Fantastic Fez fundraising for FORCE

The Fez fundraising phenomenon continues to go from strength to strength and has now raised a staggering £55,000 for FORCE since the campaign was launched on May 28 2014.

The latest boost to the fund has come from the Devon Rugby Legends Tag Feztival with the organisers handing over a cheque for £12,200.

Within the past month the Fez Army has also presented a cheque for £12,000 from the sale of fezbands – green wristbands now worn by thousands of people around Exeter and beyond – and a series of events around Fezmas Day over the August Bank Holiday weekend will bring in a...

Tips to avoid the wrong type of campfire

Authored by jacobseal
Posted: Tue, 07/14/2015 - 6:28am

Caravans and campervans increasingly resemble a home away from home and it can be easy to forget about the potential fire risks, especially when you’re busy enjoying some time out.

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service remind you that having a working smoke alarm in your caravan dwelling, is just as important as the one in your home. It needs to be tested frequently to check it works.

In a fire, caravans and campervans have limited escape options in fire and being made of lightweight and highly combustible fittings, fires can take off frightenly fast. You would...

Free Cooking Workshop

Event Date: 
06/06/2015 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Princesshay

Calling kids and the young at heart, ever wanted to try your hand at baking but not too sure where to start? come and join Fun Kitchen for a free cookery workshop, have a go and sample what you've made afterwards, every hour on the hour, all welcome for more information visit http://www.funkitchen.co.uk/ in support of Hospiscare Big Devon Bake Off www.hospiscare.co.uk

Free Parkour Taster Sessions

Event Date: 
29/05/2015 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Exeter Sports Academy

For the first time this year Exeter's Street Motion Freerunning Academy are running a morning of free taster sessions in Parkour & Freerunning. If you have never done parkour/freerunning with us before and want to find out what all the fuss is about, now is your chance to find out!

If you have not been to a Street Motion class before, participation is free.

Limited availability so book early to avoid missing out. – Scroll down for on-line booking form.

Available time slots: 10am – 10:45am, 11am – 11:45 am or 1.30pm – 2.15pm

Suitable for all ages...

Align your culture, leadership and strategy - Business Breakfast - Sampson Hall - Thursday 21st May - Southernhay House

Event Date: 
21/05/2015 - 7:30am to 9:00am
Venue: 
Southernhay House Hotel

Does your culture influence your organisations leadership style?

Do you take your culture into account when designing your future strategy?

A business that aligns its culture with its leadership and strategy is one that is destined to succeed particularly if it is also in tune with the environment it exists within.

This session will allow you to understand the importance of culture, leadership and strategy to your business and the benefits that aligning them will bring to your business in terms of competitive advantage.

You will see return on investment as...

Align your culture, leadership and strategy - Business Breakfast - Sampson Hall - Thursday 21st May - Southernhay House

Event Date: 
21/05/2015 - 7:30am to 9:00am
Venue: 
Southernhay House Hotel

Does your culture influence your organisations leadership style?

Do you take your culture into account when designing your future strategy?

A business that aligns its culture with its leadership and strategy is one that is destined to succeed particularly if it is also in tune with the environment it exists within.

This session will allow you to understand the importance of culture, leadership and strategy to your business and the benefits that aligning them will bring to your business in terms of competitive advantage.

You will see return on investment as...

Sandy Park b2b Breakfast - 15th May2015

Event Date: 
15/05/2015 - 8:00am to 9:45am
Venue: 
Sandy Park Conference & Banqueting Centre Sandy Park Way Exeter, Devon, EX2 7NN

The guest speaker at the May b2b Business Breakfast is Phil Sampson, founder of Sampson Hall Ltd.

Former Royal Marine Phil is an expert strategist who has a deep understanding of strategy, leadership and organisational culture and how they influence organisational development.

Sampson Hall have successfully delivered Strategy and Governance packages into over 400 businesses both large and small, local and international and have worked in both the public and private sectors. Sampson Hall are proven experts in delivering Cultural Change through Strategy and Leadership and...

Rainbow Run

Event Date: 
13/06/2015 - 1:00pm to 4:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Racecourse

Get showered with every colour of the rainbow in the UK’s craziest 5k!

Fancy taking part in a 5k run with a difference? Rainbow Run is not a race or about speed or fitness; it’s about celebration, having crazy fun with friends and raising a smile for your local children’s hospice.

Exeter’s Rainbow Run will take place at Exeter Racecourse on Sunday 13th June 2015. All runners dress in white and as they reach the ‘Rainbow Zones’, they are showered with fluorescent powder paint – reaching the finish line covered in 5 different colours. Participants are able to run, jog or walk...

Why Not? What If?

Event Date: 
28/02/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Studio 36, St Leonard's, Exeter

Studio 36 in the unlikely setting of an artist’s studio in St Leonards, Exeter, will host a lively tongue in cheek performance by skilful musicians, song writers, poets, & artists of various kinds challenging authoritarian notices on Saturday 28 February.

Do Not Do This! Watch Out for That! No guns, drugs, biking, ball games, jumping from bridges, dogs, parrots or balloons. Look out too for lethal electrics, biting donkeys, vertical drops, heavy seas and submerged objects!

These notices which have inspired the ‘ Why Not? What If?’ event have poured in from family and...

Fairies found in Exeter!

Authored by mrowl
Posted: Tue, 02/17/2015 - 7:46am

Are there fairies at the bottom of your garden?

Maybe not, but Exeter's Fizz Photography have created a magical wonderland in their studio that will have you rubbing your eyes in disbelief.

Award winning photographer Jill English is now offering a Fizz Fairy photo session at her luxury studio in Bowhill House Exeter.

Jill says: "Every little girl has a Tinkerbell just wanting to escape, and we have so much fun the children pretty soon forget I'm taking their photos".

It makes for a fab fun fairy experience, and the photos are so natural,...

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