Dementia-friendly Victorian Christmas Thu 13 Dec 10.30am to 12 noon £5, includes companion and tea/coffee & cake Courtyard
A special day out at RAMM this Christmas, designed for people with memory problems, with friends and carers. Enjoy festive singing by local schoolchildren and refreshments in the heart of the museum, decorated for the season as a vintage Victorian parlour. After hot drinks and cake, visitors are invited to look around ‘Devon Voices’, an exhibition about the West Country during the First World War. Groups are welcome.
AN AWARD scheme recognising the courage of children diagnosed with cancer has launched in the South West and is supported by Strictly Come Dancing star Dr Ranj. There are around 120 new cases of cancer in children diagnosed in the South West every year.
The TV doctor is backing the Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens Star Awards, in partnership with TK Maxx, which celebrate the strength shown by youngsters who have been diagnosed with and treated for cancer. Nominations for this year’s awards are now open and people in the South West are being called on to nominate young cancer...
With darker evenings and colder weather, winter is well and truly here.
To help workplaces in Exeter, Newton Abbot and Barnstaple be prepared for the winter weather, Travel Devon is offering a FREE winter walking and cycling kit worth £100 to businesses that apply between now and Thursday 28 February 2019. There are only 10 kits available, which can be claimed by:
Signing up to the Travel Devon toolkit at www.traveldevontoolkit.info
Signing up to the Travel Devon Business Newsletter via the link on the toolkit and
Registration for Hospiscare’s Men’s Walk 2019 is now open! The popular Exeter event, which is taking place on Saturday 16 March, promises to be the best yet, with the opportunity to watch the England v Scotland game on huge LED in the Men’s Walk exclusive Hospiscare Six Nations bar.
Past years’ Men’s Walk events have been a sell-out success, so budding walkers are advised to register early to guarantee a place. The event is once again kindly sponsored by Wilkinson Grant.
As before, the eight-mile route will start at the Double Locks canal-side pub and follow the picturesque...
Constructing Excellence South West (CESW) Devon & Exeter Club held its inaugural Climate Summit at Sandy Park to a packed audience of construction professionals from across the region. Organised by Glen King PR and sponsored by NPS South West, Midas Group and Exeter Science Park, the event raised awareness of environmental challenges and tackled head-on the issues regarding climate resilient buildings in the future.
The half-day event summit included a healthy option brunch, networking opportunities with fellow professionals and the chance to visit exhibition stands. The event...
‘The Business Network’ organisation has been providing professional networking events for senior decision makers since its first event held 25 years ago in Exeter. Today leading professional business connector Helen Bennett owns the worldwide rights to ‘The Business Network’ and in the last eight years she has created 15 franchises across the UK.
Helen who lives in Torquay with husband Russell, attended the inaugural ‘The Business Network’ event in June 1993, and shortly afterwards she joined as one of the organisation’s first new members. Celebrating the silver anniversary...
Huntsham Court, near Tiverton, will play host to a Burns Night ceilidh on 24 January when the estate holds their celebration of the Scottish bard’s birth in aid of Hospiscare. Those stuck for the perfect Christmas gift for that special person need look no further.
Huntsham Court’s owners, Chris Badham and Damian Llambias, have generously made the venue available for the occasion, and the splendour of this Victorian-Gothic country house provides the perfect backdrop for what promises to be an evening of stirring spectacle.
Multi award-winning Cofton Holidays, based near Dawlish Warren, has been awarded Gold in the Holiday Park of the Year category at the Visit Devon Tourism Awards 2018.
The family-run business scooped not just one but two prestigious accolades at the awards, including Silver in the Responsible, Ethical and Sustainable Tourism category.
Now in its ninth year, the Visit Devon Tourism Awards 2018 saw entries across 26 different categories, with each undergoing a rigorous three-phase judging process. Cofton Holidays will now be fast tracked into the South West Tourism Excellence...
A DEVON care provider has welcomed a government campaign launched this month (December 2018) to encourage more people to work in adult social care.
Guardian Homecare in Exeter says the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) pilot initiative represents a step in the right direction in recruiting more people into the industry.
Katie Jewell, Regional Manager for the care provider, explained: “The pilot is designed to look at the best ways of running a national campaign in early 2019 and has been spearheaded by the Minister for Care, Caroline Dinenage.
The first in a series of Suicide Intervention Briefings has been held for council staff across South and West Devon.
The briefings are part of an initiative from the Community Safety Partnership (CSP), which includes Teignbridge and South Hams District Councils and West Devon Borough Council, and are being held in conjunction with Public Health Devon and Action to Prevent Suicide.
Suicide is a global issue, and takes someone’s life every 40 seconds. In the UK it’s the biggest killer of young people and men under 50, and it’s estimated that two-thirds of people who take...
