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New Photography Project Gives Voice to Young People's Mental Health Experiences

A thought-provoking new photography project is set to bring to life the mental health challenges young people experience. Images from the project, called (in)visible, will be exhibited in venues across Exeter and East Devon from May to November this year.

The project aims to challenge the familiar but limiting ‘head in hands’ image often used to depict mental health struggles.

Inspired by a call in a charity newsletter to rethink how mental health is visually represented, local photographer, Theo Moye - drawing from his own experience with anxiety - set out to create...

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Cards For Good Causes pop-up returns to Exeter

The season for giving is almost upon us, and as the cost-of-living crisis continues to impact UK households, making meaningful purchases is a must this Christmas. That’s why Cards For Good Causes are delighted to announce that their pop-up shop has returned to Exeter, for all your festive needs!

The charity is delighted to be opening the doors of its shop located at St. Martin's Church, Cathedral Close from mid-October. With beautiful greeting cards, advent calendars and gifts galore, a visit to the Exeter Cards For Good Causes shop is guaranteed to have local residents, visitors...

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Circus meets love, drugs and Islam in The Chosen Haram, coming to Exeter

The Chosen Haram was a big hit at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022 - the show everyone was talking about, 5-star reviews, sold-out every night and winner of the Summerhall Lustrum Award for “Unforgettable Performance”.

A heady mix of love, drugs and Islam this unique and complex take on circus, performed on two Chinese Poles, is emotionally candid, heart-warming with moments of humour and joy. The story unfolds with gravity-defying tricks and extraordinary movement.

The Chosen Haram tells the story of two gay men, their chance meeting through a dating app, the highs and lows of...

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Exeter housebuilder invests £5.4 million into local community

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/17/2023 - 9:59pm

A South West housebuilder is injecting more than £5.4 million into the Exeter community.

As part of its St Michaels’s Meadow development, on Chudleigh Road, which will provide 206 three and four-bedroom homes, Redrow South West has confirmed it is investing over £5.4 million into the area.

As part of the housebuilder's commitment to creating thriving communities, Redrow is contributing over £1.1 million to education services. This will include over £384,000 to support local secondary schools and a further £384,000 will be invested into primary schools.

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Community Apple Pressing Day at Darts Farm 

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/17/2023 - 9:24pm

Barny Butterfield, chief cider maker at Sandford Orchards, and in-house cider maker at the Darts Farm small batch cidery, will be at Darts Farm on Sunday 22nd October pressing apples from gardens around the area to create the Darts Farm x Sandford Orchards’ Community Blend Cider 2023.

Locals are encouraged to drop their homegrown apples between 11am and 4pm from Saturday 14th until Sunday 22nd October, when they can watch Barny press them using Darts Farm’s 140 year-old stow cloth press. The juice will then be left to slowly ferment away on native yeasts in vats in The Farm Table...

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South West communities receive funding boost to improve mobile connectivity

Authored by Program
Posted: Tue, 10/17/2023 - 4:47pm

The Connecting Devon & Somerset Mobile Boost scheme has secured over £430,000 from the Heart of the South West LEP, to provide vital mobile connectivity to rural communities.

The Mobile Boost scheme ran from February 2021 to March 2023, and funded over 1,700 installations across the region, helping small businesses and homeworkers with poor indoor mobile coverage.

Data from Ofcom states that 23,000 premises across the Devon and Somerset area are 4G ‘not-spots’, meaning they lack adequate coverage.

Following the success of the project, and continued interest from...

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Exeter marketing firm takes gold for campaign tackling harassment against women

Authored by Program
Posted: Mon, 10/16/2023 - 11:27pm

Bystander Intervention Campaign wins at South West CIPR Awards

A campaign to help tackle harassment against women and girls in Exeter has won a major award.

Exeter-based marketing agency Program saw off competition from around the country at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards for their Bystander Intervention campaign for the Safer Exeter Partnership .

The campaign, run in partnership with the Safer Exeter Partnership, encouraged safe and skillful intervention in harassment situations. It included eye-catching ads across Exeter, along...

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Discover remarkable skateboarding journey across Britain at Exeter event

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/16/2023 - 10:32pm

The remarkable story of an Exeter professional skateboarder’s journey across Britain to raise awareness of male mental health challenges will feature as part of a special city event.

People will be able to see the documentary Lands End , which follows Barney Page on his 25-day journey skateboarding the 941 miles from John O’Groats to Land’s End. It is a story of camaraderie, adversity, and his friendship with Ben Raemers, a professional skateboarder who died by suicide at the age of 28.

The event is part of the Economic and Social Research Council Festival of Social...

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Celebrate the Hindu festival of Navratri at the University of Exeter

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Posted: Mon, 10/16/2023 - 10:25pm

People can celebrate the Hindu Festival of Navratri at the University of Exeter with spectacular dancing and food.

Navratri honours the divine feminine energy. Students from the university’s Hindu Society hope others can join them as they mark the important nine-day festival.

There will be Garba, a form of traditional Gujarati dance. Traditionally, the dance is performed by women in a circle around a clay lantern with a light inside to represent the womb. The word "garba" comes from the Sanskrit word garbha, which means womb.

There will also be Dandiya dance...

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Lib Dem president visits Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/16/2023 - 9:30pm

President of the Lib Dems, Mark Pack, visited Exeter last Friday 13th October to a warm welcome from a packed room of local members.

Particularly touching was when Mark described the difference one Lib Dem MP can make. This is exhibited every Saturday with marriages happening all over the country since a Liberal Democrat MP, Lynne Featherstone, put gay marriage on the agenda one decade ago.

Will Aczel, the local Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate, welcomed Mark Pack back to Exeter. Will spoke about the key differences between the Lib Dems and Labour.

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​​​​​​​Princesshay unveils all new Christmas lights

Discover the magic of Christmas at Princesshay this year with a brand-new festive lights display.

The new lights will be illuminated from Thursday 16th November, switched on by Worldbeaters act SPARK! who will officially start the countdown to Christmas.

Visitors to Princesshay will be able to explore the spectacular lights across the centre including magical Angel Wings next to the city’s historic Roman Wall, Santa’s Sleigh, perfect for festive family moments, and a giant Christmas Tree in Princesshay Square.

This lighting scheme will be the centre’s greenest...

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