Devon-based mental health charity, Step One, has announced the launch of its spring programme of free mental health and wellbeing courses, workshops and peer support groups. Step One Charity’s BeWell@StepOne service provides free online and in-person support to people over the age of 18 across Devon. The latest programme offers a range of topics, including anxiety, depression, resilience and...
A mum-of-three is running the 2023 TCS London Marathon in memory of her rugby player husband who died suddenly.
Jill Sims will be taking on the 26.2-mile challenge in memory of her husband, Dave, who died from a sudden heart attack in March last year just moments before he was due to meet up with his three sons.
Jill, aged 55 and from Bradninch, said: “Six months before he...
A sponsored swimming challenge which raises vital funds for leading charity Diabetes UK returns this spring – and a call has gone out for people from Devon 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, in their local pool or the open...
BLOCK Plymouth is proud to announce that we have selected Devon Mind as our Charity of the Year for 2023.
Devon Mind is a local mental health charity that has been working tirelessly to support people living with mental health problems across Devon. They offer a range of services and support, including counselling, support groups and mental health training.
Visitors to Drake Circus and The Barcode during the festive period donated over 250kg of food and £1,600 in funds to support Plymouth Foodbank.
The centre joined forces with the food bank to help provide vital items to those most in need in the local community, opening a collection point at its customer service desk on the lower mall between 12th December and Christmas Eve.
A small, friendly preschool near Exeter that welcomed its first intake of young children last spring has already received a good grade.
In a recent Ofsted inspection, the Kidzone at Exminster - operated by local charity Westbank Community Health and Care - was described as a ‘Good Provider’.
The charity’s preschool for Over 2s opened its doors at the end of April 2022, with...
Devon-based Community Interest Company, The Turning Tides Project, has been chosen by local employees at Mondelēz International to receive a donation of £5,000.
The project, which is dedicated to making sure local people with ‘learning disability’ or ‘autism’ labels have the right to equal access to music, the arts and life, has been granted the substantial figure from The Cadbury...
A charity that helps enrich the lives of people with dementia has benefited from a donation of almost £2,000, thanks to colleagues at a Plymouth building society branch.
Memory Matters, which works across Devon and Cornwall to improve the quality of life for those affected by dementia, received £1,902 from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation after being nominated for...
Plymouth’s ‘Pride of the West with St. Andrew’s Lodge’ of the Plymouth and Truro District Oddfellows has recently supported the ‘Horizons’ Children’s Sailing Charity by supplying sets of wheels for use on their dinghy trailers.
Plymouth Oddfellows chose to assist ‘Horizons’ who were seeking new wheels for their boat trailers so making it easier to move dinghies between the boat yard...
Ex Royal Logistics Corps, Sarah Hussey has a dry new home thanks to SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
After sustaining an injury during her time in the Army, Sarah was medically discharged after 12 years service. Following this her marriage collapsed and she found herself homeless, living on the street. The continuous pain from her injury has prevented Sarah from sustaining meaningful...
