Charities

Call goes out to Devon swimmers to make a splash in diabetes charity challenge

A sponsored swimming challenge which raises vital funds for Diabetes UK returns this spring – and a call has gone out for people from the south-west to sign up.

Swim22 runs between 22 March and 22 June and involves swimming a total of 22 miles – the same distance as the English Channel. Participants can take on the challenge at their own pace, anywhere they like, accumulating the...

Local holiday park’s fundraising is a flying success for Devon Air Ambulance

For the last two years, Hoburne Devon Bay holiday park in Paignton has been supporting Devon Air Ambulance as the park’s nominated charity.

Despite covid measures and restrictions on fundraising events, the popular family holiday park has raised more than £14,000 for the much-needed local charity, which responded to 1,900 incidents across the region last year.

Fundraising at...

Local women's charity and family centre celebrates Ofsted achievement

Trevi, the leading women's charity in Devon, are delighted to announce that their Daffodil Family Centre has been awarded a 'Good' Ofsted Rating on its very first inspection.

The Daffodil Family Centre, which opened its doors in early 2020, is a national parenting assessment centre based in Plymouth. It offers a strength-based parenting assessment that aims to support the parent to...

Devon charity wins £40,000 Movement for Good award

A charity based in Plymouth will receive a £40,000 windfall as part of Ecclesiastical Insurance Group’s annual Movement for Good awards.

After receiving a £10,000 award last year, First Light South West is one of five1 charities chosen by a panel of judges that will benefit from the larger grants.

The additional £40,000 will enable First Light South West, which supports adults...

Peaky Digital Partner With Charity Go Beyond

Falmouth-based digital marketing agency, Peaky Digital, is partnering with Go Beyond as its charity of the year.

Peaky Digital will be supporting the Buckfastleigh-based children’s charity by providing a day’s worth of digital marketing services each month. The agency will be supporting with a range of services including Social Media, SEO and Google Ads.

Go beyond provides...

Devon Air Ambulance launch two new Volunteer roles

Our local air ambulance charity has always benefitted greatly from the support of many volunteers and has over 700 fantastic helpers located across the county, every one of them an integral part of the life-saving service.

Devon Air Ambulance volunteers give their time and expertise helping with many things, from looking after their 4,000 red collection boxes, speaking at public...

Plymouth cancer sufferer in boxing bout

A young man who was diagnosed with cancer at just 21 years old took part in a charity boxing match for his friend who also had the condition - but he did not live to see him compete.

Jamie English, now 24, was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma three weeks after his mentor of almost a decade, Dave Ireland, had been given just six months to live.

But Jamie, a plasterer, did not...

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Rowcroft Hospice opens new philanthropy role to help thousands of people

A unique opportunity to make an incredible difference in people’s lives has been unveiled by South Devon-based Rowcroft Hospice, as it begins the search for the person to lead the new Ella Rowcroft Endowment Fund .

As part of its strategy to develop more long term income to fund its ambitions, the hospice has recently launched the Ella Rowcroft Endowment Trust with the goal of raising...

Torquay cat rescue charity voted as a Surprise Supplies winner

Hector’s House, a Torquay-based cat rescue and rehoming charity, has been voted as a winner of RGB Building Supplies’ Surprise Supplies initiative and now has £1,000 to spend on materials at RGB’s Torquay branch.

RGB invited charities from across the region to get in touch and explain how a donation of materials would help to complete a project. Alongside Hector’s House, West Cornwall...

Tesco shoppers in Plymouth asked to continue supporting life-saving fundraising campaign

Generous shoppers in Plymouth are being encouraged to support a fundraising campaign for three leading health charities.

Last year Tesco's ‘Helping you to live healthier’ campaign raised more than £1million after customers rounded up their shop to the nearest £1 at self-service tills.

The money raised is helping Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes...

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