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People can help tackle the serious barriers to accessible legal advice in the South West by supporting a crucial free access to justice clinic.

The University of Exeter’s trusted Community Law Clinic is playing a key role in helping those in need.

Recent years have seen a big increase in the number of people using it and those involved have launched a fundraising campaign to ensure they can reach more customers.

The pro-bono service helps to support people in the region, which has been identified as a law advice “desert”. They face major issues in affording...

Our Streets Now is an organisation dedicated to ending public sexual harassment (PSH). After five years of campaigning, Our Streets Now has achieved legislative change through the Protection from Sex-Based Harassment in Public Act 2023, as well as developing culture change in schools, higher education, sports and on the high street.

Our Streets Now will be attending Exeter Reclaim The Night on 5th of December between 4.30 pm and 6.15 pm as part of our wider work during the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. We would like to invite a member of your team to join one...

National Tree Week is being celebrated in Devon this week (until Sunday 1 Dec) with an announcement that Emergency Tree Funding granted by the Woodland Trust has been extended to help Devon County Council's Free Tree Scheme this winter. Since the County Council first piloted its Free Tree Scheme in 2019, it has funded the planting of more than 50,000 trees across the county as part of ongoing efforts to meet its carbon net zero targets by 2030 and to replace trees lost to Ash Dieback. The Emergency Tree Fund (ETF) has played a vital role in contributing to that figure over the past three...

Discover Devon’s finest food, drink, events, experiences and gifts all in one place, with Food Drink Devon’s new consumer website, fooddrinkdevon.co.uk , designed by Newton Abbot based, Clockwork Marketing.

The newly designed site showcases the very best Devon has to offer, from artisan products to unforgettable food experiences as well as a convenient gift voucher service allowing visitors to shop for unique food and drink directly from Devon's top producers, retailers and hospitality businesses.

Clare Bushby, board director at Food Drink Devon, comments on the new...