This March Michael Parrott, 43, of Exeter is upping their daily step count as he takes on Prostate Cancer UK’s virtual fundraising challenge, March the Month, to raise money for the leading men’s health charity. Michael aims to walk 11,000 steps a day to represent more than 11,000 dads, grandads, sons, brothers and mates who die from prostate cancer every year. Michael Parrott was inspired to take part in March the Month and is hoping to raise £500 to help beat prostate cancer, which is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK. Michael said: “I have decided to take on March the...
Getting the Coronavirus vaccine - A Message from Devon aims to reassure people about both having the vaccination and the process of attending a centre. It encourages others to take up the opportunity when they are invited.
“Absolutely brilliant,” is how patient Gloria Brinicombe described the experience, “not in pain, beautifully done, very quick, very easy and everything was done with a smile.”
“It seemed remarkably easy" says another patient Duncan Erskine, who was vaccinated in Cullompton.
“I didn’t even feel the needle go in,” says Gillian Rowlands, “It’s...
Jurassic Fibre has announced that it is extending its cutting-edge broadband network to the town of Sherborne in Dorset.
The first premises in the town are expected to become serviceable by the end of the year with full fibre connectivity of up to 1Gbps for residential users and up to 10Gbps for businesses.
Sherborne will be the first location in Dorset to go live, following two years of close cooperation between Jurassic Fibre and Dorset Council.
The announcement represents another key milestone for the Exeter-based internet service provider, which has already...
Most people want to stay in their own home as they get older, in the comfort of familiar surroundings and happy memories. However, aging can bring with it all kinds of mobility and health challenges which make it harder to live independently at home and increase the risk of injury.
Fortunately, there are a number of modifications that can be made to a home to support seniors maintain their independence and continue living in the home they love for as long as possible.
Improve accessibility
One of the main causes of accidents at home among elderly people is a...
Project management is known as the process of applying skills, methods, knowledge and processes to achieve the desired goal or a project of an organization based on various parameters. It is generally used to create the end product which will benefit the respective organization. The core components of project management include defining the reason why the particular project is necessary, understanding the project requirements, mentioning the quality deliverables, estimating the timescales etc. With project management, one also needs to prepare the business case to justify the required...
Sustainability experts from the University of Exeter Business School are working across the NHS in a drive to replace single-use PPE with more environmentally-friendly alternatives.
More than one billion single-use disposable masks were used by NHS workers last year, creating vast amounts of plastic waste and posing an ethical dilemma in which saving lives now has a harmful impact on the planet.
One recent study found that if every person in the UK used one single-use mask each day for a year it would create 66,000 tonnes of contaminated plastic waste – the equivalent...
Customers at Exeter’s community-owned Real Food Store have raised almost £100 for Exeter Foodbank in just one month, by ‘rounding up’ their shopping bills to support the charity.
The funds have been raised as part of a new partnership between the Real Food Store and Exeter Foodbank, to support vulnerable and low-income Exeter residents to access high quality, local produce.
Launched in early February, the ‘Round It Up’ scheme gives Real Food Store customers the option of rounding up their receipt to the nearest pound, with the proceeds being used to provide vouchers to...
Supporters can do their bit for the Exeter Chiefs Foundation by signing up for a brand-new match-day raffle, which will be launched at the upcoming Gallagher Premiership game with Leicester Tigers on Saturday, March 20.
With crowds still absent from Sandy Park, many of the charities and organisations that the Foundation support on a match-day have been hit hard during the past year - not just financially, but also by the various restrictions put in place during the lockdown. The funds raised on the Match Day Draw are all to be ring fenced and distributed to our 20 designated...
Gone are the days when individuals only dated those they’ve met in person, colleagues, friends of friends, or family friends. Everything seems to have gone online with technology, from purchases of groceries to fashion items to romance. Online romance has its perks; after all, there have been numerous success stories of people finding their soulmates online.
However, it is also a very precarious activity to engage in, more so for the older generation, who tend to be lonelier and wealthier, making them easy targets for online romance scams. This article will help you recognise the...
This market's primary goal is to convert purchasing power from one currency to another. Individual foreign exchange buyers and sellers would find it inconvenient to see each other. As...
