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Our local air ambulance charity has always benefitted greatly from the support of many volunteers and has over 700 fantastic helpers located across the county, every one of them an integral part of the life-saving service.

Devon Air Ambulance volunteers give their time and expertise helping with many things, from looking after their 4,000 red collection boxes, speaking at public events, helping out at fundraising days and, of course, supporting the charity’s 19 shops who process hundreds of donations kindly handed in every week. Now, the charity is looking to welcome two new...

RGB Building Supplies has selected Exeter Community Initiatives as a finalist in its Surprise Supplies giveaway and it’s now down to a public vote to see if it is one of two finalists chosen to receive £1,000 worth of building materials.

Exeter Community Initiatives helps people facing poverty, inequality and homelessness to get their lives back on track. It runs the Jelly children’s charity shop in Exeter which sells second-hand children’s clothes, shoes, toys and accessories, and provides baby changing and feeding facilities, as well as a space at the back of the shop for...

The RSPB in Devon are encouraging people to show themselves some love and care this Valentine’s Day by reconnecting with their local wildlife and greenspaces.

Inviting people in Devon to enjoy a walk at a nature reserve near them, the RSPB are on hand to help you discover local birdsong and take part in National Nestbox Week from 14-21 February.

Morwenna Alldis, spokesperson for the RSPB says: “Last year many of us probably missed out on our Valentine’s hearts and flowers because it was difficult to spend time with the people we love and care for during lockdown....

Three University of Exeter researchers have been awarded prestigious Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Discovery Fellowships.

BBSRC awards the fellowships to early-career researchers with the "potential to become a future research leader" .

The Exeter researchers are Dr Jasmine Ono of the Environment and Sustainability Institute , Dr Luis Yanez Guerra of the Living Systems Institute , and Dr Jane Usher of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology.

Dr Usher's work focusses on the human fungal pathogen Candida glabrata , which can cause...