Exeter’s Medicine students stepped up to volunteer in a wide range of support roles to help staff at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital to continue delivering high quality patient care over the severe weather period.
The RD&E NHS Foundation Trust has thanked Medicine students for their response to an urgent appeal for staff to work after snow and ice, which meant the hospital was extremely busy at a time when many staff were unable to reach work. Among those to answer the call were up to 40 Medicine students in years 3- 5 at the University of Exeter Medical School.
Rainbow Living is very excited to announce that the charity will be moving forward with another Rainbow House in Exeter.
Following a major strategic review, which included assessing local need, consultation and market review, Rainbow Living has decided to expand its services within the Exeter area.
Over the last 10 years, Rainbow Living has enjoyed success with its unique housing model, which enables adults with learning and other disability to live with their peers in specially adapted accommodation, designed to promote and encourage independent supported living.
An Exeter-based organisation has been selected by Bovis Homes’ South West regional staff as their charity for 2018, as they look to raise more money than ever before for a cause close to their hearts.
Staff at the housebuilder’s Exeter office have decided to raise funds for FORCE Cancer Charity, a local organisation which is currently supporting a Bovis Homes colleague who has been diagnosed with the disease.
“We regularly raise funds for charities and local organisations, with cake sales, dress down days and raffles,” says regional marketing manager, Stacey Banfield. “This...
New research* from the region’s leading cyber security compliance specialist, Exeter-based Securious, has revealed that fewer than 5% of the region’s largest businesses have achieved Cyber Essentials, the minimum level of cyber security compliance set out by the Government.
Created to help businesses demonstrate that they have technical and organisational controls in place to defend against the most common and unsophisticated forms of cyber-attack, Cyber Essentials also helps businesses meet their GDPR requirements.
It enables businesses to demonstrate that they have...
Students from Exeter are all set to run over 100 miles to raise money for St John Ambulance, this spring. A team of six members of the Exeter University First Aid Society (EUFAS) will run the Bath Half Marathon this Sunday (March 4), with one of them using it as training for competing in the following month’s Virgin Money London Marathon. You can sponsor the students online by visiting: https://www.justgiving.com/teams/EUFASbathhalf Jess Ball, 22, is a Maths and Mathematical Biology student who is taking on both events. She has been volunteering as a dedicated first aider since 2012. ‘...
The UK’s ‘Best Vintage Fair,’ Lou Lou’s is returning to Exeter's Corn Exchange this March!
Find unique, handpicked quality goods with stalls of vintage fashion, accessories, home, collectables and more from some of the UK's finest vintage traders.
It’s the perfect chance to shop affordable items, support independents and grab yourself a unique piece of the past!
VINTAGE TEA ROOM Sit back after a hard days shopping in our vintage tea room provided by QUIRKY TEAS and enjoy some delicious vintage cake and other treats.
West Country accountants and financial planners Old Mill are delighted to announce they will be title sponsors for Taste of the West for the next two years. Taste of the West is the largest independent regional food group in the UK. Its aim is to promote and support fantastic local food and drink from the Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire area. As well as offering its members a network of support to help their businesses grow, the Taste of the West awards programme has been promoting and supporting the food and drink industry for the past 25 years. They are now the most...
Devon residents can find inspiration on how to give the things they no longer want a new lease of life next week, by repairing, refurbishing, repurposing or giving them to someone else.
Recycle Devon is championing the second annual 'REUSE Week’, from Monday 5 March to Sunday 11 March, which showcases the work of Devon's many and varied Reuse organisations.
REUSE Week is a celebration of these diverse and numerous organisations and what they do. Some groups help people swap, donate and loan the things they no longer need; while others specialise in fixing, renovating or...
Law firm Browne Jacobson has appointed education partner Julia Green as its new Head of Office for Exeter, with regulatory partner Nigel Lyons appointed as Deputy Head. The appointments will take effect from 1st March 2018.
The new appointments follow a strategic review conducted by the firm last year which recommended establishing new office leadership roles across its Birmingham, Exeter, London and Manchester offices to further strengthen the existing management structure, drive regional growth and build strong relationships with clients and local organisations. Each Head and...
Diane Janes signing Death at Wolf’s Nick WHSmith The Guildhall Shop Centre, Exeter Saturday 24 March from 12pm
Event Information Come and meet author Diane Janes in Exeter where she will be signing her new book Death at Wolf's Nick.
Description In January 1931, on a lonely stretch of Northumberland road known as Wolf's Nick, flames rose up into the night sky from the neighbouring moorland. Beyond anyone's help, Evelyn Foster lay near her burning car herself engulfed in flames desperately hoping to be found by a passing vehicle. With her last breath she described her...
