The favourite quotes and sayings of Chaplains who have served the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital over the last 21 years have been carefully crafted into a new piece of artwork for the hospital’s chaplaincy centre thanks to a donation from the League of Friends.
The new ‘Threads and Ripples’ tapestry, by renowned Devon textile artist Jacqui Parkinson, will be displayed on the wall in the chaplaincy centre to offer comfort and solace to those who choose to visit the space.
The RD&E’s multi-faith chaplaincy team provide pastoral support and spiritual and religious care...
Hospital Radio Exeter broadcasts to the largest Hospital in Exeter, the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford) and are looking for new volunteers aged 18 and over, from all backgrounds.
Hospital Radio Exeter uses professional quality equipment and state of the art technology to provide a 24 hour service, 7 days a week and we are currently looking for new faces to join our friendly team of dedicated and hard working volunteers.
They are looking for:
Audio engineer (Radio) with a computer background Fundraising/publicity officer Ward visitors
It’s the final countdown! Time is fast running out to enrol in the Eighties-themed Twilight Walk on Saturday 8th July.
Remember, this is an exclusively female event: on this occasion, sisters are doing it for themselves! Join up today and raise loadsamoney for Exeter’s well known and popular local charity Hospiscare, an organisation which itself started in the Eighties (in 1982, to be precise).
The Twilight Walk is a 5-mile or new 10-mile themed sponsored walk around Exmouth Seafront with entertainment provided all along the route. The walk starts from The Maer, Exmouth....
Business communications leader Onecom has been recognised for its commitment to outstanding customer services with one of the industry’s most prestigious awards.
Onecom, which has headquarters in Hampshire and offices around the UK, in Wales and in Northern Ireland, won the award for Customer Service Team of the Year in the 2017 Comms Business Awards.
The accolade, one of the most sought-after in the world of business-to-business telecoms, was in honour of Onecom’s work to put excellence in customer service at the heart of its operations. It was accepted by Stu Jeffries,...
An Exmouth woman has been fined more than £1,400 for fly tipping in a successful prosecution brought by Environmental Health Officers from East Devon District Council.
Jill O'Donnell who was living at Waverley Road, Exmouth when the offence took place pleaded guilty and was fined £1,451. She was also ordered to pay costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £145. Exeter Magistrates reduced her fine by 10% after taking her circumstances to pay into account.
The magistrates were told that Ms O'Donnell dumped more than 20 bags of domestic waste and some old carpets in the service...
On Saturday 1 July, the 22,888 coins of the Seaton Down Hoard will be on public display for the first time.
The coins were buried in the ground on Seaton Down around AD 350 and discovered in November 2013 by metal detectorist Laurence Egerton. They will be on permanent display in the Making History gallery at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM).
Conservation work began on the coins in July 2016. Talks, Roman Roadshows, museum events, special workshops, gallery tours and other events have been enjoyed by over 15,000 people from Devon and further...
Final recommendations have been made for the electoral arrangements of East Devon District Council, following a review carried out by the independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England.
The recommendations, which can be found online at: https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk/node/8778.t , propose that East Devon should be represented by 60 district councillors in the future: one more than there is at present. The recommendations also propose that the councillors should represent 12 three-councillor wards, six two-councillor wards and 12 one-councillor wards across the...
“There is no place in Exeter for hate crime.” That’s the message from Exeter’s Community Safety Partnership.
The message of zero tolerance comes as Exeter has experienced four incidents of religiously motivated hate-crime within 10 days.
City Council Leader Pete Edwards said hate crime would not be tolerated and urged anyone who knew anything about the incidents to contact the police. He said: “These hate-crimes are just not representative of Exeter, a city renowned for its goodwill and diversity.
“The people of Exeter will wish to see the offenders brought to...
Staff at RMBI Home Cadogan Court in Exeter, have teamed up with The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth, to bring some interesting animals to meet with residents. The donkey handling team brought Willow, the miniature donkey, with them to the care home on Barley Lane on Friday 23 May. Willow has a calm nature and has been trained to go down corridors. He visited residents in different parts of the Home with his handlers, and enjoyed eating ginger biscuits and carrots. During the session, residents were also able to learn how to care for the donkeys and about the sanctuary’s work to help protect...
Local girl Abbie Baker has earned herself a place in the finals of Miss Sensational UK after winning her title Miss Devon Sensational UK, where she will stand alongside girls from all over Great Britain. The grand final is being held on the 2nd December 2017, at the Fairlands Community Centre, Guildford where Abbie Baker will undergo a series of interviews and on stage rounds including fashion wear and evening wear. Miss Sensational UK is set to be an exciting and glamorous event that will also be raising money for MIND, a mental health charity.
