The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities are calling for a change to the language used about people with learning disabilities and the way they are represented in the media, in order to tackle the increase in bullying, harassment and hate crime.
Social media and the internet are places where high levels of bullying and hate crime are experienced by people with learning disabilities, as well as when they are at home, at work or out in their communities.
As well as campaigning for more positive representation in society and the media, the Foundation, working with...
Mark Twiggs believes a "refreshed" outlook has given the Exeter Chiefs a real spring in their step as they get stuck into the rigours of pre-season.
With Sandy Park currently closed to all and sundry due to the multi-million pound redevelopment works that are being carried out ahead of the 2014/15 season, the Chiefs squad have been forced to relocate to the University of Exeter for the majority of their build-up to the new campaign.
The enforced switch, however, has been hailed a huge success by Twiggs, who heads up the Aviva Premiership club's Strength & Conditioning...
Organizers of the latest Exeter PA Network seminar are expressing their delight at the resounding success of the event which attracted over 60 delegates to the Mercure Southgate Hotel in Exeter.
The evening was styled as a ‘celebratory event’ aimed at raising awareness amongst the regional personal assistant community of the various awards that are open to them and encouraging them to put themselves forward for recognition.
High profile speakers included Leanne Graham, Executive PA Magazine/HAYS PA of the Year winner 2013 and Lucy Brazier, the CEO of Executive Secretary...
Flybe, Europe’s largest independent regional airline, has joined forces with the world’s leading online accommodation booking site, Booking.com, that allows agents and independent customers seamless access to Booking.com’s extensive worldwide accommodation database. The site is up and running from today (1 July, 2014). The direct link to Booking.com accessed via the airline’s website www.flybe.com provides a ‘one clickbooking’ gateway to over 500,000 hotels, apartments, B&B’s, villas, hostels, resorts and more in 201 countries. It gives users the option to select such preferences as...
The Technology Strategy Board (the UK’s Innovation Agency) has published its blueprint for growth, which outlines investments of over £400 million in British Innovation.
Businesses from across the South West are being encouraged to look at the range of specialist business support available and bid for a share of the funding on offer.
144 organisations in the South West received help or funding from the Technology Strategy Board in the last financial year.
These companies were awarded over £21 million to support their collaborative research and development projects...
On Saturday 26 July, the team at Castle Drogo invite you to an evening of wit and humour as The Hatherleigh Players put on a 1920s version of Oscar Wilde’s classic 1895 comedy The Importance of Being Earnest.
The Castle was originally built between 1911 and 1930 and so it provides a great backdrop for a performance of this Oscar Wilde favourite – expect Charleston dancing, mistaken identities, arguments over muffins and cucumber sandwiches and of course, A HANDBAG!
All proceeds from the performance will be split between The Hatherleigh Players and the ‘Save castle Drogo’...
Shoppers and residents in the seaside town of Teignmouth will notice a greater police presence in the town on Wednesday 2 July as 22 new officers take to the beat.
The extra officers are not an increase in the officer numbers at the station, but are in the final stages of their training before being sent to stations across the force area.
Jeanette Ritson, the service delivery manager from Learning and Development at Middlemoor said, “We have previously used a number of locations across the force for student officers to deal with practical scenarios in the public eye....
Do you know someone in the emergency services who has made a real difference? Here’s your chance to support them.
Entries are open for the first Excellence in Fire and Emergency Awards (the EFEs).
Launched by FIRE Magazine, in association with Babcock to honour the many heroes who save millions of lives and help countless others every day.
The awards acknowledge the ‘hidden’ heroics of the innovative people committed to improving safety and efficiency in the face of massive financial cuts.
On Saturday 26 July, the team at Castle Drogo invite you to an evening of wit and humour as The Hatherleigh Players put on a 1920s version of Oscar Wilde’s classic 1895 comedy The Importance of Being Earnest. The Castle was originally built between 1911 and 1930 and so it provides a great backdrop for a performance of this Oscar Wilde favourite – expect Charleston dancing, mistaken identities, arguments over muffins and cucumber sandwiches and of course, A HANDBAG! All proceeds from the performance will be split between The Hatherleigh Players and the ‘Save castle Drogo’ project. Perched...
