Devon County Council has today (Wednesday, 3 July) won an award for excellence for a pilot project to tackle smoking and protect children from harm.
The award from the CLeaR Partnership, which works with local authorities across England to assess progress in reducing smoking, was given for Devon’s pioneering work with children’s centres.
At the seven pilot sites across the county, the Council has installed specially designed signage to advise people not to smoke on site and provided bespoke training for staff to raise the issue with parents and offer support to parents who...
Are you a Devon-based singer, musician or part of a band?
Do you fancy being part of a music festival in October featuring up to 120 acts, all in aid of raising funds for Oxfam?
If so we would love to hear from you!
Oxjam Exeter 2013 is part of a national music festival taking place in up to 60 towns and cities across the UK.
The main event during the festival will be the Oxjam Exeter Takeover 2013, featuring up to 120 acts performing at multi-venues across Exeter on 19 and 20 October.
If you fancy taking part then please drop Josh, Production...
Mark Noyes, 46, has on Wednesday 26 June, been sentenced to five years in prison (with an extended licence of eight years) at Exeter Crown Court after being convicted of numerous sexual offences against children.
The court had heard that Noyes had deliberately accessed a social networking site in order to befriend and groom two vulnerable American girls from his home in Beaworthy.
The two victims involved were aged around 12 years at the time of the incidents.
Following the case, DC Glenn Boniface from Devon and Cornwall Police’s Public Protection Unit commented: “...
Three years ago, Exeter Leukaemia Fund was one of the first charities to join forces with Giveacar, which was a new non-profit social enterprise that encourages car owners to scrap or sell their old unwanted cars in a professional manner, giving the proceeds to the charity of their choice. From small beginnings like ELF, Giveacar has grown from dealing with 7 cars per month to 50 per week. Recently they reached a milestone of £1 million donated to charities all over the UK, with Giveacar receiving many awards. During this period ELF supporters have taken part in this scheme with the latest...
Carsharedevon.com is moving ever closer to reaching the milestone of 10,000 members following its latest drive to get more people to cut costs and carbon emissions by sharing their car journeys.
More than 400 motorists signed up as part of the scheme’s recent ‘Win a Tank of Fuel’ campaign, taking the total membership to 9,900. The lucky winner of the fuel was Chris Howard from Starcross.
Chris, who works for South West Water, said: “My journey to work runs from Starcross to the South West Water headquarters at Rydon Lane in Exeter, each day. Between two households in the...
The Exeter-based digital marketing agency formerly known as Organic Development relaunched on 18 June as The Organic Agency, with a brand new website ( www.theorganicagency.com ).
With its head office in Exeter and a base in London, the agency has gone from strength to strength over recent years and has doubled in size in the past two years.
2013 is certainly no exception with a host of new account wins, retained clients and new additions to the company’s ever-expanding team of locally recruited employees.
The agency offers digital marketing and communications...
The Exeter Spitfires play their fifth game of the season and second home game this Sunday 16 June as they face the Bristol Bats for the third game in a row.
It has been a busy few weeks, which started with a fantastic 19-18 victory over the Bats in the Spitfires' first game at their new home, Chadwick Field at St Luke's Sports College.
The club then travelled to Bristol the following week, this time suffering a 24-13 loss. Both games showed further improvement from Exeter as their inexperienced roster continue to learn the game.
Devon County Council have announced that the number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) in Devon has fallen for the third consecutive month in line with the usual trend seen at this time of the year.
The claimant count across the county was down by 512 from 8,849 in April to 8,337 in May.
Even though the Devon figures reflect the national trend, the month-on-month decrease of 5.8% has occurred at a faster rate in Devon compared to the UK (2.8%).
The claimant count in Devon stands at 1.8% of the working age population, which remains below the national...
Exeter School is to exhibit artwork produced by WESC Foundation pupils and students for the second year running. An exhibition of sensory artwork produced by visually impaired artists will be held from 18-21 June, 10am – 3pm, in the Andrews Hall to which all are invited, beginning with a private view on Monday 17 June from 6-7.30pm. John Mason, Exeter School’s Head of Art, said he was pleased to host ‘Sensational! 2013’ as it was beneficial for pupils attending both schools. “The exhibition gives our pupils a new perspective on art as the WESC’s artwork touches all the senses.” Irena...
