Devon County Council is inviting applications for grants to expand its award-winning network of work hubs.
There are currently 15 work hubs across the county and Devon County Council has provided funding to help establish eight of those.
The authority is now inviting applications for grants to add to the network, providing facilities in areas without work hubs.
Work hubs provide flexible-term, value for money office space, equipped with facilities that modern businesses need. They are ideal locations for small businesses that may have started from home but are now...
Wine-lovers of Exeter unite! On Saturday 20th June the Great Hall of Exeter University will be transformed into a wine wonderland - the highlight of every wine-lover’s calendar. The Three Wine Men South West Wine Festival with a Splash of Spirits (plus other delicious West Country drinks) in partnership with South West Wine School will be hosted by the legendary Oz Clarke OBE, the Sunday Telegraph’s drinks’ expert Susy Atkins and, the new face to watch on the wine scene, Tom Surgey.
This tasting extravaganza is being brought to the West Country for the very first time. It will...
New Family Social’s LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week campaign returns this year from 2-8 March. The week will focus on tackling the myths and expectation of discrimination LGBT+ people can hold, that prevent them from exploring both routes to parenthood.
Local adoption agency, Families for Children, are launching a new campaign during this week to encourage adopters from the LGBTQ+ community to come forward. The campaign “A child sees a parent not a gender” will focus on speaking directly to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender couples and individuals, through local community...
Research released today by Ryobi has revealed that 42% of people in Exeter upcycle unused items around their home because they are conscious of the environment and want to become more sustainable.
Upcycling is a great way to save money around the house with 62% saying the little touches really make a difference and 13% of people saying home crafting is vital to make a house a home.
This has prompted the power tool manufacturer, Ryobi, to launch a search for the nation’s ‘Upcycler of the Year’! Additionally, to champion those already upcycling and to encourage the 58% of...
A classical culture treat on the big screen at Vue Exeter
Three brilliant pieces of classical entertainment are just some of the big screen events coming to Vue Exeter in March. On Tuesday 17th March, Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio comes to the big screen. This new production, conducted by Antonio Pappano, is an uplifting story of risk and triumph. Jonas Kaufmann plays the political prisoner Florestan, with Lisa Davidsen as his wife Leonore (disguised as ‘Fidelio’) who daringly sets out to rescue him. The music is transcendent throughout and includes the famous Act I Quartet, the...
Exeter’s Ladysmith Junior School has been voted as the latest winner of RGB Building Supplies’ Well Built Community Fund and now has £1,000 to spend on tools and building materials at RGB Exeter.
The school received the most votes following a public poll where it was up against Sidmouth Amateur Radio Society and the UK Wild Otter Trust in Umberleigh.
Ladysmith Junior School has been gifted a Plymouth City Bus, which it’s planning to transform into a useable area for children to sit and have quite reading time during breaks, and for teachers to use with smaller groups...
Victor Dartnall’s advice to his jockey Alan Johns to ride like a sack of potatoes worked the oracle on Admiral’s Secret who won at Wincanton Racecourse yesterday.
The nine-year-old had refused to start twice in his career leading connections to re-think how they train him but he was the convincing winner of the two miles four furlongs handicap chase beating Saintemilion by two and a quarter lengths in an intriguing race where the four starters were all 9-4 co favourites.
“Everything went wrong for him and he just didn't want to race,” explained Dartnall who trains near...
The Muddy Dog challenge is back in Exeter for even more mud, sweat and cheers in 2020 – and to help Battersea care for more abandoned dogs and cats.
The Muddy Dog Challenge, the UK’s biggest obstacle course you can run with your dog, is now in its sixth year, proudly supported by Seresto flea and tick control collar. Dogs and their owners can take part together to raise vital funds for thousands of homeless dogs and cats that come into the animal rescue centre each year, as well as helping those across the country and all over the world.
EXETER jobseekers can find out what it is like to work in the care industry from experienced carers during ‘Chat to a Carer’ events in the county next month (March 2020).
Guardian Homecare, which provides homecare in Exeter, is hosting drop-in events for people interested in care work every Tuesday in March from 11am-1pm at its offices.
Manager, Catherine Porter explains: “We think it’s really important for people interested in working with us to be able to speak to someone who has first-hand experience dealing with our service users, so this is why we’re hosting four drop-...
Work is set to resume on the upgrade of Moor Lane roundabout in Exeter this week, with the scheme having been revised.
The improvements were temporarily put on hold earlier this month following complications with the utility services.
Some of the utilities need major diversions which cannot be achieved within the original scope of the scheme. It means the additional lane being developed on the approach to the Moor Lane roundabout from the direction of Sowton Industrial Estate has had to be shortened in length.
Contractor MacPlant will now re-start excavation work on...
