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Westbank celebrates 20 years of Kidzone with current and former attendees

Westbank Community Health and Care has celebrated the 20th anniversary of its dedicated childcare facility, Kidzone, with former and current attendees. The Ofsted-registered facility at Exminster cares for more than 140 children in total, offering nursery, pre-school, holiday clubs and wrap-around school care for children up to 11 years old. From early summer this year, Kidzone has accepted babies aged from 5 months, and this age group is slowly building.

Employee Jennifer Knight attended Kidzone herself when she was younger. As did 15-year-old Hannah McDonald from Exminster, who...

The critically-acclaimed “disability Taskmaster” for kids comes to to Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/31/2023 - 9:27am

The critically-acclaimed kids game show Blue Badge Bunch is coming to Exeter Phoenix on Saturday 11th November as part of its 2023 UK tour, fresh off the back of a hit Edinburgh Fringe run at The Pleasance.

Blue Badge Bunch is a BSL interpreted interactive kids game show from production company Ingenious Fools that offers audiences the experience of what it is like to have different disabilities through interactive games. Creating a fun, open environment for kids to ask any and all questions they have about disability - the show had a critically-acclaimed run at the Edinburgh...

Devon Air Ambulance chosen as the official Charity for the 2024 West Country Farming and Machinery Show 

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/31/2023 - 9:02am

Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) are delighted to be the chosen charity for the 2024 West Country Farming and Machinery Show, which will take place on Wednesday 21 February at Westpoint, Exeter.

Home to a large agricultural community DAA is all too familiar with the perils of the industry, attending a considerable number of farming incidents year on year, and as such have been selected as the show’s charity for its vital emergency medical service across the county.

The West Country Farming and Machinery Show had a successful first year, with over 2,000 attendees and 90...

Snark at Piazza Terracina, Exeter

Winter Dining on Snark

Authored by SNARK
Posted: Mon, 10/30/2023 - 11:02am

Snark is now fully open at her berth at Piazza Terracina. The first three weeks have been a great success with over 100 happy diners enjoying our Moorish set dinners and brunches.

For the next two weeks they head to Italy with a four course warming autumnal menu of classic Italian dishes; preserved meats and vegetables, rich pastas, hearty stews and luscious deserts. Mellow Italian wines and English ale sold over the bar.

They also have a number of special winter festival meals planned over the next two months as well as some pop-up special dinners on Wednesday evenings...

Alphington Blazers Live Footballing Dream

Members of a boys junior football team enjoyed a taste of life as a professional footballer after winning a training session with the management team of Exeter City – thanks to one of the UK’s leading builders merchants.

Alphington Blazes under 14s claimed the prize in a special competition run by Exeter’s club partners Selco Builders Warehouse, which has a branch on Marsh Barton Road, Filmer Way.

Alphington Blazers, who play in the Exeter Youth League, also won 20 tickets to a League One game at St James Park and a new kit for the 2023-24 season.

Exeter City...

Residents at Millbrook Village help raise £2,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 10/29/2023 - 9:04pm

Residents of Millbrook, a later living community in Devon, came together to host a Macmillan Coffee Morning. Residents helped to raise an impressive £2000 for Macmillan Cancer Support as part of coffee mornings held at Inspired Villages retirement communities across the UK.

Carole Walker, a resident of Millbrook, took the lead by hosting a coffee and cake afternoon in support of Macmillan Cancer Support. She shared her enthusiasm for the cause, stating, "It warms my heart to see our community come together for Macmillan. Cancer touches so many lives, and this event allowed us to...

University of Exeter honoured in UK Social Mobility Awards

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 10/29/2023 - 8:58pm

The University of Exeter has won recognition for its commitment to achieving success for students , the work of staff with thousands of young people around the country, and for leading regional initiatives to boost social mobility.

The recognition came with Silver Awards for Leadership and for University of the Year in the UK Social Mobility Awards . The UK Social Mobility Awards recognise and celebrate UK organisations that are making strides and creating initiatives to advance social mobility within their own workforce or beyond it.

The University of Exeter silver...

English Touring Opera begin new era with Robin Norton-Hale at the helm

English Touring Opera’s General Director, Robin Norton-Hale , launches the ETO’s new era with an ambitious season that places innovation and excellence at the heart of the company’s work.

Norton-Hale, who assumed leadership of ETO in January this year, has introduced several key changes that will expand ETO's work. These initiatives aim to further strengthen the company's mission oftouring outstanding live productions and impactful education andcommunity projects to more towns and cities than any other UK opera company, and to make exceptional artistic experiences available to...

Exeter Chiefs: Meet the new players

Authored by sandypark
Posted: Wed, 10/25/2023 - 10:42pm

Exeter Chiefs Men’s and Women’s sides have welcomed many new players to Sandy Park ahead of this season and we are giving you the opportunity to meet them off the pitch as well as getting some incredible insights into the way Director of Rugby Rob Baxter OBE goes about his recruitment.

Baxter said: “We have made quite a few changes in the off-season with a great new bunch of lads who are fitting in well with the Exeter Chiefs ethos and culture. We have seen many of our new players in action in the Premiership Rugby Cup, while this event gives supporters a chance to meet them in...

Exeter Church sees a surge to help people at Christmas in cost-of-living crisis

A church in Exeter which gives out Christmas Hampers of food to people in need, say they’ve received requests to help people earlier than EVER before running the project.

Rediscover Church in Northernhay Street, for the last 6 years have been distributing hampers of food across December to individuals, couples and families, who are struggling financially, as well as those experiencing unemployment, and others who have faced a difficult year, such as bereavement.

The church say that despite it being October, they’ve always received requests from a number of charities and...

Local children bereavement charity receives heart-warming donation

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/24/2023 - 11:33pm

Local homebuilder Barratt David Wilson Homes Exeter has recently donated £1,500 to Balloons, a small, local charity working across Exeter, East and Mid Devon, as part of the developers community fund initiative.

The Barratt Developments community fund initiative looks to support those causes which have a positive impact within their local communities. Balloons, set up in 2007 is dedicated to providing essential bereavement and support services to children and young people aged five-25, when someone significant in their lives dies. For many children this is their first experience...

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