The mayor of Newton Abbot, Cllr David Howe, is supporting the Scouting and Guiding movements as his charity during his term of office.

In an advertisement feature in the Mid-Devon Advertiser series last week – and also in our Christmas 2009 in Newton Abbot booklet – we indicated proceeds from a raffle at a Christmas Victorian Evening event in the town would be going to his charity, which we incorrectly stated as Home-Start. This is the country's leading family support organisation, and has been supported by a previous mayor.

We apologise for any confusion.