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Nov 20
2 min

How the Coop Local Community Fund has helped us

BASICS Devon provide specialist volunteer immediate care doctors to assist frontline emergency service colleagues when attending medical ...

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Nov 12
3 min

The Big Give - We need your help to save lives this Christmas.

DONATE NOW TO THE BIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE This year, BASICS Devon is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s bigge...

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Nov 9
3 min

Funding boost means Devon patients won’t be left out in the dark this winter

Emergency volunteer doctors working to keep people in Devon safe are ready for the winter months after funding has allowed them to purcha...

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Sep 23
3 min

EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER DOCTORS THANK LOCAL DEVON FUNDERS FOR LIFESAVING RESPONSE EQUIPMENT

BASICS Devon volunteer doctors want to express their immense gratitude to local Devon funders that have enabled them to purchase vital new...

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Aug 5
3 min

PLYMOUTH COUNCILLORS SUPPORT VOLUNTEER RESPONDERS

Plymouth Councillors are proud to support local lifesaving charity BASICS Devon in their mission to help save lives and support their loc...

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Jun 8
2 min

LIFESAVING DEVON VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE VITAL CORE FUNDING

BASICS Devon are thrilled to announce that they have been successful at this critical time in receiving funds from The National Lottery C...

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May 30
1 min

BASICS Devon Volunteers thank the Devon Community Foundation for emergency funding

BASICS Devon volunteers thank the Devon Community Foundation for their amazing funding of £4680, from the Response and Recovery Fund to g...

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May 5
2 min

Volunteer Doctors thank the Help Appeal for New Pagers

Dr Simon Scott-Hayward demonstrates the new vital piece of technology used by the emergency volunteer doctors at BASICS Devon. Pagers hav...

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Apr 23
1 min

BASICS Devon Virtual Badge to thank their supporters

BASICS Devon have produced a virtual badge to say thank you to their supporters and to help raise awareness of their cause at this critic...

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Apr 21
4 min

BASICS DEVON JOIN IN TO HELP SAVE THE UK'S CHARITIES

BASICS Devon calls on supporters to join The 2.6 Challenge from Sunday 26 April 2020 to help raise awareness and up lift their community’...

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Apr 15
2 min

Devon’s Volunteer Doctors take on new role in Covid-19 Pandemic

Devon’s volunteer emergency response doctors – BASICS Devon – have taken on a new life-saving role during the Covid-19 pandemic. Although...

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Mar 23
2 min

A MESSAGE TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS DURING THE CURRENT COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Over the last few years, we have had amazing support from the people of Devon for our work at medical emergencies in the community. We wo...

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Mar 12
2 min

CO-OP LOCAL COMMUNITY FUND SUPPORT BASICS DEVON VOLUNTEER DOCTORS

BASICS Devon a small local charity is delighted to be chosen to benefit from the amazing Co-op Local Community Fund. At a time when funds...

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Mar 2
3 min

Local volunteer doctors thank the HELP Appeal for vital safety equipment

BASICS Devon volunteer doctors are in the process of installing vital front and rear CCTV camera equipment in all of their volunteer emer...

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Feb 24
1 min

Waitrose & Partners in Holsworthy Support BASICS Devon

BASICS Devon volunteer Dr David Hillebrandt thanked the staff, partners and customers at Waitrose & Partners, Holsworthy for raising a br...

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Jan 9
3 min

BASICS Devon calls out for votes to bag a share of Tesco’s community fund

BASICS Devon are bidding to bag a cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. Tesco works with Groundwork to run its community fun...

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Dec 2, 2019
2 min

CO-OP LOCAL COMMUNITY FUND HELP SAVE LIVES ACROSS DEVON

BASICS Devon a small local charity is thrilled to announce that they have received an amazing £8,555.09 from the Co-op Local Community Fu...

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Oct 5, 2019
1 min

MAJOR INCIDENT Totnes A385

Shortly before 1100 this morning BASICS Devon volunteer doctors where dispatched to a serious Road Traffic Collision near Totnes in Devon...

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Oct 3, 2019
1 min

Successful HELP Appeal Grant

Exiting funding success for Devon's volunteer doctors

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Sep 5, 2019
1 min

PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE

After attending five car crashes within two years on the same set of bends near Holsworthy, one of our responding doctors, Dr David Hille...

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