A shocking new report today reveals that 9,050 people are homeless in the South West.
For the very first time, housing charity Shelter has revealed the true scale of homelessness in the area by analysing a combination of the most up-to-date government statistics, freedom of information requests, and other published homelessness data.
To mark Shelter’s founding 50 years ago today, the research is inspired by the charity’s original ‘Green Book’ – the report that launched the charity in 1966 and exposed the grim reality of life for homeless families at the time. Sadly, the...
Christmas is the time for giving so pupils from Exeter Deaf Academy have dressed up as ‘Santa’s Little Helpers’ to ask their local community to give the gift of volunteering this festive season.
In the run up to Christmas, Exeter Deaf Academy need volunteers to give just 3 hours to help sell car raffle tickets in Princesshay Exeter on weekdays, weekends or on a Thursday Late Night Shopping evening.
Raffle tickets are sold by volunteers from the Exeter Deaf Academy stand in Princesshay up until Christmas Eve. So far, volunteers have sold over 4,000 raffle tickets, but with...
Ragamuffins Hair located in Kenton, Exeter, recently celebrated their 20th Anniversary by giving back to their community and hosting a charity event to raise money for local Exeter cancer support charity, Force (Friends of the Oncology and Radiotherapy Centre, Exeter).
To celebrate 20 years of business, salon owner Nikki Farrant and the Ragamuffins team held a fundraising event to raise awareness and money for Force Cancer Charity, a local charity who work to raise money to aid research, purchase state of the art equipment to improve cancer treatment and provide support to cancer...
This Christmas, ActionAid release figures revealing Exeter to be the ninth most generous city in the UK based on the number of children sponsored across Africa, Asia and South America by local people.
Exeter was ranked the ninth most generous out of a top twenty survey, with people from the area sponsoring over 172 children - enough children to fill over six classrooms.
Sponsorship provides basics like food, shelter, clean water and education for children in the poorest parts of the world. In the long term it will also help the child, their family and their whole. Millions...
Bryan Adams will perform outdoors at Powderham Castle, Exeter on Thursday 13th July 2017, as a continuation of his Get Up Tour. This is one of just a handful of outdoor shows the Canadian musician will perform in the UK next year.
Tickets are available to buy online at www.ticketline.co.uk or by phone 0844 888 9991.
Local people have so far dedicated more than 3,000 hours of volunteering to the East Devon District Council Countryside service in 2016.
With National Volunteer Day on Monday December 5 the Countryside team will be showing their gratitude to their willing volunteers with homemade cakes and extra coffee breaks during volunteering sessions throughout the week.
More than 140 countryside volunteers, from all walks of life, have supported the service this year with a number of practical tasks and assisted in education and events.
The University of Exeter’s a cappella group Semi-Toned is in the final of Gareth Malone’s TV search for the nation’s most talented and entertaining amateur choir.
The all-male group is one of just three choirs to make it through to the final of The Choir: Gareth’s Best in Britain.
The group was selected in a tense semi final which saw the four regional heat winners work with industry experts in a “boot camp” to prepare for a performance in front of a panel of judges.
Semi-Toned President Sylvan Rackham said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to have made it through to the...
Police are appealing to the public following a serious collision that has left a man and a woman with serious injuries.
At approximately 4.31pm on Tuesday 29 November, two vehicles, a silver Microcar Dynamic SEI and a Toyota Hilux, were involved in a collision on the A30 junction A3015, Honiton Road, Exeter.
As a result of the incident, a 69-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man were taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital before being transferred to Derriford Hospital.
The road was closed for a period of time to facilitate the extrication of casualties and for...
Make sure you’re ‘Right Here’ on 1st July as The Jockey Club Live and Wincanton Racecourse are delighted to welcome JESS GLYNNE, one of the UK’s hottest chart stars, to the home of rural jump racing. First coming into the public consciousness as the vocalist on Clean Bandit’s Grammy Award winning and #1 hit ‘Rather Be’; pop sensation Jess Glynne has since become one of the biggest UK breakthrough acts of recent years. Her number-one charting debut album, ‘I Cry When I Laugh‘, has turned double platinum in the UK, making it the highest selling debut album of the past year. Jess is also one...
