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Being a young carer is a hard job but it is something I have always known. I have had to look after my mum independently with some help from my brother for about 5 years now. Before that I cared for both of my parents, one with physical disabilities and the other with mental ones. You could say I had had my work cut out. ...

Today we launch our brand new campaign with the help of Comic Relief via Red Nose Day Community Cash. We are looking to give away a pot of £50,000 to help benefit local community groups and charities....

Exeter Festival Chorus recently raised a fantastic £689 for Devon Community Foundation’s Surviving Winter Appeal, in a retiring collection following their Christmas Jazz concert. The Appeal asks people who can afford to forego their Winter Fuel Allowance to donate it to help people in need this winter in Devon....

A local man from Crediton has recently donated to Devon Community Foundation’s Surviving Winter Appeal, which asks people who can afford to forego their Winter Fuel Allowance to donate it to help people in need this winter in Devon....

The Surviving Winter appeal is partnered by Saga and supported by local celebrities including Ann Widdecombe who has already offered to sign over her Winter Fuel Payment and Angela Rippon as well as many others....

Thanks to the generosity of local people, Devon Community Foundation helped individuals as well as community groups such as Whipton Luncheon Club, Dartmouth Caring and Friends of Southernhay House Surgery to continue to provide additional care, comfort and support to lonely and vulnerable people in our communities. ...

Devon Community Foundation has teamed up with the Fredericks Foundation to offer support to local people in the area who are in need of financial help to launch their business ventures and cannot access loans from other sources. This micro-finance scheme offers fixed rate unsecured loans to individuals with business flair, helping to stimulate economic growth in some of Devon’s most deprived towns and villages. ...

Do you know a group of Trustees that inspire you and others? On 22nd November 2012, Devon Community Foundation will be holding our exciting annual award ceremony in Exeter to highlight the outstanding achievements of volunteers across the county. ...

Devon Community Foundation has benefitted from the cycling efforts of Darren Goodman from Exeter-based private property company Eagle One, who recently cycled 143 miles in just one day to raise a fantastic £1,822 for the charity, which supports hundreds of voluntary and community groups throughout Devon....

The Surviving Winter Appeal, coordinated locally by Devon Community Foundation won a nationally recognised award last week at The Charity Awards. The campaign, which raised over £15,000 in Devon alone, was awarded the top prize in the ‘Grantmaking and Funding’ category for The Community Foundation Network’s national campaign at the highest profile event in the charity calendar. ...