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There are around two million people living with sight loss in the UK. Guide Dogs aims to support people with a visual impairment to keep their independence and maintain their lifestyles. There are lots of different services on offer, ranging from our most well-known service, the guide dogs, through to children and young people’s services, technology, and our volunteering services such as My Guide.

To support the running of these services we have many incredible and dedicated volunteers, and Guide dogs was proud to present the Local Volunteer Awards event for the South West region...

A boat with an unusual mission, supported by Exeter’s Coastal Recycling launched off the Salcombe coast.

The boat belongs to an innovative off-shore recycling scheme and social enterprise, Till the Coast is Clear, which aims to reduce the impact of plastic waste on wildlife and the environment of the South West’s coastline.

The Till the Coast is Clear scheme will see environmental entrepreneur Gary Jolliffe take to the water, travelling around the South West coastline collecting otherwise impossible to reach plastics and debris from creeks, caves and tiny beaches. Covering...

A professor who is an expert in older people’s medicine has further bolstered Exeter’s research expertise in dementia.

Professor Louise Allan has joined the University of Exeter Medical School from Newcastle University. The Professor of Geriatric Medicine has a specialist interest in the neurology and psychiatry of old age.

Her current research focuses on falls and physical health care in dementia, the effects of delirium on decline in brain health, and non-Alzheimer’s dementias including post-stroke dementia and Lewy body disease.

Professor Allan said: “I’m...

Community spaces are areas where people can come together and socialise in a safe space. These open public places service a wide variety of purposes, but a few of the more common examples that are found up and down the country include parks, playgrounds, gardens, wildlife areas, libraries and community centres. These can be used to build and sustain social networks and they provide an important service to the community, but in order for these public spaces to be of value to society, they will need to have a number of key features. Read on to find out more.

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