donation

Dartmoor Zoo awarded Santander Foundation grant

Dartmoor Zoo has been successful in its application for the Santander Foundation Charity Plus Grant.

Director Benjamin Mee visited the Plymouth Branch of Santander to collect a cheque for £4750.

Benjamin, appearing in the photo with Dawn Young, Helen Retallick & Sara Williams said: "This is a very important donation from the Santander Foundation.

"The money will be...

Sarah donates to Derriford in memory of her late husband Len

A mother and daughter paid a special visit to staff on Birch Ward yesterday to say ‘thank you’ to the staff for the care of their late husband and father.

Sarah Hargreave’s late husband, Len, was diagnosed with diabetes last year and following further tests, he was found to have an aggressive form of leukaemia, known as acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

After spending a lot of...

Fairy Bricks donate Lego to sick kids

Children being cared for at Derriford Hospital now have more to look forward to, following a huge donation of £800.00 worth of Lego from the charity Fairy Bricks.

Eight year old patient, Nathan Rogers, and his sister Hollie were on hand to receive the donation, made by Sarah Wimlett, Consultant Anaesthetist, on behalf of the charity. Nathan and Hollie were joined by Marcus Granville,...

Egg-citement on children’s wards

A big thank you to Plymouth Care Home Providers and Plymouth City Council’s Quality Assurance and Improvement team, who have kindly donated 74 Easter eggs to the children’s wards at Derriford Hospital.

Care home managers and residents across Plymouth attended the 25th Dignity in Care Forum on the 18th March and many donated Easter eggs, which were gratefully received by the children...

DFS deliver surprise to local hero

DFS Plymouth delivered more than just your regular sofa order to the Hallam family household on Wednesday when they also dropped off a £250 donation to much-loved local charity ‘Hugs for Henry’.

After DFS colleagues realised their delivery was going to the Hallam family home they decided to surprise their son Henry with a generous donation of £250 to help support his treatment after...

Orang utan telly

The orang utans at Paignton Zoo have got themselves a TV.

The 47 inch flat screen telly was donated by Richards TV and Electrical of Babbacombe.

However, it’s not for the endangered South East Asian primates to watch soaps and wildlife documentaries, but for visitors to view clips of them.

The TV will play recorded videos and stills images of the Zoo’s Bornean orang...

Shop online and help your favourite Plymouth charities

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Donation of toys and gifts helps to put smiles on faces

Children staying on Derriford Hospital wards have even more toys and games to play with, thanks to a generous donation from customers and staff at Mecca Bingo.

Today, representatives from Mecca Bingo in Devonport, Tracey Davies and Chloe Robbins, came up to the hospital’s Activity Centre on level 12, with the large donation of toys, teddies and books for all ages. The brand new gifts...

Maxillo-facial department to benefit from silver wedding anniversary

Paul Turner from Hartley has donated two valuable books to Derriford Hospital today to say ‘thank you’ to the staff that helped him through a difficult time.

Mr Turner said: “On returning from a family holiday, I noticed a small lump in my neck. I visited my local GP and was referred to Derriford Hospital for tests where I was then diagnosed with cancer.

“After surgery I faced...

Former Derriford Hospital patient donates £3,000 to cardiac intensive care

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...

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