Exeter City Council is looking at how it can help victims of domestic violence who, the council says, could find themselves homeless when Exeter Women’s Refuge closes in April.
The centre, which has been the home to women who have fled abusive relationships for more than 20 years is due to close in April.
The closure comes as a result of a change in providers for the county’s domestic violence services provider to Wiltshire based charity Splitz which will not continue to fund the refuge.
The refuge’s current residents are now being found alternative accommodation,...
The region’s largest corporate charity run is calling for sponsors to boost its fund-raising for Macmillan Cancer Support.
The Michelmores Charity Run, which is now in its 15th year, attracts over 1000 runners and now raises in excess of £30,000 each year for its chosen charity.
The run takes place over a 5K city centre course which starts on Cathedral Yard and finishes at Exeter Castle.
Michelmores Marketing Director Louise Edwards, commented: “It’s the race’s 15th anniversary and to celebrate this fantastic landmark we want to break all fund-raising records, so...
The heats for Exeter are now complete for the Juniors, Intermediate and Sen-iors, and the Exeter Finals will very soon be upon us.
Many of us have enjoyed two excellent evenings where young people have demonstrated their concerns and have spoken with passion, interest and good humour.
Alphington A, and Exeter Prep got through the heat for the Juniors. Holly Hoban from Alphington is an eleven year old who surely has a remarkable future. It is the second time she has appeared in this competition and she spoke of the Great War, and what it means for her generation, with...
Planning your Wedding Day is never easy, but Sandy Park helped take the strain for over 150 blushing brides at their latest Wedding Fair which took place on Sunday 23 February
Armed with the opportunity to plan every part of their special occasion, the Sandy Park Wedding Fair truly delivered on all fronts as brides, couples and guests cast their eye over the numerous, local exhibitors.
Whether it be dresses, rings, venue hire, cakes, photography or transportation, nothing was left off the list for those in attendance.
Opposition councillors have responded angrily to the decision made by Cabinet Member Will Mumford to close Devon County Council’s children’s homes at Birchen Lane (Tiverton) as well as Rifford Road and Blossom Corner (both Exeter). They have ‘called in’ the decision, which means that it must be considered by the People’s Scrutiny Committee, a special meeting of which is to take place on 11th March. There was anger too about the move to bring this meeting forward from its calendared date of 3rd April without consulting all committee members.
A Touch of the Wild are going to be running a new family adventure club for just £15 ( for up to five people) from April.
ATOTW, located at Haldon Forest Hill, provides fun and challenging environmental education activities for all ages.
In April they will be running their new family adventure club, which will see its visitors playing games, exploring the woods, tracking wild animals, building dens, lighting campfires and lots more.
Family Adventure Club is a monthly event which takes place at Haldon Forest Park Nr Exeter. Starting on Saturday 5 April 2014 at 10....
School leaders in Devon have renewed their campaign for fair funding for education today in a letter to Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove. The letter from Devon County Council’s Cabinet member for schools, Will Mumford, and the chairman of the Devon Association of Primary Heads, Martyn Boxall calls on Mr Gove to speed up the introduction of a fairer national funding system. Currently Devon schools are sixth from bottom of 152 education authorities for Government funding means every pupil in the county is worth nearly £500 less than the average child nationally. “We’re finding...
Farmland prices in the South West hit yet another record high during the final six months of 2013, having jumped around seven percent in the space of a year, says the latest RICS/RAU Rural Land Market Survey H2 2013.
During the second half of last year, the average cost of farmland in the region rose to £7,763 per acre, hitting a record high for the eighth consecutive period. The cost of land is now seven percent higher than during the same period in 2012 when an acre cost, on average, just under £7,250.
Growth in prices has been driven by the on-going surge in demand from...
Exeter-based Crowdcube is celebrating its third year in businesses as the world’s largest Equity-based crowdfunder. Crowdfunding has come to prominence in recent years with online companies such as Kickstarter allowing users to donate funding for a wide variety of projects in exchange for rewards, based on the amount donated. Founded in 2011, Crowdcube became the world’s first equity-based crowdfunder, where the rewards for donations - generally additional or exclusive content- are instead replaced by shares of a company’s potential future profits. Since then the industry has flourished...
Three extra workshop-auditions have been announced for the upcoming community project, The Day We Played Brazil.
The new auditions will take place on at 7pm on Thursday 6 March at the Exeter Northcott Theatre and two sessions on Sunday 9th March at 10am and 2pm at Kay House on the University of Exeter Campus.
Don’t miss out on your chance to be part of this once in a lifetime experience. People of all ages are needed to take part in the production to play footballers, their wives and sweethearts, Exeter City fans and the people of Exeter over the last century.
