An innovative new specialist dementia service to help sufferers live a better quality of life for longer has been launched in South Devon. The Ness Centre, in Teignmouth, helps people stay independent for as long as possible by combining research-based cognitive and physical activities with social interaction and technology. Run by Atlas Respite and Therapy (Art) the purpose-designed centre also provides respite, reassurance and teaching for families and carers. It is the only day care dementia service in Devon using the pioneering Dutch model of specialist meeting centres to manage the...
Volunteers are invited to join Seaton Town Council on Saturday 10th March for its annual Big Beach and Town Clean ahead of the summer season and the famous Grizzly which starts and finishes in Seaton on Sunday 18th March.
The annual clean is a community event that brings the town together to ensure the beach and town are spotless for the imminent tourism seasons.
Peter Burrows, Seaton Town Councillor, says, “The mile-long pebble beach at Seaton Bay sits right on the edge of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO world heritage site, and is a beautiful environment that we are keen...
Rainbow Living is very excited to announce that the charity will be moving forward with another Rainbow House in Exeter.
Following a major strategic review, which included assessing local need, consultation and market review, Rainbow Living has decided to expand its services within the Exeter area.
Over the last 10 years, Rainbow Living has enjoyed success with its unique housing model, which enables adults with learning and other disability to live with their peers in specially adapted accommodation, designed to promote and encourage independent supported living.
Students from Exeter are all set to run over 100 miles to raise money for St John Ambulance, this spring. A team of six members of the Exeter University First Aid Society (EUFAS) will run the Bath Half Marathon this Sunday (March 4), with one of them using it as training for competing in the following month’s Virgin Money London Marathon. You can sponsor the students online by visiting: https://www.justgiving.com/teams/EUFASbathhalf Jess Ball, 22, is a Maths and Mathematical Biology student who is taking on both events. She has been volunteering as a dedicated first aider since 2012. ‘...
Devon residents can find inspiration on how to give the things they no longer want a new lease of life next week, by repairing, refurbishing, repurposing or giving them to someone else.
Recycle Devon is championing the second annual 'REUSE Week’, from Monday 5 March to Sunday 11 March, which showcases the work of Devon's many and varied Reuse organisations.
REUSE Week is a celebration of these diverse and numerous organisations and what they do. Some groups help people swap, donate and loan the things they no longer need; while others specialise in fixing, renovating or...
Devon and Cornwall is home to murals and shrines, statues, inscriptions on benches and trees - from a memorial to those who lost their lives in the worst theatre fire in British history in 1887 to a commemorative stone engraved to celebrate John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.
Now, as part of a nationwide call-out, Historic England is asking people in Devon and Cornwall to share their knowledge of secret, unknown and forgotten memorials in the area.
The public body responsible for championing and looking after England’s historic environment wants photographs and...
Good progress has been made today (Sunday) in clearing roads to communities left inaccessible due to snow.
The Council’s highways teams have been throwing all available resources at breaking through to previously cut off communities.
The primary salting network across Exmoor, including B roads, is now passable. Roads to villages North East of the North Devon Link Road and a few on Dartmoor and in the South Hams, that this morning were inaccessible, are this afternoon generally passable with care.
Devon County Council says drivers on Monday morning should find the...
A new show is touring venues in Devon and Dorset to celebrate International Women’s Day 2018, after an appeal for women to join the choir led to 63 arriving for rehearsals!
‘Aint’ I A Woman’ is the third ‘Her Story’ show organised and written by Devon-based arts charity, Wren Music, and featuring women from across the South West. For some of the 63, this will be their first experience of singing on a stage.
The show is coming to the Cygnet Theatre in Exeter on Friday 9 March as part of a tour of four venues in the space of a week. It’s also visiting All Saints Church Hall,...
