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A RECENT survey by Skills for Care found staff retention was one of the biggest issues facing the care industry but one south Devon care provider says it is bucking the national trend (May 2019).

Guardian Homecare, which provides services in Exeter and Torbay, says the findings by the strategic body for workforce development in English adult social care don’t apply to its team, as it is successfully retaining its staff.

Manager for Guardian Homecare, Catherine Porter said: “It was revealed in the research that staff retention is a bigger challenge than recruitment for care...

The Deputy Mayor, Councillor Yolonda Henson, officially cut the ribbon on the entrance to the new Panny Woodland Walk, surrounded by schoolchildren and parents from Wynstream School on the Burntside Lane Estate at Wonford, Exeter.

Using proceeds from Wilko’s single-use carrier bag charge, Keep Britain Tidy and local community group Ludwell Life devised plans to transform an under-used woodland path next to the Panny brook, which acts as a gateway into the adjacent Ludwell Valley Park. They were supported by volunteers from the local Wilko store and children from Wystream School,...

International animal welfare charity The Donkey Sanctuary is proud to win the sought-after ‘BBC RHS People’s Choice Award’ in the Artisan Garden category at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

The People’s Choice award is often regarded as the one that means the most, as it demonstrates the personal choice made by members of the public. The award follows on from the silver medal awarded by the judging panel on Tuesday.

The ‘Donkeys Matter’ garden marks The Donkey Sanctuary’s 50th anniversary and is designed to showcase the charity’s international work. Using water as its...

At a recent meeting with the Cued Speech Association Ian Kingsbury the Provincial Grand Master of the Devonshire Freemasons presented Henrietta Ireland the Executive Director of the charity which gives hope to so many deaf young people a certificate denoting the £15,000 granted to them over three years from the Freemasons of Devonshire through the Masonic Charitable Foundation which supports Freemasons and Charities throughout England and Wales.

Cued Speech helps deaf people see what they are saying, it’s a manual system of eight handshapes in four positions near the mouth which...