The Edenstone Group has strengthened its commitment to health and wellbeing by appointing a mental health champion and partnering with The Lighthouse Charity to deliver support across its developments.
Health and Safety Manager Sean Brill now also serves as the company’s mental health champion, ensuring that staff and contractors have someone approachable to talk to about personal or...
Warrens Bakery – the world’s oldest pasty maker – has donated over £10,000 to charities, events and community groups in the past two years, showing its commitment to giving back across the South West and beyond.
Founded in 1860, Warrens now has 47 stores and continues to support a wide range of local and national causes. During Cornish Pasty Week, 5p from every Cornish pasty sold...
We are delighted to be hosting the internationally bestselling author Joanne Harris OBE. Joanne will be in conversation with our founder, Mark Norman (The Folklore Podcast), discussing her work and her latest book Vianne (the prequel to Chocolat ).
Tickets are £10 and can be purchased from bit.ly/joanneharriscrediton
This is a fundraiser for The Folklore Library & Archive, a registered charity based in Crediton, which saves, preserves and makes freely available all kinds of at-risk and intangible folklore and heritage. Our collections have grown hugely...
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...
Hundreds of children aged 0–5 across Devon and Dorset have taken part in Water Babies’ Splashathon events over recent weeks, raising over £35,000 for Children’s Alliance and the baby loss charity Tommy’s.
The themed swimming sessions saw little ones dressed in costumes as they showed off their water safety skills in locations including Exeter, Bournemouth and Taunton.
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...
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...
