Otter Garden Centres in Ottery St Mary has announced the total raised for its charity of the year 2017, Devon Air Ambulance Trust.
The East Devon branch of the family-run garden centre ran various fundraising activities across the year to achieve an impressive total of over £7,500.
£700 came from donations to the annual Memory Tree, where customers buy a red or gold ribbon to attach to a Christmas tree in memory of loved ones. £1,000 was raised from parking donations for Ottery St Mary’s Tar Barrels event, with a matching amount donated to the Tar Barrels Carnival Committee...
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A researcher from Exeter will be pounding the pavements in the Bath Half Marathon in aid of Diabetes UK, the charity that funds her work. The run on Sunday, 4 March 2018 will see around 12,000 runners take to the streets of the World Heritage City to tackle the 13.1-mile route. Dr Pamela Bowman, 34, who is based at the University of Exeter Medical School, is running because she wants to show her gratitude to Diabetes UK for supporting her research. Pamela, who investigates a rare form of diabetes that affects people from a very young age, has been training hard for the event. She said: “I...
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Preparatory work has got underway today (Monday 12 February) to upgrade traffic signals at a junction in Exeter.
The signals at the junction of Alphington Road/Grace Road/Cowick Lane and Alphington Road/Church Road in Exeter have reached the end of their serviceable lives and it is essential they are replaced.
The initial work over the next couple of weeks will not affect the current signal operation. As much of the scheme as possible will be carried out using the existing permanent lights, but to enable the completion of the scheme, temporary signals will be in place from...
WiFi SPARK is pleased to announce that it has raised a whopping £2,000 on behalf of Rowcroft Hospice in Torquay.
The Exeter based WiFi and analytics provider organised a range of activities to raise as much money as possible for the charity, including: a cake sale, raffles, the sleepwalk 10-mile challenge, fancy dress days where members of the team dressed up for Halloween and Christmas and a tuck shop. WiFi SPARK picked Rowcroft Hospice as its chosen charity to fundraise for in 2017 after recognising that it needed £8 million per year to stay operational and provide specialist...
Cannings H2O based in Exeter, Devon are celebrating after collecting two Silver and a Bronze Award at the prestigious British Pool & Hot Tub Awards, hosted by BISHTA and SPATA, held on Tuesday 30th January, at the Ricoh Arena, in Coventry. The British and Irish Spa and Hot Tub Association (BISHTA) and the Swimming Pool and Allied Trades Association (SPATA) are the relevant bodies upholding standards within the Wet Leisure Industry. Rebranded in 2015, the first BISHTA awards were won in 2008, while the first SPATA awards were won in 1978. These well-established awards are the UK’s...
NHS medical mistakes dating back twenty years are still costing millions of pounds per year in compensation. The bill for errors that took place before 1995 has been rising the first time in five years, with most cases relating to maternity failings. Whilst the NHS says that it has taken steps to speed up the process, a patient’s charity reported the figures as proof of just how long some families have to wait for payouts.
Birth neglect:
Many of the claims that make up the millions of pounds’ worth of compensation are regarding negligence during pregnancy and birth that...
