Local employer bucking the social care recruitment crisis

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 02/21/2023 - 7:59pm

Award winning local home care company Home Instead Exeter & East Devon have had a positive start to the year with an influx of applications for their social care roles, ensuring the older people in the area are in safe hands.

With the sector often overlooked when it comes to recruitment and career options, the local Home Instead team are keen to break this trend and in January alone saw their care professional team grow by 13 new recruits.

Championing the role of the care professional from the outset, Home Instead Exeter & East Devon are determined to set...

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Read Easy Needs You!

Authored by ReadEasyExe
Posted: Tue, 02/21/2023 - 4:11pm

Are you passionate about adult literacy?

Read Easy UK is a registered national charity that help adults learn to read. There are approximately 5 million UK adults with reading and writing skills below that expected of 11 year olds (Skills for Life Survey 2011). Read Easy provides free, 1:1 and confidential coaching to those in need of help with reading skills.

We are now urgently seeking volunteers in the Torridge, Tavistock/Okehampton and Exeter areas for the following vacancies:

  • a Coordinator to enrol and assess new readers, match them with coaches and
  • ...

Giant projection marks launch of public information campaign tackling harassment of women in Exeter

Authored by Program
Posted: Tue, 02/21/2023 - 4:03pm

An eye-catching giant projection appeared in Princesshay, Exeter yesterday to mark the launch of a public information campaign in the city centre.

The campaign, run by the Safer Exeter Partnership, aims to tackle harassment of women and girls in Exeter by encouraging people to intervene in a safe and skilful way, if they witness inappropriate behaviour in public places.

To kickstart the six-week multi-channel campaign, a Guerilla style projection stunt was staged, with a campaign visual projected onto the vacant Topshop building in Princesshay. Representatives from the...

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£9 off discount extended by grocery delivery app

Convenience stores in Exeter are supporting their community and offering £9 off their first app order over £10* using code EXETER , and 20% off their following order with code EX20 . The code originally expired at the end of January, but Snappy Shopper have made the decision to extend the code to ensure that as many customers can take advatange of this deal during hard times.

Snappy Shopper are extending their £9 off promotion until end of February for customers in Exeter, Cullompton and Exmouth, due to increasing cost-of-living crisis. Using the Snappy Shopper app, customers can...

How to best preserve food and wine

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Tue, 02/21/2023 - 7:10am

Choosing quality food is important for your physical and mental health. Sometimes, however, it is not enough to select local products or without preservatives, it is necessary to understand how to preserve it.

To store food for a long time, choose appropriate food packaging and use airtight, vacuum-packed containers or freezer bags to remove air and reduce exposure to light and moisture. Depending on the food, you need to store the food at the correct temperature, whether in the fridge, freezer or pantry. In order not to risk eating old food, the best thing is to label the food...

Schools in Exeter can apply to win £2,000 towards sustainable projects as IKEA launches Let’s Go Zero competition

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 02/20/2023 - 9:00pm

IKEA UK has launched a competition giving Exeter school children the chance to win £2,000 towards projects which will help reduce their school’s carbon footprint.

The retailer is working in partnership with the Let's Go Zero campaign, coordinated by climate solutions charity Ashden, which calls on all UK schools to become carbon zero by 2030.

The competition encourages teachers, nursery children, primary and secondary pupils in Exeter to sign up and submit ideas which will make their school more sustainable – whether reducing emissions or increasing biodiversity – as...

The Stadium Rock Experience

Event Date: 
20/04/2023 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

Described as an audio and visual sensation, Trigger are thrilled to be bringing their esteemed Stadium Rock Experience to the Exeter Corn Exchange. They will be providing the full stadium experience, delivering the excitement and spectacle associated with arena rock, with the highest standard of musicianship, and the most popular hits from the biggest mainstream rock acts.

Their setlist includes classic anthems from the likes of Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, Queen, Status Quo, Elton john, ABBA, Guns n' Roses, Whitesnake, AC/DC and Tina Turner amongst many others. All energetically...

Foot Anstey advises Quilam Capital on two investments in Raylo and Merchant Money

National law firm, Foot Anstey LLP, has advised Quilam Capital, which provides financial solutions coupled with expert guidance to businesses operating in the speciality finance market, on the equity aspects of its investments in Raylo and Merchant Money.

Established in 2017, Quilam Capital supports its portfolio in accelerating business growth, accessing external funding and refining strategic direction through dedicated senior support and bespoke capital solutions.

The Foot Anstey team included Matthew Stoate (Head of Corporate and Private Equity), Dominic Cromwell (...

University of Exeter to support ‘twinned’ institution in Ukraine

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 02/20/2023 - 4:13pm

The University of Exeter has been twinned with a counterpart in Ukraine through a national programme that is striving to safeguard higher education in the European country.

Joint research projects, academic exchanges and the provision of English language courses are some of the opportunities that will now be explored through the collaboration with King Danylo University.

Orchestrated by Universities UK and the Cormack Consultancy Group, the twinning initiative pairs together universities with complementary profiles from the two countries, helping to restore the Ukrainian...

A Beginner’s Guide to Timber Materials for the Home (2023)

Authored by Simon Wells
Posted: Mon, 02/20/2023 - 4:03pm

If you’re a homeowner, you’ll likely have the odd job around the home that’ll need to be handled – or you may be arranging a renovation of a room (or the entire home) soon. Understanding the timber materials , you’ll have at your disposal is vital to ensure you use the right timber for the right applications.

Using the right timber materials is also essential to ensure you don’t overspend on materials that you don’t need, for instance, using C16 grade timber where C14 timber will do just fine or using MDF sheets where plywood is a better choice.

Today’s article will...

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