Charity News & Updates
- 17th September 2018
Celebrating 25 years of Adoption in the South West
Local charity talks about its success as a Voluntary Agency and the growing number of children still needing adoptive families.
- 7th September 2018
Families for Children Trust is a Specialist Adoption Agency and charitable trust based in the South West. We place vulnerable children from all over the UK with new adoptive families in Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset and the Isles of Scilly.
- 6th September 2018
It sounds like the opening line of a cheesy joke, but it was the question facing gardeners at Paignton Zoo. A Titan arum plant was about to bloom, and it was in need of a name. So they asked the public on social media. And the answer? Audrey II.
- 4th September 2018
BASICS Devon a small local charity is thrilled to announce that we have been successful in receiving a grant of £9,888 from the National Lottery Awards for All.
- 3rd September 2018
A student from the University of Exeter has observed some surprising behaviour in baboons at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park. Charlotte Morgan, who is studying for an MSc in Animal Behaviour, watched the monkeys flossing their teeth.
- 31st August 2018
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has hatched its first flamingo chicks in six years.
The charity Zoo is known for its flock of some 50 Chilean flamingos, which can be found on a lagoon near the entrance. Two chicks have just hatched, with the parents protecting them from both the weather and predatory gulls.
- 23rd August 2018
There’s a new type of hi-tech fun to be had at Living Coasts – but it’s not the sort where you sit in your room all day…
- 20th August 2018
Big Week at the Zoo, Channel 5,Monday 20th to Friday 24th August at 8:00pm
Big Week at the Zoo is a Channel Five series that’s being shown each evening this week, Monday to Friday, at 8:00pm.
- 20th August 2018
A Devon conservation charity is coming to the aid of a native species under threat from its bolder American cousins. The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, based at Paignton Zoo, has teamed up with Bristol Zoo Gardens to help the white-clawed crayfish.
- 15th August 2018
Devon Air Ambulance prides itself on being a dynamic and forward-thinking charity, committed to providing the very best patient care and ensuring the service continues to grow and improve.