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  • The Devon Environment Foundation was launched in 2020.

    £1 million grant for restoring Devon nature

    Local projects identified to receive cash boost A local charity is celebrating having successfully channelled more than £1 million to projects designed to help and...3 min

  • The Heli2 Appeal aims to raise £2.85 million. Image provided by Cornwall Air Ambulance.

    Air Ambulance appeal halfway

    Cornwall’s fundraising aim for second helicopter hits £1.42million A target of raising enough funds to purchase a second air ambulance for Cornwall is edging ever...2 min

  • The world’s first major commercial boat lift, the Anderton Boat Lift in Northwich. Image: Canal and Rivers Trust.

    Anderton Boat Lift: 150th anniversary

    Plans announced for July Victorian Fair to mark the occasion A leading charity is announcing its plans to mark the 150th anniversary of the world’s...4 min

  • Westbank volunteers Jane Taylor and Arthur Harman with their awards. Image provided courtesy of BBC Radio Devon.

    Devon charity volunteers win top accolades

    BBC Make A Difference award winners celebrated in glittering ceremony Two volunteers for Devon charity Westbank Community Health and Care have been recognised at this...1 min

  • Exeter Chiefs Foundation trustees Keiron Northcott (left) and David Bird visiting the Gym at Westbank which their charity has supported. Image: Sharon Goble, IF Media.

    Devon charity boost from Exeter Chiefs Foundation

    Westbank’s gym-users benefit from world-class kit Charity bosses are delighted at an early Christmas present from the Exeter Chiefs Foundation. Its’ generosity is enabling Westbank...4 min

  • Dame Judi Dench brings her charm and wit to a 30-second film highlighting work by ShelterBox. Image: Andrea Raffin / Shutterstock.

    Dame Judi Dench in charity appeal

    ShelterBox works with Bond star in light-hearted Christmas film This festive season, Dame Judi Dench brings her charm and wit to a delightful 30-second film...2 min

  • Salman and his family are sheltering in a ShelterBox tent in a displacement camp not affected by the recent airstrike. Image provided by ShelterBox.

    ShelterBox tents destroyed in Gaza airstrikes

    Charity renews urgent fundraising appeal An urgent fundraising appeal is being renewed this week by ShelterBox to support people displaced by conflict in Gaza and...4 min

  • The Leeds River Lock Open Day is taking place on Saturday 30 November. Image provided by Canal and Rivers Trust.

    Leeds River Lock: behind the scenes

    Charity launches fundraising appeal with an Open Day A chance to take a look at the ‘behind the scenes’ working of Leeds river lock is...4 min

  • A polling station sign on election day. Image: WD Stock Photos / Shutterstock

    Voting for the future

    Sight loss voters raise issues in RNIB report Nearly ¾ of blind and partially sighted people said they didn’t know they could request ‘reasonable adjustments’...4 min

  • The M1 and M25 junction at Watford. Image: Jarek Kilian / Shutterstock.

    M1 celebrates 65th birthday

    AA says congestion and road condition are key issues for drivers The UK’s first full-length motorway turns 65 this month. The MI opened in 1959...3 min

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    In memory: Dingo Dinkelman

    ‘His compassion extended to all creatures’ It was a cold, grey English day when Breaktime News phoned Dingo some two years ago to chat with...4 min

  • Wildlife may benefit from reconnecting rivers to their flood plains. Image: John Hubble / National Trust Images.

    One year on: success of a river restoration  

    Project sees ten football pitches of new waterscapes and wetlands A ‘river restoration technique’ which was first pioneered in America is being hailed as a...10 min

  • Charity asking people to #rememberhedgehogs during the bonfire and firework season. Image: Serenity Images 23 / Shutterstock.

    Protecting hedgehogs in November

    Helping wildlife through Bonfire Night With Guy Fawkes Night nearly upon us, a leading hedgehog charity is launching a national campaign asking people to keep...3 min

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