Community-owned Real Food Store set to re-open - but not as you know it

Authored by Joe Bevan
Posted: Mon, 06/01/2020 - 6:04pm

Exeter’s Real Food Store is re-opening its doors next week after over two months of closure during the Covid-19 crisis.

The re-opening on Tuesday June 9 comes ten years after the business set out to secure support and funding from the Exeter community to establish the business.

To mark the occasion, the team at the Real Food Store have made significant changes to the shop on Queen Street during the quiet period. The team contacted members and ran a ‘ Call for Ideas ’ campaign via email and social media, giving customers and other stakeholders the chance to influence how...

Grant to help hospice hygiene standards

Authored by Sarah
Posted: Mon, 06/01/2020 - 5:01pm

A regional housebuilder has helped a local hospice meet the cost of maintaining its highest hygiene standards and protecting patients by naming it a Community Champion and awarding £1,000.

Hospiscare, which provides specialist palliative care to communities in Exeter, Mid and East Devon, each year supporting more than 2,000 patients was recognised by Persimmon Homes South West and its Community Champions scheme.

Carey Mckenzie, for Hospiscare, said: “Our ward patients are very poorly, and one of the fundamental requirements of good care is impeccable hygiene and infection...

£2.5 million award to fund new evidence review facility at Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/01/2020 - 2:25pm

The University of Exeter has received £2.5 million to establish one of two evidence review facilities dedicated to ensuring that government health and care policy is informed by the highest quality research.

The funding, from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme (PRP), will bring together academics from a range of disciplines within the University of Exeter Medical School. The programme of work involves producing evidence syntheses to inform policy development and evaluation across the full policy remit of the Department of Health and Social...

Back to work? During a pandemic? Here’s how!

Going back to work after days of R&R is always difficult and the level just reached a new standard during the Covid19 pandemic. There will not only be new protocols but also different guidelines to follow. The virus not only changed the course of life but also the course of professional work all around the globe.

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Back to work? During a pandemic? Here’s how!

Going back to work after days of R&R is always difficult and the level just reached a new standard during the Covid19 pandemic. There will not only be new protocols but also different guidelines to follow. The virus not only changed the course of life but also the course of professional work all around the globe.

However don’t worry, we have compiled a guide on how to work effectively and be safe! Swipe up for more information!

Altered Mindset:

Before you don your suit and grab that dossier, make sure you give yourself a pep talk first thing in the morning....

Back to work? During a pandemic? Here’s how!

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 06/01/2020 - 1:48pm

Going back to work after days of R&R is always difficult and the level just reached a new standard during the Covid19 pandemic. There will not only be new protocols but also different guidelines to follow. The virus not only changed the course of life but also the course of professional work all around the globe.

However don’t worry, we have compiled a guide on how to work effectively and be safe! Swipe up for more information!

Altered Mindset:

Before you don your suit and grab that dossier, make sure you give yourself a pep talk first thing in the morning....

Olympic runner Jo Pavey praises our key workers

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Mon, 06/01/2020 - 1:48pm

Most of us have religiously shown our appreciation for NHS staff and key workers by raising the roof each week but very few will have gone to the lengths Devon Olymipan Jo Pavey has.

In an Astley Media In Conversations With webcast she revealed that on one occasion she took part in the 8pm tribute while running on a treadmill.

Jo had been asked to take part in a live-streamed, fundraising indoor relay but realised her slot coincided with the regular Thursday night celebration.

And so, undeterred, she managed to do both.

She said: “I was running on the...

Exeter receives £1.2 million grant for pioneering new research hub

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/01/2020 - 12:33pm

The University of Exeter has been awarded a grant of more than £1 million to create a new research hub to boost diagnosing and managing some of the world’s most debilitating long-term health conditions and antimicrobial infections.

The centre, called the Hub for Quantitative Modelling in Healthcare and led by experts from the University’s Living Systems Institute has received a grant of £1,231,618 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

The hub is due to begin carrying out pioneering research from early 2021.

Exeter’s world-leading...

Care provider says ‘we’re in it together’ for Carers Week

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Mon, 06/01/2020 - 12:18pm

A SOUTH Devon care provider is praising unpaid carers this month who have been looking after vulnerable and elderly loved ones during the lockdown (June 2020).

As part of Carers Week from June 8, which highlights how being an unpaid carer impacts on an individual’s life, Guardian Homecare is raising awareness of those caring for others.

Catherine Porter, Manager for Guardian Homecare, which provides services in Exeter and surrounding areas, said: “There is an army of unsung heroes out there who provide care for their loved ones day-in and day-out, 24/7 in their own homes...

UK betting apps to enjoy the EPL return

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 06/01/2020 - 7:36am

Sport, and football in particular, has remained at the forefront of many people’s minds over recent times, with the prospect of the English Premier League returning in the near future being hugely exciting. While questions remain unanswered surrounding whether Liverpool will claim their first title, who will finish in the top four and which teams will face relegation, the return of top-flight encounters would add significantly to the options for betting customers, who have recently been struggling to find appealing markets. A host of betting apps are currently available to punters in the...

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