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LED Community Leisure recognised as “Unsung Hero” at ‘Hospiscare 40 Club Awards

LED Community Leisure has been honoured with an “Unsung Hero” award by Hospiscare’s 40 Club, recognising four years of dedicated support, fundraising, and community partnership.

Presented at the 40 Club Awards Lunch at The Hall in Exeter, the award celebrates LED Community Leisure’s consistent and meaningful contribution to Hospiscare mission of providing specialist end-of-life care across the local community.

LED Leisure has been a committed member of the 40 Club since the start, supporting Hospiscare through a wide range of initiatives including event hosting,...

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Cost of livestock worrying claims rises to record level

Dog owners are being warned to keep their pets under control in the countryside as the cost of insurance claims from livestock worrying has reached a record level.

New figures show the cost of dog attacks on livestock reported to leading rural insurer NFU Mutual rose by nearly 50 per cent across the UK in 2016.

Between January and April, when pregnant ewes and lambs are often grazing on low-lying pasture in areas more accessible to walkers, the cost of claims more than doubled.

With many families expected to visit the countryside during half-term and the Easter...

Spring is on the way say National Trust gardeners

National Trust garden teams have conducted their annual flower count for Valentine’s Day and although this year spring seems to be on the way, just as we would normally expect, but what is noticeable is how many scented plants are out in flower at this early time of year. National Trust gardeners reported 1,737 plants blooming in this year’s 12th annual Valentine’s Flower count, 34% down on last year’s figure of 2,644. Although numbers are down on 2016, they are still higher than the previous three years.. For the second year running, Saltram had the highest number of flowers recorded with...

Police work with schools to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation

Devon and Cornwall Police has collaborated with the Solomon Drama Group and schools across the region to provide education around child sexual exploitation.

The Solomon Group recently presented a short play and workshop to Year 9 and 10 pupils in 20 Devon and Cornwall schools.

‘Skin Deep’ tells the powerful and moving story of two teenage girls who are attracted to boys from rival gangs. As events unfold, their relationships become increasingly affected by misunderstandings, jealousy, possessiveness and eventually hatred and intimidation. Betrayal and fear lead to a...

Exeter prisoners run, row and ride for charity

This isn’t a typical prison story: instead it’s an amazing achievement by 10 people in HMP Exeter who in just one day rowed the English Channel, ran up Ben Nevis and rode a stage of the Tour de France, raising hundreds of pounds for a local charity.

Two teams of five - a total of eight prisoners and two prison officers - did not leave the city centre jail while doing this task, of course, but instead undertook the gruelling challenges in the gymnasium.

Each of the prisoners who undertook the challenge is a Samaritans volunteer Listener, specially trained to offer emotional...

Extra £2.5m funding for highway drainage and rural roads

Devon’s road network is to benefit from an extra £2.5 million of funding.

Devon County Council’s Cabinet announced on Friday (10 February) plans to invest an additional £2 million in rural roads, and an extra £500,000 for highway drainage in 2017/18.

Devon has continued to maintain 97% of A and B roads in good condition, and the additional investment will be used to improve road surfaces on lower category roads across the county.

The additional funding will be used for patching and longer term repairs to add life and resilience to roads.

Councillor Stuart...

Budding Bear Grylls wanted for survival skills weekend

The MS Trust’s Survival Skills Weekend will be taking place in Ashclyst Forest in Devon from 23-25 June to raise funds to help people with multiple sclerosis. The charity is looking for 10 budding Bear Grylls to take part in this outdoor adventure where participants will be sponsored to live in shelters they have built and eat food they have foraged from the forest. This wilderness survival challenge will be raising funds to help the MS Trust ensure no one has to manage MS alone. Jon Makin, who work as Lead Trade Manager for Tesco in Cullompton, explains why he will be taking part: “It's...

Enter your film for Two Short Nights Film Festival

Entries are now open for one of the South West’s most vibrant and longest running film festivals, Two Short Nights. Festival organisers are inviting submissions from filmmakers based across the UK andbeyond, working in every genre, from animation and documentary to moving image artwork and music videos. Each winter, Two Short Nights Film Festival brings crowds of film lovers, filmmakers and industry specialists to Exeter’s city-centre arts hub Exeter Phoenix to indulge in a varied programme of screenings, workshops and events celebrating short film. Now in its 16th year, the festival...

Volunteer days at The Donkey Sanctuary

The Donkey Sanctuary is welcoming volunteers to its Woodland Management Volunteer Day near Honiton on Saturday 18 February from 10am till 4pm.

Each month the Sanctuary runs wildlife and conservation volunteer days, which include outdoor practical tasks such as gardening, woodland management, hedge planting, willow weaving and the building of bug hotels. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet like-minded people, share and learn skills, and have fun.

This month, the team will be carrying out woodland management at Brookfield Farm, near Honiton, which is home to over 300...

More towns and parishes sign up as Road Wardens

New recruits are joining the growing ranks of Devon County Council’s Community Road Wardens.

Around a quarter of town and parish councils in Devon have now either signed up as Roads Wardens or have been trained or are waiting for training as part of the scheme.

Community Road Wardens can carry out a range of duties including minor work such as weed clearance, grass cutting, sign cleaning, small drainage work, and minor road repairs. They act as their town or parish’s primary point of contact with the County Council’s local Neighbourhood Highway Officers.

So far, 22...

Thank you for joining team CLIC Sargent

CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading support charity for children and young people with cancer and their families.

Last month, colleagues at Morrison’s supermarkets in and around Exeter held a colleague ballot for their new charity partner, and we are delighted to announce that we won!

Thousands of people across the UK, including those in Morrison’s around Exeter area got involved in our campaign - and without them this simply would have been possible.

So if you are reading this now – thank you!

We can't wait to start fundraising with the wonderful people at...

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LED Community Leisure recognised as “Unsung Hero” at ‘Hospiscare 40 Club Awards

Cost of livestock worrying claims rises to record level

Spring is on the way say National Trust gardeners

Police work with schools to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation

Exeter prisoners run, row and ride for charity

Extra £2.5m funding for highway drainage and rural roads

Budding Bear Grylls wanted for survival skills weekend

Enter your film for Two Short Nights Film Festival

Volunteer days at The Donkey Sanctuary

More towns and parishes sign up as Road Wardens

Thank you for joining team CLIC Sargent

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