Local housebuilder, Barratt Homes Exeter, has donated £1,000 each to two Devon-based animals’ charities, North Devon Animal Ambulance and Animal in Distress, as part of its Community Fund initiative. …
As the cost-of-living crisis increases, conscientious colleagues at Specsavers Exmouth are collecting food for local people in need. Staff from the store are donating items to the collection and are …
Award-winning local artist, illustrator and author Laura Wall has designed a unique and special tea towel in celebration of Rowcroft Hospice’s 40th anniversary. Created in her signature pen and waterc…
Exmouth RNLI lifesaving volunteers were tasked yesterday evening to a report of two paddleboarders stranded on a sandbank off Budleigh Salterton. At 7.31pm on Tuesday 2 August 2022, the crew of Exmou…
A biker from Devon is preparing to ride more than 1,000 miles in three days in memory of his best friend’s wife who died of a brain tumour. Stuart Morrissey from Plymouth will take to the roads on hi…
Amid a widespread nursing shortage in the UK where it’s estimated there are 50,000 registered nursing vacancies, Rowcroft Hospice is planning to further develop its own nurses and healthcare assistant…
Devon-based original wooden duck specialists DCUK is sponsoring Young Devon’s RunDevon event in 2022. Starting in Ilfracombe and finishing in Saltram, the staggering running event has five differen…
A gifted quilter has donated her prize winning work to raise much needed funds for Exmouth RNLI. A regular visitor to Exmouth and an accomplished quilter, Sue Butcher recently donated her prize winni…
Exmouth RNLI lifeboat station was one of a number of key buildings that turned blue last night to highlight World Drowning Prevention Day 2022. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) arranged…
On Wednesday 20 July a team from Rowcroft Hospice were invited to be part of an official royal visit to Torquay where they, along with other local organisations met Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince …
Fourteen disabled riders from the Erme Valley RDA in Devon competed at the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) National Championships last week. The riders returned home with 17 rosettes having …
In celebration of the charity’s 40th anniversary, Rowcroft Hospice is holding a magnificent ‘Ruby Ball’ at The Grand hotel in Torquay on Friday 9 December with all profits going to care for patients a…
Charity litter pickers who volunteered to keep the Plymouth Hoe tidy during and after the 1 Big Summer music festival have received over £7,500 from DCW for their efforts. Independent South West-base…
More than 500 walkers took part in Rowcroft Hospice’s Sleep Walk on Saturday 2 July to raise vital funds for the hospice. With this year’s theme of ‘Saturday night at the movies’, the event saw parti…