Rachael Phillips, a medical lab assistant at the RD&E, has signed up to ‘Brave the Shave’ and have her hair cut off for Macmillan Cancer Support on 4th September.
Macmillan provides specialist support to people with cancer and their families. This summer they are asking people to stand proudly alongside men and women who have cancer and be sponsored to shave off their hair for the charity.
Rachael, who has set herself a fundraising target of £350, was inspired by her own family to ‘Brave the Shave’. She said: “My granny had bowel cancer in her 80’s and overcame it. I’ve...
Scamp Theatre return to Exeter Northcott following their sell-out, five star show Stick Man with a heart-warming stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson's and Axel Scheffler's hotly anticipated new book The Scarecrows' Wedding.
The show is currently playing at the Edinburgh Festival where its opened to sell-out houses and rave reviews from adults and children alike!
Betty O’Barley and Harry O’Hay are excellent scarecrows (they scare a lot of crows). Harry loves Betty, and Betty loves Harry - so they decide to get married. Harry sets off to search for their wedding day...
Teignbridge District Council is on the hunt for the best of the best as it opens nominations for its Teignbridge Sports Personality Awards 2015.
Nominations are being sought for this year’s awards gala on Friday 4 December 2015 at the Langstone Cliff Hotel in Dawlish Warren.
The yearly event recognises and rewards athletes, teams, volunteers, coaches, and unsung heroes across Teignbridge for their hard work and dedication to sport, health and physical activity across the district and many local communities.
Anyone can submit nominations for the sportspeople,...
Corporate Services Manager, Janice Hart, is celebrating her 30th year at established Devon accountants Thompson Jenner.
Janice started at the firms Exmouth office in July 1985 and has become an important part of the team. As one of Devon’s leading firms of accountants, Thompson Jenner has a proud record of developing and retaining its key staff and Janice is a perfect example of that.
“I can’t believe that I am celebrating my 30th year at Thompson Jenner, the time has just flown past. I’ve made many good friends over the years and there’s a great working atmosphere at the...
As teenagers digest their GCSE results they are reminded that there is life after exams. This is the first year that teenagers, up to the age of 18 are legally required to stay in education, training or get a job with accredited training- something that the Government calls 'raising the age of participation'.
More information on this can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-polic... Gone are the days when you could walk away from education aged 16. David Allison, boss of www.getmyfirstjob.co.uk a website that matches young people to...
Most of us spend an inordinate amount of time online, checking our Facebook and catching up on the local news. Despite this, an estimated 25% of small businesses still don’t have a website , and of those that do only a small minority have mobile websites. Why is this?
10% of small businesses have no plans to build a website anytime soon. Small, long-standing family businesses often shun technology because they know nothing about it. Others stay away from the digital side of running a business because they don’t have the capacity to grow the business and a boost in sales could...
Family fun for the post-rave generation of parents. Helping parents be responsibly irresponsible since 2013.
DJs Tony Slackshot (Get On It / Jackin’) plus residents High Eight & Little My play (grown up) dance music on the multi-sensory dancefloor with glitter cannons, bubbles and giant parachute dance. Craft tables with giant mural, themed crafts and playdoh table. Play area with tents and tunnels and baby chillout space with mats and small ballpool. Licensed bar, free transfers, glowsticks and Happy Monkeys smoothies at the end. Cafe Bar serving savoury and sweet treats for...
SunGift Energy has crane-lifted the first ‘solar carport’ frames onto the roof of Exeter City Council’s Mary Arches car park.
It is believed to be the first solar installer in the UK carry out such an installation on the roof of a multi-story car park.
The start of work is particularly significant as it is the most technologically complex solar solution that SunGift has carried out to-date, with the company’s experts solving a number of technical challenges before the project could be started.
Exeter City Council awarded the contract to Devon-based SunGift, which is...
