A teenager from the Exeter Chiefs HITZ programme has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.
Anthony Chambers is one of the five finalists for the HITZ Young Ambassador of the Year Award supported by Land Rover.
This award will be presented at the HITZ Awards on February 4.
The HITZ Young Ambassador of the Year Award, supported by Land Rover, rewards the individual who has done the most to represent the HITZ programme to their peers and in their communities. It recognises someone who has grown and changed for the better and whose positive attitude has...
Exeter City FC is proud to support the Exeter Food Bank and has a permanent collection point in Reception, which is emptied regularly.
Just after Christmas we delivered three very large, and heavy bags, to Exeter Food Bank's storage site... Thank you to everyone who contributes to this charity.
We will be collecting food donations on the Trust Stall this Saturday before our match against Accrington.
Items always needed are tins of soup, meat, fish, vegetables and fruit. Also pasta, rice, noodles, biscuits, as well as toiletries...toothpaste, soap, loo rolls, etc....
Internationally renowned speakers come to Exeter to present their 'ideas worth spreading' at TEDxExeter 2016
Jihad, communication, human rights and inequality are just some of the challenging issues facing us all today. They are also all on the agenda for this year’s TEDxExeter conference, when experts from a wide range of fields will come to Exeter to share their ideas and solutions.
Alex Holmes was bullied at school. In the sixth form he set up a peer mentoring scheme to tackle the problem, and received a Diana Award. Now head of the anti-bullying campaign at the Diana...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter has admitted he is hoping to bolster his playing squad over the coming weeks as they brace themselves for a relentless run of fixtures in the Aviva Premiership.
With the Devon club somewhat hamstrung with a series of long-term injuries to a number of their key players, Baxter’s cause is set to be further hampered with the potential loss of others to call-ups in the upcoming Six Nations Championship.
Baxter has said the situation is far from ideal and it appears he’s now set to act, confirming in this week’s media briefing that he is...
The Governors of Exeter College are pleased to announce that they have appointed John Laramy as the new Principal at the College.
John is currently the Vice Principal at Exeter College and will take up the post on 1st April 2016.
The Board of Governors appointed John to the role after a rigorous, national recruitment and selection process.
Philip Bostock, Chair of Governors said: "We had a strong field of candidates and a robust selection process and I am delighted that John Laramy emerged from that as the unanimous choice of governors. Working alongside our hugely...
Arsenal Football Club recently held an event for Arsenal’s young fan base, and eleven-year-old Junior Gunner Luke Piggott received a very special surprise.
Two hundred Junior Gunners were invited to enter a competition to prove just how much they loved Arsenal, with the promise of a very special prize. The stand-out entry came from Luke who impressed with his self-written Arsenal themed rap.
Unknown to Luke, his entry had earned him a special insight of the Arsenal training ground with one of his Arsenal heroes, Oliver Giroud. In the boot room Luke was given an exclusive...
Councils across the country are to receive a £5m cash boost to tackle rogue landlords in their area, Housing Minister Brandon Lewis announced today.
Forty eight councils will share the funding so they can take on the irresponsible landlords that force tenants to live in squalid and dangerous properties, making their lives a misery.
The cash will also allow councils to root out more ‘beds in sheds’. Since 2011 nearly 40,000 inspections have taken place in properties with over 3,000 landlords facing further enforcement action or prosecution.
Vector7 Ltd of Honiton were invited to meet the Prime Minister, David Cameron on 18 January 2016 at a Downing Street reception celebrating outstanding businesses and their apprenticeship schemes.
Emma Moore, 27, director of search engine optimisation at Vector7, joined other representatives from across the country at the prestigious Downing Street reception to celebrate apprenticeship trailblazers; a group of employers that are setting new standards for apprenticeship schemes across the UK.
“It was such an honour to be asked and for the company to be recognized for its hard...
The Donkey Sanctuary is holding two recruitment events on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 February for people interested in joining a team of volunteers to help provide a warm welcome to visitors.
The animal welfare charity is seeking volunteers to play a vital part in a project to build a new specialist veterinary facility which includes relocating the hospital to Brookfield Farm, near Honiton.
The move will have a big impact on the Sanctuary‘s Sidmouth headquarters and the charity plans to use the opportunity to improve the visitor experience. It is here that volunteers are...
