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NHS Blood and Transplant is appealing to blood donors to make appointments to donate blood.

The next session taking place in Exeter is on Sunday 31 May at Exeter Corn Exchange, between 9.55am andf 2.25pm. Currently this session is 59% full.

Blood donation saves lives. Patients at local hospitals rely on people giving blood.

An NHS Blood and Transplant spokesperson said: “We need people who are fit and healthy to keep donating as normal during the coronavirus outbreak. We've put extra safety measures in place and safety is always our number one priority. We’re...

As a direct result of Coronavirus an Exeter-based business owner has had to adapt the core activity of her newly launched company, Exe Nordic Walking.

A former teacher, Sue Holden established her fledgling company at the beginning of this year, teaching small groups the technique of Nordic Walking. From March she has been unable to organise walking groups following Covid-19 lockdown, so has switched to booking 1:1 training sessions for clients in order to recognise Government’s social distancing measures and ensuring sanitising of the Nordic poles.

Nordic Walking uses...

FORCE Cancer Charity’s flagship fundraising event is going virtual for 2020.

Ongoing restrictions around the Coronavirus pandemic and mass gatherings mean that FORCE’s annual Nello cycle ride cannot go ahead as planned this summer.

Instead, cyclists will be offered the chance to take part in three different challenges that they can do independently.

There will be a new addition to the Nello’s traditional 55 and 100 mile options – the 25-mile Furloughed Flyer.

This opens up the event for the first time to anyone who doesn’t feel capable of tackling the...

Demand for support for individuals suffering with acute mental health conditions during lockdown has jumped by 23% in Devon in the last month, according to new figures released during Mental Health Awareness Week by Exeter-based mental health support service, Independent Living West Country.

The business, which was set up following the withdrawal of MIND in the region in 2018, has seen a dramatic rise in the number of clients being referred by Devon County Council, which has responsibility for the care of some of the county’s most vulnerable individuals once they leave the direct...