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Doc Martin and his dogs

Win The Ultimate Doc Martin Experience with Pawsome Pensions

Doc Martin star Martin Clunes, and his production company Buffalo Pictures, have donated a great day out with a day’s experience on the Doc Martin Set and a walk on part, on the last ever season of Doc Martin next year.

Martin Clunes plays a grumpy, animal hating Doctor in the Series of Doc Martin but in real life, Martin is true animal lover and supports local animal charities.

Pawsome Pensions, is a registered charity that supports retired Police dogs in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset and Fire dogs in Devon and Somerset, are raffling this great prize to raise funds for this...

Retired holidaymakers asked to share stories

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 08/04/2016 - 10:41am

Retired holidaymakers are needed to take part in new research which aims to discover how giving up work has affected their tourism choices.

Academics from the University of Exeter Business School want to collect data on how people holidayed before and after retirement. They hope this will allow experts to better understand how tourism affects the wellbeing of older people, and how retirement leads to changes in the choice of location and holiday type.

The researchers are working with the charity Age UK Exeter to carry out the survey, which can also be completed online ....

Exeter U3A Coffee Morning

Event Date: 
15/07/2016 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Venue: 
St Stephens Church, High Street, Exeter EX4 3LN

A social and information event for everyone – members, especially new ones, and non-members.

A chance for current members to meet up, for new members to find out more about all the different groups , and for non-members to find out about Exeter U3A and all the activities and events it has to offer them. Exeter U3A is a cooperative of retired and semi-retired people who join together to enjoy educational and leisure activities.

Exeter U3A Coffee Morning

Event Date: 
15/07/2016 - 10:00am
Venue: 
St Stephens Church, High Street, Exeter EX4 3LN

A social and information event for everyone – members, especially new ones, and non-members.

A chance for current members to meet up, for new members to find out more about all the different groups, and for non-members to find out about Exeter U3A and all the activities and events it has to offer them.

Exeter U3A is a cooperative of retired and semi-retired people who join together to enjoy educational and leisure activities.

Digital highway is a road to nowhere for many rural retirees

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 11/09/2014 - 12:15pm

Following a recent report by The Royal Voluntary Service (RVS), predicting that half a million elderly UK residents could spend Christmas Day alone, NFU Mutual, the UK’s leading rural insurer, is concerned that the problem of isolation is much greater for elderly people living in rural areas due to a lack of access to reliable broadband.

While the Government is keen to encourage elderly people to use social media and video-calling to contact distant relatives, such systems are reliant on access to reliable and affordable internet access, something which can be a postcode lottery in...

WHITELOCK Charles Frederic, Sqn Ldr (retired)

Passed away peacefully at The Lodge Nursing Home on Tuesday 15October 2013 aged 99 years.

Much loved husband of the late Phyl, dearest brother of Jerry Relton. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Funeral service at the Exeter & Devon Crematorium on Tuesday 29 October at 12 noon (St Paul’s Chapel).

Family flowers only, donations if desired for the RAF Benevolent Fund by retiring collection or may be sent to Le-Roy Funeral Service 298 Topsham Road Exeter EX2 6HG.