Before you decide to discard that envelope with the used stamp on it, refrain and save it for the St Luke’s Hospice. The hospice would like your used stamps, as they can raise money for St Luke’s by selling them on to raise much needed funds.
Last year they raised over £1500 but this year they are hoping they can do a lot better and need your help to do so.
Following on from the success of last year’s Castaway Five Day Challenge for Dorset-based Diverse Abilities Plus, the charity is welcoming participants for this year’s event, taking place from Saturday 21 – Wednesday 25 September, and which is sponsored by Seeker News.
The charity, that supports local children and adults with physical and learning disabilities, is looking for 24 men...
Going the extra mile for this year’s Staff Cup Challenge, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust's Finance Team, led by Aretha Zachlod, Category Buyer raised a staggering £1,133 for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Derriford Hospital through sponsorship for their Plymouth Half Marathon efforts.
For one member of the team Jon Fox, Purchasing Systems Supervisor and his wife Nicola,...
Plymouth University welcomed a new member to its team this week in the form of ‘One Week Job’ man Matt Frost.
30-year-old Matt, from Liskeard in Cornwall, is currently trying his hand at 52 jobs in a year and is on week 19 of his challenge. Some of his previous jobs include a stuntman, farmer, outdoor instructor, pizza delivery man and journalist.
A former patient from Torrington Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) has presented staff with a generous donation of £3,000 and thanked the staff for their care.
Sid Pascoe was admitted to Derriford Hospital for a triple bypass in December 2009 following an electrocardiogram (ECG).
The money was raised last year from a number of charity events held at Lostwithiel Golf Club while...
Brewin Dolphin Plymouth announces its inaugural Charity Golf Day at Boringdon Park Golf Club on Tuesday 21st May, 2013 in support of the British Limbless Ex-Service Men’s Association (BLESMA). On the day, there is the opportunity to enter a unique charity auction for the chance to win a half-hour diving lesson for up to 3 people at the Plymouth Life Centre with Olympic Coach Andy Banks. The...
Christopher Copeland aged 51 years from Copplestone, near Crediton has today, Wednesday 17 April been charged with 16 counts of fraud by false representation in connection with the Help for Heroes Charity.
He has been released on bail to appear before Exeter Magistrates Court on Wednesday 8 May.
Plymouth firefighters will be aiming for the top this summer in bid to reach the summit of every tor on Dartmoor within seven days.
There are 155 tors marked on the Ordnance survey map and the team will have to walk between twelve and sixteen hours per day to reach them all in a week.
The firefighters from Greenbank fire station - Mark Rogers, Kevin Elford, and Nick Williams –...
Last year Freya Barlow, a student at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth was diagnosed with leukaemia at just 20 years old. Her strength, determination and the support of her friends and family helped her during the six months in isolation at Derriford Hospital and through aggressive chemotherapy.
Despite the initial success of the treatment, Freya relapsed in October last year...
