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Libraries bring creativity to life

Devon and Torbay libraries are set to burst with colour, sound, and imagination this autumn as Libraries Unlimited unveils its exciting new programme, running from 1st August to 31st October, under the vibrant theme ‘Get Creating’.

Far from the quiet spaces of the past, libraries will host everything from craft workshops and discos to live theatre and concerts. Visitors can learn to make musical instruments, explore bugs, build fantasy houses, or create watercolours, mosaics and screen-prints—all within their local library.

Libraries will transform by day and night....

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Share a Smile

Share a Smile to support South West leisure and tourism

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 10/01/2020 - 11:21am

A new campaign has been launched to encourage local people to support the South West’s leisure and tourism industry during the quieter autumn and winter months.

The accommodation and food service sector employs 271,000 people across the region, but many businesses have been hit hard by the devastating impact of lockdown, followed by the need to operate at reduced capacity and, more recently, limited opening hours.

Now the Share a Smile campaign aims to inspire locals to discover great places on their doorstep to visit, stay or eat out while following the rules and...

Devon’s Prescription for a Healthy and Happy Lifestyle

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 09/30/2020 - 12:27pm

Devon’s Naturally Healthy month is back, and this year the campaign will be running throughout October.

Naturally Healthy October is all about getting outside and enjoying Devon's amazing natural environment and feeling happier and healthier for it. Activities could include walking, cycling, gardening, wild swimming or bird watching. There is something for everyone!

More than ever we are recognising the importance of being active outdoors and connecting to nature.

Due to Coronavirus the campaign this year will run a little differently. Naturally Healthy events...

The Value of Making Wise Financial Decisions (And How to Make Them)

There is no doubt that the weight of financial decisions is too important in our life to ignore. Making the wrong decision can put your quality of life in jeopardy, and sometimes not deciding at all is the best course of action. We’ve created a brief overview of the most efficient processes that can help you make wise financial decisions, in addition to a little nudge that can get you to learn the best way to do them.

Weighing Pros and Cons

If there is one advice that many successful financial advisors rely on, it’s the pros-cons analysis. Sure, it may take you some time to make...

Exeter care home staff and residents raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 09/29/2020 - 9:20pm

Residents and staff at RMBI Care Co. Home Cadogan Court in Exeter, took part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning last week, raising over £80 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

In the run up to the event, residents had fun making Macmillan bunting to decorate the Home. On the day, there were smiles on everyone’s faces as a trolley packed with delicious cakes and biscuits arrived.

Home Activities Coordinators, Emma Allan and Klara Ferm, who organised the event, said: “Everyone had a lot of fun and enjoyed taking part. Cancer has touched the lives of so many of us, so everyone...

Simon Jupp MP joins PM for major skills speech in East Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 09/29/2020 - 8:07pm

East Devon’s MP Simon Jupp joined the Prime Minister this morning at Exeter College ahead of a major speech to launch a new plan to transform the training and skills system to help boost the economy.

The Prime Minister and Simon Jupp MP were given a tour of Exeter College’s specialist Devon and Exeter Construction Training Centre’s facilities and met Principal John Laramy and students. The PM took part in tutorials in bricklaying, carpentry and shaving wood and promised a radical shake-up of adult and vocational education to end the “bogus distinction” between academic and...

Rediscover Church, Exeter

Exeter church delighted to welcome people back into its building

An Exeter Church says it is delighted to have opened its doors again for people to come in for its Sunday services, after 6 months of broadcasting online only due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Rediscover Church in Northernhay Street, Exeter have been broadcasting a number of its events and services online for many years, but over lockdown the team switched all of its services to online only broadcasting to a Devon-wide as well as international audience.

The church found that, as well as its regular members engaging weekly with services this way, a number of newcomers have...

Health Secretary urges everyone in South West to download new NHS Covid-19 app

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has called on people across the South West to download the new NHS Covid-19 app, which has now launched across England and Wales following rigorous testing and successful trials.

The NHS Covid-19 app will alert users if they have been close to someone who later tests positive for coronavirus, as well as providing risk alerts based on a user’s postcode, allow users to scan QR codes to check in at venues on the app and allow people to book tests, if they have symptoms.

The app works by logging the amount of time you spend near other app users...

Aviation maintenance firm Exeter Aerospace opens its doors at Exeter Airport

Dublin Aerospace Group, the aviation maintenance company based in Ireland, today announced that it has established Exeter Aerospace in the location of the former Flybe Maintenance Services at Exeter Airport.

Commenting on the launch, Conor McCarthy, Chairman & CEO of Dublin Aerospace Group said: "We are thrilled to have made Exeter the home of our first UK MRO (Maintenance Repair and Overhaul) Centre. The availability of the Hangars and Workshops there, combined with a phenomenal pool of local aviation and engineering talent, makes this a hugely attractive location for us...

£2.5 million to study group treatment programme for people with severe obesity

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 09/29/2020 - 11:58am

A team of researchers based in the Westcountry has been awarded nearly £2.5 million from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

The researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School and the University of Plymouth will work with the NHS, patients, the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula (PenARC), and the Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit (PenCTU)*, to investigate whether an intensive group-based behavioural programme called PROGROUP is less costly and more effective than usual care for people with severe obesity, and can save money.

The...

Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery set to re-open in October

Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) has announced that it is planning to re-open to the general public from Saturday 24 October 2020, Covid-19 restrictions permitting.

The museum closed its doors during March in response to the pandemic, and has remained closed throughout the summer. During this time RAMM has operated with a reduced staff, using the opportunity to undertake some work to improve the accessibility of the building, and, importantly, to make the museum as safe as possible for the return of its visitors.

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