Take a #RainbowSelfie for Devon charity

Devon-based charity Rainbow Living is looking for 5,000 people to take a #RainbowSelfie to help raise £15,000 towards buying a third Rainbow House and provide a home for a group of young disabled adults.

#RainbowSelfie is part of the charity’s #ThirdRainbowHouse campaign which launches today (Tuesday 28 July).

It’s easy to get involved – simply embrace the ‘rainbow’ theme, take your #RainbowSelfie, share on social media, and nominate 3 friends to do the same.

You can donate to the campaign by texting RNBW03 £3 to 70070 or online at https://campaign.justgiving.com/...

SynthWest II

Event Date: 
05/09/2015 - 7:00pm to 06/09/2015 - 12:00am
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix Voodoo Lounge

SynthWest presents SynthWest II, another great evening of fine electronica, taking place at Voodoo Lounge, Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Exeter, EX4 3LS featuring LLDC, Shelter and Vile Electrodes.

After the success of the inaugural show in Oct 2014 at Casa Maroc in Exeter, SynthWest is proud to return with a second live show, Synthwest II will bring together three more of the best contemporary acts in the electronic scene.

Local band LLDC, comprised of Ex Londoner, bass player and DJ - Dubb Clown and Exeter based electronica singer songwriter - Lou Latham, have come together...

Healthcare funding boost for city homeless

A joint bid to The Exeter Board to provide people who are homeless and vulnerably housed in the city with in-house healthcare support has been successful with an award of £9,000 being made to St Petrock’s, Exeter’s charity for people who are homeless and Gabriel House, the city’s hostel.

“We’re delighted that local and county councilors on The Exeter Board agreed to support our bid as this will provide much needed nursing and mental health support at both St Petrock’s and Gabriel House for six months while new integrated healthcare services are being designed," explained Mel...

Award-winning FORCE charity shop set for temporary closure

The FORCE Cancer Charity Shop in Heavitree’s Fore Street has again been named the best in the country.

It’s won the award as the most profitable in its category from the Charity Retail Association.

The news comes as FORCE announces that the shop is set to close at the end of August for approximately 10 weeks.

“We need to carry out some essential building work and we can’t do that without shutting the shop completely,” said manager Anna Heard.

But she reassured customers: “We won’t be doing anything to change the identity of our shop. It will still be the...

Vintage Variety Day in Exeter

Authored by metismedia
Posted: Tue, 07/28/2015 - 4:02pm

Vintage enthusiasts are set to flock to Exeter's Bike Shed Theatre for a packed day of activities and entertainment.

The Vintage Variety Day on Sunday, August 16, begins with a flashmob at 1pm in Princesshay, when singers, dancers and musicians, including members of the many Devon ukulele groups, will join cabaret star Tricity Vogue in a singalong of You Are My Sunshine. The gathering will then promenade through the Exeter streets to the Bike Shed Theatre, in time for the opening of the vintage fair at 2pm.

Tricity said: "The day will be a chocolate box of vintage treats. I...

Open air theatre: Pride and Prejudice

Event Date: 
22/08/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Connaught Gardens, Sidmouth

Two of East Devon’s best loved parks will be the venue for several outstanding shows this summer.

Well regarded touring theatre companies will be performing at Connaught Gardens in Sidmouth and Manor Gardens in Exmouth. Choose from Much Ado about Nothing, Hamlet or Pride and Prejudice.

This is a joint project between East Devon District Council’s StreetScene and Countryside departments bringing new events to our outstanding parks and gardens.

Prices for adults will start from £12 with concessions, child and family tickets available. For box office please contact the...

Open air theatre: Halmet

Event Date: 
11/08/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Connaught Gardens, Sidmouth

Two of East Devon’s best loved parks will be the venue for several outstanding shows this summer.

Well regarded touring theatre companies will be performing at Connaught Gardens in Sidmouth and Manor Gardens in Exmouth. Choose from Much Ado about Nothing, Hamlet or Pride and Prejudice.

This is a joint project between East Devon District Council’s StreetScene and Countryside departments bringing new events to our outstanding parks and gardens.

Prices for adults will start from £12 with concessions, child and family tickets available. For box office please contact the...

Much Ado about Nothing

Event Date: 
09/08/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Gardens, Exmouth

Two of East Devon’s best loved parks will be the venue for several outstanding shows this summer.

Well regarded touring theatre companies will be performing at Connaught Gardens in Sidmouth and Manor Gardens in Exmouth. Choose from Much Ado about Nothing, Hamlet or Pride and Prejudice.

This is a joint project between East Devon District Council’s StreetScene and Countryside departments bringing new events to our outstanding parks and gardens.

Prices for adults will start from £12 with concessions, child and family tickets available. For box office please contact the...

Think before you dial 999 for an ambulance

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 07/28/2015 - 10:43am

Now that the summer season is upon us and the holiday makers are arriving in all corners of the region, South Western Ambulance Service (SWASFT) is reminding people to Choose Well and only dial 999 in a life threatening emergency.

Over the last weekend (Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July) the Trust attended a host of incidents including stabbings, cardiac arrests, a sky diving accident and an accident involving a glider.

Ambulance crews also attended countless road traffic collisions, especially as the wet weather hit across the patch, and staff are reminding motorists to...

Aller Brake Road closure extended

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 07/28/2015 - 10:40am

Galliford Try, constructors of the new A380 South Devon Link Road, have announced that the temporary closure of the bottom of Aller Brake Road will be extended until Sunday 9 August.

The closure was necessary to tie-in the new Aller Link Road which will provide a two-way access route for residents towards Torquay.

The programme has been revised to carry out significant works near to the entrance for Hanson’s Quarry. This was originally scheduled for a later date, which would have incurred a further closure, but by carrying out the works alongside the existing phase the...

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