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The first recipient to receive a donation from the Surviving Winter Appeal, coordinated locally by Devon Community Foundation, has been chosen from Plymouth. The campaign, which was launched across the UK last month, is asking people who can afford to forgo their Winter Fuel Allowance to donate it to help the hundreds of vulnerable and elderly people affected by fuel poverty in Devon this winter....

The Surviving Winter Appeal launched across the UK last week with the support of Saga to help thousands of vulnerable and older people affected by fuel poverty. The Western Morning News is working with the South West Community Foundations to support this appeal....

Did you know you can now get rid of your unwanted items AND raise money for DCF? ...

HSBC have set themselves a challenge – to raise £20k over the next 12 months for local charity Devon Community Foundation. During September South Devon's Area Commercial Director, Steve Hancock, and International Commercial Associate, Gemma Scovell aim to travel via motorbikes to every HSBC site in Devon during a 12 hour period. ...

Devon Community Foundation is celebrating having achieved Quality Accreditation from the Community Foundation Network (CFN) for 2010 - 2013. ...

Devon Community Foundation is asking the public to crunch their old cars for cash as part of a novel fund-raising scheme run by the Giveacar social enterprise....

We have just finished evaluating the Grassroots Grants Scheme that we administrated from 2008 to 2011. It was a £130 million government funded programme that provided small grants for small voluntary and community groups....

Tonight two inspirational speakers, Mike Dickson and Marcelle Speller, who have taken their philanthropy to new heights, will be sharing their reflections on generosity and effective giving at the Philanthropy Forecast held in the beautiful Dartington Hall, in Totnes. ...

We are absolutely delighted to tell you that we, together with you, have achieved what at times has seemed like an impossible challenge! The Grassroots Challenge is over as of the 31st March 2011....

Mike Dickson, author of ‘Please Take One Step’ (towards a more generous life) and Marcelle Speller, founder of localgiving.com will be this year’s keynote speakers in May...