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From homelessness to hospitality: Café EX4, Exeter’s new lifeline

Five years ago, Dan was homeless, living in supported accommodation, and struggling with addiction and mental health challenges.

This month — the same week The Salvation Army in Exeter Temple celebrates its 145th anniversary — Dan stood alongside Majors Carl and Elizabeth Di-Palma who lead the church and charity in Exeter, to watch celebrity chef Michael Caines (MBE DL), cut the ribbon on Café EX4, a community café run by people with lived experience of homelessness, addiction, and neurodiversity.

Café EX4 operates under a licence agreement, making the café a tenant of...

Topsham gas works to begin

Wales & West Utilities is kicking off the new year with a gas pipe investment scheme in the Bridge Hill area of Topsham.

The £105,000 investment work, which begins next week (21 January), will involve upgrading 70 metres of old metal gas pipes to new plastic ones and will help keep the gas flowing to homes and businesses in the area so that people are kept safe and warm for generations to come.

Wales & West Utilities has worked closely with Devon County Council and it has been agreed that 2-way traffic lights will be in place throughout the seven-week scheme....

3 top reasons why you should get payday loans when struggling financially

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Wed, 01/16/2019 - 5:57am

If you find yourself struggling financially, you should get a loan.

But which type of loan is best that you caneasily pick? Would you choose a long-term loan ? Or a short-term one? How much money are you going to borrow? And for how many years?

All these are questions need genuine answers, butyou might not have enough time to find the answers whenyou are struggling financially.

According to the research published by Paydayr, payday loans are a good solution for your problem. You will be covered until you receive the next salary and you do not need to bother about...

Projects supporting mental health invited to apply for Community Fund

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 01/15/2019 - 11:27am

With statistics indicating that work-related mental health conditions are slowly taking over from reports of physical injuries in the construction industry, RGB Building Supplies is inviting projects that offer mental health support to apply for £1,000 worth of building materials as part of its Well Built Community Fund.

Whether charities and groups in the local area want to use the materials to create a dedicated area for treatment, or would like supplies to give those receiving support the opportunity to take on small DIY projects to help create a healthy mind, RGB would like to...

Council plants over 10,000 trees in Exeter

More than 10,000 trees have been planted in Exeter since the year 2000, the City Council has revealed.

Many of the trees were planted across the city as part of the Council’s Urban Woodland project but others have been introduced into parks and open spaces over the years.

The City Council places a high value on trees across the city. Damaged trees are replaced with new ones and the Council works hard to ensure the city stays green, benefiting the lives of residents, visitors and the environment itself.

Today the City Council helped plant a small-leaved lime tree (...

Over £10,000 raised for charity in four months

Exeter School pupils and staff are celebrating a successful first term of fundraising with the news that over £10,000 has been raised for charity in one term.

Each year a committee of Sixth Form representatives selects three charities for the school to support during the course of the academic year. For the autumn term, pupils chose Rowcroft Hospice, an independent charity providing a wide range of specialist palliative care services for people and their families with progressive life-limiting illnesses in South Devon. The Senior School mufti day raised £1,325 for this charity....

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New CEO joins Hospiscare

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Mon, 01/14/2019 - 11:37am

Hospiscare is starting 2019 with a new leader at the helm. Peter Brennan has taken on the role of Chief Executive Officer for the local charity after former CEO Glynis Atherton retired at the end of last year. The charity which provides end of life care for patients and their families in Exeter, Mid and East Devon needs to raise an annual sum of £7 million to care for the growing local population.

Originally from Leicester, Peter’s career brought him to Devon in 2002, working as Group Managing Director of the Vapormatic business in Exeter, a subsidiary of Deere & Company Inc. (...

Chiefs 34 Castres 12

Rob Baxter’s Exeter Chiefs will use this week to ready themselves for a straight shoot-out with one of European Rugby’s top guns, Munster, to see who will advance out of Pool Two in this season’s Heineken Champions Cup.

With their aspirations seriously faltering after three rounds of battle, Devon’s finest have recorded back-to-back, bonus point victories against Gloucester and Castres to give themselves a more than fighting chance.

Just four points separate leaders Munster and the Chiefs heading into the final round of action next weekend.

Thomond Park will be...

Work being carried out at Exmouth’s Warren View Sports Ground as part of pioneering sports hub proposals

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 01/13/2019 - 12:55pm

Investigation work is being carried out at Exmouth’s Warren View Sports Ground by East Devon’s contractor Geotechnics Limited over the next few weeks to give reassurance that the site is suitable for all-weather pitches and other multi-sport facilities.

East Devon District Council is working with the Devon-based charity Exeter CITY Community Trust to develop a pioneering sports hub at the Ground, which is one of a number of sports and recreation sites owned and protected by the council in Exmouth and across the district.

The Community Trust and the council are working on...

Make a date to join the Race for Life in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 01/13/2019 - 10:07am

PEOPLE in Exeter are being encouraged to get January off to a great start by making a date to join Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. As an added incentive, there’s 30% off entry fees* during January with the code RFL30. This year, for the first time, Cancer Research UK is inviting everyone in the area – women, men and children - to join the Race for Life. There are events for people of all ages and abilities taking place at Westpoint Exeter on 20 – 21 July. Ruth Chamings, Cancer Research UK’s Exeter Event Manager, said: “Our Race for Life events are fun, colourful, emotional and...

Get an insight into careers in the community at one of the RD&E Open Days in January

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 01/12/2019 - 11:24am

The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust are holding three open days throughout January to encourage people to consider a career in the community.

With events taking place in Exmouth, Sidmouth and Tiverton, the RD&E is particularly looking for registered and unregistered nurses who are passionate about providing care to people in community hospitals as well as in people’s own homes.

The drop-in events allow attendees the opportunity to talk to hospital and community staff, including occupational therapists, physiotherapists and registered and unregistered nurses...

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