More than £2.1 million was spent by community transport users in local high streets across Devon in 2015, according to new figures.
The estimated financial support to local businesses is highlighted in a survey carried out by the Community Transport Associations in Devon.
Nearly 3,000 Ring & Ride and Shopmobility service users were asked how much they had spent on their shopping trips in November. The anonymous responses of those who took part in the survey revealed that in total they had spent over £128,000 throughout the month.
There’s no excuse for not knowing where the Exeter Mid & East Devon branch of Samaritans is based - it now has its own official ‘fingerpost’ signs in central Exeter.
One of the charity’s less well-known services to clients is face-to-face sessions at its premises on Richmond Road, near the famous Clock Tower in Exeter city centre.
“These sessions are for people who need someone to listen. People can call at the door from 10.30am until 9.30pm seven days a week, with no appointment needed” explains Helen Crossfield, director of the branch.
The UK's largest racecourse group attracted record numbers of people to enjoy a day at the races during the last year, according to new figures published today by Jockey Club Racecourses which show in 2015 its total attendances surpassed 1.9 million for the first time ever. Exeter Racecourse, which is part of Jockey Club Racecourses, saw attendances increase by 6,653. Its flagship racedays include the Haldon Gold Cup, New Year’s Day, Devon Day and its popular Super Sunday meeting in February while Jockey Club Racecourses runs the likes of the Cheltenham Festival, the Crabbie’s Grand...
GAIN, the South West Growth, Acceleration and Investment Network is looking for all start-ups, innovators, disruptors to invest £30,000 as matchfunding to help business growth.
GAIN has partnered with the UK's #1 rewards crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder, to find brilliant businesses based in Devon, Cornwall, Isles of Scilly or Somerset who have a product, service or approach that is unique or different in some way.
They will offer 10 businesses that meet their criteria, up to £3,000 of match funding each, if they crowdfund on Crowdfunder, from January 10, 2016. Each...
An NHS team in Exeter has helped to produce a series of educational videos about bladder and bowel care for children and young people.
Fiona Boorman, a paediatric nurse specialist in the integrated bladder and bowel care team based at Franklyn House, was selected to be the face of the podcasts.
The videos were a joint venture between the service, which is managed by the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, and Virgin Care’s public health nursing team in the Crediton area.
The three videos are entitled ‘The importance of fluid intake for children and young people’, ‘...
Come along to ‘What’s Occurring Cranbrook’ to discover the wide variety of vibrant activities on offer in the town.
The showcase event will give you a flavour of all that’s happening in Cranbrook.
Over 30 clubs and community groups will be available to discuss what they do and how you can get involved. The School of Dance, Tae Kwondo, East Devon Sounds and the Cranbrook Community Choir will be giving demonstrations, performances and running taster activities and if you want something more sedate, you can join the Board Game Table.
A private dental centre in Exeter is hoping to fill a cavity by recruiting a new dentist to join the growing team.
The Exeter Dental Centre, situated on Castle Street in the city centre, will be welcoming a new dentist this month, following a huge investment and considerable expansion. The last six months have seen the centre grow to seven surgeries and a skin treatment suite, over six floors, after taking over the former Michael Spiers Jewellers retail space on the ground floor.
This is the second large investment in the practice since its launch as The Exeter Dental...
Professor Michelle Ryan’s 2015 TEDxExeter talk has been viewed nearly 70,000 times in the past six months, and tops a recent compilation of TEDx talks on the way we work.
Michelle Ryan is Professor of Social and Organisational Psychology at the University of Exeter. Her TEDxExeter talk examines work-life balance – asking whether it is about balancing time or balancing identity. Her research demonstrates that in male-dominated professions, such as surgery, science and the police force, men and women start out with the same ambition to succeed, but women’s ambition erodes over time...
AS EXPECTED, tickets for the Grecians' Emirates FA Cup Third Round tie with Liverpool are now close to selling out.
A smattering of tickets, both seated and Big Bank, remain, and will continue to be sold to Season Ticket Holders, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Community Members until they are sold out.
Sales continue on a first-come, first-served basis at one per person.
For those looking to collect pre-purchased tickets on the day, please head to the booths at the relevant points. Please arrive early to avoid the queues, and hence avoid missing any of the action....
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is asking residents to heed warnings not to enter floodwater, as it could put themselves and others at risk.
Fire crews were called to several incidents where vehicles were stuck in floodwater to carry out rescues over the festive period. On 3 January, a cyclist was rescued in Newton Abbot after getting into difficulty near a swollen river.
A yellow weather warning for rain covering parts of Devon and Somerset has been issued by the Met Office as heavy rain showers are expected until Tuesday lunchtime.
