Cumberland Grange Care Home supports local charity event for Alzheimer's Society

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 12/02/2021 - 4:59pm

Barchester’s Cumberland Grange Care Home in Exeter got in the Christmas spirit this week by sending along Homes Services Advisor, Hugh Dickinson, to deliver some delicious cupcakes prepared by head chef, John Holman, for a charity Christmas light switch on in Ottery St Mary. All the staff and residents at Cumberland Grange care home love getting involved with the local community and supporting charity events. Having a specialist unit for residents with Alzheimer’s and Dementia, they were very happy to have the opportunity to help raise funds for such an important cause. Lighting up time...

Here’s how to bag £1,000 worth of jewellery this Christmas… you just have to show someone in Exeter you love them!

A local jeweller is spreading the love this Christmas as it announces a search for Exeter’s ultimate ‘love language’.

Beaverbrooks in Princesshay is giving local people a chance to show how they express their love for a partner, family member or friend, with £1,000 worth of sparkling jewellery up for grabs for the most heart-felt stories.

The jeweller has announced the search after revealing that only 43 per cent of Brits say ‘I love you’ to their nearest and dearest every day, with 55 per cent struggling to find the words to say how much they care about someone....

Proposals approved for next section of Teign Estuary Trail

Plans for the next section of the Teign Estuary Trail have been approved by Devon County Council’s Development Management Committee.

The decision is the latest positive announcement for the project after the development of the trail won the Excellence in Sustainable Infrastructure category at the recent Landscape Institute Awards.

Councillors backed the 5km extension of the multi-use trail from the Passage House Inn to Teignmouth which will be accessible to walkers, cyclists and people in wheelchairs and mobility scooters.

The Committee heard yesterday (Wed 1...

Foot Anstey supports Access Group on the acquisition of Legal Bricks

The Private Equity team at Foot Anstey LLP has supported and advised Access UK Ltd, on its acquisition of Legal Bricks. The move by Access further enhances its offering in the legal technology sector.

The Foot Anstey team was led by, Matt Stoate (Partner), Dominic Cromwell (Senior Associate), and Jack Harris (Associate), who advised Access on all legal aspects of the acquisition and worked in collaboration with all parties to deliver the desired outcome.

West Midlands-based Legal Bricks was launched in 2017 and delivers a customised online property search platform, as well...

What is development finance used for and how it's helpful

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Thu, 12/02/2021 - 10:48am

Many of you might be wondering what development finance is and how it can help. Development finance has many different functions, which cover an array of topics; these include poverty recovery, infrastructure development, employment, industry growth, and many more. However, to understand it in an applied manner and how it's helpful, we need to first look at what it is and how it works. In this article, you're about to learn all the basics.

What Is Development Finance

To put it simply, development finance is a loan or some other kind of financial assistance that's given primarily...

Important things to remember when studying for a test

Authored by Liv Butler
Posted: Thu, 12/02/2021 - 6:56am

Studying for a test is never easy, and it's even harder when you're not sure what to do. There are many different strategies that people use to study more effectively, but the most important thing to remember is that you should find out how your brain works best. If you know yourself and what kind of learner you are - visual, auditory, or kinesthetic - then studying will be much easier.

Types Of Learners

If you are a visual learner, then you need to see the material to understand it. If this is your learning style, try drawing out concepts and diagrams so that they can be seen...

First female president of law society returns to university in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 12/01/2021 - 11:44pm

Inspired Villages – which owns Millbrook retirement village in Exeter – has granted a special wish for resident and trailblazer Moira Vickerman. Thanks to the later living operator, Moira, aged 87, has visited her alma mater, the University of Exeter – where she was the first female president of the university’s law society from 1957-58.

Moira’s wish was granted as part of Inspired Villages’ ‘Retired? No, Inspired’ campaign, which is helping residents to achieve their long-held dreams. The campaign aims to show how your later years can be the best of your life because you finally...

Golden Christmas Sofa Songs

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 12/01/2021 - 11:34pm

When Covid forced the closure of the 220 popular GOLDIES Sing and Smile daytime FUN singalongs across England and Wales in March 2020, the charity then turned to the internet and launched “sofa singing” via Facebook and YouTube with twice-weekly sessions featuring all those popular Goldies songs of the 70s and onwards.

GoldiesLIVE.com sessions go out on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week and are led by two of the charity’s popular session leaders, Rachel and Cheryl. Last Autumn an additional Welsh language session was added, led by Sian. GoldiesLIVE.com sessions reach out to...

Brainwave Balloon Race

Virtual Balloon Race launch for Children's Charity Brainwave

A week-long ‘festive’ virtual balloon race, launching from Santa’s village in Lapland, will take place from Friday 10 December to raise vital funds for Brainwave, who help disabled children reach their potential through a range of specialist therapies.

Balloons can be purchased for just £5, with prizes including a family weekend break to Camel Creek in Cornwall , 6-person Regatta tent, and family day tickets to Butlins. Balloons can also be purchased and gifted to friends, family, or colleagues – making a great alternative to Christmas cards or Secret Santa gifts.

Details:...

Public urged to wait their turn as booster programme expands in Devon

This week the UK government announced the booster programme is being significantly expanded to fight the Omicron Covid-19 variant.

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has announced that current vaccines are likely to be at least partially effective against the Omicron variant and that having the booster offers a much higher antibody response against Covid-19.

Around 50,000 people are already being vaccinated against Covid-19 each week in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay. The NHS is working to increase this capacity following the announcement that the booster...

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