Will You Sleep Rough So That Others Don’t Have To?
The aim is simple: get sponsored to sleep rough for one night, raising funds to help disadvantaged young people build a future.
Join us to sleep under the stars and help raise funds to support Exeter YMCA's work with homeless young people.
Music and other entertainment during the evening will make sure you have a great time and food and hot drinks will be available. All you need to do is make sure you’re well wrapped up!
Date: Saturday 15th March to Sunday 16th March 2014 Time: 8.00 PM to 7.00 AM Place...
Forty young people from Devon have been honoured for achieving their Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award.
The young people have completed their Gold award and were presented with their awards by Deputy Lieutenant, Sir John Evans QPM DL LL.B at a ceremony at County Hall in Exeter.
The ceremony was attended by Helen Jenny MBE, Chair of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme in Devon, and Devon County Council's Head of Child and Adult Protection, Fiona Fitzpatrick
The DofE is a personal development programme undertaken as part of leisure time activities. It challenges young...
We want to develop stroke services for people in Exeter, East and Mid Devon and would like to hear your thoughts on how we could do this.
Your stroke services are currently provided by the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (for the hospital part of stroke care) and Northern Devon NHS Healthcare Trust (for the rehabilitation part of stroke care).
The local healthcare clinical commissioning group has been working closely with stroke specialists in both NHS providers, as well as with advisers from the Stroke Association, on proposals to improve the service for stroke...
Grecians into the quarter-final with win over Rovers
It was another famous night for the youngsters of Exeter City as they secured a place in the quarter-final of the Under-21 Premier League Cup.
City claimed another scalp and dominated the fixture throughout and were desperately unlucky to be the team trailing as Jordan Preston headed Rovers into the lead late in the first-half.
But quick-fire goals after the interval by Scot Bennett and Jimmy Keohane gave the Grecians the lead they deserved and a place in the last eight of the nationwide competition – and...
Calling all little linguists! A local language company are offering young babies and toddlers the chance to start learning Spanish with the help of Caramelo a cute little bear or "osito" in Spanish.
Kieron and Jeanna Skinner from Lingo Stars are offering their new Hola Caramelo Spanish activity sessions for babies and toddlers from 10th January at the Hub On The Green, in Exeter. The sessions are run in association with La Jolie Ronde, the leading provider of early language education in the U.K. with 30 years experience in providing language programmes for young children...
The future of three of Devon’s Children’s homes- including one at the centre of a sexual abuse investigation- are in doubt as the council reviews its care of vulnerable children.
The Birchen Road home in Tiverton currently closed after concerns were raised about the potential sexual exploitation of residents outside the home and the placements to the Rifford Road home in Exeter suspended due to a critical Ofsted report.
Blossom Corner in Exeter, the councils third children’s home has been rated good by Ofsted but it currently has only three young people living there despite...
More miserable weather to come as the Met office issues a further weather warning for Wednesday.
The Met Office has issued two further yellow weather warnings for rain in Devon but it is expected to clear quickly early Thursday morning.
The Met Office’s Chief Forecaster writes: “A depression will pass northeastwards across the UK on Wednesday and early on Thursday, its associated bands of rain bringing further wet conditions to many areas.
“In particular, 10 to 20 mm of rainfall will fall quite widely in parts of Wales and south west England, with perhaps 30 to 40...
Forget the fad diets and unrealistic New Year’s resolutions in 2014, and instead try something that’s not only rewarding but life changing too. National charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People are desperately seeking kind-hearted volunteers in Exeter and surrounding areas to look after an adorable puppy in the home for a year.
The Charity currently has over 800 working partnerships between deaf people and hearing dogs across the UK – and is hoping that the New Year will encourage new and enthusiastic volunteers to get involved by caring for a cute and cuddly puppy.
