RGB Building Supplies is delighted to have joined forces with Devon-based charity Amigos and is inviting members of the local community to donate preloved tools, which will be used by young people in Africa to help them lift themselves and their families out of poverty.
Until Wednesday 31st July, preloved hand, power and gardening tools can be placed in the collection bags in RGB’s Exeter branch. Amigos will then arrange for the donations to be collected, repaired and shipped to Africa.
The charity has been working in Uganda for nearly 20 years and for the last nine it has...
If you’ve decided it’s time to drastically improve your health, then you’ve come to the right place. Putting a plan into motion can be difficult, especially if you’re new to living a healthy lifestyle. Daily exercise might not be something you’re used to, and if it’s not, then adjusting can be fun, rewarding, and it can also feel like an uphill battle.
When you’re feeling as though you’re not making enough progress or being strict enough with yourself, then it’s time to reassess your methods.
Try not to rely entirely on your own motivation, so employ the assistance of...
Local project Deaf Journey to Employment is awarded £10,000 by the National Lottery Community Fund
The Deaf Lead Services team at Living Options Devon are celebrating being awarded almost £10,000 in National Lottery funding to support Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL), to build confidence and learn new skills so that they can enter employment. The Deaf community group, based in Exeter, Devon, will use the funds to provide a unique peer support service for Deaf people through the Deaf Journey to Employment Hub. The hub will offer support, information, guidance and...
South Devon’s highly regarded coarse fishing destination, Cofton Holidays, has crowned Bob Rand from Ivybridge as winner of its spring Cofton Cup Fishing Competition.
The multi award-winning holiday park, which was announced as Holiday Park of the Year at the South West Tourism Excellence Awards 2018/19, hosted the competition on its Mamhead Match Lake over five days of intensive fishing. The field was narrowed down from 28 in the opening rounds, to 14 in the final, with the remainder battling it out for the Plate competition.
Local chefs and hospitality professionals will come together with catering students from South Devon College and City College Plymouth on June 24th at Kitley House Hotel and Restaurant, near Yealmpton.
The special event, organised by The Chefs’ Forum, will see chefs and front-of-house staff from across the county rub shoulders with catering suppliers and aspiring college students. Billed as ‘A Chefs’ Summer BBQ’, the day will offer inspiring butchery demonstrations and a great networking opportunity for hospitality professionals from Devon and neighbouring counties.
Climate change could heighten the risk of future outbreaks of armed conflict and civil war, a study has said.
Conflict and civil wars have been driven over the past century by levels of poverty, inequality among groups in countries, and illegitimate governments.
But environmental impacts and climate shocks have played a role in some historical conflicts, according to the new study. Crucially, the study suggests that climate change may heighten the risk of future outbreaks.
An international team of experts, including Professor Neil Adger from the University of Exeter...
Hall’s Electrical, the largest auto electrical service provider in the south of England, has become the first UK-based reseller of Lightfoot – the world’s first technology to reward better drivers.
Established in the 1970s, Hall’s is a major supplier to commercial fleets across the country, specialising in commercial vehicle safety products including vehicle CCTV, proximity sensors, and fleet management technology.
Lightfoot’s Value-Added Reseller programme launched in May 2019 as part of a strategic objective to take Lightfoot into new markets nationally and...
A nursing associate from Exeter says being one of the first people on the register has given her “freedom.”
Nicola Leach has been in the role at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital since February this year.
There are now 1,000 nursing associates on the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s register – six months on from the role’s creation.
The England-only position bridges the gap between healthcare assistants and registered nurses, contributing to the delivery of better, safer care for people across the country in a variety of health and social care settings.
A rare map found in an attic gives an extraordinary glimpse into 18th century life in Exeter before radical changes to the landscape and industry transformed the city.
The mysterious engraving was not known about by experts or archivists until now. It is now incredibly unusual for new maps of English towns and cities produced hundreds of years ago to be discovered.
Historians think the map is a one-off, and never used, as another, produced in a more modern, fashionable style, was produced by someone else soon after. The map was found in the attic of an elderly lady after...
We are a friendly, social group who raise money to support the Hospice services that are provided in Crediton and the surrounding communities.
We enjoy organising fun, local events in the town and are proud to say we raise thousands of pounds each year to help support the local nurses who care for people in our community in their homes when they have been given a terminal diagnosis and need expert end of life care.
We hold regular coffee mornings, a Ladies Pamper Evening and support those who open their gardens for us in the summer. Our next big event is on Friday 28th June...
