4+ week, 2+ day ago   (222+ words) Based in Kingsbridge, the Alvington Singers, a small, friendly chamber choir has been singing and performing a wide variety of choral music in the South Hams area for over 40 years, including regular performances in Buckfast Abbey. ​The choir was formed…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (164+ words) SAM Balsdon of Dartington Squash Club is set to take on a huge test at the beginning of August. On the first of the month, he will be battling the Great Norse Run which is 209 miles in eight days, taking…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (497+ words) Nearly 300 people took part in a new charity walk across Devon helping raise more than £160,000 for a mental health charity. The 24-hour Walk Devon coast-to-coast challenge saw 284 walkers set off from Westward Ho!, aiming to cover approximately 68 miles across the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (334+ words) A woman from near Kingsbridge has completed one of the world's toughest endurance challenges and has raised more than £3,300 for charity. Donna Timmis trekked to Everest Base Camp before running the Everest Marathon between May 14 and June 4, and celebrated her…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (318+ words) A garden centre group has signed an exclusive three-year partnership with Diddly Squat Farm to develop a range of co-branded gardening products. Blue Diamond Garden Centres announced on June 11 that the new collection would be sold online, across its 54 UK…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (136+ words) The Totnes Pool Inflatable Project is appealing for community help to purchase an 18-meter inflatable assault course for the local leisure centre. Organisers have launched a GoFundMe page to raise the remaining £2,600 needed for the project, having already secured a…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (491+ words) Charities supporting people facing financial hardship in the Dartmouth area are being encouraged to apply for funding through the Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundations fund. The 'Small Change Big Difference Fund' provides donations of £250 to £2,500 to registered charities offering urgent…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (368+ words) A young supporter is celebrating a decade of fundraising for the disaster relief charity ShelterBox. Emily Read, from Devon, started raising funds for ShelterBox when she was eight years old and now, at the age of 18, she is cycling 250 miles…...

4+ mon, 21+ hour ago   (275+ words) Pupils at Manor Primary School in Ivybridge recently arrived at school in a sea of purple to raise funds for epilepsy charity, The Daisy Garland. The idea came from Year 5 pupil Amelia who was inspired by the global Purple Day…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (300+ words) Residents across the South Hams are being invited to explore the future of Dartmoor’s landscape as a new festival celebrating rivers, moorland and nature recovery comes to Ivybridge next month. Sustainable South Hams and the Rally for Nature project will…...