An Exeter charity that works with blind and partially sighted people is to invest in exciting audiobooks thanks to a leading UK housebuilder.
The Royal National Institute of Blind People has received a £1,000 donation from Persimmon Homes South West’s Community Champions scheme, which sees up to £2,000 given away each month.
Nationally the housebuilder has given away almost £500,000 already this year.
Persimmon’s donation will go towards the RNIB’s Talking Books campaign, which has helped create a lifeline to the outside world for blind people for over 80 years....
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust (NDHT) staff in the Poltimore Building at Exeter Community Hospital held a bake-off, cake sale and raffle for staff yesterday, to raise money for Force Cancer Centre in Exeter.
Budding Mary Berrys baked a variety of cakes to raise money, such as lemon drizzles, chocolate cakes and fruit cakes.
The Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cynthia Thompson, attended and judged the bake-off, along with Zoe Harris, NDHT priority services manager.
Zoe said: “It was great that so many colleagues took part in the event and came together for such a worthy...
Exeter-based brand design agency Believe in® has today announced the launch of a second studio in Canada, operating alongside the agency’s founding operation in Exeter. The company will operate as a single team collaborating across both studios, serving clients in Europe and North America.
Founder and Creative Director Blair Thomson, along with Business Director Joanna Thomson, have opened the studio in Mono, Ontario, just north of Canada’s largest city, Toronto. The pair relocated ahead of the official launch to allow time for thorough testing of the new communication processes,...
The Donkey Sanctuary’s supporters have celebrated the Olympic and Paralympic Games by naming the charity’s newest foal Olympia.
On 12 August a colt foal was born at one of The Donkey Sanctuary’s farms after his mother came to the Sanctuary in foal.
An online naming contest began on Facebook and Twitter and the lucky name chosen for the Sanctuary’s newest addition was Olympia.
Ryan Peasland, Digital Communications Officer said: “We had hundreds of suggestions to name this little foal, many of which were accompanied by kind donations from our devoted supporters. When...
The Donkey Sanctuary is holding an Autumn Family Craft Fair on Sunday 9 October from 10am till 3pm.
As well as a fantastic range of crafts, gifts and edible treats, there will be plenty to keep the children entertained.
There will be a marquee full of talented local crafters; including, Handmade Devon, The Distinguished Dog Company, Love Lottie Rose, Beespoke of Devon and Eddie & Matilda; selling a fabulous collection of jewellery, knitted and sewn items, beauty and skincare, pottery and ceramics, luxury canine accessories, Christmas items, and more. The Donkey...
Exeter City won their third away game of the season at Stevenage with a battling 10-man performance.
The Grecians were dealt a blow midway through the first half when captain Jordan Moore-Taylor was shown a straight red card, but they put in an energetic and resolute performance to win 2-0 thanks to second-half strikes from Lee Holmes and Ollie Watkins.
City were forced to make two changes to the starting line-up from the game against Plymouth as Joel Grant and Ryan Harley both dropped out through injury. They were replaced by Craig Woodman and Reuben Reid.
As part of National Lorry Week, the North Devon sub region of the Road Haulage Association presented Devon Air Ambulance’s Fundraising manager Tracey Owen with a cheque for £1500, the proceeds from its Annual Dinner & Dance.
The cheque handover took place last week (21st September) at Exeter Services where Gregory Distribution Limited (GDL) was displaying a 44 trailer especially liveried with Devon Air Ambulance’s night flying campaign message – ‘Help us make night time flight time’.
The Road Haulage Association’s National Lorry Week is a UK-wide awareness campaign...
Children from Happy Days South West Nursery, Exeter went Spotacular for BBC Children in Need last week.
Lloyds Bank and BBC Children in Need’s exciting new schools fundraising campaign, The Big Spotacular, is encouraging children and teachers to dress up in spots, sell spotty cakes and goods, and take part in spotty themed challenges, to raise more money than ever before for children who need it most.
To launch Happy Days Southwest Nursey’s fundraising plans, children turned their nursery spotty. The nursery also plans to hold a range of other fundraising activities ahead...
From the legendary co-creator of the Bagpuss songs, to the voice on the stunning soundtrack to Guy Ritchie’s forthcoming Hollywood blockbuster, this autumn’s Baring-Gould Folk Weekend in Devon promises to be a rare treat for lovers of traditional music in all its forms.
In fact, the 18th annual festival in the Dartmoor town of Okehampton on Friday 21 to Sunday 23 October could well be the most varied yet, with a deliberate switch by its organisers to showcase more Devon-based singers and musicians as well as established names from across the UK.
The population of Greater Horseshoe Bats has declined by over 90% in the UK during the last century, with Devon now a stronghold for the species in the South West.
Led by Devon Wildlife Trust and supported by the National Lottery, as well as other funders, The Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project has chosen to partner with The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth to provide a local information hub, known as a ‘Bat Beacon’, where people can find out more about the project.
Ruth Angell, Wildlife and Conservation Co-ordinator at The Donkey Sanctuary, said:
