The Dartmoor Pony Heritage Pony Trust (DPHT) has announced that photographer Malcolm Snelgrove has become the charity’s new patron.
The charity’s vision is to secure the future of the native Dartmoor pony and to inspire and connect people with Dartmoor’s wildlife, landscape and heritage. Developing its partnership with Malcolm, a respected, internationally published equine and environmental photographer based on the Moor, is a perfect fit.
The DPHT works with pony keepers on Dartmoor who own and breed Dartmoor ponies. It also promotes the Dartmoor pony for conservation...
The first £128,000 of a £1million charity giveaway has been distributed to groups supporting young people across Britain.
The funding – from the Persimmon Homes Building Futures scheme – was awarded to 128 different organisations, with applications received from Caithness to Cornwall.
The initiative aims to support community groups working with under-18s across three categories – education & arts, health and sport.
Robert Hart, director in charge of Persimmon Homes South West, said: “The quality of applications to Building Futures has been phenomenal – and...
Builders merchants across Exeter are gearing-up for a post-Covid-19 revival of the region’s construction sector.
The move comes as construction leaders set out a blueprint to secure the future of the multi-billion industry.
Under the ‘Roadmap to Recovery strategy,’ The Construction Leadership Council’s (CLC) Covid-19 Task Force lays out proposals to protect the future of construction businesses, while setting the industry on a sustainable path towards recovery.
The Task Force represents the entire construction supply chain from product manufacturers and...
Diversifying from their normal product ranges, long established family businesses Exeter based Aspect Windows and Stalite Signs are pooling skills and resources to meet a national demand for safety screens for use in office and leisure premises.
With a worldwide shortage of the clear Perspex used in safety screens, the two companies have come up with the Office Guardian range of Covid-19 protection screening to support social distancing and minimise transmission rates within the workplace.
From desk dividers to portable free standing screens, the Office Guardian product...
Hundreds of South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) staff have experienced violence and aggression while working during the coronavirus pandemic. Ambulance crews and control room staff reported 290 incidents during the first 10 weeks of lockdown from 23 March to 31 May. This figure compared with 199 during the same time period in 2019. The majority (84%) of the cases during lockdown were verbal abuse from patients, relatives and members of the public. There were also 46 physical assaults against SWASFT staff, up from 34 last year. The areas with the highest number of...
Recovery after lockdown is the topic of a live business summit launched for South West SMEs.
Business leaders will hear from a panel of experts, as they discuss the key actions to focus on now as part of your SME business recovery plan.
Experts from Timewade, Astley Media, Minerva Lifelong Learning, Insight 6, Commissioning HR, Stephens Scown LLP and Bishop Fleming form the panel.
The summit is part of the ‘Technology For Success’ programme run by Timewade that gives South West SMEs free business guidance on using technology across their business.
Thanks to a grant from the Big Bike Revival for Key Workers initiative from Cycling UK, Ride On, the Exeter bike recycling charity, is offering free services to key workers.
The Covid-19 Government advice to avoid public transport has led to more key workers looking for a reliable form of transport that allows for effective social distancing and gives them a fast, efficient and independent way of getting around.
“Whether they are commuting or delivering essential items, cycling is the perfect solution! Plus, it’s good for physical and mental health. So, we've designed a...
Back-to-back careers fairs are being launched to give young people across the South West of England the chance to talk with employers and get vital careers advice at a critical time.
Developed by South West based polar explorer Anthony Jinman and running through the Liketobe.org career platform he founded, the 10-3pm careers fairs on Monday June 22 and Tuesday June 23 will give 15-25 year olds the chance to talk directly with companies and help prepare them for work in a post-lockdown world.
The Coronavirus outbreak has meant that more young people than ever are...
A church in Exeter has developed an exciting partnership to help distribute food to people in need across the area at this time.
Rediscover Church in Northernhay Street, Exeter, is working with FareShare which has an operation in Bristol, and is a charity which works with supermarkets across the region to help provide food to people who might have difficulties accessing it and those with financial difficulties at this time.
The team at Rediscover Church have been transporting food to Devon, which in turn has been packaged into hampers and delivered to a range of people...
The pivotal role of Devon and Cornwall’s hospital laboratories in tackling COVID-19, and in enabling the vast majority of everyday NHS treatment pathways, is being highlighted today (11 June 2020) as part of Biomedical Science Day.
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the role of pathology – the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of blood, urine and other body tissues for treatment, diagnostic or forensic purposes – into the national spotlight, with widespread focus on the importance of testing in the management of the disease.
