Exeter Steiner School is running an appeal to help save it from imminent closure, which would leave over 40 pupils and families without a school the week before Christmas.
The campaign to raise the £20,000 needed is already well underway with over £4,500 raised in the past five days. Donations and pledges are being gratefully received, as well as sponsored events such as a Tai Chi Walk on Sunday 16th December, where father and trustee of the school Joe Salmon will attempt to walk the 12 mile Exeter Green Circle Path using only Tai Chi and Qigong moves.
Exeter has taken on its festive cloak for Christmas, shop windows aglow with enticing displays, the Christmas market on Cathedral Green, amazing street lights, late-night shopping and a host of events to increase the growing excitement of the season. But without the birth of that so special manger-bedded baby, whose coming gifted us Christmas, we lose the reason for the season and so we celebrate the real meaning of Christmas as an opportunity for joy. One of those opportunities is the annual Exeter and District Mencap Society’s Carol service to be held at South Street Baptist Church South...
Nearly 400 people of all ages, dressed as Santa, enjoyed a brisk jog or walk around the Exeter Quay in beautiful winter sunshine on Sunday 2nd December.
The fourth Iron Bridge Runner (IBR) Santa Run took place in ideal conditions and everyone enjoyed themselves as they all raised some well received seasonal funding for Dream-A-Way.
"This was our first run on the Quay and all the competitors and spectators approved of the new venu
"...and we’ll be back with a 5km Run on Sunday 5th May 2013 and our 5th Santa Run (and 5km run) on Sunday 1st December 2013.
Devon Community Foundation hosted their annual Volunteer of the Year awards ceremony at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter, honouring the hard work and achievements of the volunteers from the groups they support. Local volunteer Martin Weiler from Exeter was recognised with the Trustee of the Year award, sponsored by Devon Association of Community Voluntary Servicesfor his work with the Exeter City Supporters Trust and the ‘One Game One Community’ Campaign.
One Game One Community (OGOC)is part of the Exeter City Supporters Trust and is tasked with promoting diversity...
Visit Princesshay each late night Thursday until the 20 December where you’ll find the shops open until 9pm, community performances and a fun festive atmosphere!
This Thursday 6th December the MS Society will host a musical evening from 5pm - 7pm, showcasing local buskers and singer-songwriters. The charity, which is Land Securities charity of the year, will also have a collection throughout the evening for shoppers to make a donation during the season of giving. The MS Society is the UK’s leading MS charity and since 1953 it has been providing information and support for those...
Devon’s Humanists have warned schools and parents of the American evangelical group behind the Samaritan’s Purse shoe-box initiative.
Humanist Chair Keith Denby said: “As we near Christmas children have been bringing home shoe-boxes to fill with toys and presents for children in need in Africa and Eastern Europe as part of the initiative 'Operation Christmas Child'."
“On the face of it, the Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child shoebox appeal is a benign initiative simply intending to give gifts to needy children at Christmas time. But how many...
Famous faces from across the Westcountry including Ann Widdecombe and Angela Rippon are backing this year’s Surviving Winter Appeal which is being coordinated locally by Devon Community Foundation. The campaign, which has recently been launched, will help thousands of vulnerable and older people affected by fuel poverty this winter.
Ann Widdecombe, who has supported the campaign for many years said, “I will be among the first to donate my Winter Fuel Payment to the Surviving Winter Appeal. This small gesture is such an easy and obvious way to support local people in real need and I...
Surf Life Saving GB, a charity of more than 6,000 volunteers helping to make the country’s beaches safer places, is celebrating moving into its new offices following a fire in Exeter’s Southernhay three weeks ago (2nd November).
A fire in the ground floor of its shared office building in Southernhay, meant Surf Life Saving GB’s national headquarters were deemed unsafe and the charity was effectively made immediately homeless.
As a charity, there is very little cash kept in reserve, with the majority being reinvested into projects to help educate and train...
Hundreds of staff, students and local people joined the BBC in the Forum at the University on Friday 16 November for the annual Children in Need broadcast.
Hosted by BBC presenters David Fitzgerald and Victoria Graham, the festivities started at 1.30pm. The event, which was managed by the Event Exeter team in collaboration with University colleagues, featured live broadcasts by the BBC Spotlight team as well as linking to the national TV network programme throughout the evening.
The Forum, a £48m development opened in May this year by Her Majesty The...
Local removals company Van Man Exeter has helped charity Surf Life Saving GB move into new offices for free, after a fire at its Exeter headquarters on 2nd November.
The charity has moved next door from its previous office on Southernhay, after being told the whole building will be out of action until at least March 2013.
Van Man Exeter proprietor Mike Bradley said: “We helped the charity move offices earlier this year so were particularly sorry to hear about the fire. I immediately got in touch with Surf Life Saving GB to offer to relocate them for free...
