Two Honiton charities have benefitted from two cheques from Baker Estates.

Ian Baker, MD at Baker Estates, handed over a cheque for £3,200 to Hospiscare and £3,200 to Honiton Admiral Nurse to support its services.

In total, since 2019, Baker Estates has donated over £20,000 to local charities, donating money every time it sells a home at its popular Hayne Farm development near Gittisham.

Every year, Hospiscare, the local hospice for Exeter, Mid and East Devon, supports close to 2,500 people, and their families, living with a terminal illness. Since its founding in 1982, the hospice charity has relied on the generosity of the local community, volunteers and regular donors. The charity needs around £8.4 million pounds each year to continue to help people and their families.

Ian Baker, managing director at Baker Estates, said: “We are proud to continue to support these very important and well-regarded local charities. As a community focused housebuilder, we like to find ways of contributing to local charities, who are reliant on donations and work so hard to raise funding.”

Andrew Randall, chief executive officer at Hospiscare, said: “We are incredibly grateful to Baker Estates for continuing to support us in this way.

“On behalf of Hospiscare, I would like to say a huge thank you to Ian Baker and the team for this generous support and we are really looking forward to continuing to work with them. The donations will help many people in the local area who are living with a terminal illness and those close to them.”

Heather Penwarden, chair of dementia friendly Honiton said: “We are enormously grateful for this amazing support from Baker Estates which helps us to fund our own Admiral Nurse. These highly specialised practitioners give invaluable support to families and carers of people with dementia. Entirely funded by the community, donations like this are so important to us and for all the people touched by dementia that come under the nurses care.”