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To celebrate National Volunteering week, the team at A la Ronde, the quirky sixteen-sided house near Exmouth, presented three of its 200 volunteers with long service awards.

Peter Mitchell has been filling the house with music by volunteering to play piano on a regular basis, Maureen Cook has spent five years welcoming visitors and explaining about the house as a Room Guide. And Jenny George received a special certificate from the National Trust Director-General Helen Ghosh for 20 years of volunteering at A la Ronde.

Emma Kay, Volunteer Manager at A la Ronde, said: “We have...

Nearly 1,000 people took part in the 16th Michelmores Charity Run on 11 June, raising over £25,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support – and beating last year's fundraising total.

The fastest male was Owen Walpole who ran the distance in just 16 minutes and 6 seconds − followed in second place by James Denne who finished in 16 minutes and 15 seconds. Third place went to Michelmores' Nathaniel Lane who covered the course in 16 minutes and 55 seconds.

The fastest woman was Cathy Newman with a time of 18 minutes and 32 seconds, followed by Emma Sharples who ran the distance...

This summer the croquet lawn at Castle Drogo will be the backdrop for some very special outdoor theatre and music. ‘Cider with Rosie’ from the novel by Laurie Lee will be performed by the Plough Community Theatre on Saturday 27 June, 7-9pm. Set during the period that Castle Drogo was being built, at the end of the First World War, ‘Cider with Rosie’ recounts Laurie Lee’s powerful childhood memories of life in a rural village which had seen few changes in a thousand years. From being left alone in a field at the age of three, to leaving the family home as an adult, we share Laurie Lee’s...

The theme of Refugee Week 2015 is ‘celebrate’. Refugee Support Devon has an exciting week planned as part of a national programme of events to celebrate the contributions of refugees to the UK and to promote a better understanding about why people seek sanctuary.

“Refugee Week is a fun series of events that not only brings the plight of refugees to the public conscience, but really does help to build a culture of understanding and acceptance in the community,” says Peter Skelton, OBE, who is a volunteer at the drop-in service at Refugee Support Devon.

Events in Exeter...