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Gandy Street is the place to be on the First Thursdays of the month this summer

First Thursdays is a new event you won’t want to miss.

From June to September, Gandy Street will come alive on the first Thursday of each month, with a festival atmosphere in the early evening.

The first event takes place on Thursday 4 June, 5–8pm. Expect late-night shopping, live music, street entertainment, extended opening hours at cultural venues and a cocktail trail. All your favourite businesses on Gandy Street and in the surrounding area will be open, including:

Boston Tea Party : Will be hosting an indoor market with Circular Social, featuring

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RICS pledges to help end youth homelessness in SW

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a campaign with property industry charity LandAid* to raise over £2 million in the biggest ever fundraising campaign for the charity. The funds will contribute to ending youth homelessness across the South West and will provide secure and affordable bed spaces in the region.

As part of RICS’ 150th anniversary in 2018, the campaign - known as Pledge150 - will see the leading industry body partnering with LandAid to raise £2.25 million for the provision of 150 bed spaces across all 12 UK regions by December 2018, for...

East Devon's Countryside team and volunteers boost Hospiscare funds

East Devon District Council Countryside team and volunteers recently raised over £145 in aid of local charity Hospiscare by hosting a coffee morning at Seaton Wetlands.

Volunteers baked a range of delicious cakes, which were sold for a donation to help support patients with a life limiting illness, and their family and friends, in Exeter, mid and East Devon.

Attendees were able to enjoy their refreshments in the Reed Base or on outdoor seating in the picnic area or by the pond.

At midday the Sidmouth Walking Festival joined the event and a group of around 30 walkers...

Leaders join forces to plan next steps for innovating and enhancing public library services

Leaders from a diverse range of sectors came together at ‘Leading practice in unlimited value creation’, an Action Research Summit at the University of Exeter last week, to discuss how library services and other social enterprises and charities can better understand their social impact, and use it to ensure financial sustainability. The Summit was hosted by the University of Exeter Business School as part of the two-year ‘Unlimited Value’ research project led by the University of Exeter in partnership with Libraries Unlimited, Open Data Institute (ODI) Devon and the Real Ideas Organisation...

Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw supports city's UK Pride 2018 bid

EXETER Pride committee, the group which organises the biggest annual celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) communities in the county of Devon, is one of four Pride organisations who hope to stage UK Pride 2018.

The first UK Pride took place at Pride in Hull in July 2017, attracting visitors to the city from across the UK.

Licensed by the UK Pride Organisers Network (UKPON), UK Pride is the national equivalent of EuroPride and WorldPride.

Exeter Pride, Folkestone Pride, Isle of Wight Pride, Liverpool Pride, Preston Pride, and Pride Cymru...

Great West Run: A cathartic event for Emma

On Sunday 15 October 2017 thousands of runners took part in the Great West Run half marathon in Exeter and amongst them was a team of runners from Hospiscare.

TeamHospiscare35 was initiated by Dr Becky Baines and Dr Jenny Hayes. Both work at Hospiscare and wanted friends, families, colleagues and supporters to run together to celebrate the organisation’s 35th anniversary, raise awareness and fundraise on behalf of the local charity.

One member of the team, Emma Gray, 40 from East Devon, had a very personal reason for running with TeamHospiscare35.

Emma explained: “...

Charity 'Local Heroes' launches new hate crime resources

NEW resources to inspire children and young people to #CallTimeOut on Hate Crime were unveiled at a reception held at Portcullis House, The House of Commons, Westminster in London, ahead of Hate Crime Awareness Week (October 14 to 21).

The charity Local Heroes ( www.lhdiversity.org ) is an education initiative, delivered through schools, to change young people’s attitudes and inspire them to become responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society.

Working with young victims of Hate Crime and prejudice, Local Heroes has produced a new Hate Crime awareness...

Gregory looking for old photographs for heritage museum

Have you ever worked at Gregory Distribution? Do you have relatives or acquaintances who have worked at Devon’s oldest existing road transport business?

As Gregory Distribution Limited (GDL) approaches its centenary in 2019, the company is calling on all past and present employees to see if they have any old photographs taken at any of its depots in the South West especially ones featuring vehicles.

The call comes as GDL is planning to open a Heritage Vehicle Museum at its Cullompton Depot to mark the centenary with the centrepiece being a restored Model T Truck of the same...

Public invited to interactive talk on dementia in Exeter

Members of the public are being invited to an interactive talk on, to hear more about the personal experiences of those living with dementia, and the portrayal of the condition in the media.

The event is part the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) annual Festival of Social Science taking place next month. It is part of the Improving the Experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life (IDEAL) Project at the University of Exeter:

Dr Nelis said: “Over 850,000 people have a diagnosis of dementia in the UK, our work focuses on how people can ‘live well’ with dementia...

Devon schools celebrate the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at St James’s Palace

On Thursday 12th October, representatives from five schools in Devon received a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) Licensed Organisation certificate from celebrity presenter, Philip Schofield at St James’s Palace in London.

The five schools, Exeter College, Teign School, Honiton College, Uffculme School and The King’s School received their licence to deliver The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award alongside 100 young people from the South West who were receiving their Gold Award at a Gold Award Presentation.

The DofE is widely acknowledged as the world’s leading achievement award for...

St Michaels Freemasons donate to cancer lifeline and Masonic Teddies for Loving Care

To mark the final duty of his year as Worshipful Master of St. Michael’s Lodge, Dawlish W. Brother Keith Meager with his wife Helen hosted an event to present cheques to Cancer Lifeline South West his chosen charity for 2016/17 and also the Masonic Teddies for Loving Care, who have given over 40,000 teddies to children who become stressed during visits to the emergency departments of hospitals including Torbay, RDNE Exeter, North Devon and Derriford Plymouth.

At social events held throughout the year, as well as at regular lodge meetings, a total of £1,500.00 was raised for Cancer...

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Gandy Street is the place to be on the First Thursdays of the month this summer

RICS pledges to help end youth homelessness in SW

East Devon's Countryside team and volunteers boost Hospiscare funds

Leaders join forces to plan next steps for innovating and enhancing public library services

Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw supports city's UK Pride 2018 bid

Great West Run: A cathartic event for Emma

Charity 'Local Heroes' launches new hate crime resources

Gregory looking for old photographs for heritage museum

Public invited to interactive talk on dementia in Exeter

Devon schools celebrate the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at St James’s Palace

St Michaels Freemasons donate to cancer lifeline and Masonic Teddies for Loving Care

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