Nightstop Devon – an emergency accommodation service working in Exeter, North Devon, East Devon, Mid-Devon and Teignbridge – will be featured in a national TV documentary this month.
Channel 4 is to broadcast Would You Take In A Stranger?, a powerful and moving 50-minute film, on the evening of Tuesday 11th July featuring a Devon volunteer host and a young homeless person. Paul has been using emergency accommodation Nightstop Devon – a project of Community Housing Aid – for years but will soon be too old to access the service.
Miranda Sykes, the acclaimed singer and bassist with ‘Show of Hands’ is returning to her roots. After a career spanning over 20 years, during which time she has played with many of the top musicians and singers within the folk world, she will be touring as she started out: One woman, one bass, and one guitar. BORROWED PLACES is her debut solo album and draws its inspiration primarily from the songs and landscape of her native Lincolnshire but seen through the eyes of someone who has lived away for many years. With her sensational voice, and accompanying herself, Miranda interprets the soul...
Exeter’s Real Food Company will be taking over the running of the popular cafe at Exeter Library, as they expand their presence within the city. The bustling Exeter Library, which has around 2,000 visitors a day, will become home to the Real Food Cafe from Saturday 8th July, providing Library users and city centre shoppers with the company’s well-known variety of wholesome, fresh and ethically sourced food. To make way for the arrival of Real Food, a new kitchen area has been installed within the Library cafe to allow for a fresh food preparation area. The cafe will also provide catering...
Princesshay’s Bedford Square will burst into life on Saturday 15th July, from 11am to 3pm with a Dancing in the Streets event raising money for Children’s Hospice South West.
The brainchild of talented local choreographer Mandi Cox of Vibes Dance Company, Dancing in the Streets encourages people to take to the square and strut their stuff for an incredible cause.
The headline workshop is Exeter’s very own Swagga Fit, a whole new genre of fitness class created by Mandi herself. Swagga takes inspiration from music videos, mimicking iconic dances and moves with fitness in mind...
An expected audience of around 3,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses and members of the public are beginning to arrive at the Westpoint Arena for their three day annual Exeter Convention.
This year’s Convention theme is “Don’t Give Up!”
“Challenges in life can rob us of peace and even cause some to think about giving up,” states David A. Semonian, spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses at their world headquarters in Warwick, New York. “Our convention this year will benefit both Witnesses and non-Witnesses because it promises to empower individuals not only to keep enduring but also to cope...
Staff from Old Mill will ride 207 miles this summer in memory of Exeter employee Nick Baker, who sadly lost a short and sudden battle with cancer in August last year.
Starting on Saturday 8th July, 16 of Nick’s colleagues will begin a four day challenge which will see them ride from St Malo in France back to the Old Mill offices in Yeovil.
Day one will be a 44 mile ride from St Malo to Saint Michel and on day two, the riders will travel 66 miles to Lessay. On day three, they will ride 46 miles to Cherbourg where they will board the ferry back to Poole before completing the...
Four directors from South West Communications Group have scaled the UK’s highest three peaks to raise money for the Prince’s Trust. swcomms ’ managing director Brian Lodge and fellow board members Jon Whiley, John Holdstock and Sean Doyle climbed Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in 23 hours and 20 minutes to beat the required Three Peaks Challenge 24-hour deadline. T hey also achieved this 29-mile, 3,064-metre feat on one of the hottest days of the year. Brian said: “It was an experience I’ll never forget. I was very proud of the total commitment shown from a great team who despite some...
An extremely rare breed of seahorse has been discovered off the coast of Devon. The Short Snouted Seahorse, also known as Hippocampus Hippocampus, was found by experts at the National Marine Aquarium and volunteers, as part of an ongoing review into the local marine life, called the Community Seagrass Initiative. The Biodiversity Action Plan species of seahorse is most commonly found in shallow waters where there are abundant supplies of seaweed and seagrass. Its native habitat is off the south west coast of the UK, but is more commonly found now in Mediterranean waters. Due to...
Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile service will in Ilfracombe, Promenade (by the Tourist Office), with cancer information specialists on hand to answer questions and offer information. The team encourages anyone with worries or concerns relating to cancer to stop by, whether you’re living with or beyond cancer, or are a carer or loved one of someone who is.
Cancer can impact on all aspects of your life, and the mobile service team is available to provide information on issues ranging from how to deal with the side effects of treatment, what local support is available for carers,...
