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Transition Event - Growing up, Moving on

Event Date: 
11/06/2014 - 9:30am to 2:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Racecourse

Ever wondered how your teen thinks, communicates, relates and keeps healthy?

Join us for a free, fun and informative day at Exeter race course on the 11 June 9.30am – 2.30pm

Expert speakers include BIBIC, York University STEPP project, South West Grid for Learning and Home Farm Trust, NIACE (National Institute for Adults Continuing Education)

Free lunch and gift bag included

Booking is essential

Email katie.barron@cafamily.org.uk or phone 01503 220 702 for more information or to book your place.

Try kayaking for FREE! with tootega kayaks and AS Watersports

Event Date: 
14/06/2014 - 10:00am to 5:00pm
Venue: 
Canal Basin AS Watersports Haven Road Exeter EX2 8DP

AS Watersports in conjunction with tootega kayaks will be offering the opportunity to try kayaking for FREE! at the Canal Basin, Haven Road, Exeter, EX2 8DP on Saturday 14th June between 10am and 4pm

tootega kayaks will have a full fleet of demonstration boats ready for you to try, with tootega staff on hand to talk and advise on their products. Kayaks will be available for sale during the day, with special deals available. All tootega kayaks are all designed and produced in the UK, and come with a lifetime warranty, with boats in the range to suit every type of usage, from beach...

Cycle Speedway: Women's taster event

Event Date: 
01/06/2014 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Exeter Cycle Speedway, EX2 8QW

Join us on Sunday 1 June at The Exeter Cycle Speedway track, EX2 8QW from 10am.

We have a fantastic FREE taster event for women, run by a host of GB Cycle Speedway coaches, including Exeter based star rider Charlie-Jane Herbert.

All ages and experience welcome, ride in a group, mums and daughters come along!

Plus enjoy some giveaways and watch a Women's League Cycle Speedway competition!

No need to book, just #rockupandride

Win a year's free bus travel with Stagecoach

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Thu, 05/01/2014 - 3:37pm

Stagecoach South West is offering one lucky passenger the chance to win a year's worth of free bus travel by finding a golden ticket hidden underneath a seat on a bus somewhere in Devon.

The competition, running throught the week, celebrates the second annual 'Catch the Bus Week' to promote sustainable travel in county.

The initiative has seen Stagecoach South West joining forces with sustainable transport group Greener Journeys and Devon County Council to encourage local people to ditch their cars in favour of taking the bus.

Mike Watson, Managing Director of...

Free Car Charging opens in Exeter

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Tue, 03/25/2014 - 2:32pm

New free car charging facilities are being installed across Exeter this week in a bid to encourage more people to use electric vehicles.

From Friday (28 March) drivers will be able to charge electric vehicles at four key sites in the city, with four more to follow by 21 April,

The opening of the sites follows the City Council's successful bid for funding from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles.

Cllr Rachel Sutton, Deputy leader of Exeter City Council, said: "Zero emission electric vehicles make a significant contribution to reducing environmental harm and...

* COMPETITION CLOSED * WIN WIN WIN! Free RockSolidRace entry

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 02/10/2014 - 12:03pm

We are pleased to announce the winner of this competition is Benjamin Christine.

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This week we’ve partnered with RockSolidRace to offer you and your friend FREE race entry into one of the UK’s wettest, muddiest and most exciting obstacle course races.

RockSolidRace comes to Escot Park on Saturday 15 March. A 5km or 10km military style obstacle race that boasts over 35 obstacles, hot showers, an after party and live 6 Nations screening!

A...

Getting festive in St James' Park

Authored by lamorna
Posted: Sun, 12/08/2013 - 7:33am

One of the UK’s biggest carol services is taking place in the heart of the city, St James' Park football stadium, on Monday 9 December, from 7-8pm.

The carol service, hosted by the university's Evangelical Christian Union, is set to attract over 3,000 students and members of the public to St James’ Park.

Highlights of the evening will include plenty of classic carols, mulled wine, and a talk on the Christmas message. There will also be free mince pies!

There’s even something for the more reluctant (or just tone deaf!) singers as the university's A-Capella...

Local Guild keeps craft alive this Christmas

If you have ever wanted to try glassmaking, fine print methods or see exquisite embriodery or minatures being painted and fired in close-up then it's worth visiting the Devon GuIld in Bovey Tracy this December. The local craft centre and gallery nurtures craft makers from all over the South West - from potters and jewellers to weavers and metalworkers. A number of Members including popular Totnes based ceramicist Iris Milward and John Hagger, traditional leather bagmaker and sadler, have offered to give live action demonstrations of their skills at the Guild, every Saturday in...

Christmas Treats weekend

Event Date: 
23/11/2013 - 10:00am to 24/11/2013 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Escot, Ottery St Mary

Free entry for everyone at our Christmas Treats weekend.

See Santa in his forest grotto (£4 per child includes Christmas gift), take part in Christmas arts and crafts at Yurt Village. Enjoy yuletide good cheer with a glass of mulled wine, mince pies and other scrumptious Christmas goodies in the Coach House Restaurant and outdoor Christmas Kitchen. See the animals receive christmas gifts and take a christmas pony ride (there will be a small charge for pony rides). Place your wish on our special Wishing Tree and join us for christmas carols and the lighting of the christmas tree....

The Big Draw – Enter the Drawing Pa-Lace!

Event Date: 
29/10/2013 - 11:00am to 30/10/2013 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, Devon, TQ13 9AF

Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 October 11am - 4pm

Two free, family, drop-in and draw events at Devon Guild this half-term. Enter a special creative space in the gallery where you can draw, design and make a Venetian-style Halloween mask and lace-based patterns for a collective wall decoration. Activities include pattern-making, papercutting, stencilling and projection-tracing, and are inspired by our current exhibition intoLACE as part of the Big Draw Campaign for Drawing 2013.

Staff supervision. Materials provided. Drop-in: free,11am-4pm. Under 12s supervised please. No need...

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