SWH’s Richard Trump, Works Manager, was recently tasked with putting together ten of SWH’s finest football players in support of Prostate Cancer UK.
A few of the team members hadn’t played football for quite some time, so it was all about dusting off old football boots, proving you’re never too old (or unfit!) to grace the turf and getting stuck in for a fantastic cause.
Once the players were chosen they set out to take part in a 6- A- Side Football Tournament at St James Park, Home of Exeter City on Sunday 27th April. The team, named South West Highways Ltd, were made up...
We are delighted to be running this workshop for Leading Women UK and if you are a member it is FREE to attend.
Non members will be charged £49.00 and bookings can be made at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-leadership-afternoon-tea-tickets-117004... .
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Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education is celebrating national Volunteers’ Week by launching its first ever Fundraising Volunteer recruitment campaign.
Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June) is an annual event celebrating volunteers and volunteering across the UK and this year marks its 30th anniversary. To coincide with this milestone, the Academy is kick-starting its recruitment campaign and invites you to be part of something amazing.
The Deaf Academy is soon to embark on an exciting new build project and will be reliant on the help of the local community at an unprecedented level...
As very proud sponsors of the Devon Venus Awards Sampson Hall are delighted to be part of this fantastic day that has been organised to offer women who are thinking of setting up a business or those already in business the chance to obtain free guidance and advice from a range of business experts.
Friday 6 June will see experts from Stones Solicitors LLP, Bishop Fleming, Sampson Hall and Western Morning News/Express & Echo in Market Square at the Guildhall Shopping Centre in Exeter between 10am and 4pm to provide free advice to women in business.
A collaborative effort between four Exeter based businesses is aiming to get a team of at least 12 walkers to the top of the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales within a 24 hour period.
The group comprises participants from chartered accountants Francis Clark who are providing refreshments for the teams; property consultants Edward Symmons who are in charge of maps and other specialist kit; Ashfords Solicitors who have arranged a fund-raising website page and Barclays Bank who have arranged the transport.
The teams include Sean Grinsted, Glenn Nicol and Mike Pearce...
This year’s line up includes Luke Friend, The Other Tribe, Will and the People and Mad Dog Mcrea, Moriaty, The Correspondents, The Scribes and Owen Penrice to name but a few!
Further information and tickets available here: www.lemonfest.co.uk
Ashfords LLP, a top 100 law firm with offices in Exeter, Bristol, London, Taunton and Tiverton, is sponsoring a Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) corporate fundraising initiative backed by renowned entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den investor Deborah Meaden.
The £50 Challenge sees companies using their business skills and innovation to generate as much money as possible for CHSW from an initial £50.
The law firm’s £2,500 sponsorship will provide 50 companies with a £50 start-up investment, it’s then over to the corporates to put their business brains and money making acumen to...
It may well be considered the 'acid test' for any professional rugby player, but Exeter Chiefs hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie admits he would love to have a crack at world champions New Zealand on their own turf this summer.
The 20-year-old Cornishman was this week handed his big chance by England coach Stuart Lancaster when he was named among a 30-man squad who will head to the Southern Hemisphere to tackle the formidable All Blacks.
Joined by club colleague Tom Johnson on the trip, the talented hooker has enjoyed a stellar 12 months with club and country and now aims to top it...
“Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn’t is someone whom I admire but have never met.”
Barbara Walters, broadcast journalist and author
This day is designed to offer women a fantastic opportunity of working together with like minded individuals, sharing ideas, supporting one another, enthusing, inspiring and motivating each other. It offers women in business the opportunity of addressing some of the realities and difficulties in juggling work and home life.
You will leave with processes to help you manage your time, communicate effectively...
A top local artist has come to the English Riviera to paint a gorilla in public.
Cleo Heard is painting the life-size figure between Monday 26th and Friday 30th May, during half term. She is working in the entrance hall of Living Coasts, on the quayside, where people can watch her progress.
Last year Cleo painted the popular Bananarilla for the Great Gorillas Project. Her design for this gorilla uses the Living Coasts penguin logo in a striking all-over pattern. She has dubbed this gorilla Penguilla.
Hayley Gibson, from Living Coasts, said: “This is part of the...
