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Family adventure day

Event Date: 
07/04/2017 - 10:00am to 3:00pm
Venue: 
Liverton Copse SY025822

A fun, hands on day with the Education ranger at Liverton Copse.

An opportunity for families to work and play together and learn outdoor skills such as den building, fire lighting, cooking, crafts and more.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Booking required at wildeastdevon.co.uk

£12 per child (aimed at 7 to 14 years, min age 5).

Springtime trail

Event Date: 
01/04/2017 - 10:00am to 23/04/2017 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Seaton Wetlands, Colyford Road, Seaton, EX12 2SP

Pick up a map from the Lookout and follow the trail exploring the Wetlands! Complete the trail to receive a prize!

No booking required. £2 per trail map. 10am to 4pm daily.

Exeter student's close shave for children’s charity

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 04/04/2017 - 2:39pm

A kind-hearted student from the University of Exeter is putting her best foot forward, to help raise funds for an essential children’s charity.

Allie Short, 21, is making her final preparations before competing in the gruelling Virgin Money London Marathon, later this month.

The final-year BA Geography student is running the 26-mile course to raise money for Round Table Children’s Wish, a charity which grants wishes to children suffering life-threatening or terminal illnesses.

In order to boost her donations Allie is hosting a special, pre-marathon raffle for family...

Easter egg hunt at 'The Lookout', RSPB Bowling Green nature reserve

Event Date: 
14/04/2017 - 11:00am to 17/04/2017 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Bowling Green Rd, Topsham EX3 0BG

Friday 14 April to Monday 17 April 11 am-1 pm; 2 pm-4 pm Price: £1.50 per Child - bring an adult for free

Keep the children entertained during the Easter break. Hop along to 'The Lookout' at our revamped hide at Bowling Green for an Easter Egg Hunt.

The Easter Bunny has hidden clues around our Bowling Green Marsh nature reserve and we need your help to answer all his questions and - you could win some Easter chocolate!

To join in with the spring madness just visit 'The Lookout' for a handy clue sheet and off you go! Once the conundrum has been solved, every child...

Goldilocks & the Three Bears

Event Date: 
29/04/2017 - 2:45pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

A ballet for children

Following their hugely successful debut visit in 2016 with Tortoise & the Hare, Northern Ballet returns with a brand new re-telling of Goldilocks & the Three Bears.

Goldilocks is a mischievous little girl with hair as bright as gold. Always on the look-out for an adventure, one day her curiosity leads her to a house full of many surprises. With a family of friendly bears, a beautiful blue bird and bowls of delicious porridge, this ballet is just right!

Bringing this classic children’s story to life, Goldilocks & the Three Bears is...

Charity Golf Day to support thousands of children across Devon

Life Education Wessex is calling on golfers to join its Charity Golf Day on Thursday 8th June 2017 at Woodbury Park Golf Club, Exeter, to raise vital funds to support health, wellbeing and drug education for local children.

The golf day is taking place thanks to the sponsorship of CAP Ceilings & Partitioning Ltd of Exeter and they are inviting other local business and community supporters to join in with opportunities to sponsor holes and golf buggies.

They are looking for teams of 4 to take part in a stableford competition, there will be a ‘hole in one’ competition to...

Easter holiday digital making events in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 04/01/2017 - 4:29pm

Exeter Library’s FabLab is hosting a programme of hands-on digital making events and workshops, specifically designed for children and young people.

The FabLab is an open access community workshop for anyone to turn their ideas into reality. The FabLab, or fabrication laboratory, allows people of any age the opportunity and facilities to invent, research and make almost any object, using an array of machines and resources.

Staff at the FabLab in Exeter have just announced a line-up of new events aimed at young people, to equip them with new skills, support them with school...

Visiting Exeter just got a lot more interesting

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 03/28/2017 - 5:16pm

Visit Exeter - a new brand for the city - is being launched today (29 March).

Exeter City Council’s tourism team will launch its new identity at the iconic Royal Albert Memorial Museum.

Formerly marketed as part of the Heart of Devon Tourism Partnership, a new brand has been developed for Exeter, celebrating the diversity of experiences on offer here, and helping Exeter on its journey as one of the South West’s best love cities. The launch will focus on eight fantastic experiences, celebrating not only the tradition and heritage the city is often best known for, but also...

Explore the wonderful East Devon countryside

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 03/28/2017 - 8:48am

East Devon District Council is delighted to announce that the 2017 events guide for Countryside has been published.

The guide, which runs from April through to September, is jam-packed with outdoor events and activities for all ages, which will take place across the district.

As well as over 60 events delivered by the Countryside team there are nearly 100 other events delivered by partner organisations to choose from.

Whether you fancy foraging for a wild lunch, trying out Tai Chi in the countryside or want to learn more about local wildlife on a guided canoe tour...

Jurassic themed adventure golf course ready or action!

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 03/24/2017 - 8:42pm

East Devon District Council and LED are proud to announce that Seaton’s new Jurassic themed adventure golf course at Seafield Gardens, is now ready for play and will be opened officially at 10.30am on Friday 7 April, although people will be able to play on it from 1 April 2017.

Built on the site of the former putting green, the course’s eye-catching design features plenty of fun Jurassic themed course decorations and timber or stone obstacles, in the shape of stone fossils, dinosaur bones, dinosaur eggs, rocks/boulders and fossil style edging of the golfing areas.

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