We may not be able to gather together for the traditional Christmas carol concerts and school nativity plays this year, but schools and churches from across the South West have joined together to create a unique online Christmas extravaganza instead.
The first ever online South West Carols event will see thousands of people across the region tuning in to the LIVE online event from the comfort of their own homes.
The event could be the biggest ever festive Carols and Nativity event that has ever taken place in the region, with lockdown encouraging churches to think...
Devon based Energy Hair has been presented with the prestigious Design Salon Award for their outstanding salon refurbishment in 2019. Thousands of national salons including Gatsby & Miller and Mark David were also competing for this highly sought-after award.
Owner, Nathan Plumridge comments: “ After expanding last year we’ve never looked back and feel so privileged that our beautiful salon has not only been enjoyed by our fantastic clients, but recognised by experts we hold in such high regard.” He continues : “We continue to review and improve our customer experience every...
A donation hub has been set up for the first time in Princesshay as part of its Christmas 2020 charitable initiatives. The Giving Hub will occupy a unit on Roman Walk and will be collecting specific donations to support people who are homeless or vulnerably housed this Christmas.
Princesshay is working with the Exeter Homelessness Partnership to deliver the scheme.
The hub will open Thursday 3rd December and will operate until the 16th January on Roman Walk on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday, collecting items such as winter coats, sleeping bags, boots and some other...
Pioneering University of Exeter work on worldwide health challenges will continue thanks to renewed funding for a unique research centre.
The Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health at the University of Exeter has been awarded an additional £1.43m by Wellcome.
The support will allow the centre’s experts to scale up their innovative research programme, which includes new analysis of the health impacts of social and environmental inequalities.
During the next three years, staff at the Centre will conduct research on health across the life course,...
Fifty Devon businesses have the chance to join trading standard’s Made in Devon scheme with their first year of membership free.
Consumers need to be confident that they are buying genuinely Devon sourced products, which in turn is a selling point and source of pride for businesses.
Scheme membership will enable businesses to demonstrate that any claims made about a product’s Devon origins have been checked, vetted and verified by officers from Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards.
The scheme is an extension to Buy With Confidence, a trading standards...
More than 5,000 people took part in Learn Devon’s Mindfulness Challenge last week.
The five-day challenge was launched to help people to look after their mental health and wellbeing during the current lockdown.
It featured a series of 20-minute videos, providing people with an opportunity to practice mindfulness – training techniques for your mind and wellbeing – on a daily basis.
Feedback from those who took part in the challenge revealed that 67% felt more relaxed and 55% said it helped them cope better with lockdown. And the vast majority (92%) said they...
Devon’s walking and cycle trails have seen increased use this year and with routes continuing to be busy during the current lockdown, the County Council is encouraging everyone to give each other plenty of space.
Compared with last year, the number of cycle trips recorded in 2020 has increased by 153% on the Exe Estuary Trail between Exmouth and Lympstone, 63% at Dawlish Warren, 36% at Meldon Viaduct, 53% on the rural sections of the Tarka Trail and 43% at Fremington Quay near Barnstaple.
The County Council is reminding everyone of its “Share this Space” campaign and is...
Marketing expert Jennifer Corcoran, founder of My Super Connector based in Shaldon, Devon, has been crowned one of the UK’s Top 10 advisers for the support she provides to small businesses and entrepreneurs to help them build their LinkedIn profile.
The virtual awards ceremony, which announced the winners of the Enterprise Nation Top 50 Advisers competition, across a range of professional disciplines such as legal, finance and funding, technology, HR, PR and marketing and a special ‘Above & Beyond’ category – took place on the evening of 25th November.
Devon’s highway network will be monitored from a new control centre this winter.
Along with its usual preparations for the autumn and winter months, Devon County Council has also relocated its control centre to Sowton in Exeter. The centre monitors Devon’s roads 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The Network Operations Control Centre incorporates the Network Response Team (Devon County Council and Skanska) responsible for responding to safety issues on the network, the Network Operations Support Team that manages road space and permitting, the Traffic Signals and Street...
Students from the University of Exeter have raised more than £136,000 for charity through a series of hair-raising challenges and events.
Hundreds of students from across the University have been taking part in a host of tasks to raise funds for the annual ‘Movember’ challenge – which raises money and awareness around men’s mental health and cancer.
The University’s fundraising efforts have been led by four Exeter Movember ambassadors, and have been supported by students from the Athletics Union (AU) and across the wider university community.
