Otter Garden Centres Jack’s Patch branch has announced the amount raised for Rowcroft Hospice during 2025.
While the fundraising was initially totalled at £4,531 for the cheque presentation, there was more to add from the collection tins, so the final figure was closer to £4,700.
This was raised through a range of activities. These included a raffle featuring a huge Hamleys...
Staff at Nuffield Health Plymouth Hospital have raised an impressive £6,321.62 for local children’s mental health charity Give A Child A Chance, which provides vital support to children and young people with additional needs.
The funds will be used to develop a sensory garden at Hamoaze House, a charity that supports adults affected by trauma and substance misuse. The garden will...
From Good King Wenceslas to the Queen of Sheba, Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s two Christmas carol concerts raised almost £6,600 to support the work of Exeter Leukaemia Fund, and now the choir is hoping its next concert on Saturday, 14 March, Solomon, will raise an impressive amount for the Lord Mayor’s chosen local charity, the Exeter group of Riding for the Disabled.
More than 200 singers from East Devon Rock Choir filled St David’s Church in Exeter with music and festive cheer for the choir’s inaugural fundraising ‘Big Sing’.
Members from the Broadclyst, Exeter, Exmouth and Honiton groups joined forces to perform 14 uplifting songs from their recent repertoire. The setlist spanned decades and genres, featuring Erasure’s A Little Respect , Earth,...
Bays Brewery has reached a remarkable milestone, raising £30,000 for animal conservation through its long-standing partnership with Paignton Zoo. The latest milestone follows years of collaboration between the Paignton-based brewery and the zoo, beginning in 2013 when the brewery launched its first "animal ale" to support wildlife conservation.
Thousands are expected to take part in the South West Coast Ultra Challenge on 2nd August, covering parts of the stunning Somerset coastline. Among them is Toby, a 20-year-old Youth Ambassador for children’s bereavement charity Winston’s Wish, who is taking on the Dunster Castle 10K loop in memory of their dad, Mark.
Toby lost their father to suicide in 2019 and is using the...
The Exchange, a popular pub in Ivybridge, has raised a huge £4,050 for the Poppy Appeal through an epic 300-mile coastline walk.
Over the course of 21 challenging days, three locals – Navy veterans Leighton Lucas, 76, and Dermot Robert, 66, along with Dave Cooper, operator of The Exchange, took on three gruelling hikes, covering a combined total of 300 miles on foot.
Local historic homes supporting one another to preserve Devon’s countryside attractions.
Powderham Castle will be providing everything you need to plant a seed of positivity this spring, to support the resurrection of Poltimore House. Fittingly chosen, Sunflowers are a symbol of positivity, happiness and good fortune, standing tall in adversity.
Pupils at Exeter Pre-Prep School in Exminster have recently run the equivalent of four marathons as part of a sponsored fun run to raise money for Westbank Community Health and Care, a local charity that aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people across Devon.
With 72 children under the age of seven, the school hoped that pupils and staff would be able to run a collective...
A team of more than 30 will attempt to complete the gruelling 15 mile route in under 4.5 hours to raise funds for the charity’s dementia specialist Admiral Nurses
April 2024, Devon. A group of more than 30 fundraisers, including a number from Devon, will take on the infamous Fan Dance SAS selection challenge on Sunday 14th April to raise vital funds for Dementia UK, the specialist...
