The University of Exeter has launched its most ambitious philanthropic Campaign to date to reinforce its position as one of the leading research institutions worldwide.
The ‘Making the Exceptional Happen’ Campaign will raise £60 million by 2020 to support research into shared global challenges, including climate change, chronic disease and food security. The funds raised will leverage a further £100 million from research and corporate partners over this period.
The Campaign will also secure 60,000 hours from 6,000 volunteers to help enhance Exeter’s outstanding student...
Crisp Professional Development, Exeter’s long-established learning and development provider, have chosen Children’s Hospice South West as their 2017 Charity of the Year.
The charity, which supports life-limited children and their families, has 3 hospices in Devon, Cornwall and Bristol, providing respite, palliative and end of life care.
Crisp Professional Development will be offering financial support by donating money from every Open Course sale throughout 2017, but will also be actively fundraising for the charity.
Managing Director Shaun Durham said: “The whole...
Newton Abbot Racecourse is fast becoming one of the South West’s leading music venues with the announcement of its next annual music festival, Sounds of the Summer, which will take place this July.
On Sunday 16 July the racecourse will host UK reggae royalty, UB40, as they treat the crowd to some of the best known and loved hits of the 1980s including Red Red Wine, Rat in Mi Kitchen, One in Ten, Cherry Oh Baby, King and Food for Thought. The band, which hails originally from Birmingham, has achieved major chart success with over 50 of their singles appearing in the UK charts alone...
Exeter and Plymouth based LHC Architecture + Urbanism has pledged a year-long programme of fundraising events in aid of the Children’s Hospice South West.
image004.jpgStaff from the award-winning architecture firm voted for Children’s Hospice South West to be the company’s charity of the year, after having designed two of charity’s hospices in the past 20 years.
The charity was founded in 1991 by parents Eddie and Jill Farwell, who experienced first-hand the urgent need for hospice care for children in the South West. Children’s Hospice South West now has three hospices...
Leading independent education recruitment specialists Class People are helping to raise awareness of the teaching profession this week, by taking part in Barnardo’s ‘Hat Day’. The charity’s aim is to encourage young people to use their imagination to be whoever they want to be, whether it be a fireman, an astronaut - or a teacher. With their extensive work with Barnardo’s Children’s Centres, Class People are keen to show their support in new ways to help the worthwhile cause. As providers for supply teachers and early years practitioners across the South-West, South-East and Midlands,...
It's seven a.m. on a chilly, dark February morning; there's ankle-deep, sugar-white snow outside and you're stuck ungracefully attempting to digest Mellow Birds Instant Coffee. And you ponder, just for a second, because you have to defrost your car, where on earth has a good, local coffee sprinted off to? And in a world where franchises such as Starbucks eats up your wallets more than Great Western Railways, it has become increasingly difficult to not become blinded by the deeply rich aroma of caramel coffee that hovers around these overpriced corporate chains. But...
Reggae royalty UB40 will be headlining Sounds of the Summer at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Sunday 16 July.
See Duncan Campbell, Robin Campbell, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers, Earl Falconer and James Brown perform some of their greatest hits live on the night. They will be also joined by some very special guests, to be announced soon.
Enjoy a jam-packed evening filled with hit-after-hit of live music in the South Devon countryside. Tickets on sale now Early Bird Adult Admission (Available until 31 March): Buy today and save!
During half term families can join the East Devon Countryside Rangers at Seaton Wetlands on Tuesday 14 February 2017 for a day of fun learning how to make gardens more wildlife friendly, followed by bird watching for children.
During the Wildlife Gardening event, which will take place between 10am to 2pm, one of the Countryside Rangers will demonstrate willow coppicing and refreshments will be served from the Discovery Hut. No booking is required for this event. Cost for materials: £7.50 per bird box kit, £3 for other craft activities.
This month marks the start of the Red Triangle Campaign, which aims to eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).
The national campaign will run until International Women’s Day on March 8 using a symbolic small, downward facing red triangle to denote solidarity against FGM.
Solicitor Hannah Myers from The Family Law Company, explained the background: “FGM is any procedure that involves the injury to, or partial or total removal of female genitalia for non-medical reasons.
“It isn’t pleasant to think about, but the practice – which is predominant in...
Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 30-year-old female from the Sidmouth area called Tanya Vickery.
Tanya was last seen at approximately 22:40 hours on Tuesday 7th February on the Esplanade in Sidmouth near to The Marine pub from where she made her way onto the beach and has not been seen since.
Tanya is described as a white female, slim build, 5 ft 5 inches tall with black straight shoulder length hair, she was last seen wearing a white puffer jacket.
If you have seen Tanya or have any information which might assist police with their...
