A planning application for a new water sports centre on Exmouth seafront will be considered by East Devon District Council’s Development Management Committee next month.
The application from Grenadier Exmouth Ltd to build the centre and associated facilities off Queen’s Drive, will go before the committee on Tuesday 5 June.
Grenadier proposes a new two-storey water sports centre, café, restaurant and retail units plus car parking, open space and a ramped access to the beach. The application has the support of Exmouth Town Council and there are 37 letters of objection....
A Plymouth Science Park based company is using the latest digital technology to ‘livestream’ conferences and provide a welcome boost to the marketing of products for businesses across the south west.
Virtual Light Productions can film and broadcast conferences onto the internet from the 25 acre site in Derriford and also utilise PSP’s excellent technical facilities to conduct interviews and filming on behalf of its corporate clients.
“It’s a great area to work in,” explains Steve Hill, Director of Virtual Light Productions. “The helpful on-site team can provide meeting...
Former Secretary of State for Education the Rt Hon Justine Greening MP visited Exeter College on Friday (1 June) on the first leg of her national social mobility tour.
The summer-long tour of schools, colleges and businesses across the UK will champion social mobility and uncover some of the barriers.
Exeter college, which has been rated outstanding is committed to supporting people from all backgrounds in reaching their full potential. The college has a diverse intake of students, many of whom come from rural areas, which poses a different set of social mobility challenges...
A cheque for £700 has been presented to the Devon Memory Café Consortium (DMCC) by Teignbridge District Council’s former Chairman, Councillor Timothy Golder.
Continuing an annual tradition passed on by each Teignbridge Chairman, money raised by the Chairman’s Charity has come from various events, including a raffle at Teignbridge’s Sports and Community Awards which raised £411 and Teignbridge’s civic service held earlier this year at St John’s Church in Bishopsteignton.
Memory Cafes offer practical and emotional support, information, guidance and the offer of friendship to...
North Devon now has its very own Admiral Nurse, who will be supporting patients with dementia, their carers, families and staff at North Devon District Hospital (NDDH). Angela Walter has been appointed as Admiral Nurse – dementia clinical nurse specialist at NDDH. Admiral Nurses provide specialist support to people with dementia and their carers and families, giving one-to-one support, practical advice and expert guidance. They are trained and supported by the charity Dementia UK. Angela has spent many years working in the hospital as a nurse and was most recently sister on Capener Ward....
Shaun Pike has been appointed as site manager at Minerva - Barratt Homes’ new development in Exeter where work is underway to create a community of 159 new homes.
Shaun will be responsible for overseeing construction at the site, liaising with construction workers, subcontractors and suppliers. With more than 37 years’ experience in the housing industry, he previously worked on Barratt’s successful Riverside Park development in Fremington near Barnstaple and will play a key role in mentoring local apprentices working on this latest new community.
The Spacex board and staff have taken the difficult decision to close the organisation. This concludes four decades of evolving visual arts provision in Exeter, which we hope has provided an open and convivial space for artists to exhibit and experiment.
To mark the closure of the organization and as a provocation to the visual arts sector, Spacex has produced a limited edition artwork/tea towel (pictured above) and accompanying text by Rosalie Schweiker. This has been posted out to a small selection of arts organizations and curators across the UK. To read more about the tea towel...
Charity chief executive Simone Enefer-Doy made a pit stop at Buckfast Abbey in a classic Rover as part of a road trip with a difference in a bid to raise the profile of little-known children’s charity Lifelites. The challenge - dubbed A Lift for Lifelites - asked for lifts through every county in England and Wales, taking in nearly 50 famous landmarks en route in just 14 days.
Volunteers who signed up to support the challenge, which kicked off on Friday 25 May from the charity’s head office in London, provided an unbelievable variety of vehicles to transport Simone around the...
On Tuesday 5 June Honiton Gymnastics Club is launching a new two-hour session for toddlers and parents (or childminders), giving little ones the chance to make the most of the club’s specialist new equipment.
The classes – which will run from 9.30am to 11.30am every Tuesday – also give adults the opportunity to have a workout themselves, led by one of the gymnastics club’s instructors.
Directed by one of the club’s pre-school gymnastics specialists, Melissa Pendrick, the session will cost £5 for the first child, £7.50 for two children or £10 for three children.
