Every year, Quakers in Britain organise a ‘Quaker Week’ – a time to focus on the core principles of Quaker belief and practice and to reach out to the surrounding community to publicise those beliefs and the work that arises from them, as well as to engage with people of all faiths and none to encourage a discussion of our world and its issues.
The theme of Quaker Week this year is “In Turbulent Times: be a Quaker”
A local company who raise funds for a children’s cancer charity have teamed up with Exeter Chiefs to make a day to remember for local families who have been affected by cancer.
Adopstar, an advertising company based in Cullumpton, are a corporate partner of CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people. Now the company have gone that extra mile by setting up a special day for local families at Premiership champions, Exeter Chiefs.
11 families, who have all been supported by CLIC Sargent, went along to Sandy Park for exclusive behind the scenes...
Lidl UK has announced that its new Exeter RDC, which is due to open this November, will create up to 500 full and part-time jobs for the South West.
Recruitment has already begun as the company aims to recruit local talent for a number of different roles, including warehouse operatives and desk clerks, kitchen assistants and porters to work in the catering team, with jobs currently being advertised on the company’s careers website.
Lidl UK currently has a 20,000 strong workforce across England, Scotland and Wales. In October 2015 the supermarket became the first to...
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has announced more than £500,000 in funding for researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School to advance understanding of how dementia affects the brain.
Announced on World Alzheimer’s Day (Thursday September 21), the charity is investing a total of £577,000 in three leading researchers, to look at different aspects of the cause and progression of dementia.
Professor Clive Ballard, Executive Dean of the University of Exeter Medical School, and a leading dementia researcher, said: “Dementia is key area of our research focus at Exeter,...
Richard Harris and Andy Thornhill have joined PKF Francis Clark’s awarding wining corporate finance team to continue the growth of its specialist renewable energy advisory business.
Richard and Andy are both senior sector experts with a proven track record of delivering market leading results for their clients over a number of years.
Previously at JLL and Deloitte, in the past 5 years, Richard and Andy successfully completed in excess of 20 renewable energy transactions including industry firsts such as the first subsidy free wind project disposal earlier this year and the...
East Devon residents are being asked to have their say on how much the council should pay towards the council tax bills of working age householders on low incomes who live in the district.
Earlier this month East Devon District Council began a six week consultation about proposed changes to the working-age Council Tax Reduction Scheme which sets out a framework on how much council tax support can be claimed by these households. The council reviews the reduction scheme every year.
This year, the council is consulting on making three changes to the scheme and the proposed...
The dates for Exeter City’s under-23 Premier League Cup matches have been set with their first home game coming against Brighton & Hove Albion on Monday, December 4. Championship sides Sunderland and Hull City will also visit the park in the group stage of the competition. Hull with visit on Monday, January 22, while Sunderland will play at the Park on Sunday, February 11, with a 2pm kick-off. The full fixture list for the group stage of the competition is as follows, with the top two teams in the group qualifying for the knockout stages of the competition. AWAY: Monday, October 23 (...
Killerton has reached a fundraising milestone after supporters have helped raise £100,000 to put towards the roof conservation project.
The appeal, which was launched in January this year, asked supporters to help raise funds for vital roof repairs to help prevent damage to the much-loved house and collections. The project is now in its final stages and will see the roof being fully restored and conservation work undertaken on the stonework and parapets alongside the reinstatement of historic chimneys that had been previously removed.
Almost 150 volunteers gave up their Saturday morning to clean-up the Exe Estuary -- and the good news is that the amount of discarded rubbish blighting the beauty spot is on the decrease.
The usual assortment of rubbish including lumps of concrete, car tyres and broken glass was found during the 20th clean-up of the internationally important Exmouth Local Nature Reserve over the weekend. Recyclable plastic makes up over 60 per cent of everything found on beach cleans. However this time volunteers only found enough rubbish to fill half a skip, less than during previous clean-ups....
Funding has been awarded to ten Devon businesses to help them promote their goods and services to potential new customers.
The Business Promotion Grant, from Devon County Council, is designed to help local companies to cover exhibiting costs at high profile trade shows or events. Grants of up to £1,000 were offered through a competitive bidding process. The successful companies can gain valuable exposure to reach national and international audiences, which can help the development of their business and support Devon’s growing economy. The grant is part of the County Council’s Devon...
