Westbank Community Health and Care, a successful health and wellbeing charity that’s continuing to grow and extend its services across the whole of Devon, is on the lookout for new Trustees who can offer their experience and a fresh perspective to support the governance and growth of an award-winning organisation.
The charity provides a multitude of community-based health and...
In honour of Pride Month (June), regional housebuilder Allison Homes donated £500 to Devon-based charity Sunrise Diversity for the third year in a row, helping them to host both Bideford Pride and Barnstaple Diversity Festival and Pride.
Sunrise Diversity celebrates diversity, promotes equality and social inclusion, and challenges discrimination in North Devon, to ensure individuals...
Charities of all sizes in the South West are being encouraged to sign up to a new volunteering platform, to help recruit more volunteers to support their invaluable work.
Leading volunteering charity, Royal Voluntary Service , has created a digital volunteering platform, thanks to support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery , to help charities across the country to connect with...
An Exminster-based health and wellbeing charity is on a winning streak, having received Devon-wide recognition for the scope and impact of its work supporting local communities, hot on the heels of several other commendations.
Westbank Community Health and Care is delighted to have won the Community Champion award in the Devon Chamber Business Awards 2025. Chris Bloye, Westbank’s Head...
Olly Westray (44) from Exmouth has completed a gruelling 100K (62 miles) run, the equivalent of 2.3 marathons, to raise funds for Charlie’s Beach School, a local charity founded in memory of Exmouth-schoolboy, Charlie Duignan, who sadly passed away in January 2024 from a brain tumour. He was just eight years old.
Olly started his challenge in Dartmouth just after 6.00am on 10th May...
On Saturday 10th May, Exmouth-based, Olly Westray (44) will be running 100K (62 miles), the equivalent of 2.3 marathons, to raise funds for Charlie’s Beach School, a local charity founded in memory of Exmouth-schoolboy, Charlie Duignan, who sadly passed away in January 2024 from a brain tumour. He was just eight years old.
Olly will start his challenge at 6.00am at Dartmouth and will...
A themed celebration has been held at Westbank Community Health and Care on the eve of Victory in Europe Day to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe. On 8 May 1945 huge crowds took to the streets to sing, dance and rejoice after nearly six years of war against Nazi Germany. At Westbank’s Healthy Living Centre in Exminster today a group of staff, volunteers and...
Devonwide charity Westbank Community Health and Care is expanding the Conferencing and Hospitality services it offers at its Healthy Living Centre in Exminster, near Exeter.
Best known for its wide range of preventative health initiatives to combat loneliness and social isolation, Westbank also brings people together by providing first-class Conferencing and Hospitality 'with a heart...
Cancer Lifeline South West (CLSW) is looking forward to a day of laughter, entertainment, and community spirit as it hosts its first ever Family Fun Day on Sunday 27th April, in the name of community and fundraising.
The event will take place in the beautiful grounds of Ugbrooke House, near Newton Abbot, and promises a packed programme of activities for all ages. Doors open at 11am and...
Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s recent Mozart concert at Exeter Cathedral has raised a considerable sum for a cancer charity in the city. The event on 15 March, which featured the renowned London Mozart Players and an impressive line-up of soloists including Devon-born violin virtuoso Joel Munday, received a retiring collection totalling £839 for the Lord Mayor of Exeter’s chosen charity, Force...
