Next week, Air Ambulance charities across the UK will join together to raise awareness of the lifesaving service that each of them provides and is the only week ofthe year dedicated to raising funds that enable these specially skilled teams to keep responding. This years’ campaign, led by Air Ambulances UK, the national charity that supports, champions and represents air ambulance charities, is focussed on the powerful message that Every Second Counts and Every Penny Matters when saving the lives of the critically ill or injured. Nigel Hare, Operations Director at Devon Air Ambulance said...
Landmarks across the UK are set to light up red to raise awareness of leukaemia this September. Exeter Guildhall will be turning red on the 4th of September to mark World Leukaemia Day and to raise awareness of leukaemia as part of the charity’s Spot Leukaemia campaign.
National blood cancer charity Leukaemia Care have organised the lighting of buildings across the UK to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of leukaemia, as part of their ‘Spot Leukaemia’ campaign. Twenty-eight buildings will be lighting up red to mark the twenty-eight people who are diagnosed with leukaemia...
Exeter chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards is inviting businesses across Exeter to take part in its 14th annual Really Big Quiz. Last year the quiz raised more than £6,000 for the Lord Mayor’s charity and plans are well underway to make this year’s event bigger and better, all in the name of charity.
Taking place at the Corn Exchange on Wednesday 10 May from 6.00pm, the annual Really Big Quiz is an opportunity for local firms to compete for the title of Exeter’s brainiest business. The event also raises vital funds for the Lord Mayor’s nominated charity Devon Freewheelers,...
The Chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA), Sir Merrick Cockell, addressed public service leaders from across Devon yesterday, saying that economic growth was being stunted because of the way Whitehall allocates and spends taxpayers' money.
Sir Merrick Cockell used his keynote address to local government leaders, councillors and public service leaders from across Devon to demand a radical overhaul of the way public money is distributed and spent to deliver a fair deal for English residents, boost economic growth and completely rewire a public sector which has become...
For the past two years SOS Global has been supported by the Home Office Communities Against Guns, Gangs and Knives Fund (CAGGK) culminating in a regional conference at the Guildhall, Exeter on 26 April 2013.
The event was opened by the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Rob Newby, chaired by Dawn Dines (CEO SOS Global) and included guest speakers, his Honour Judge Cottle, Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg and Superintendent Chris Eastwood from the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary.
Attendees included representatives from Exeter, Devon & Torbay Councils, Youth Offending Teams,...
The Board of Deputies of British Jews is delighted to be presenting the Jewish Way of Life Exhibition (JWOLE) at Exeter City Guildhall, as part of the Civic celebration of the 250 year history of Jews in the city.
The exhibit launches on Monday July 22 and opens Tuesday 23 July until Friday 26 July. The JWOLE exhibition will be open to everyone including local schools and residents, and everyone would be made to feel most welcome and are all invited to visit.
JWOLE has travelled around the UK for over 35 years. It teaches non Jewish primary school children about the basics...
Harmony in the Guildhall is a charity choral concert by Exevox to help raise funds for Socops (Social opportunities for children and young people with Autism) and the The Lord Mayor of Exeter's Charity of the Year 2012/13.
Exevox, one of the South West leading chamber choirs, under the direction of Peter Adcock, sings a mixture of classical, modern and traditional pieces from William Byrd to Tchaikosvsky, via spirituals, folk songs and more…
On the evening of 20 April Exevox will perform for the first time in the historic building of Exeter Guildhall, one of the oldest...
