Fantastic prizes up for grabs at Friends of Bovey School Auction

Friends of Bovey School launched a major summer online auction on Friday (23/05/25) to raise funds for Bovey Tracey Academy (formerly Bovey Tracey Primary School). Local businesses have rallied behind the cause, donating 40 prizes worth more than £3,500. Prizes, which can found at www.32auctions.com/BoveySchool2025, include:

 a weekend or mid-week break in a cottage at the beautiful Colehayes Park
 spa vouchers for Ilsington Country House Hotel and the Sirona Spa at Finlake
 axe throwing with Wilderfox, shooting at Budleigh Farm and Crackshot, and wine tasting
at Huxbear Vineyard
 afternoon teas or cream teas at Bovey Castle, Home Farm Cafe, Ullacombe Farm,
Brookside Cafe, the Moorland Hotel (Haytor), Mill End Hotel (Chagford) and the White
Hart (Moretonhampstead)
 family tickets to Canonteign Falls, Becky Falls, the South Devon Railway, Powderham
Castle and Newton Abbot Racecourse
 rounds of golf for 4 at Woodbury Park and Downes (Crediton) donated by Baytek
Solutions and Through The Garden Gate respectively
 Sunday roasts at the Claycutters Arms (Chudleigh Knighton), The Old Inn (Widecombe-
in-the-Moor) and Cridford Inn (Trusham)
 skip hire from Gilpin, a boiler service from Pro Gas and 500 litres of Heltor heating oil
 luxury lounge items from Kingcome Sofas and Society House and household items from
Decco, Hotline and The Barbecue Shack
 lawn treatment from Greenheart Lawn Care
 a cut and blow dry from Hair by Heather and skincare from The Derma Nurse
 a family photoshoot at BIM Photography
 an annual parking permit at Haldon Forest

Friends of Bovey School Vice-Chair Chris Yeo, who organised the auction, said: “We have been absolutely blown away by the generosity of local businesses when it comes to supporting our events this year. 25 businesses in and around Bovey helped us put on a quiz night recently which raised £2,700 and another 40 have helped us put together these amazing set of auction prizes. We are incredibly grateful to every single one and are really excited to see how much money we can raise for the school.”
The auction will run until the end of June. Any business who wishes to donate a prize can still do so by emailing boveyfobs@gmail.com.