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A Special Awareness Night

Would you like to come along to a FREE event ? Be entertained by 2 comedians; rising star Gary Rapson and the amazingly funny Kernow King. There will also be a talk from two Amazing Prostate Cancer surgeons about awareness of prostate cancer and a Free Buffet. The evening entertainment compared by Natalie Cornah from BBC Spotlight. Friday 11th September from 8pm until late The Elfordleigh Sports and Country Club. Important For FREE tickets please email David on chestnut.events@nhs.net or by calling 01752 792736 Many thanks and hope you can come along.. Part of a National Lottery funded...

Quiz Night in aid of Cancer Research

Charity Quiz Fundraiser in aid of Cancer Research UK.

Categories include Keirans Music, Sport, Entertainment, Audio, Strange but True, Multiple Choice and more.

Quiz Entry Fee £2, there will also be a raffle £1 per strip join your quiz master David from 8pm. This event is run by DGB Events. Contact 07790333508

In fine voice for local research

Around 200 local people took part in a charity karaoke event in Saltash to raise funds for research at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD) which is seeking a treatment for Huntington’s disease. The event was a huge success and raised £600 for the cause.

It was organised by Liz Fedrick, whose 23-year old niece Charly Honey was diagnosed with the...

How far can your team go for £50?

Take £50, the brightest of the local business community and add a healthy dash of competition. Leave to raise for the month of October. Serve the much-needed funds for the local hospice charity with a garnish of surprise.

St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth is cooking up a new challenge for the area’s business whizzes with the fast and furious Accumulator Challenge.

Starting off with £...

PEG comes home to Living Coasts

The gorilla with wanderlust is back on home soil - for a time. PEG - Polar Explorer Gorilla - left Living Coasts in Torquay with HMS PROTECTOR, the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Vessel, for her last deployment in October 2013.

She has since travelled to a range of South, North and Central American countries, along with the Caribbean, British Virgin Islands, South Africa, South Georgia...

Plymouth to host first 'White T-Shirt' Day

On the 15th August Plymouth City Centre will play host to the city’s first White T-shirt day, which aims to raise vital funds for Derriford Hospitals’ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Shops and businesses across the city centre will come together wearing plain white T-shirts to work on the 15th August – each donating £1 to NICU.

Volunteer business across the city, Plymouth’s “High...

The Party of the Summer

A small group of staff members at Santander and Plymouth University are organising ‘The Party of the Summer’, a huge, amazing event on Friday the 25th September 2015 for the people of Plymouth.

The summer party venue is a stunning marquee on Plymouth Hoe, boasting superb views of The Sound. Tickets are for over 18's only and can be purchased for just £15, with all profit going to Brain Tumour Research. Each ticket will include canapés, glass of bubbly on arrival and an evening of entertainment.

Grab your £15 ticket from Crowdfunder web page http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/...

Sponsored cycle raises over £2,500 for Hannahs

Staff from LHC’s Exeter and Plymouth design studios have raised over £2,500 for one of the UK’s oldest charities, Devon based Hannahs.

The team of architects and urban designers cycled 58 miles and climbed 3750 feet of hills on Sunday, raising money towards a new £11,000 all-terrain wheelchair for the charity.

Twenty members of staff, including six of the company Directors...

LHC team to cycle for Hannahs

On Sunday July 5th, a twenty-strong team of architects and urban designers from LHC’s Exeter and Plymouth studios will cycle across Devon to raise funds for one of the UK’s oldest charities, Devon based Hannahs.

The team will cycle an impressive 58 miles and climb 3750 feet of rolling Devon hills, raising money towards a new £11,000 all-terrain wheelchair that will get more kids and...

Kitsons staff to take on charity challenge

Staff from leading Devon law firm Kitsons are getting ready to take on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge this July to raise money for charity in honour of their friend and colleague, Mark Batten.

Mark, who was Chief Cashier at Kitsons, passed away suddenly in March 2014. He worked at Kitsons for over 35 years and was a prominent and well liked member of the firm. In 2013 when the...

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