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Where does the money go?Below are just a few examples of what your donation to our Christmas Appeal could pay for in Devon. Please give generously....

It's difficult to imagine that poverty and disadvantage exist in Devon. It doesn't fit with the perception of an idyllic county with thriving farming and tourist industries. And it doesn't come in the more obvious form of overseas poverty. The stigma of failure and inadequacy attached to poverty, mental illness, addiction, long-term unemployment or crippling loneliness make many people hide away....

HSBC is backing our Christmas Unwrapped Appeal by providing collection boxes and posters in 20 of its busiest Devon and Somerset branches across the festive period....

Devon County Council's Chairman, Councillor Christine Marsh, has volunteered to take part in the Royal Marine Challenge on Woodbury Common on Tuesday 14th December, to raise funds for local charity, Devon Community Foundation....

South West Water and Viridor have come onboard as the first corporate sponsors for our Christmas Unwrapped Appeal. Other companies supporting the appeal to date include Coutts, Rathbones and Otter Nurseries. If your company would like to get involved...

“For some people at Christmas a Samaritan is literally the only person they speak to during theday,” says Trudy, a Samaritan volunteering in Devon....

A raft of festive activities at Bucks Cross Village Hall, near Bideford will provide a lifeline over Christmas for the elderly community in the remote rural area where 70% of the population are over 60....

“If you need to feed your child through a tube every hour it is difficult to celebrate Christmas like other families. For families with a child with life limiting conditions it is also a profoundly sad time with the realisation that Christmas marks another year gone,” says Julia at the Plymouth-based charity,Friends and Families for Special Children in Devon....

St Petrock’s homeless charity inExeter says it is in desperate needof sleeping bags and men’s shoes.The winter is on its way and thecharity cannot keep up with demandfor warm and dry clothing....

“My mentor at Kids Who Care is cool. She’s like a grandma and takes me out to do stuff, and I don’t have to look after my brothers and sisters when I am with her,” says young carer Anne....