The Festival will be on the 17th, 18th and 19th July in St Margaret’s Church, Topsham.
We will be open from 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. on the Thursday and Friday and until 5.30pm on the Saturday. The late opening provides an opportunity for those who work to come and enjoy the exhibits.
On Friday at 6pm there will be music performed by Chris and Josie Walledge and friends.
The theme is MEMORIES and exhibitors are coming up with a wide and interesting range of titles. It will be fun to see how these are interpreted in flowers and memorabilia.
This year's Respect promises to be as exciting as ever with a fantastic line-up of acts and activities taking place in Belmont Park from 12noon to 7pm on Saturday 31 May and from 11am to 6 pm on Sunday 1 June 2014.
Belmont Park will be covered in beautiful decorations produced by a range of schools, community and youth groups. There will be activities and performances representing every part of Exeter’s culture, which is becoming more diverse year-on-year, with something to see or do for participants of all ages and backgrounds. This year Exeter Respect been sponsored by many...
St Petrock’s, Exeter’s charity for people who are homeless, has received further funding for its Private Rented Service which, so far, has successfully accommodated and continues to support 62 individuals who were previously homeless, in the local area.
The award has been made by Crisis, the national homelessness charity, as a result of additional government funding and aims to help 2,250 people who are homeless, over the next two years, by financially supporting projects around the country, like St Petrock’s in Exeter.
Leslie Morphy, chief executive of Crisis, said: “We...
Exmouth Town Council, East Devon District Council (EDDC) and local resident, Ed Hughes, have worked together to get Exmouth the brand new seafront outdoor shower that residents wanted.
The outdoor shower, next to The Octagon, is free and has two shower heads and two lower down foot washers.
Funding for this project (Section 106 money) became available as a result of a number of housing developments in the Exmouth Town Council area. Section 106 money is collected from developers and spent by EDDC, which chooses to involve the community in how it allocates funds.
Exeter Library has opened its doors to the public for the time today, following its multi million pound refurbishment by Devon County Council
Major new features such as the LED-lit glass sculpture in the entrance foyer, the stack of books, showcasing a range of books with local connections; as well as the innovative Fab Lab and Business and Information Hub; have been seen for the first time as visitors explored each of the three new floors.
Visitors to the new Devon centre Quiet reading areas, Wi-Fi and public computing facilities, improved children and young people’s areas...
An angler fishing off the North Devon coast has caught a monster shark thought to weigh more than 450lb. Grahame Pullen, a 62-year-old sport fishing journalist caught Porbeagle sharka estimated measure in at 8ft and 450lb near an unspecified resort on the North Devon coast with friend and colleague Wayne Comben. Grahame will not specify the location due to concerns for affecting tourism in the area but has said the beach is a popular tourist destination. Despite his extensive experience of fishing Porbeagles and similar sized fish, the size of the shark saw Grahame’s 17ft boat, the ‘Hi Sea...
Local children and parents came along to the East Devon District Council (EDDC) Community Festival in The Crescent in Littleham, Exmouth on Saturday 17 May.
As part of the day the new £40,000 outdoor Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) with lines and goals for netball, basketball and football, was officially opened.
Town Mayor and EDDC Champion for Exmouth, Councillor John Humphreys, cut the ribbon and declared the games area open and ready for fun. As part of the opening basketball coaching was available from a professional basketballer on the new games area.
There has been recent media interest in the potentially detrimental effects on health that a lack of sleep can cause. Would it surprise you to know that research has shown that a chronic lack of sleep could contribute to the onset of weight gain, Type II diabetes, heart disease and alzheimer's disease? Now while the occasional disturbed nights sleep will not do you any harm there is growing evidence highlighting the enormous health benefits to your body of consistently sleeping well.
Sleep is restorative, allowing the body a chance to rest and repair from the days activities....
More people in Exeter are struggling to pay rents and council tax according to the latest figures from Exeter Citizen’s Advice Bureau (CAB).
The local charity reports major increases in some of the types of debt and money problems being reported among the 5,000 people who visited the charity for advice in the last year.
Significantly the charity reports a72 per cent increase in problems about housing association rent arrears and a 59 percent increase in problems about local authority rent arrears indicating that people are struggling with . The charity also reports a 58...
A variety of work will be on show at Buckfast Abbey from 11 June- 31 October during an exciting sculpture exhibition ' Open Doors'. The exhibition, organised by Dartmouth Contemporary Arts, will feature work created by the South West Sculptors Association. Visitors will be treated to a variety of work ranging from the contemporary abstract to the more familiar representational. Most sculptures can be seen in the ‘Physic’ and ‘Sensory’ gardens and artist details are available from the Abbey.
