Family Life

As school children settle in to their long awaited summer holidays, and families across Devon count down the final days to their annual getaway, foster carer Katherine Page has planned a memorable summer for her three fostered children, Anna, Louise and Alice (not their real names).

But just as it’s a challenge for parents to balance holidays, time out from the school term, and a work life, that challenge can be complicated further for foster families by the temporary nature of some foster placements. Planning holidays for one thing, not knowing exactly whether changes to their...

Supporters are coming from far and wide to take part in Hospiscare’s Breakfast Run at the picturesque Knightshayes near Tiverton on the 17th September.

Sarah Awbery and her daughter are travelling all the way from Bournemouth to take part and are currently busy training and raising sponsorship. They have a special reason for supporting local charity, Hospiscare.

Although it has been over six years since Sarah’s father, Ray Pett, was cared for by Hospiscare, her memories of visiting him on the ward at Searle House in Exeter are still fresh.

“The nurses were just...

There are activities for all the family at The Donkey Sanctuary this summer. Open from 9am every day, the Sanctuary’s holiday activities will run every day until 3 September.

Explore The Donkey Sanctuary by following the Around the World trail and find out where donkeys are working hard to support families and contribute to industry. Entry and car parking at the Sanctuary are FREE, and trail sheets are available from the Gift Shop for just £3 with an ice cream reward when you’ve finished.

For more adventure, then why not venture further afield to the Nature Centre or the...

A will, also referred as the ‘Last Will and Testament,’ is a legal document that states how a testator wants their estate to be left upon their death. A testator is a person making the will and their estate includes one or the combination of assets like property, possessions, money and savings. In the absence of such a will, the law dictates and determines how the assets will be distributed, which is typically assessed under the rules of intestacy.

Though a will may appear to be an odd or inequitable distribution of the estate (but if it is in accordance with the testator’s wishes...