The University of Exeter and Hospiscare have teamed up once again to recycle Christmas trees and support terminally ill people and their families.
Hospiscare’s vans collected trees from households across Exeter, Exmouth, Honiton, Tiverton, Sidmouth and Ottery St Mary on 13th and 14thJanuary, in exchange for a £10 donation.
Trees were then taken to the University’s Streatham Campus to be chipped by the Grounds Team and the chippings have been used as mulch for the university’s shrub beds.
Laura Robertson, Fundraising Projects Manager at Hospiscare said: “This...
Baroque Venice in all its musical glory will be brought to life in Exeter Cathedral on 18 March with a large-scale performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers, conjured up by the combined forces of Exeter Philharmonic Choir, Devon County Junior Choir, top professional singers and the internationally renowned early music group, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir is delighted to be joined in this musical adventure by approximately 40 boys and girls aged under thirteen from the Devon County Junior Choir. The children will be involved in four movements of this...
Leading timber engineering manufacturer Donaldson Timber Engineering Ltd (DTE) has opened its tenth branch in the UK with a new location in Exeter.
The new branch in the south west of England will service Devon and the surrounding area, including Cornwall.
DTE has recruited a team of 12 for the branch, including Karol Radziejowski who takes up the role of general manager following three years as general manager of the Cambridge site. Karol has worked at DTE for 13 years, starting as a production operative in Ilkeston in September 2009.
Bringing together three creative practitioners with three academic hosts, this year’s set of extraordinary Creative Fellowships at the University of Exeter see the worlds of law, maritime history and environmental justice collide with multidisciplinary art and poetry.
Developed by the University’s Arts and Culture team in 2018, the fellowships provide a platform upon which renowned creative practitioners can embed themselves into ground-breaking research at the University. Lasting a total of five weeks across the academic year, the scheme encourages mutually beneficial exchange,...
In a large-scale performance, Exeter Philharmonic Choir and professional musicians bring the musical magic of Baroque Venice to Exeter.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir is delighted to be joined in this musical adventure by approximately 40 boys and girls aged under thirteen from the Devon County Junior Choir, six outstanding soloists who have performed this work many times around the world and the internationally renowned early music group, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.
The 17th-century Italian musical prodigy Claudio Monteverdi wrote his Vespers (an ancient form of...
Devon based charity, Step One, is delighted to confirm Ben Greaves as their new CEO following a recruitment process during which he impressed both service managers and trustees with his strong leadership skills and positive, practical attitude towards delivering our mission to support people with disabilities and mental health issues. Ben will start in January 2023. Ben brings 20 years’ experience from various leadership roles in the British Army, recently leading a team of 500 people across 6 sites in the UK and in 12 countries globally as a Commanding Officer and, as a result, has a...
Local bus operator, Stagecoach, are encouraging job seekers across the region to get their careers on the move with a number of recruitment events to drive interest in vacant positions across Exeter.
This is the perfect opportunity for people across the city and surrounding areas to hear about the package of benefits Stagecoach offer their driving team, and also see just how easy it is to sign up!
The Stagecoach Exeter team are heading out to a number of recruitment events to talk people through the opportunity and guide interested applicants through the process. So, If...
Love guitars? Love Planet Earth? Love supporting local/independent businesses? Then the Crowdfunder recently launched by Devon-based Life Guitars Co is for you! With a strong vision and set of ethical values, the team at Life Guitars are on a mission to take over the guitar world, one high-quality used repurposed guitar at a time.
A brief history
Established in July 2020 amidst the start of a global pandemic, award-winning Life Guitars Co burst onto the UK independent retail scene with a vision to breathe new life into old and used guitars, amps and effects pedals....
A small, friendly preschool near Exeter that welcomed its first intake of young children last spring has already received a good grade.
In a recent Ofsted inspection, the Kidzone at Exminster - operated by local charity Westbank Community Health and Care - was described as a ‘Good Provider’.
The charity’s preschool for Over 2s opened its doors at the end of April 2022, with just three children attending over three days. Since then, it has quadrupled its numbers and extended its opening hours. The facility now looks after 12 young children over five days and has recently...
SOUTH Western Railway (SWR) has set out its service plan for the rest of this week and weekend, following the major landslip in the Hook area, which has severely reduced the number of trains that can safely run between Basingstoke and Woking.
The landslip has left a 44-metre stretch of track suspended in mid-air, resulting in a severely restricted service between Basingstoke and Woking and no through trains to London Waterloo from Exeter St Davids, Salisbury, Weymouth, Bournemouth, Southampton Central, Winchester and Portsmouth Harbour via Eastleigh.
