More than 70 volunteers from seven different churches and six other faith and belief traditions have now been trained to be able to respond in the event of a major emergency in Devon, Plymouth or Torbay. The Devon Faiths Response Team (DFRT) recently held a further training workshop at County Hall, Exeter at which participants heard from South Devon Coroner Ian Arrow and trauma specialist Liz Deane. Other speakers provided contributions from the Hindu, Jewish, Pagan, Muslim and Christian perspectives. If a serious accident, natural disaster or attack were to happen in Devon, the members of...
Devon County Council’s Library Service scooped the prestigious ‘Library of the Year’ title at the ‘Bookseller Industry Awards’ in London on Monday night.
The service, which was one of only seven from across the UK to be shortlisted, shares the coveted accolade with Dundee Library Service.
Judges praised Devon Libraries for the huge range of services they offered beyond books, describing it as a "well run, well backed service" and a "real community service with a strategic county wide approach." They were also impressed that despite a tough couple of years with significant...
EAT Theatre brings you three short plays that explore the darker side of the human condition. Two are by a true forgotten hero of British Grand Guignol, Frederick Witney. The naturalistic viciousness that Witney injected into his writing resulted in Coals of Fire being banned outright when submitted for a licence for the 1920s London Grand Guignol. A blind woman warms herself by a fire whilst as a younger woman confesses that she is having an affair with her husband, with dire consequences!
The Last Kiss is Witney's darker, and altogether nastier, adaptation of a Maurice Level...
An innovative scheme developed by Devon County Council to support residents affected by the government welfare reforms is being extended.
Delivered by the Council’s Library Service, the pioneering ‘Free Fridays’ scheme has been piloted in three towns across Devon and has proved so successful it is now being expanded to include a further eight.
The sessions, which offer those seeking work or claiming benefits up to two hours free computer and internet access each Friday, will be available in Bideford, Barnstaple, Tavistock, Okehampton, Honiton, Exmouth, Dawlish and...
The Isca College Radio Crew are celebrating once again, having won an unprecedented third Sony Radio Award.
Following victories in 2010 and 2011, last year saw Isca Radio awarded a unique Arqiva prize in recognition of the sustained quality of their radio output. This year, their news feature ‘Why are we here’ was judged by the Sony panel to be of winning quality once again.
The feature saw students interviewing a careers advisor, the Isca school nurse, and even Devon’s new Police and Crime Commissioner, all in an attempt to explore the meaning of life through their radio...
Offices across Exeter celebrated with a riot of colourful outfits in support of Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education’s first Wear It Loud Day. The Academy encouraged its supporters to ‘wear the brightest clothes you dare’ in return for a donation of £2 to the charity as part of Deaf Awareness Week which ran from 6 - 12 May.
The national awareness campaign organised by the UK Council on Deafness for 2013 is 'Get involved / Get aware!’. As well as dressing for the occasion, fundraising activities included holding a brightly decorated cake sale and challenging family and friends to...
CEDA is a charity based in Exeter that works with adults and young people with disabilities, looking to provide social opportunities and experiences to those that at times can be isolated from the community due to their additional support needs.
BIS-net is a newly launched branch of CEDA, funded by the National Lottery Reaching Communities fund. It stands for Behaviour Interventions Support Network and will look to increase provision in the local area for those families supporting and individual with their behaviour.
This summer will see the launch of services available to...
Do you know how successful your business could be? There are many businesses (including successful ones) that struggle to measure their success and what more they may be able to achieve in the future.
Attendance on this course is highly recommended if you want to be more successful in business. Look at what Exeter Business Owners have had to say below! One of the key aspects of understanding a businesses’ potential is for those involved to understand its true purpose. It is also important for all business leaders to understand where their business sits and what metrics they are...
Rising numbers of older people are facing homelessness according to a national debt charity. StepChange Debt Charity has seen a marked rise in the numbers of people aged 60 and over seeking its help with rent and mortgage arrears, while the amounts they owe are increasing too. Large numbers of older people seek help from the charity with their debts each year, usually with high levels of debt on credit cards and overdrafts but lower levels of housing debt arrears. The charity says that this is changing and that last year 1,837 people aged 60 and over contacted it for help with mortgage and...
In an intensely fought contest, the Humphrey family from Silverton were just pipped to the post for the title of the UK’s Savviest Family in the national Nectar Savvy Family Competition. The winning family has been announced as the Abell family from Oakham.
The Humphrey family were originally selected to go head to head with seven other frugal families in a blogging competition. For five weeks, the families kept thousands of readers updated at www.nectar.com/savvy with advice on how they save money on everything from shopping and days out to holidays and household bills.
