A Devon volunteer's amazing dedication to the community café she helped set up at her church has won her a prestigious award.
Alison Stephens – a member of the City’s Methodist Central Hall congregation – has just been named one of Methodist Insurance’s eleven regional winners in its national Church Volunteer Awards.
She beat hundreds of other nominees, winning a £1,000 prize for the church, and she now goes forward to a national final where she stands to win even more.
Residents at RMBI Care Co. Home Cadogan Court, in Exeter, received a wonderful morale boost this week, thanks to some kind-hearted pupils fromClyst Heath Primary School.
Like most other care homes, Cadogan Court is closed to all but essentialvisitors because of the threat of Coronavirus to its residents.
The daughter of one of the Home’s staff had the idea of making colourful cards and writing letters to send to the residents with uplifting messages. She asked her friends to get involved and they were only too happy to oblige.
# roamsweethome connects everyone who loves walking and the outdoors
With the COVID-19 ‘lockdown’ now extended for another three weeks, staying active is more important than ever, for both mental and physical health. A multi-faceted campaign by the Ramblers, called #roamsweethome, is encouraging everyone to keep active safely for leisure, health and happiness close to home and at home – whatever they can safely do – as well as inspiring and connecting everyone who loves walking and the outdoors.
The Ramblers – the charity which helps everyone, everywhere, enjoy walking and...
A Topsham group supporting vulnerable and elderly people during the Coronavirus pandemic has described the awarding of almost £4,000 from the Exeter Covid-19 Action Fund as “a life saver!”
The Estuary League of Friends was successful in applying for two grants to help people in Topsham, Countess Wear and Newtown.
The money will be used to maintain the charity’s lifeline Home Help service for 98 vulnerable and elderly people in Topsham and the surrounding area, providing help in the home so that they can live safely during the Coronavirus outbreak.
A Medicine graduate from the University of Exeter is working alongside his clinician father in a Westcountry hospital in treating patients battling COVID-19.
Junior doctor Tayyib Mubashar works alongside his consultant paediatrician father, Yahya Mubashar on the front line at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust during the current Coronavirus crisis.
Tayyib told BBC Spotlight, when asked about working on the front line: “I’m seeing people come together in ways we previously haven’t. The current situation is not only a baptism by fire for junior doctors, it’s the...
Some play areas in Exeter are being refurbished whilst the equipment is out of use due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the City Council has revealed.
Making the repairs now mean the areas will be ready for use once restrictions are lifted, limiting any future disruption.
Cllr David Harvey, Lead Councillor for Environment and City Management, said money left at the end of the last financial year had allowed them to refurbish two play towers at Anne Close.
“The towers were looking really tired and some of the timbers were rotting in places so the work that has been...
Hundreds of businesses in Exeter invited to make a claim for a grant to help them through the Coronavirus outbreak have yet to do so, Exeter City Council has revealed.
The Council is helping distribute £25 million of government funding in the form of either Small Business Grants or Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants.
Last week, the Council wrote to 2,000 businesses in Exeter inviting them to make a claim.
And on Thursday evening, only around a third to a half of those businesses eligible had responded.
All businesses in Devon and Somerset can now access regulatory advice free of charge until the end of July.
Devon Somerset & Torbay Trading Standards offers an award-winning regulatory advice and support service, and to help businesses during the coronavirus pandemic that advice is now free.
The service’s specialist team of officers can provide advice on all aspects of trading standards law.
This includes helping businesses to diversify into different areas and develop a different business model that could operate during the government’s current lockdown...
Jannes Kirsten knew he was joining a quality team when he swapped life at the Bulls for a new start at the Exeter Chiefs last summer.
However, the imposing South African admits his new start in England has surpassed even his own expectations and that life with the Chiefs has proved a smash hit for him, on and off he field.
Just days after agreeing to extend his stay at Sandy Park for the foreseeable future, the 26-year-old forward is already looking to the future and the part he hopes to play in helping Rob Baxter’s side when they return to competitive action.
The recently-appointed chairman of the Forestry Commission, Sir William Worsley, has spoken of the importance of maintaining the timber industry for its essential role in supply chains during the coronavirus lockdown.
Sir William has outlined his views in a blog published on the Forestry Commission website .
Keeping the timber industry operating is important because it produces items such as pallets that are vital to be able to transport goods such as food to shops and medicines, as well as fuel for homes and businesses.
