held the charity golf day last month at Borringdon Park Golf Club where they also entered a four ball team to part in the 18 hole stableford, and raised a huge £1,700.

St Luke’s...

Power company employees get all dressed up for a good cause

Staff members at the Plymouth depot of Western Power Distribution (WPD) held a fancy dress day to raise funds for BBC Children in Need 2017.

The hilarious outfits included a Smurf, Spiderman, a bumble bee and even a red hot chilli!

They have raised over £100 and Team Support Danni Skyrme, who was involved in organising the event, said: “It’s been lots of fun and an excuse to...

Plymouth Trio Brave Mongol Rally to Raise Money for Children with Clefts

On 15th July, three Plymouth locals took part in the 2017 Mongol Rally challenge – a 10,000 mile car rally where participants travel from London, through Mongolia, to Ulan Ude in Russia, in a scrapyard car with no backup or support, to raise money for charity.

George Monk, Toby Hall and Tom Oates decided to take part in the rally and raise money for Smile Train after Tom’s grandmother...

Plymouth house builder turns pink for charity

David Thomas, the chief executive of five star housebuilder Barratt Homes, was on hand this week to lend his support to the company’s fundraising efforts for Wear it Pink Day.

The fundraiser, on Friday October 20, was part of Breast Cancer Now’s fundraising during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

He’s encouraging staff across the region to wear something pink on the day and...

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