To coincide with Hospice Care Week (7th-11th October) and World Hospice & Palliative Care Day (12th October), local charity Hospiscare is announcing its plans to build a state-of-the-art day hospice in Honiton. Offering patients, families and carers easy access to a multi-disciplinary medical, health and social care team in one location, the new day hospice will provide invaluable services and support for the whole East Devon region.
Hospiscare currently runs day hospices in Exeter, Tiverton and Seaton Hospital. The building of the new East Devon Day Hospice is being made...
On Sunday 6 October 2013 supporters and volunteers from Exeter Axhayes Cats Protection Adoption Centre will be doing a charity skydive in aid of the adoption centre.
All funds raised will go directly to help the cats and kittens in our care. (150+ at current figures).
To donate you can text "PURR50" and the amount to 70070 (e.g PURR50£5) or visit http://www.justgiving.com/axhayes-skydive
The skydive takes place at 2pm on Sunday 6th October 2013 at Dunkeswell Airfield Nr Honiton.
The adoption centre are always looking for volunteers and people to join our "...
Princesshay Shopping Centre has partnered up with the MS Society to support people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS), by hosting the Big Orange Drop Abseil on Thursday 31st October from 12 noon until 7pm.
Princesshay and the MS Society are very keen for all to get involved and aim to raise as much money as possible. So if descending a massive 80 feet on Halloween sounds like your kind of thing and you’re over 12 years old, the centre would love to hear from you!
Isca Outdoor will be providing the essential equipment, fully qualified instructors and ground level training...
Hip Hop Psych - an evening of dance with just4funkproductions ( www.just4funkproductions.com )
Hip Hop Psych Co-founded by Dr Akeem Sule and Dr Becky Inkster Hip-hop culture is a powerful vehicle for raising awareness about mental health. It is rich with references to psychiatric illnesses that have not been explored, dissected and documented until now. Hip Hop Psych act are the interface that links hip-hop with mental health.
The Exeter Garden Railway Show is the largest of its kind in the far South West and makes a fabulous day out for all the family.
The aim of the show is to promote the garden railway hobby from O gauge to Scale 3 and everything in between.
The 2013 show will be the South Devon Garden Railway Group’s 13th and promises to be bigger and better than ever with over 60 layouts and trade stands promised in more than 2000 sq metres of exhibition space.
There will be lots of operating live steam, electric and vintage exhibition layouts in standard and narrow gauges as well as...
John Grant (born 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. Formerly associated with the Denver-based alternative rock band The Czars in the 1990s and early 2000s, he launched a career as a solo artist in 2010.
It’s been an extraordinary journey for John Grant, from a point where he thought he would never make music again or escape a life of substance abuse to winning awards and accolades, collaborating with Sinead O’Connor, Rumer and Hercules and Love Affair and having his music featured in the award-winning film Weekend.
A presentation on the success of the Bristol Pound Project was given at a public meeting at St. Stephens’s Church on Thursday night (26 September). Chris Sunderland, Director of the project, gave an overview of some of the successes and challenges of the Bristol Pound Project and discussed the potential benefits of bringing in a local currency to Exeter. He spoke about council support in the Bristol Pound Project after a period of hesitation, Chris said: “very early on we asked the council about accepting business rates in Bristol Pounds and they looked at us like we were stupid. “The next...
Devon County Antiques Fairs are holding their next antiques and collectors fair at The Matford Centre on Saturday 14 December.
There will be a huge selection of quality antiques of all sorts, silver, jewellery, furniture of all periods, retro items, vintage clothing, collectables of every sort, home furnishings, books, postcards, pictures, prints, coins, medals, toys on offer.
Admission: 9am-10am £4, 10am-4.30pm £3. Accompanied children under 16 free.
