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Devon father one step closer to completing world-first swim to raise awareness of son’s brain condition

A father from North Devon is set to complete the final six lakes in his bid to become the first person to swim Switzerland’s ten largest lakes after his young son was diagnosed with a rare brain-attacking condition PANDAS, that caused sudden onset aggression, OCD and tics overnight.

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Neurology Research Team take on the Ice Bucket Challenge

The Neurology Research Team, who are responsible for co-ordinating clinical trials into neurodegenerative diseases, including MND, work with industry sponsors to carry out well-designed clinical trials and provide the opportunity with patients who have these diseases to take part in the trials.

The team who took on the Ice Bucket Challenge were:

Corinna Mossop, Clinical Trials...

Brain Tumour Research becomes Plymouth University official charity partner

Brain Tumour Research has been chosen by Plymouth University to be an official charity partner.

Brain Tumour Research was launched in April 2009 to raise awareness of, and funding for, scientific research into brain tumours and improve outcomes for brain tumour patients.

A range of events and activities organised by the University will raise funds for the charity, and members...

Research charity calls for volunteers

Can you spare at least an hour a week to support a pioneering charity leading the fight in what researchers are calling ‘the last battle ground against cancer’?

Leading national charity Brain Tumour Research needs assistance from people with time to spare in Plymouth and throughout the South West. Volunteers are being asked to join a growing team of supporters for Brain Tumour Research...

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Rhiannon raises £1,070 for TYAC

Not many 16 year olds would separate themselves from any sort of internet for three days. Rhiannon Percy, on the other hand, an inspiring 16 year old patient suffering with cancer did just that and raised over £1000 for the Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer Trust Fund in Derriford Hospital.

TYAC (Teenagers and Young Adults) Cancer Service bridges the gap between paediatric and...

Student survey leads to charity donation

Plymouth University and its Students’ Union (UPSU) have donated more than £21,000 to Teenage Cancer Trust.

The donation follows the University’s pledge to give five pounds for every National Student Survey (NSS) completed by its final year students.

The NSS is held every year from January to April, and offers students the opportunity to share their feedback and insight on their...

The sky's the limit for local professional

A local Account Senior with Haines Watts North Devon LLP tumbled 15,000 feet in a sky-dive tandem to raise much needed funds for North Devon Hospice. Katherine Broad who works for Chartered Accountants Haines Watts North Devon LLP based in Bideford, jumped in memory of her Grandmother, Gwen Dymond, who sadly passed away in January after battling cancer for many years. Haines Watts supported...

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Mozart concert in aid of Brain Tumour Research

Funds raised at the concert will go to groundbreaking research taking place in Plymouth

The University of Plymouth Choral Society, together with aspiring and enthusiastic singers and musicians under the direction of conductor Simon Ible, will be ‘Celebrating Amadeus’ with a performance of Mozart’s Requiem in aid of charity Brain Tumour Research.

The concert, promoted by...

Last chance to enter Plymouth's Race for Life

Women in Plymouth are being urged to grab their last chance to enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life at the Plymouth Hoe as there are just two weeks left until registration closes.

Entries will close at midnight on Friday 20th June and organisers are encouraging mums, daughters, grannies, sisters, friends and workmates who want to take part in the 5k women-only event to sign up as...

Going, going… Ebay auction for CHSW

Exclusive Online Auction to raise funds for the Children’s Hospice South West is now on!

Fancy a new Mulberry handbag, or tickets to the X Factor final? Bid for these items on the exclusive Precious Lives Atlantic Challenge Ebay auction, which starts on Friday 6 June, and you will be helping children across the South West.

The exclusive auction is in support of the Precious...

Sailors: St Luke's needs you!

St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth is on the search for amateur sailors to represent the charity in the forthcoming Eddystone Charity Sailing Pursuit on Saturday 21 June.

Now in its 13th year and regarded as the South West’s premier charity sailing event, fundraisers will tackle the 26 mile sailing marathon from Plymouth Sound to the Hands Deeps buoy, three miles west of the Eddystone and...

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