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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...

Libraries Unlimited chief executive receives Honorary Doctorate

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 01/11/2019 - 11:09pm

Ciara Eastell, Chief Executive of Libraries Unlimited, has received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from The University of Sheffield.

Ciara, who heads up the Devon-based charity that is responsible for running Devon and Torbay Libraries, studied librarianship at the University’s Information School in 1994. Since graduating, she has worked as a librarian in Gateshead, Somerset and Cambridgeshire before joining Devon’s library service in 2008.

Ciara was awarded an OBE for her national contribution to public libraries and has served as the President of the Society of Chief...

Access to two city centre car parks is changing

Access to two city centre car parks is changing later this month to facilitate highways works necessary for the redevelopment of Exeter Bus Station.

From Thursday 24 January, vehicles will no longer be able to access the main Princesshay car park and the Princesshay 3 Broadwalk House car park from Paris Street.

Instead, access will be from Southernhay, via Magdalen Street and Southernhay West, or Western Way and Barnfield Road.

Vehicles will continue to be able to exit via Paris Street.

Access to Princesshay 2 Dix’s Field car park is unaffected.

The...

Charity's year gets off to a tee thanks to golf club

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Fri, 01/11/2019 - 1:14pm

Teign Valley Golf Club has chosen Exeter Dementia Action Alliance as its Charity of the Year for 2019.

Gina Awad, Lead of the Alliance said: “I was delighted to meet everyone and share our community work with Teign Valley Golf Club. We received a very warm welcome and very much look forward to collaborating with them."

The Exeter Dementia Action Alliance empowers and inspires organisations and businesses to raise awareness and deliver dementia-friendly services for people living with dementia and their families.

Jane Summers, Ladies Captain for 2019 at Teign Valley...

Fast-growing suicide bereavement charity Pete's Dragons appeals for trustees

A fast-growing charity that supports suicide bereaved families is appealing for new trustees to help shape its bright future. Award-winning Pete’s Dragons, which has received national and international recognition, is on the lookout for volunteers to join its board as it continues to expand ‘exponentially’.

The Exmouth-based charity supports families and individuals across Devon and also provides market-leading suicide prevention training around the country and abroad.

Pete’s Dragons currently has a caseload of 91, which equates to around 300 people across Devon.

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Virgin Atlantic, Stobart Group and Cyrus confirm offer for Flybe

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/11/2019 - 9:21am

The Boards of Flybe and Connect Airways, a company bringing together Virgin Atlantic Limited, Stobart Group and Cyrus Capital, are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer for Flybe. Following which Connect Airways will acquire the entire issued, and to be issued, share capital of Flybe. Stobart Group will contribute Stobart Air and Propius, Stobart’s aircraft leasing business into Connect Airways. Concurrently with announcing the Acquisition, Cyrus, Stobart Group and Virgin Atlantic have committed to make available a £20 million bridge...

County Council updates streetlighting policy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/11/2019 - 7:12am

Devon County Council’s Cabinet has agreed an updated streetlighting policy to continue to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.

The energy costs of operating more than 88,000 streetlights and other lighting assets across the county is around £3 million this financial year – and it accounts for a significant amount of the County Council's carbon emissions.

Over the past three years, the County Council has converted over 25,000 street lights to low energy LED technology and has replaced more than 5,400 streetlighting columns.

Energy reduction over the past...

A detailed guide to equity release: what it is and how it works.

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 9:05pm

Those looking to draw cash from the value of their properties have to grapple with a wide range of products. Confusingly, even the equity release market itself uses the terms “equity release” and “lifetime mortgages” interchangeably, when they are two entirely different things.

Here, The Exeter Daily explains the most common types of equity release in an easy to understand way.

What is a lifetime mortgage?

A lifetime mortgage is the most common form of equity release and it involves borrowing a sum of money against the value of your home. As its name suggests,...

Generous funding brings enhanced Hospiscare services to Ottery St Mary

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 11:53am

Enhanced Hospiscare services, including new nurse led clinic, have come to Ottery St Mary and surrounding areas, thanks to £50,000 of funding from the Ottery St Mary & District League of Friends . The launch was celebrated in the Sandhill Rooms at Ottery St Mary Hospital on 8th January with members of the local healthcare community. Adrian Rutter, Chair of Ottery St Mary & District League of Friends says: “When we asked the GPs of Coleridge Medical Centre what they saw as the healthcare priorities for the people of our town and villages, their answer was quick and clear; dementia...

Topsham Rugby Club invites women to grab a friend and take on a new challenge!

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 11:44am

Rather than making a new year’s resolution that you break by the end of January, ensure 2019 a year of positive change by taking on new challenges and trying something new. Like playing rugby.

Don’t let your preconceptions put you off, you can do this. Topsham Rugby Club are offering women a less daunting way of broadening their horizons as they encourage women to step out of their comfort zone with a fun introduction to rugby. During the Warrior Camps, women are encouraged to unleash their inner strength and determination as they embrace the challenge of trying a new sport....

Award-winning Devon care home celebrates a standout year of quality care

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 10:18am

It’s New Year celebrations all round for Devon-based Care Home, ‘The Old Vicarage’ in Otterton, following an exceptional year. The independent care home, which has just celebrated their 30th year, received an ‘outstanding’ rating in the domain of caring from Care Quality Commission (CQC) and was recently recognised with not one, but two prestigious national awards by Caring UK.

Set in the picturesque village of Otterton, The Old Vicarage provides quality care in a charming country house setting, ideal for those wishing to spend their retirement in a caring family atmosphere. It has...

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