Exeter College has held its Annual Awards celebrating apprentices and honouring the employers that support the work of the college’s award winning apprenticeship programme.
More than 150 Apprentices, employers from around the region, key business leaders, friends and family attended the glittered awards ceremony held at Sandy Park.
Foot Anstey kindly sponsored the awards ceremony hosted at the home of Exeter Chiefs, Sandy Park, Exeter. The evening saw the achievements of 12 apprentice award winners and six employer winners celebrated.
A DEVON business, which began on a dining room table and now employs more than 20 people, has been receiving national exposure – thanks to Channel 4’s show The Jump.
A Star, which is based outside Cullompton, has been producing leotards and sportswear for more than 14 years. The company has grown substantially in this time and now its products are sold all over the world.
It has launched its new range of Body Barrier skiwear – and has scored an immediate win by supplying kit to contestants on The Jump, ensuring they’re kept warm as they learn a range of winter sports and...
An ambitious 18-year-old from Cullompton, is celebrating ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (6-10 March 2017), after securing a coveted place on an in-demand apprenticeship programme with national optician Vision Express. Chloe Nagle has taken up a full-time post at the Exeter Vision Express store on the 13-month employee-embedded scheme, which has received over 5,500 applicants since it began in February 2014.
Chosen from an average of 46 applicants for each available post, Chloe will be working towards a Level 2, Intermediate Apprenticeship in Health (Optical Retail), which is...
Three family law specialists from The Family Law Company are celebrating after winning awards in the 2017 Devon and Somerset Law Society (DASLS) Awards. With the marking of International Women’s Day this week, it is particularly apt that all three are women.
The trio, Business Development Director and Director of Legal Services, Rachel Buckley, Senior Associate Solicitor Grace Bradley and Associate Chartered Legal Executive Gemma Sparks collected their awards during a glittering event at Sandy Park.
Rachel said: “The company was shortlisted in four categories and we were...
Ofsted has praised the “highly personalised care” at a specialist children’s home for Deaf young people at Exeter Deaf Academy.
Exeter Deaf Academy, based on Topsham Road are celebrating the announcement that ‘Progress House’ has been graded ‘Good’ following a recent Ofsted inspection.
Following a thorough two-day inspection of Progress House, the Ofsted report praises how: “Young people benefit from a wide range of positive experiences that support their personal growth and emotional well-being”.
Inspectors judged that the care staff provide “a child friendly and...
South West Water has been named as the main supporter of the Moor Otters public arts initiative created by Dartmoor National Park.
The campaign aims to raise £100,000 to support projects to conserve and enhance Dartmoor’s wildlife, landscape and improve accessibility for everyone to the Moor. From 1st June 2017, 100 life-size otter sculptures will be displayed along a trail in accessible public areas around Dartmoor and the neighbouring gateway towns.
Alan Hyde, South West Water’s Head of Community Relations, said: “We’re delighted to support this important conservation...
‘Logan’ sees Hugh Jackman reprising his role as the ever popular Wolverine, however this time his story takes a more gritty turn.
An old and worn out Logan lives in a dystopian future nursing a weakened Professor X, when the arrival of a child similar to himself forces him to come out of hiding.
Whilst sounding generic here, the film is actually a fresh, character driven story, where mature drama is intertwined with comic book action sequences.
The movie mainly revolves around only Logan, Charles and a new mutant Laura. Dafne Keen, for an actress so young, plays the...
Selected students spanning all age ranges and from the different dance genres of DanSci Dance Studio had the opportunity to learn from the sensational, multi-award winning James Wilton Dance today.
A workshop held at the studio enabled the dancers to experience working with a professional choreographer. James Wilton himself who is energetic, engaging and inspiring led the workshop which included repertoire from Wilton's current touring work LEVIATHAN, and invited questions from the studio’s dancers. The physicality of the movement, demonstrated by James’ unique style was accessible...
Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez has pledged an extra £200,000 funding to increase CCTV capacity across the force area and encourage the development of monitoring ‘hubs’. The initiative is highlighted in her newly published Police and Crime plan. “High quality and interconnected CCTV plays a major role in helping to keep people safe,” said Ms Hernandez “It is an invaluable resource for the police to investigate crime and enable emergency services to find and help vulnerable people. “I want to support local authorities to better monitor their existing...
For over 170 years, YMCA Exeter has been supporting disadvantaged communities across Devon, particularly those now who are affected by homelessness.
This year the charity, which covers Exeter, East, Mid and North Devon, is launching a new fundraising campaign in order to radically transform the communal spaces shared by residents at its house on St David’s Hill, Exeter, as well as generate funds to help offer additional support services to those in need.
The ‘Changing Rooms: Changing Lives’ campaign has been spearheaded by the charity’s Fundraising and Engagement Manager,...
