christmas

Free Christmas Crafting Workshops

Event Date: 
07/12/2017 - 12:00pm to 3:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter, St Sidwell's Centre

Christmas is just around the corner and the Positive People team are getting festive by holding Christmas crafting workshops across Devon. The Positive People project is funded by the Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund and aims to help people get socially and digitally connected.

In these free workshops, participants can get involved with a range of activities including making wreaths and snow globes, designing Christmas cards and T-shirts and making their own tree decorations. At some venues, there is also the opportunity to try out cake decorating and build a Virtual...

Steer clear of alcohol and drugs if you’re driving this Christmas

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 12/05/2017 - 3:08pm

Throughout December Devon and Cornwall Police will be making sure that the region’s roads are a safe place for everyone.

The annual Christmas operation to stop people driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, through awareness raising and rigorous enforcement, is under way.

Any drivers involved in a collision and any motorists whose driving may lead police to suspect they are under the influence of alcohol will be breathalysed. If drug driving is suspected, drivers can also be tested at the roadside using a mouth swab device.

Devon and Cornwall Police is keen...

Ex burglar reveals how to keep your home safe this Christmas

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 12/05/2017 - 9:35am

Posting our plans on social media, leaving gift boxes we have bought in outside bins and forgetting to lock doors and windows… the simple mistakes that are inviting burglars into our homes.

As Christmas approaches, homes become filled with expensive gifts and gadgets. This sadly means that the festive season is also the peak time that domestic burglary increases due to opportunistic intruders.

New research from Verisure revealed it can take a long time to recover from a burglary. According to the research, 45% of victims felt angry for six months to over a year. A third...

Scripts for Supper present The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Event Date: 
15/12/2017 - 7:00pm to 17/12/2017 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
Bickham Barn

Coming to Bickham Barn next weekend 15th and 16th December at 7pm and 17th December at 2pm!

Scripts for Supper is brought to you by MasterChef Semi-Finalist Annie McKenzie, following two 5* runs of our inaugural theatrical dining experience Twelfth Night in London earlier this year and features in Hello! Magazine, Luxury London and Devon Life, our Arts Council Funded Christmas production The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will follow Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy through the wardrobe and into the land where it is always winter and never Christmas.

A six course Narnia...

Jethro - Bulls and Bonkers Tour

Event Date: 
19/12/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exmouth Pavilion, Seafront, Exmouth

A memorable evening of hysterical nonsense, as we take a peek into the circus lurking deep within the mind of, probably the greatest, comic storyteller ever to grace the stage.

Jethro beguiles and befuddles his audience with the endless stream of irreverent twaddle that has created a comedy genius.

Over 4 million DVD sales pay testament to the legion of fans who have followed Jethro faithfully throughout his career. Now, with stories old and new we present, live on stage

https://www.ledleisure.co.uk/exmouth-pavilion/book-now/jethro-bull-and-bonkers-tour

Christmas Disco & Soul Explosion with Chris Dinnis 2017

Event Date: 
09/12/2017 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

After last year's event sold out, we had to invite Radio Exe presenter Chris Dinnis back to host the best Christmas party in town! All the classic disco and soul hits with a dash of funk thrown in. Dance from 8pm until midnight but don't worry, everyone gets a seat at a table too! Book for four or more and your group will have their own reserved table. If you want a Christmas night out that lets you enjoy the best soul music and disco classics, this is the night for you - perfect for a celebration with friends and colleagues.

8pm (doors 7.30)

Tickets £12.50/£19.50

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Journey to the Impossible

Event Date: 
06/12/2017 - 2:00pm to 06/01/2018 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

A Christmas coming-of-age quest, devised by the Little Soldier company & scripted by Matt Harvey

Featuring epic songs, cinematic storytelling and hip hop dance.

Three kids are in trouble. Well, what do you expect if you knock on the door of an inter-dimensional portal and run away?

By means of bicycles, bandanas and neural space travel, we travel with them on an adventure to the impossible. We’ll take on intergalactic challenges, we’ll fight invisible forces and we may have to make some sacrifices. But what we’ll discover will be extraordinary and will open the...

Exeter College announce annual Festival of Carols at Exeter Catherdral

Exeter College have announced details of their annual Festival of Carols to be held at Exeter Cathedral on Wednesday 6th December. This year’s festival is in aid of MIND, the college’s charity of the year.

Karen Bolton, Head of Community & Events Fundraising at Mind, said: “We’d like to say a huge thank-you to all the students and staff of Exeter College for choosing to fundraise for Mind and for all the hard work they have put in to organising fundraising events throughout this term. As well as raising awareness about mental health, every penny raised from the event will help...

A magical Christmas for Devon!

If you are looking to visit Santa and want to enjoy a festive family day out with the lead up to Christmas, then look no further than a visit to one of Devon’s Top Attractions.

Devon is offering a whole variety of special seasonal treats and meet Santa experiences and they are all wrapped up to fill you with some good old Christmas cheer and give the whole family an unforgettable Christmas!

Chris Murray, Chairman of Devon Association of Tourist Attractions, said “Devon’s Top Attractions have once again put together some wonderful festive days out and lots of delightful meet...

Free Christmas crafting workshops across Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 12/01/2017 - 6:48am

Christmas is just around the corner and the Positive People team are getting festive by holding Christmas crafting workshops across Devon. The Positive People project is funded by the Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund and aims to help people get socially and digitally connected.

In these free workshops, participants can get involved with a range of activities including making wreaths and snow globes, designing Christmas cards and T-shirts and making their own tree decorations. At some venues, there is also the opportunity to try out cake decorating and build a Virtual...

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