The Donkey Sanctuary based in Sidmouth is the first equine charity in the world to be accepted into the United Nations’ Mountain Partnership. The Devon based charity will now work with international governments, NGOs and private sectors for the common good of improving the lives of mountain people and protecting mountain environments globally.
Membership of the Mountain Partnership, which is part of the UN’s Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO), will be relevant to The Donkey Sanctuary’s international work to improve the welfare of working equines in mountain areas worldwide....
Tech champions, heroes and innovators will be recognised at the annual Tech South West Awards which launched on Friday May 1.
The awards will feature a new Hero Award to recognise the contributions by people and organisations across the region’s tech community to aiding the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, from data-tracking work to switching to making PPE for key workers.
The live launch saw the tech community gather - digitally - to hear inspiring stories from 2019 winners, including Somerset-based Your IT Now which provides digital skills for people with learning...
The organisation that supervises low and medium risk offenders in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall launched this week a new telephone helpline for people on probation worried about the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19) on areas of their life such as finances, housing and mental health.
KSS CRC set up the advice line for the 4,200 people it supervises in the region to signpost them to services quickly as their circumstances change as a result of the pandemic. It is hoped that by intervening early to offer help, probation workers can ease the pandemic’s impact on areas of offenders’ lives...
With growing concern for the safety of some children during the coronavirus crisis the NSPCC wants more people to know how to get advice and support and where to raise concerns about a child’s wellbeing.
The charity is launching a new TV and advertising campaign today (May 4) across the UK to promote its free and confidential helpline for adults.
The film, which will run on national television and across social media, depicts a helpline expert taking a call from someone concerned for the wellbeing of a neighbour’s child.
A Devon-based charity is providing a lifeline for vulnerable adults with a brain injury during the covid-19 pandemic through remote support.
Some of the community’s most isolated members were left with nowhere to turn as lockdown commenced and they were cut off from their family, friends and the outside world.
Thankfully, brain injury charity Headway Devon stepped in to ensure brain injury survivors in the local area were properly supported.
Headway Devon, based on Commercial Road, Exeter, has been working to improve life after brain injury for survivors and...
A University of Exeter postgraduate researcher and teaching assistant has made an extraordinary donation of 3000 facemasks to help Hospiscare doctors and nurses in Devon provide compassionate end of life care during the coronavirus crisis.
Mingtao Fu works at the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences and felt so moved by the coronavirus healthcare situation that he wanted to make a personal contribution to the Devon community.
Mingtao said: “I heard about the lack of face masks as the coronavirus pandemic started to spread in the UK. As a member of...
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, businesses and organisations across the country have been united in the fight to defeat the invisible enemy. Cross collaboration is better than ever as companies work together to support each other's determination to succeed.
We have been humbled by the generosity and support of companies and fellow air ambulances not only in Devon but as far as Tamworth in Staffordshire and Kent, Surrey & Sussex who have shown us tremendous generosity.
One of those companies got in touch just a few weeks ago. That was Kastners, our local...
An Exeter primary school has been selected as one of 20 UK institutions with outstanding technology practices to help support schools and colleges in delivering the best possible remote education.
Broadclyst Community Primary School (BCPS) has an international reputation for its use of technology in education and has been awarded by the Department for Education EdTech Demonstrator School status. The programme is being delivered by a consortium including the National Grid for Learning, Sheffield Hallam University and The Education Foundation. BCPS, along with the other EdTech...
A new survey reveals how Brits – young and old - are coping during lockdown. With almost two in ten (19%) people from the South West stating that their overall wellbeing has got better since the start of lockdown and more than half (55%) believing their overall wellbeing has remained the same, it seems many are adjusting well to their new daily routines.
But for 17% of people from the South West , their overall wellbeing has got significantly worse since lockdown started. And it's not just adults who are finding times tough right now. When it comes to the wellbeing of children,...
ORGANISERS of the annual Dartmoor Folk Festival have announced that this year's event, which was due to take place over three days at South Zeal in August, has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a statement issued on April 29, the Dartmoor Folk Festival Association said: “It is with much sadness that we have made the difficult decision to postpone this year's Dartmoor Folk Festival.
“We have been working hard to try to find a way to run the event as planned, but the ongoing developments surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic will not allow us to do so safely....
