Matilda is my Grandma. She migrated from Jamaica to England in 1962. Now all of her memories have faded. I need to remember for her, for me, for us…
A woman makes a decision that will change her family’s history and the course of their future. Five decades later her granddaughter reflects on the eminence and consequence of that choice, retracing Matilda’s journey to discover how it has shaped her own.
Weaving together storytelling, spoken word, dubpoetry, live art, autobiography, and reggae music, this colourful and challenging performance offers a political viewpoint...
Local charity Hospiscare is calling on the ladies across Exeter, mid and east Devon to get the girls together and get sponsored to walk 12k for their local hospice.
The annual Ladies Starlight Walk will take place on Saturday 10th May along the beautiful Exmouth coastline.
This popular event starting and finishing at the Exmouth Rugby Club offers the chance to remember the life of a loved one whilst having a memorable evening out with the girls. The walk kicks off with a zumba warm-up, featuring Exmouth rugby players and The Exmouth Shanty Men and finishes with a well...
Local entrepreneur Emma Tellesy is celebrating a successful first year trading for her Exeter-based skincare, cosmetics and nutrition business, Arbonne.
Emma, who is also a mum and a part-time commercial airline pilot, started the home-based, network marketing business after finishing maternity leave this time last year.
Emma said: “After finishing my maternity leave I was looking forward to taking to the skies again, however I wanted to try and find some additional income that allowed me to spend time at home with my son – setting up with Arbonne has allowed me to do this...
A team of students from Clyst Vale Community College in Exeter have been crowned the national champions in Land Rover 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge UK Finals, one of the UK’s most successful school STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) challenges.
Over the past six months, thousands of young people aged 11-19 have participated in the Challenge and have been designing, building and testing miniature remote-controlled 4x4 vehicles with support from Jaguar Land Rover engineering graduate mentors. In each stage of the Challenge, teams must successfully negotiate a...
Food handlers working in Exeter’s Chinese restaurants and takeaways are being offered the opportunity to gain a hygiene award when the Council runs a Cantonese and Mandarin training event next week.
The Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering is delivered by a tutor who speaks both languages and covers topics such as food poisoning and contamination, food storage and temperature control, cleaning, personal hygiene and pest control.
Cllr Keith Owen, Lead Councillor for Environment, Health and Wellbeing, said: “It’s important that all food handlers receive appropriate...
Conservationists have been awarded funding to develop plans to protect a rare species of bat in Devon. The funding secured by Devon Wildlife Trust from the Heritage Lottery Fund for will go towards a project protecting the Greater Horseshoe Bat. The project plan to be developed over the next 12 months by the Greater Horseshoe Bat Partnership could then see a further £750,000 in long-term funding. “In the last century they’ve seen their numbers decline by 90% and Devon and the wider South West, is really the last remaining stronghold for that species.” said Steve Hussey of the Devon...
Why not enjoy an evening out with the girls, where you can have some food and drink, all in aid of a good cause.
The Passage Hotel in Newton Abbot is hosting its popular ladies night once again.
The event costs £10 and as well as offering a light buffet and refreshments it also boasts the oppurtunity for guests to see what Avon, Bliss Spa, Anna's Photography and My Clever Wardrobe have to offer.
All proceeds will go to the Cots for Tots appeal.
Email carlywarren@passagehousegroup.co.uk or call 01626 35515 to book.
On Friday 18th April 2014 Exeter Axhayes Adoption Centre will be holding their annual re-homing/open day which they are calling their “Easter Eggstravaganza”.
The centre will be open from 11am till 4pm and it is guaranteed to be a family fun packed day as well as hoping to re-home many of the cats in their care.
Entrance is free with a donation of cat food, and there will be lots to do, including an Easter egg hunt (a charge of £1 per child), children’s entertainment, craft stall, cake decoration, refreshments and a BBQ, birds of prey static display, dog agility course plus...
Exeter’s dedicated local food shop is celebrating its third birthday and plans to record this occasion by creating a wall of photographs of people with their favourite food or drink item. The Real Food Store, Paris Street, Exeter has over 300 shareholders plus hundreds of regular customers and staff who have already started taking pictures.
Store manager Natalie Ohlson said:
“This isn’t just an ordinary shop selling local food, we’re all about people, both our regular customers and the producers who supply us. The link between those who live or work in town and those who...
TV Wildlife presenter and bug expert Nick Baker appeared at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park to officially open Bugz Unlimited, the Park’s brand new attraction full of strange and interesting creepy crawlies.
Years 2 and 3 pupils from Lady Seaward’s Church of England Primary School and Clyst St Mary Primary School joined Nick Baker and Devon’s Crealy’s Animal Team for the grand opening on Friday 28th March 2014 where they had the opportunity to get very close to a menagerie of extraordinary bugs and insects.
Nick, former presenter of BBC’s The Really Wild Show, gave the...
