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Communities hit by flash floods in September are being encouraged to approach the Devon Community Resilience Forum if they need support.

The forum has extended its Emergency Resilience Grant scheme until next April so that Devon communities affected by flash flooding on Sunday 17 September can seek help if needed.

The initiative offers two funding schemes: - Help for communities to develop emergency plans, and - Support for small scale works and resilience equipment, which is usually intended for those communities with an emergency plan already in place.

However...

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...

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...

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...