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Alanis Morissette joined by Pale Waves and The Big Moon for Devon date

Guitar indie-pop band Pale Waves and Mercury-nominated The Big Moon are the latest acts heading to the south Devon countryside for the county’s biggest music event this summer.

The bands are joining the line-up for seven-time GRAMMY Award winning Canadian / American artist Alanis Morissette ’s headline show with special guest musical powerhouse Skunk Anansie at TK Maxx presents Live At Powderham on Friday June 26.

The Devon date is the first of just seven shows Morissette is playing in the UK this year and comes on the heels of her most acclaimed UK shows ever last...

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National Trust calls for UK’s letters from lockdown

The National Trust is calling for people around the UK to share their letters with the conservation charity and its followers and members, about their lockdown experiences. The Trust plans to add a selection to its historic collection of letters.

In the two-week period from 11-25 March, the charity saw a 1,000% jump in visits to the notecard category of its online shop, suggesting people were anticipating that traditional handwritten notes and letters would be a key way to keep in touch during the lockdown.

The National Trust’s Head Curator, Sally-Anne Huxtable, says: “...

Praying hands posters in home windows

On your daily exercises and walks, you might have seen rainbow pictures in people’s windows painted and drawn by families and households to show their support for the NHS at this time.

But have you seen pictures of praying hands in the windows of homes too?

A church in Exeter is encouraging Christians and those who have a heart to pray at this time, to download, paint or draw pictures of ‘emoji’-like’ praying hands in their window to indicate to their neighbours and others passing by their home they are praying for the crisis we are facing at this nation.

Many...

Food charity to expand into Devon and Cornwall as part of COVID-19 emergency response

Food charity, FareShare South West , has announced that it will now support 5 organisations across Devon & Cornwall with emergency food support in response to the impact of Coronavirus.

FareShare South West, an independent franchise of FareShare UK, take in-date, good quality surplus food on scale from right across the food industry and redistribute it to more than 260 partner charities and settings who support the most vulnerable. Their current list of partners spans school breakfast clubs, community centres, homeless shelters, refuge centres, elderly people’s lunch clubs,...

Ecclesiastical launches the Movement for Good awards 2020 - giving £1million to charities in need

Specialist insurer Ecclesiastical is giving away another £1million to charities with the return of its Movement for Good awards.

In 2019 more than 2,300 kind-hearted Devon residents voted for over 140 charities across the region.

Last year saw an amazing 98,000 people around the UK support the Movement for Good awards in total, with over 7,000 charitable causes up and down the country receiving votes. The 500 winning charities were picked at random from those nominated.

This year 500 more charities will each receive £1,000 during the first phase of the campaign,...

University volunteers help build thousands of face shields for local NHS workers

Volunteers from the University of Exeter have teamed up with the local community to build thousands of disposable face shields, to help protect frontline NHS workers during the COVID-19 epidemic.

The team from the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences (EMPS) have assembled around 2,000 face shields for the local healthcare community, including the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

The volunteers, who are PhD students, researchers and professional services staff, collaborated with a consortium of local businesses to make the face shields in a specially...

The Earl and Countess of Devon pictured with Julian Tagg, chair of Exeter CITY Community Trust, and Jamie Vittles, chief executive of the charity.

Earl and Countess of Devon become city charity’s new patrons

Exeter CITY Community Trust has today announced its new charity patrons – the Earl and Countess of Devon.

The organisation, which is the partner charity of Exeter City Football Club, delivers mental and physical health and wellbeing activity to people of all ages and abilities across Devon.

Exeter CITY Community Trust has recently adapted its services and is a key partner with Exeter City Council on the Exeter Community Wellbeing Initiative and is now collecting and delivering shopping, prescriptions and emergency food parcels for isolated and vulnerable people across the...

What makes vaping such an exciting experience for newbies?

Vaping started as an idea of healthy smoking, though there are minimal facts to back this up. Most of the people adopted vaping due to this very reason. Vaping is generally an electronic cigarette that simulates tobacco sensation without actually burning tobacco. Usually, when people try vaping for the first time, they observe many differences physically and in terms of using the device.

Vaping proves to be an exciting experience for newbies, and hence it is a prevalent activity in the current scenario. Many people thought that the usage of vaping emerged as a trend and would...

15 Eco-Friendly Materials To Use

For anyone looking to buy eco-friendly items and materials, you have come to the right place. As the name suggests, eco-friendly products are designed to cause the least harm and damage to the environment. It can be hard choosing the right eco-friendly items with a generous amount of options we see everywhere today. Before purchasing eco-friendly items from brands, it is important to do your own research on the types of materials used to help you decipher whether they are in fact, eco-friendly. Read on to learn more about 15 eco-friendly materials to use.

1. Bamboo Fiber

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Deaf Awareness Week sees free sign language classes launched for thousands of families

Families across England will get the chance to learn British Sign Language in the comfort of their own homes with free online classes launched today (Friday, May 8th).

The series of classes will be run by the National Deaf Children’s Society every Friday for 12 weeks as part of its Family Sign Language programme. The date was picked to mark Deaf Awareness Week (May 4th-8th).

Each class will cover a different topic, including vocabulary and conversation related to family life so parents and children can learn together.

Classes are running in England, Wales,...

Exeter cartoonist creates comic book about struggles with anxiety

Exeter cartoonist Ross Hendrick has recently completed his latest work, a comic book which humorously yet thoughtfully documents the struggles with social anxiety.

Ross, who has previously worked for such publications as The Beano, Viz and the Express & Echo, is the creator of a popular webcomic called Socially Awkward Misfit. The protagonist is a character called Sam (an acronym of Socially Awkward Misfit) who is loosely based on Ross's own life.

The webcomic deals with issues relating to anxiety, depression and introversion, and has become popular with people from all...

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Alanis Morissette joined by Pale Waves and The Big Moon for Devon date

National Trust calls for UK’s letters from lockdown

Praying hands posters in home windows

Food charity to expand into Devon and Cornwall as part of COVID-19 emergency response

Ecclesiastical launches the Movement for Good awards 2020 - giving £1million to charities in need

University volunteers help build thousands of face shields for local NHS workers

Earl and Countess of Devon become city charity’s new patrons

What makes vaping such an exciting experience for newbies?

15 Eco-Friendly Materials To Use

Deaf Awareness Week sees free sign language classes launched for thousands of families

Exeter cartoonist creates comic book about struggles with anxiety

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