Devon Air Ambulance signs up to ‘Show the Salary’

Devon Air Ambulance signs up to ‘Show the Salary’

Devon Air Ambulance has recently signed up to an initiative which is eagerly approaching a number of charities to encourage them to show the salary on their job vacancy advertisements.

Show The Salary is an initiative that was born out of frustration at the lack of action being taken to address pay gaps and inequity in the charity sector. At the heart of the campaign is a commitment to fairness and equity, and to the people with lived experience of the impact of salary secrecy.

Where advertisers are seen to be keeping particular salaries a secret in their job ads, the...

Mental health of police officers improved thanks to surfing programme’s ‘unique approach’ 

Mental health of police officers improved thanks to surfing programme’s ‘unique approach’ 

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 04/05/2021 - 3:40pm

Surfing helps improve police officers’ wellbeing and mental health, according to research from the University of Exeter Business School.

A research team evaluated the effectiveness of Surfwell, a health intervention programme spearheaded by Devon and Cornwall police that combines surfing with a programme of peer support and group therapy.

Around one in five police officers is thought to be living with some form of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to 2018 research by Police Care UK, with over 90% of officers and staff having been exposed to trauma and 65% not...

Freemasons take lead role in NHS Frontline Workers’ Day

Freemasons take lead role in NHS Frontline Workers’ Day

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 04/05/2021 - 3:35pm

The inaugural celebration of NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers’ Day is set to take place on 5 July 2021, with Freemasons leading the event. The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), the governing body for Freemasons, is inviting its 200,000 members to fly specially designed flags at 10am on 5 July, to celebrate this unique day dedicated to the NHS, social care and all those that work on the front line, who have saved so many lives during the pandemic. The celebration will also remember those workers we sadly lost. The UGLE is one of the core supporters of the event alongside the...

Dartmoor ponies give helping hand at RSPB headquarters

Dartmoor ponies give helping hand at RSPB headquarters

The flora and fauna of a renowned nature reserve is about to be given a huge helping hand by the arrival of six Dartmoor ponies.

The RSPB has teamed up with the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust who have arranged for the ponies to be relocated today (April 5) to its headquarters in Bedfordshire where they will help to restore the nature reserve through their natural grazing habits.

Dartmoor ponies are prized for their hardiness, even temperament, and ability to eat plants that other ponies and horses might balk at. Their day to day habits of browsing vegetation and trampling...

Double Elephant Print Workshop in Exeter

Double Elephant Print Workshop  to receive £24,028 from second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund

Double Elephant Print Workshop in Exeter has received a grant of £24080 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and reopen.

More than £300 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations across the country including Double Elephant in the latest round of support from the Culture Recovery Fund, the Culture Secretary announced today.

Double Elephant provides an open-access printmaking studio, support and resources for emerging and professionals artists, and for our local community, to enable people to...

Travel the world from home at University of Exeter’s new foreign language evening classes

Authored by Liv Butler
Posted: Mon, 04/05/2021 - 3:04pm

Travel may not be possible - but people can learn more about the incredible cultures and languages around the world at the University of Exeter’s evening classes.

The online courses, open to all, include beginners modern Greek, Swedish, Polish, Arabic, Russian and Korean.

This term people can also attend beginner, intermediate and advanced courses in French, Spanish, German, and Italian. There are advanced conversation courses on offer in French and Spanish. People can also take courses on German culture, travelling and short stories in Italian.

There are also...

Lockdown is a good chance to play online-casino

Authored by Liv Butler
Posted: Mon, 04/05/2021 - 8:52am

Unfortunately, nowadays COVID-19 or Coronavirus has become a serious cause of global fear and concern. Due to the pandemic, the entire globe has come to a standstill, confining all of people to their homes. However, we still have to remain vigilant, so a lot of protective measures are going to be in place for a while.

Thus, in addition to taking precautions to keep us safe from viruses and diseases, we also need to focus on finding the best ways of spending our pastime. No matter how much of an introvert you are, there’s something quite unsettling about not being allowed to just...

Two types of diabetes and ways to cope with them

Diabetes is one of the chronic illnesses that have no cure despite the millions of dollars spent on research. Although it can be controlled, people diagnosed with diabetes must face the fact it will accompany them for the rest of their lives.

Living with diabetes can be pretty hard. You have to keep up with its daily demands, such as monitoring blood sugar levels, taking medications, and watching what you eat. It's no wonder why a diabetes diagnosis can be a shock physically and emotionally.

There are different types of diabetes, but we're highlighting two of them here....

Join OrganicArts in #spreadingaSMILE!

Join us in #spreadingaSMILE!

Authored by organicARTS
Posted: Mon, 04/05/2021 - 7:02am

Hand-crocheted SMILES with a message are being posted in and around Exeter to improve the mental wellbeing of the city’s residents during these last weeks of the nation’s lockdown.

During a time when support networks are cut short and coping strategies might not be possible, The Makers Group from the Exeter’s art charity organicARTS recognise that people’s mental health is suffering and are striving to spread smiles across the city as an antidote to their anxiety.

The Makers group is a creative social project run by organicARTS, usually set at West Town Farm, just...

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