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Free Information Fair for Devon’s Unpaid Carers on Carers’ Rights Day

Event Date: 
23/11/2023 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter

Do you look after someone who couldn’t manage without your help? There are at least 74,000 people in Devon who do, and Westbank’s Devon Carers is a free service to help them, delivered by Westbank Community Health and Care, and funded by Devon County Council and the NHS.

Westbank’s Devon Carers is hosting a free Information Fair for unpaid carers on Carers’ Rights Day, Thursday 23rd November, at the Exeter Phoenix in Gandy Street from 10 am to 4 pm. Carers Rights Day - a national event - is run every year to ensure carers are aware of their rights, know where to get help and...

Exeter Family Fun Day

Free Family Fun Day

Event Date: 
23/07/2023 - 12:00pm
Venue: 
St Katherine's Priory, Stoke Hill, Exeter

There’ll be fun for all the family at this free Exeter event in the grounds of the beautiful St Katherine’s Priory in Exeter.

It promises to be a perfect family day out with activities for all ages, including a bouncy castle, kid’s football, family games, artisan stalls and a live band. And entry is free!

Hot and cold refreshments will be available, and there’ll be a prize raffle with some fantastic prizes donated by Exeter's local business community.

St Katherine's Priory was a Benedictine Nunnery founded in 1159 and dissolved in 1539. The surviving two-storey...

Nick Hand and the print bike

Exhibition: Journeyman - stories of craft from a bicycle

Event Date: 
18/01/2020 - 10:00am to 08/03/2020 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Jubilee Gallery

Curated by Nick Hand and The Letterpress Collective, this exhibition brings together photography, film, letterpress prints, and the words of makers who dedicate their life to an unusual or rare craft or passion. Nick gathered these stories on epic cycle rides: from Land’s End to John O’ Groats, round the coast of Britain and Ireland and up the Hudson River - with a printing press on the back of his bike.

Open daily, 10am - 5.30pm. Free entry.

TV presenter and coastal charity join forces for free fun day

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Mon, 09/15/2014 - 9:46am

Living Coasts is offering local people a free weekend of fun and games beside the seaside.

The coastal conservation charity is holding a marine BioBlitz and beach clean at Beacon Cove, with TV presenter Maya Plass and lots of additional activities to keep everyone entertained.

Clare Rugg, from Living Coasts, explained: “We will have divers in the water cleaning the seabed, because out of sight shouldn’t be out of mind. That is a first for us. Everyone else can help clean the beach, find coastal species and have fun. We’ll be doing rock pool rambles, seaweed pressing, shell...

Wedding Fair Exhibitors Required

Authored by sandypark
Posted: Tue, 06/24/2014 - 10:31am

Sandy Park may be renowned for its Rugby and the Exeter Chiefs but here we also pride ourselves in being one of Devon's most unique Wedding Venues

We are currently looking for the best of what Devon & Cornwall have to offer when it comes to wedding products or services

Our autumn Fair guarantees to draw in a bumper crowd where we will be showcasing our fantastic new facilities and new-look of Sandy Park, so what better time for you to get involved & exhibit with us on the day

There are still lots of categories to fill including:

  • BRIDAL WEAR
  • ...

Discover Art at its Origin during Devon Open Studios

Find out more about the county's diverse range of accomplished artists this month during Devon Open Studios, a free annual visual arts event that place from 7 to 22 September. Described by one visitor as, "a wonderful way to explore and discover all the talented people living in Devon," this is the largest showcase for artists in the county, with artists exhibiting their work in more than 140 locations.

Visitors will be able to view the work and practice of over two hundred artists who are opening their doors across the county, while touring the diverse countryside of Devon. The...

Puzzletree hosts sports day for all

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 06/13/2013 - 11:33am

The Puzzletree in Okehampton is hosting a fun day of sport on Monday 24 June from 10am-4pm.

This year’s event is the third in succession that the Puzzletree has organised for people with learning disabilities.

The fun day is free to attend, and includes a variety of sports to encourage people to try new activities, as well as those they already enjoy.

Sports include boccia, badminton, volleyball, short tennis, seated exercise, velcro targets, dance, fencing, TaiChi, croquet, table tennis, exercise machines, basketball, parachute games, football and frisbee throwing...

Special bike film night in Exeter

Event Date: 
21/11/2012 - 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

One Gear Exeter and BikeCaffe Exeter present a casual evening of films for those with an interest in cycling. Featuring a selection of beautifully shot short films plus special guests.

The movies to be show are Böikzmöind ( www.boikzmoind.com ), a fun documentary by Gavin Strange about the fixed gear scene in Bristol. And Rapha films – short documentaries beautifully filmed about road cycling and adventure as a group of passionate cyclists.

Plus there’s a host of creative cycling enthusiast types on hand to help create that dynamo buzz.

They include, No Guts No...