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Volunteering can be music to your ears

Volunteering can be music to your ears

They want you. They want you. They want you as a new recruit. A lyric from the 1979 Village People…

Birthday pub doubles donation to FORCE

Birthday pub doubles donation to FORCE

A celebrated Devon dining pub has now raised £2,000 for FORCE from the sale of its fantastic cook book. The…

Raising awareness across the board at RD&E

Raising awareness across the board at RD&E

FORCE is making sure staff, patients and visitors at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital know all about the services…

Lingerie evening for breast cancer patients

Lingerie evening for breast cancer patients

A Lingerie and Swimwear Fayre for breast cancer patients will be held at our Support Centre next month. The evening…

FORCE has answers to exam revision question

FORCE has answers to exam revision question

With exam season just around the corner, the FORCE Cancer Charity Shop in Heavitree may be able to help with…

Volunteering opportunity tailor-made for you

Volunteering opportunity tailor-made for you

Are you a material girl (or boy) who loves to get their hands on fantastic fabrics or finds needlework sew…

No kidding – become a FORCE shop volunteer

No kidding – become a FORCE shop volunteer

New Year, new you, new challenge? Could you be a star in your own Toy Story by helping out in…

Apprentice Abbie cooks up a tasty profit

Apprentice Abbie cooks up a tasty profit

Schoolgirl Abbie Freeman has raised money for FORCE with a project that billionaire businessman Lord Sugar would no doubt applaud.…

Fundraisers plan 50-mile step into Christmas

Fundraisers plan 50-mile step into Christmas

A group of fundraisers will step into Christmas this year by walking 50 miles all through the night to support…

Gift Aid means FORCE needs more presence

Gift Aid means FORCE needs more presence

FORCE has just introduced Gift Aid on the sale of donated items, allowing us to claim an extra 25p from…

Nickie’s birthday bash raises cash for FORCE

Nickie’s birthday bash raises cash for FORCE

One of our amazing FORCE volunteers celebrated her birthday by giving rather than receiving gifts. Nickie Mallett from Exmouth marked…

FORCE joins global Giving Tuesday movement

FORCE joins global Giving Tuesday movement

Did you know today is Giving Tuesday? It’s a global movement around a day designated to do something good for…

Latest news

Classics Galore! is back for 2026 – when Devon raises its voice against cancer

Classics Galore! is back for 2026 – when Devon raises its voice against cancer

Cancer touches almost every family in Devon. Whether it’s a parent, partner, friend, colleague or neighbour, most of us know…

Nello cyclists provide vital funding boost

Nello cyclists provide vital funding boost

  The annual Nello cycle ride has raised more than £82,000 in support of local people dealing with a cancer…

“I knew of FORCE and the work they did but I never thought I would be the other side of it”

“I knew of FORCE and the work they did but I never thought I would be the other side of it”

It’s been a tough couple of years for young dad Guy Richardson. In late 2024 he was diagnosed with Burkitt…

FORCE helps Bakers rise to difficult challenge

FORCE helps Bakers rise to difficult challenge

When Laura Baker from Exeter was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022 at the age of 39, she was treated…

Hannah turns dad’s cancer shock into fundraising spur

Hannah turns dad’s cancer shock into fundraising spur

Mark Stott from Exeter discovered he had cancer in February and three weeks later had his stomach removed. It was…

Jim and Ian face bears, bush fires, bugs and blisters on extreme charity challenge

Jim and Ian face bears, bush fires, bugs and blisters on extreme charity challenge

Two former long-serving police officers from Devon will team up next month to tackle what’s been described as the most…

Mark rides The Nello to help sustain FORCE’s key role

Mark rides The Nello to help sustain FORCE’s key role

Mark Durk will be taking part in his first Nello ride this year, cycling 60 miles to ensure that cancer…

Charli writes book to comfort her daughter after second cancer diagnosis

Charli writes book to comfort her daughter after second cancer diagnosis

A young mum from Devon she has channelled her experience of an incurable cancer diagnosis into writing a book. Charli…

FORCE offers Great Wall of China trek

FORCE offers Great Wall of China trek

FORCE Cancer Charity is offering an overseas fundraising challenge – trekking along Great Wall of China – for the first…

Team FORCE smash it at the 2026 Great West Run

Team FORCE smash it at the 2026 Great West Run

Team FORCE has again pulled out all the stops at this year’s Great West Run. Nearly 450 people ran either…

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