Author Archives: Phil Roberts

£25,000 awarded to Dream-A-Way from Devonshire Freemasons following public vote

Thanks to your votes, we were delighted to be awarded the top grant of £25,000 from Devonshire Freemasons as part of their Community Awards, a major part of Freemasonry’s 300th anniversary celebrations. The Masonic Charitable Foundation distributed three million pounds …

Acorns Annual Fun Day supports Dream-A-Way at Woodbury Park

The Acorns Members regularly play the course of the same name at Woodbury Park Hotel and Golf Club near Exeter and each year hold a fun day to support the captains’ charity. This year it was decided to run an …

Golfers Chip In to raise £33,000 for Dream-A-Way

All records were smashed down the fairway with our 2017 Golf Classic event which raised an incredible £33,000 in one day! The event took place at the stunning Woodbury Park Hotel and Golf Club attracting a full field of 32 …

Devon Norse raises almost £1,700 for Dream-A-Way

We'd like to say a huge thank you to the team at Devon Norse who raised a massive total of £1,686.90 for Dream-A-Way whilst we were their Charity of the Year for 2016/17 which ended on 1st July. The majority …

Quinn and Family swim together for the first time…

To all at Dream-A-Way, We are writing to thank you enormously for giving us our first real family holiday. Despite a bumpy start to our week at Sandy Bay with our disabled son Quinn being admitted to hospital the night …

Star Fundraiser Jamie is Top of the Table again!

11 year old Jamie Quick, one of our top fund raisers, recently raised over £72 for Dream-A-Way by running a stall at the St Thomas Methodist Church where he sold a variety of items he had sourced from friends and …

Jessica’s Holiday – with lots of ice cream!

Dear Jeff, I wanted to write and thank you personally and all involved with the amazing Charity that is Dream-A-Way. I have been very fortunate to have been able to take my daughter Jessica for our second summer holiday (first …

Six Oars to Nieuwpoort Team rows to Belgium for Dream-A-Way!

THEY DID IT!! Wow, what an amazing achievement - Andy, Kev and the rest of the Six Oars to Nieuwpoort team successfully completed their Gig row from Ramsgate to Nieuwpoort in Belgium in aid of Dream-A-Way in a stunning time! …

An inspiring story of hope against all the odds…

One of the highlights of volunteering with Dream-A-Way is the opportunity to meet some truly inspiring and brave people. Below is a letter from one such person, Martin Lynn of Exeter (Lynny to his friends) who found out about us …

Neil’s story – how your support helps people in Devon…

We recently received this touching letter from one of our valued guests and want to share Neil's story with you to show the difference your support makes to people’s lives. Neil and family will also be spending some time in …

Exeter Police & Hospital Players donate £2,500

Following the success of the Exeter Police & Hospital Players 30th Anniversary Panto - Alice in Wonderland - in January, our Jeff was delighted to accept their £2,500 donation cheque for Dream-A-Way. The show was a was a great success …

LV= helps to provide another cracking Easter for our guests!

Over the last 7 years the staff at LV= in Exeter have collected Easter Eggs to support the work of Dream-A-Way. Jeff said : “This is an amazing effort and this year’s collection has taken LV’s Easter Egg total over …

The Co-op Local Community Fund – update

Huge thanks to the customers and staff of the Exeter Co-op stores in Sidwell Street, Fore Street, Pennsylvania Road and Queen Street. Thanks to their brilliant support we now have an amazing £2,637.11 to spend on replacement sets of patio …

Henry’s Stargazing trip to London

Meet Henry, a wonderful little chap with a great interest in outer space and the planets…             Henry, who is 5, has autism and wanted to go to London to visit the Planetarium with his …


Waitrose Sidmouth Customers & Staff coin it for Dream-A-Way!

Huge thanks to the customers and staff of Waitrose Sidmouth! Photo: Maxy Maxwell Mike Rock, Chairman of our Sidmouth Friends of Dream-A-Way was delighted to receive a cheque for £285 resulting from a month of collecting green coins via the Waitrose …


Maxy Maxwell – Official Photographer

Hi, I’m Maxy, I support Dream-a-Way as a volunteer and am also a professional photographer. My services are often utilised to showcase the charity’s work and promote our fundraising events, something that gives me great satisfaction. Everyone has something they …


Emma Manley walking 50 miles & raising money For Dream-A-Way

As many of you are aware my Step-Dad featured in this cover picture is currently fighting cancer, he has been for a while now and is fighting pretty damn hard! He is one incredible man who is a hero to …


Can you lend a hand?

Can you lend a hand? We are always looking for volunteers to help us with events or support us through sponsorship Opportunities coming up include: May 6th – Exeter City V Carlisle bucket collection September 8th – Annual Gold Classic …


The Masons have a fantastic holiday and meet Mr Bean

Hi Jeff, well we are back from our amazing holiday in Portugal and our sincere thanks go to you and all the Dream-A-Way team for making it possible. We have sent you a few photographs to include Jack and his brothers …


IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE DREAM TEAM

The Trustees, committee and everyone at Dream-A-Way take great pleasure in giving you a heartfelt THANK YOU for your very generous support 2016 has been another very successful year and has marked many milestones. We were formed in 1993 and 6 …