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Exeter Racecourse partners with ELF to launch Festive Gifting Programme

Exeter Racecourse is delighted to announce a new partnership with The Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF) for ELF Raceday, taking place on Friday 5th December 2025.

Through this collaboration, ELF and Exeter Racecourse will launch a special gifting programme aimed at bringing joy to children and families supported by the charity during the Festive season.

Exeter Racecourse will support ELF’s work by gifting toys to children who are patients or family members affected by blood cancers and blood disorders. Racegoers, owners, trainers, jockeys and the local community are being...

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Innovative new dementia service launched by Mayor of Teignmouth  

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 06/19/2019 - 8:15am

An exciting and innovative new dementia service has just been launched for the local community of Teignmouth. The Ness Shed is built on the researched and well-known concept of the ‘Men’s Shed’ and, using the expertise of trained professionals, creates a unique environment for individuals with dementia to take part in manual and creative activities.

The launch event, which took place on 23rd May, was attended by many local residents, care professionals and the mayor of Teignmouth, who announced the official opening of The Ness Shed with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the centre....

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Professor Andrew Hattersley

£6 million award to expand diabetes research excellence at Exeter

A £6 million Government award will enable Exeter’s globally-renowned diabetes research to expand to the next level, enabling even more benefit to patient care.

The major investment is part of the Government’s modern Industrial Strategy. The award to the University of Exeter, working in partnership with the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, is designed to take areas of research which are excellent yet relatively small, and enable them to build to the next level. Across the UK, government is providing the biggest boost to research and development funding in UK history,...

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The trained ASK facilitators

UK wide suicide prevention training for children piloted in Devon

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 06/18/2019 - 11:46am

Training new facilitators to help tackle suicides in young people was the theme of a recent workshop delivered by Lifeline Workshops Inc, developers of The ASK Workshop: Assessing for Suicide in Kids. This comes at the same time as the government announces more to be done to tackle mental health and suicide, including training for teachers, university staff and NHS staff.

The workshop was hosted by Action to Prevent Suicide CIC and aimed at training practitioners drawn from different sectors including teaching, children’s therapeutic work, suicide prevention and bereavement and...

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Cofton Holidays hits Visit England high

Multiple award-winning South Devon holiday park Cofton Holidays has hit the highs once again having achieved VisitEngland’s highest standard for quality, the prestigious 5-star holiday park rating. In so doing, it becomes the only holiday park in the Dawlish area to hold VisitEngland’s top quality mark.

Praised for its investment in facilities, excellent maintenance of grounds and the brand-new facilities block currently under construction, VisitEngland commended Cofton Holidays on its commitment to quality.

The accolade is the cherry on the cake for Cofton, which has swept...

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Exeter organisations come together to promote Clean Air Day

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 06/18/2019 - 7:16am

Exeter organisations are coming together in Princesshay on Clean Air Day (20 June) to promote simple steps everyone can take to help tackle air pollution and the impact it has on our health.

Air pollution affects health from before the very first breath to the very last and transport is by far the largest contributor*. With Devon County Council declaring a climate emergency and Exeter City Council soon to follow, it’s never been more important for all of us to commit to making sustainable changes to how we travel.

The Clean Air Day event runs from 10am to 4pm in Princesshay...

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Northern giant petrels by Richard Sherley

Climate change benefits for giant petrels

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/17/2019 - 3:39pm

Giant petrels will be “temporary” winners from the effects of climate change in the Antarctic region – but males and females will benefit in very different ways, a new study shows.

The study, by experts from the University of Exeter and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), is one the first to analyse how different sexes of the same species could be affected by changing conditions through global warming.

The research shows that giant petrels – known colloquially as “stinkers” – will benefit from an increased number of warm weather anomalies in the region, while changes to...

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Jewellery taken in Honiton burglary

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/17/2019 - 12:17pm

Police are appealing for information after items of jewellery were stolen from a house in Hale Lane, Honiton.

Offenders forced a ground floor window to get inside the property sometime between 10am and 1.35pm on Friday 31 May.

Numerous items of jewellery were taken from the property including a silver Pandora necklace with diamonds, a silver Armani watch, a gold cross diamond necklace, a silver link bracelet, a black and white diamond necklace and a gold and silver ladies watch.

Police are investigating and are keen to trace a person of interest who was seen in the...

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Families for Children wins £1,000 Movement for Good award

Authored by Claire Small
Posted: Mon, 06/17/2019 - 11:43am

Families for Children has won a £1,000 Movement for Good award thanks to nominations from the public.

Families for Children was nominated to win a £1,000 boost as part of specialist insurer Ecclesiastical's Movement for Good awards, which is giving £1million to charities this summer.

Families for Children is the only Voluntary Adoption Agency in the South West, with 26 years of experience placing some of society’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged children. The agency specialises in offering exceptional adoption support, putting vulnerable children and their adoptive...

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L-R: Andy Seaman (Energy Manager, University of Exeter), Mark Hodgson (MD, Co Cars) and Joel Smith (Sustainability Officer, University of Exeter).

Co Cars and University of Exeter announce sustainable, hire-by-the-hour car scheme

The University of Exeter is the latest organisation to sign up to Co Cars’ business offer, giving staff access to hire-by-the-hour low emission cars, helping to reduce the number of cars on the University’s campuses.

Two brand new Toyota Yaris Hybrids are now available from the University’s Streatham Campus and a third will be available from College Road, St Luke’s later in the summer. The cars can be booked for business travel by University staff 24/7 either online or by smartphone and are also available for all Co Cars members to book and use.

By partnering with Co Cars,...

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Smyths Toys Superstore opening in Exeter

On Saturday 22nd June children living in and around the area of Exeter are in for a real treat with a brand new Smyths Toys Superstore right on their doorstep, the perfect place to visit for endless hours of entertainment!

Unit 1B, Bishops Court Retail Park, Sidmouth Road, Exeter, EX2 7JH, doors open at 9am with a number of special guests including Freya Rabbit from the Sylvanian Families, Paw Patrol’s Chase & Marshall, Ben 10’s Heatblast and many more all dropping by at various intervals between 9am and 4pm! But that’s not all as there’ll also be free face-painting, candy...

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