Charities

A team of staff and volunteers from local charity Westbank Community Health and Care, who took on a fundraising challenge this month to collectively walk 360 miles - a distance equivalent to the circumference of Devon - have already exceeded their goal by walking more than 600 miles so far.

This month, Westbank is celebrating the 21st anniversary of its extensive Health Walks programme...

Plymouth charity Promoting Children in Plymouth (PCiP) has received a £2,500 donation from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation, helping them reach around 1,000 local children with vital literacy programmes over the next year.

The funding will support PCiP’s Community Story Telling and Book Gifting projects — initiatives aimed at encouraging a love of reading from an...

Rowcroft Hospice is setting sail for Torquay Harbour this summer with the launch of its brand-new boutique that’s due to open on Thursday 24 July – just in time for the busy school holiday season.

Perfectly positioned in the heart of the harbour’s multi-million-pound redevelopment – a flagship feature of Torbay’s wider regeneration project – the shop will offer an eye-catching and...

Devon Air Ambulance's newest shop in Tiverton was the victim of a mindless act in the early hours of Saturday morning. The intruder gained access by kicking the front door open and shattering the glass to gain entry.

Clearly seen on CCTV, the adult male walked through the store to the till point where he attempted to open the collection box, initially he failed but after pulling the...