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Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) is proud to announce two outstanding achievements at this year’s Air Ambulances UK (AAUK) Awards of Excellence, held on Wednesday 3rd December at the Telford International Centre. The event brought together air ambulance charities from across the UK under the theme ‘Inspiring Each Other’, celebrating innovation, collaboration, and excellence in the sector.

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Staff and residents at a dementia care home in Plymouth have been dressing up as elves in support of Elf Day, the annual pre-Christmas fundraiser organised by Alzheimer’s Society.

Sarah McCaffrey, deputy manager at Butterfly Lodge in St Budeaux, said: “The goal is to have fun and raise money to support the amazing work done by Alzheimer's Society, and we certainly had a fabulous and...

Charities across the county are being urged to review their fraud prevention measures following latest data showing that 53 charity fraud incidents were recorded across the South West in the past 13 months, 15 of which were reported to Devon and Cornwall police.

Data from Action Fraud’s Fraud and Cyber Crime Statistics Dashboard shows that these 53 incidents resulted in total losses of...

Young people aged 13 to 24 who will spend Christmas in a Plymouth Hospital are set to receive a bundle of festive gifts this year, thanks to a nationwide campaign from Project Youth Cancer.

Patients at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust are among hundreds of teenage and young adult cancer patients across 45 hospitals in the UK and Ireland who will wake up on Christmas morning to...