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Memorial Service planned for Eddie Farwell

A Memorial Service to celebrate the life and work of Eddie Farwell, Co-Founder and retiring CEO of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), will take place at Exeter Cathedral on Tuesday 17 June 2025.

Eddie died on 27 March following a diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease and a private...

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Pet charity thanks Devon volunteers

This Volunteers’ Week (3 – 9 June), Blue Cross pet charity in Devon is thanking its team of dedicated volunteer pet foster carers who go the extra mile to care for homeless pets until permanent owners are found by caring for them in their own home. From small pets like degus and chinchillas to dogs, cats and even horses. The charity is also calling on local animal lovers to find out more...

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Devon Air Ambulance celebrates Volunteers' Week

For this year’s Volunteers Week (Monday 3 June and Sunday 9 June), Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) are joining organisations from across the nation to celebrate the incredible contribution volunteers make to local communities.

The campaign takes place on the first Monday of June every year and is an opportunity for organisations to recognise, celebrate and thank the volunteers that make...

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Sale of showhome furniture raises thousands for six charities

The Exeter-based developer of new homes exclusively for the over 55s, Blue Cedar Homes, has raised almost £4,000 for six charities by auctioning off ex-showhome furniture to staff as well as donating furniture to charities to sell.

The funds raised by staff from the sale of furniture from a range of showhomes across Blue Cedar Homes’ sites in in Devon, Cornwall, Oxfordshire and The...

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Plymouth Community Walks in Shoes of those Living with Dementia

Local Sutton and Devonport MP Luke Pollard joined care experts at a unique dementia training experience

An interactive training experience dubbed ‘The Dementia Bus’ has given local care experts and members of the community an insight into what it is like to live with dementia.

Local home care provider Bluebird Care Plymouth & South Hamms hosted the mobile dementia...

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Best Bar None choose RAPAID kits to keep Plymouth safer

Best Bar None, the safer socialising accreditation for the nighttime economy, is equipping 10 of its members in Plymouth with bleed kits from emergency bandages charity, RAPAID.

Best Bar None is an accreditation scheme supported by the Home Office, the drinks industry, and the hospitality sector, which aims to promote responsible management and operation of alcohol-licensed premises...

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Devon Air Ambulance to host volunteering taster sessions as part of The Big Help Out, 2024

Devon Air Ambulance will once more join the nation by taking part in The Big Help Out. The charity is inviting members of the community to take part in a volunteer taster session at one of three Devon locations.

Last May, an incredible 6 million people took part in with The Big Help Out, coming together to lend a hand in their local communities to experience how rewarding...

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Forever Hounds Trust receives share of huge food donation worth over £20,000.00

A greyhound and lurcher rescue centre in Devon is celebrating after being nominated to receive a share of a total food donation worth over £20,000.00 from pet food manufacturer, Burgess Pet Care.

During its digital campaign, the Greyhound & Lurcher Two-week Takeover, Burgess asked its followers to nominate independent greyhound and lurcher rescue centres they would like to...

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LandWorks shortlisted for the Charity Awards 2024

Devon-based charity LandWorks is delighted to announce that it has made the shortlist for this year’s Charity Awards , the longest-running and most prestigious awards scheme in the charity sector.

LandWorks has been shortlisted in the ‘Social Care, Advice and Support’ category for its pioneering resettlement and rehabilitation project, which provides a supported route back...

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Celebrate World Baking Day with Rowcroft's Big Bake

This year, World Baking Day falls on Sunday 19 May and Rowcroft Hospice is inviting supporters across South Devon to sign up to their latest fundraising campaign, The Rowcroft Big Bake.

Whether you're a baking newbie or the next Mary Berry, the fundraising campaign is open to everyone and is taking place throughout June. Participants are encouraged to organise a get-together, such as...

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Exeter Pre-Prep pupils run over 100 miles to raise money for Devonwide charity

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...

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