Children’s Hospice South West, the children’s charity providing care for children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and their families across Devon, Somerset and Cornwall, has been boosted by a contribution from Bloor Homes.
The funds will be used by the charity to continue its provision of a range of on-site services at its three hospices located in Barnstaple, Bristol and St Austell. It will also help the charity further the ‘at-home’ support services, which emerged as a result of the pandemic.
An Exeter church which is distributing over 1600 Christmas food hampers, says it has been overwhelmed at the requests for help across the community.
Rediscover Church in Northernhay Street, Exeter, has run the hamper project every year for the last 8 years to help people who are struggling and in need, but this is the most it has ever put together – simply because the requests for help keep coming in.
The effects of the cost-of-living crisis seem to be having a significant impact on people’s lives, with some of the hamper recipients saying they are struggling to heat...
A concert featuring a Ukrainian opera singer in Devon has raised more than £5,000 for the British Red Cross’s Ukraine appeal.
The concert took place on November 12, 2022, at Luppitt Village Hall in East Devon, featuring musical acts, an auction and a raffle.
Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Iryna Ilnytska, who lives in Exeter, opened the night with two songs – a Ukrainian lullaby and a folk song called ‘The Moon in the Sky’.
David Kalisch, from Combe Raleigh, and Roger Hicks, from Luppitt, organised the event and also appeared as busking duo Blue Sky.
UK charity Missing People, along with Stagecoach, the UK’s largest bus and coach operator, have joined together on a campaign that will encourage people in crisis to call the free and confidential helpline before they think of disappearing.
The charity confirmed that it is hearing first-hand that financial issues like not being able to pay bills, unpaid debt, and food insecurity are driving people to think about going missing. In response, the charity launched a new preventative campaign in October to reach more people in crisis.
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If there’s ever been a time to increase your business’ efficiency, it’s now. After multiple years of disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK economy is now expected to remain recession until 2024 . In such challenging circumstances, few businesses can afford to allow inefficiencies to eat into their productivity and profits.
Conversely, those who do optimise their operations will be able to improve their margins and even boost staff morale when they need to most. Identifying exactly where and how to make such improvements can be easier said than done. But below, read...
Exeter residents have been given extra time to respond to the Exeter Plan - an important blueprint that will shape how and where building in the city takes place.
The St Leonards Neighbourhood Association (SLNA) are hoping residents will use this extra time to help add an additional layer of planning protection to the Mount Radford Lawn which it would like to acquire for use as a Community Playing Field for the area.
The current owners are looking to sell the greenfield site at a higher price for property development. However, they are unable to do this as there isn't...
Electric bikes (or "e-bikes") are a hot commodity right now, and forecasts predict even more rapid growth in this industry in the years ahead. When shopping for an e-bike, it might be challenging to go through all the options due to the wide variety available. The market might seem even more overwhelming for a first-time buyer of a high-performance electric bicycle. There are two distinct types of electric bikes. The motors on some Samebike are 750W, while others are 1000W.
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