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EX2 Group at Building Greater Exeter work experience week

Supporting Building Greater Exeter for Work Experience Week

In July EX2 Group was proud to support Building Greater Exeter’s Work Experience Week, an inspiring initiative aimed at introducing Year 10 students to careers in the built environment.

EX2 group team member James Rayner TMIET, led an engaging hands-on solar masterclass for Year 10 students from the Ted Wragg Trust.

Building Greater Exeter brought together a strong network of industry and educational partners, to educate and inspire, including:

New Roots Workshop CIC Vistry Group Taylor Lewis Western Counties Roofing Ltd Exeter College & Exeter College...

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Job prospects in SW the best in the country

Job prospects in the South West are the best in the country, with an employment outlook of +15% this quarter, according to Manpower, the global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions. This is a significant increase on last quarter’s Outlook of +10%, and the highest in the region for over three years.

The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is based on responses from 2,101 UK employers. It asks whether employers intend to hire additional workers or reduce the size of their workforce in the coming quarter. It is the most comprehensive, forward-looking...

Teignbridge receives sports funding boost

People living in an area of Teignmouth will benefit from a new and exciting health and fitness project thanks to £142,500 of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Community Sport Activation Fund.

Teignbridge District Council is among 88 projects to receive a share of £15 million of funding to support grassroots sport activity across the country.

The Sports Bug project focuses on the Teignmouth West Ward and is all about creating more sport sessions – both traditional and non-traditional – as well as better access to health advice for people aged 14 and over....

New powers to help domestic violence victims

Police in Devon and Cornwall now have new powers to help victims of domestic violence and abuse.

Where a perpetrator has been violent, or threatened violence, towards a victim or their children and there are unlikely to be any substantive criminal charges the police may authorise a Domestic Violence Protection Notice whilst the perpetrator is in custody.

The notice protects the victim from violence or a threat of violence by:

Prohibiting the perpetrator from evicting or excluding the victim and their children from their premises
Prohibits the

SW Green Party membership surges

Membership of the Green Party is growing rapidly in the South West. Figures from the regional Party reveal a 25% increase in the first five months of this year with 13% increase in May alone.

Greens say membership is likely to continue to soar in the wake of the election of Molly Scott Cato to the European Parliament, the first Green MEP for the South West.

South West Green Party Regional Coordinator, Norma Sherratt, said: “It is very evident from the membership figures, but also from talking to people, that there is renewed enthusiasm for the Green message in the South...

Chance for Devon producers to showcase wares

As part of its 200 year anniversary celebrations, Finch Foundry in Sticklepath, near Okehampton, is hosting a local produce fair in the garden on Saturday 21 June.

The Foundry is looking for talented local producers to come along and display their wares at the fair which, if it proves successful, will become an annual event in the calendar.

Ben Shapcott, Foundry Manager said: "The produce fair is an opportunity for local producers to showcase their crafts and produce against the backdrop of the Foundry which was once one of the biggest producers of edge tools in the south...

European Theme park coming to Exwick

Colin De-Vey of Anderton & Rowland’s is promising all the fun of a Theme Park Fair in Exeter, when the huge European Theme Park comes to the town.

For eleven days the Exwick Playing Fields will host a fantastic selection of rides and attractions commencing on Thursday 12th of June and running until Sunday 22nd of June.

European Theme Park however is different to any other fun fair or venue with visitors paying just one charge to enter and enjoying all rides free of charge.

For a single price of either £6.99 for a family wristband which includes all inflatable’s...

Exeter Drama Company turns 60

The Exeter Drama Company, which began back in 1954, is celebrating its 60th birthday and its first play of the Jubliee Season with a party to take place at Alphington Primary School.

Speaking of the milestone,EDC Chairman Brian Lawless, said:"We're very excited to still be doing what we love best.

"Although I wasn't part of the Company back in 1954, I'm certainly happy to be celebrating this milestone!".

And celebrate they shall.

The EDC will be holding their 60th birthday celebrations on Saturday 30 August.

The fifties themed party will not only...

The birds and the bees at Paignton Zoo

It’s all about the birds and the bees at Paignton Zoo right now.

Three Ural owl chicks can be seen in the Forest area of the Zoo. And a colony of Cornish black bees has been installed in a new public viewing hive.

The bee hive is part of a Heritage Lottery Fund project run by B4 - Bringing Back Black Bees, a Cornish conservation organisation working to promote the qualities of the native black honey bee Apis mellifera mellifera.

Philip Knowling, spokesperson for the Zoo, said: “The aim is to reach people who don’t keep bees. Bees are fascinating and amazing and...

When the soldiers came to town

Staff and volunteers at Knightshayes near Tiverton are currently researching the role the National Trust property played during the First World War.

Their research will form the basis of an exhibition they’re hoping to hold from mid-July to November next year to mark the 100 year anniversary of the War and the team are keen to hear from anyone who might hold any information that might help them with their project.

It is known that the house was used by the Red Cross as a Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital until 1919, with the entire ground floor equipped to offer treatment...

Trust’s thirty ways to thank volunteers

A local conservation charity is marking Volunteers’ Week by highlighting some of the many ways in which its dedicated volunteers contribute.

The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust runs Paignton Zoo, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall, as well as nature reserves in Devon.

This is the 30th anniversary of Volunteers’ Week, run by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, which champions volunteering and the voluntary sector.

Neil Thomas-Childs, Volunteer Coordinator for Paignton Zoo and Living Coasts, said: “Paignton Zoo has over 140...

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Supporting Building Greater Exeter for Work Experience Week

Job prospects in SW the best in the country

Teignbridge receives sports funding boost

New powers to help domestic violence victims

SW Green Party membership surges

Chance for Devon producers to showcase wares

European Theme park coming to Exwick

Exeter Drama Company turns 60

The birds and the bees at Paignton Zoo

When the soldiers came to town

Trust’s thirty ways to thank volunteers

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