Local mental health charity Mind in Exeter & East Devon are offering 20 places on a free six-week participatory photography course.
As part of the men’s network, this course will take place every Thursday from 16 June until 21 July (1pm-4pm) at the Exeter Community Opportunities (ECO) centre and will provide participants with the opportunity to create photo-stories, photographic themes and a portfolio of imagery.
To deliver the course, Mind in Exeter and East Devon has partnered with Meridian Raw CIC, an Exeter-based social enterprise that specialises in participatory...
As part of national Volunteers’ Week (1-12 June), a lifelong Osmond fan is championing for more people to get involved in supporting Exeter Deaf Academy through volunteering.
Catrina Marsh from Exeter has volunteered for Exeter Deaf Academy for the past year. Exeter Deaf Academy is one of the oldest charities in the city, and the only specialist day and residential Deaf education provider in the South West.
It runs a school and college in a bilingual English and British Sign Language (BSL) environment. Deaf students join the Academy from throughout the UK, and those...
If antiques & vintage are your thing, then don't miss the Antique & Vintage Home Show at Westpoint Exeter.
With up to 400 stands from all over the UK, offering an extensive range of antiques, collectables and vintage, the fair provides a great day out. With dealers from all over the UK there will be a huge selection to include; Furniture, Porcelain, Silver, Gold , Jewellery, Glass, Textiles, Vintage clothing, Paintings, Lighting, Militaria, Kitchenalia, Toys, Stamps, Collectables and much much more.
With ample free parking, a licenced restaurant and catering,...
LEMONFEST is a one-day music festival taking place in the heart of Devon at Newton Abbot’s Racecourse every summer, with live music and DJ’s across six stages. Now moving into their seventh year, LEMONFEST has established itself as stages. Now moving into their seventh year, LEMONFEST has established itself as South Devon’s premier live music event.
This year’s festival will be held on the 4th June and promises to be their best year yet.
Join the Salamanca and Waterloo Bands of The Rifles and local veterans to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the RASC/RCT Association. Local soprano Penny Daw and Centre Stage, Exmouth's award winning youth theatre group, will entertain us with songs from the musicals. Come and bring a picnic and enjoy the wonderful garden at Downes, by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Henry Parker.
A cash bar will be provided by Exe Valley Brewery.
Free parking. Gates Open 6pm, concert starts at 7pm and ends at approximately 9.30pm.
Land of the Giants are a funky upbeat, highly addictive six piece band from Plymouth in Devon, UK. Their music fuses many musical styles, from rock to reggae, ska to blues, with a sub heavy helping of dub in the mix.
They are renowned for their extraordinary energy on stage, and causing non-stop all out partying on dance floors and in fields around the UK, with this reputation they are becoming a firm festival favourite.
2013 saw them grace the stages of Glastonbury, Lemonfest, Maker, Looe Music Festival, Bris Fest, and Landed in Wales plus many more. They were billed on...
Exeter’s BHS store is to close after efforts to find a buyer for the chain failed.
It was confirmed this afternoon that the retailer is to go into liquidation, which will mean the loss of up to 11,000 jobs in stores across the country, including Exeter.
All 163 stores will be closing over the coming weeks.
Last year, BHS was sold by the retail entrepreneur Sir Philip Green for £1. He had bought the chain for £200m in 2000.
The new owner was headed by Dominic Chappell, a former racing driver who had previously been declared bankrupt.
Citizens Advice Exeter has been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK. The award is the most prestigious available to voluntary organisations and is the equivalent of an MBE for an individual.
The only Citizens Advice ever to win the award in the region, the volunteers of Citizens Advice Exeter join a handful of Citizens Advice organisations nationally to have been honoured with the award.
Steve Barriball, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice Exeter said: “We are thrilled and delighted with this award. It’s...
Last Saturday night, 28th May, nearly 800 runners dressed up in an array of neon outfits and took part in the multi coloured, glowing spectacular that is the Hospiscare Exeter Neon Night Run, sponsored by Everys Solicitors.
For the second year running, this popular charity event got the streets of Exeter buzzing with runners on a 5k route starting and finishing at the University of Exeter and through the heart of the City centre. All enjoyed dressing up and being splattered with brightly coloured neon paint at three points around the route.
Popular tech meetup group ExeterWeb has re-branded as TechExeter and opened up a new co-working space in the heart of the city. With strong ties to the community, TechExeter is set to become an essential resource for tech companies large and small.
The co-working space opened on the 2nd of May and offers desk space in the centre of Southernhay starting from £80 per month. "What we’ve done is to create a space that not only has great facilities for people to rent, but one that actively supports those who work in the tech industry, whether they are software developers, data analysts...
