Delivering Joy, a campaign launched last year by national homewares retailer Dunelm which saw almost 20,000 gifts being delivered to the less fortunate, is returning this Christmas. Its Exeter store is calling on customers to take part to support their local communities.
Partnering with local care homes, schools and women’s refuges across the region, shoppers can help out by picking up a Delivering Joy gift tag from the store, in order to donate a corresponding giftbag filled with presents.
The tags will detail the age, gender and interests of local people who may...
After last year’s cancellation due to the pandemic, Jolly Running returns to Escot for its popular series of Christmas races.
Four fun festive races are planned for the weekend of December 11 and 12.
The ‘Extremely Jolly’ race on Saturday is one of Jolly Running’s most popular events. The 7.5 mile course offers a variety of trails, mud, woodland tracks, paths, streams, quaint bridges, fields and a few water crossings. Unique to Jolly Running is a 30 metre waterslide at the end of the course, which always causes great hilarity amongst participants.
Five Devon buildings were awarded prizes at the Michelmores Property Awards 2021, held on Thursday 4 November at Sandy Park in Exeter. The prestigious Awards are now in their 19th consecutive year, and recognise and celebrate the very best property and construction schemes in the South West, as well as the teams involved.
As well as the awards given to the build projects, the John Laurence Special Contribution Award was given to Andrew Maynard, a well-known face in the Devon business community. Andrew established the Michelmores Property Awards in 2002, and has played an...
Barchester’s Cumberland Grange care home, in Exeter, was a den of ghoulish activity as the home’s spooky Halloween afternoon party got in to full swing.
Residents and staff got in to the spirit of things by enjoying some music from local performers ‘Sounds Easy’ and enjoyed a delicious buffet.
General Manager, Haley Reeve-Larson said: “Our staff and residents love any excuse for a party! The home looks fantastic with all the decorations and our head chef did us proud with lots of spooky treats – we’ve all had a brilliant time.”
Exeter Chiefs Winger, Tom O’Flaherty, is working with Devon Carers to raise awareness of the vital role unpaid carers play in helping their family, friends and neighbours across Devon.
His involvement is part of a new unpaid carer campaign, commissioned by Devon County Council and run by FamilyCarersNet, that will be reaching out to people who may not see themselves as an unpaid carer, so they become aware of the tailored help and support available from Devon Carers. Tom O’Flaherty, Exeter Chiefs, spoke of his support: “It’s great to be involved with Devon Carers and raising...
A Devon brewery business has been announced as a finalist in the Heroes of Net Zero competition held at a special awards ceremony hosted by Intuit at the COP26 international climate change summit in Glasgow.
More than 160 businesses entered the competition, making a commitment at the UK Business Climate Hub to achieve net zero by 2050, in line with the government’s own climate commitment.
The brewhouse, based in Staverton, Devon, was shortlisted in the micro business category for demonstrating a range of measures taken on their journey to net zero, including using...
Three companies from Devon have been named as some of the best rural businesses in the country after winning at the regional heat of the Rural Business Awards.
Apricot Centre CIC from Dartington, Rull Orchard Ltd from Thorverton and The Outdoors Group from Shillingford Abbot all scooped prizes at the South West regional finals of the Rural Business Awards in partnership with Amazon, which took place virtually this year.
Apricot Centre CIC from Dartington was named Best Rural Social Enterprise, Charity, or Community Project
Tilney Smith & Williamson, the leading wealth management and professional services group, has appointed Neil Thornton as a Financial Planner based in its Exeter office as part of the firm’s continued expansion in the West Country. The news follows the recent appointment of Will Matthewman as an Investment Manager, adding a locally based investment management capability in Exeter for the first time.
Neil brings to Tilney Smith & Williamson more than 25 years financial services experience. He joins the firm from Aviva, where he has worked as a Financial Adviser in Devon and...
Devon parents can download a free locally developed app to check symptoms and get advice
Levels of the common childhood illness respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which causes coughs and colds, peaked over the summer and are once again rising in the under 5’s .
Parents in Devon are being urged to look out for the possible signs of severe infection in vulnerable children and to download the free, locally developed HANDiApp ; which they can use to check symptoms and get advice on when to seek medical help.
Dr Rowan Kerr-Liddell is a Paediatric Consultant at Torbay...
Michael Taylor from Barnstaple and who studies and trains in Bristol, is set to pull on the British trisuit and compete at the World Triathlon Para Championships in Abu Dhabi on Friday 5 November.
Taylor, who races in the PTS4 classification, will take on the world’s best on Friday at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The event is based around the Yas Marina, with the route taking athletes around the marina circuit.
Having competed at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo earlier this year, Taylor will be looking to build on that experience in what will be his first world championship race...
