Party in the ancient Devon wildflower meadows at Goren Festival,
Goren Festival, the most family-friendly festival imaginable, is set in 70 acres of picturesque pastureland at Stockland, near Honiton, Devon.
Featuring live music from talented musicians as well as many crafts and activities for children, all with a nature-based theme, the Goren Festival is specifically aimed at families with younger children and promotes wildlife and sustainability in a safe, natural environment.
Free-range families can relax and enjoy the delicious food on offer including organic,...
Recently the Provincial Grand Charity Steward of the Devonshire Freemasons Dr. Reuben Ayres paid a visit to the offices of “Stop Abuse For Everyone” (SAFE) in Queen Street Exeter to present Jacinta Wainwright their CEO with a certificate celebrating the grant of £3000 made to them by the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF).
“SAFE” work in the community, in schools, with social services and from their SAFE hub in Exeter employing 12 staff and up to 40 volunteers to help victims of abuse regain control of their lives. Abuse can affect any or all the members of a household and helping...
'The War Nurses' is the debut novel by Lizzie Page, released by Bookouture in April 2018.
'The War Nurses' is based on the incredible Elsie Knocker from Exeter and her friend, Mairi Chisholm from Cheddington. When the First World war broke out, Elsie and Mairi volunteered for an ambulance corp. Concerned that they needed to get closer to the action, the moved to a cellar house in Pervyse just yards from the Western Front. They were there for three and a half years and saved hundreds of lives and were ultimately honoured by the Belgian Govt. They had to support themselves which...
RGB Building Supplies is delighted to announce it raised a fantastic £10,634 for its chosen charity Children’s Hospice South West over the past 12 months.
Due to the overwhelming support RGB received for its fundraising efforts, which included charity breakfast mornings, golf days, Easter competitions, and branch events, as well as staff members taking on various individual challenges, it will be continuing its support of CHSW and will again be undertaking numerous activities throughout 2018.
RGB’s most recent Easter competition invited customers to make a donation and...
Get tails wagging at The Donkey Sanctuary’s Spring Family Fun Day and Dog Show
Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary’s Spring Family Fun Day and Dog Show on Sunday 27 May promises to have something for everyone with a whole host of activities including, bouncy castles, go-karts, face-painting and live music from Vine and Dandy.
The highlight for many will be the dog show which features 15 different classes from perfect puppy to the prettiest pooch and child’s best friend to the waggiest tail. Entry costs just £1 for each class with prizes awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
Communities across Devon can have their broken electrical items and gadgets fixed free of charge this summer at a series of community repair events held by Recycle Devon.
From Thursday 17 May to Friday 21 September. Recycle Devon will be visiting a number of Devon’s libraries to offer a free electrical repair service.
At these special REPAIR IT events, members of the public will be able to bring along any broken household electrical items, including computers, to be fixed by a team of expert menders at no cost.
The ‘REPAIR IT’ events are part of a countywide...
Flood improvement works are scheduled to take place in Longmeadow Road in Lympstone later this month.
Repairs will be carried out to an old brick and pipe culvert under the road, starting from Monday 21 May, in order to reduce the flood risk to at least 10 properties. The culvert carries a small stream, classed as an “Ordinary Watercourse”, which flows underneath several properties and the road itself, before discharging into the main river, the Wotton Brook. The culvert has historically become overwhelmed by large volumes of water - the last time was during a large storm event in...
Joy Wilkinson, a resident at RMBI Home Cadogan Court in Exeter, has been reunited with a recording from her husband Eric, an RAF serviceman, whilst he was serving in India during the Second World War. The message was found on an old record by a member of the public in Salisbury during a clear out and was played on BBC’s The One Show, to help reunite the recording with its rightful owner. Representatives from the RAF Association visited the Home on Tuesday 8 May to give the recording back to Joy and had a short chat with her which featured later on The One Show.
Free advice for anyone concerned about skin cancer will be available in Princesshay this weekend. Specialist nurses from the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital’s dermatology department will be at the Eastgate end of the precinct from 10am to 4pm on Saturday May 12.
With temperatures on the rise and summer just around the corner, Claire Facey and Sarah Sandford will be on hand to answer questions and offer confidential help and advice. The drop-in service is part of a partnership between FORCE Cancer Charity, the RD&E and Princesshay.
Devon has been selected as one of two parts of the UK to host a new initiative which will see thousands of the county’s 87,000 7-17 year-olds get together to learn to code and create with technology in a fun creative environment in Devon and Torbay Libraries.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation, has partnered with Devon-based charity Libraries Unlimited to bring nine brand new CoderDojos to libraries across Devon and Torbay in the first phase of the project. Sessions will be held in libraries in Exeter, Bideford, Braunton, Crediton, Ottery St Mary, South Molton, Teignmouth, Paignton and...
