Bring all the girls together, dig out your pink tutus and bunny ears and join hundreds of women walking or running for Hospiscare.
The Twilight Walk is a 5 mile or 10 mile ‘PINK FIZZ’ themed sponsored walk along Exmouth Seafront with entertainment around the route, starting from The Maer, Exmouth.
We are also incoporating a new 5K Fizz Run which takes place before the walk.
Join Ella the Owl for a fantastic bubbly evening where you raise money to support local people and have a great night out with your mates. Come on ladies do it for Hospiscare!
‘Many suffragists spend more money on clothes than they can comfortable afford, rather than run the risk of being considered outré and doing harm to the cause’ Sylvia Pankhurst
The fashion collection at Killerton has opened its doors for 2018 with a new exhibition called Branded: Fashion, femininity and the right to vote. To mark 100 years since some women got the right to vote, the exhibition reflects the timeline of the campaign for women’s suffrage from 1866 until 1928 through the changing styles of fashion.
The exhibition highlights the relationship between politics and...
Women … do you have a passion for song? And would you like to take part in a stage show? Then here’s your chance to join the choir in a brand new Wren Music show that’s touring Devon in March – and no previous experience is necessary.
Rehearsals for ‘Ain’t I A Woman’ take place at the Cygnet Theatre in Exeter over four Sunday afternoons from 28 January to 25 February, with the tour taking to the road in Devon and Dorset in early March.
All women are welcome and there are no auditions for the choir – simply contact Wren to book a place in the open rehearsals.
Critically acclaimed composer, musician and singer Louise Jordan performs No Petticoats Here – a collection of original songs telling the stories of real-life inspirational women
from the First World War. Based on extensive research and combining live and recorded sound, this show promises to be a theatre concert like no other; a rich visual and
auditory experience that truly connects the audience with the past
Following two successful tours Jordan has been granted Arts Council England funding to develop the...
Sidbury entrepreneur Cathy Debenham is stepping out of the office and onto her bike with her new business Bike Guide Devon. She is launching it with a two guided mountain bike rides for women to coincide with Heath Week .
“I have spent more than 30 years working in offices,” says Cathy, whose previous business was prize-winning renewable energy website YouGen (now part of the National Energy Foundation). “Sitting in front of a computer all day feels increasingly unhealthy, so I recently trained as a Mountain Bike Leader with British Cycling.”
“It was thoroughly well deserved,” said the Maynard School’s Head of Computing, Laura Burt, of the robotics team winning the UK’s only trophy at the FIRST LEGO League Open European Championship in Aarhus, Denmark over the weekend of 27-28 May 2017.
With 50 countries represented from across the world and a total of 118 teams, only five of whom were representing the UK, the Maynard Wine Gums was the sole all-girls’ team from Europe and just one of only two in the entire competition.
Aimed at 9-16-year olds, the teams had to build a robot to tackle a series of missions, each...
Local women who want to ‘get on their bike’ and experience the social, physical and mental benefits of taking to two wheels can get involved in some free organised rides.
And with National Bike Week in full swing, this week represents the perfect opportunity to sign up.
The Breeze Bike Rides for Beginners rides offer a hassle free experience to women that are new to cycling or haven’t been on a bike in years. Rides are open to all ages.
They are organised by Teignbridge in partnership with the Breeze network and British Cycling. The accessible, inexpensive scheme is...
A flashmob dance is to be staged in Exeter city centre as a local charity takes part in an international ‘rising’ against the abuse and exploitation of women.
On the afternoon of Saturday February 18th, a single dancer in Princesshay’s Bedford Square will gradually be joined by dozens more, performing to the protest song Break the Chain.
The flashmob is being organised by the city’s Stop Abuse for Everyone (SAFE) charity as part of the international One Billion Rising campaign which takes place every year, with events all over the world between early February and...
Aquamarine Media are delighted to announce themselves as this year’s Award Night Sponsor for the Devon Venus Awards.
The Teignmouth-based media agency, who specialise in paid search and social media marketing, are sponsoring the awards ceremony which celebrates local women in business. Over 300 guests are expected to attend the event, typically referred to as the ‘Working Women’s Oscars’, which is being held on November 18th, 2016, in Exeter University’s Great Hall.
“We’re very proud to be sponsoring this year’s Venus Awards and to be showing our support for Devon’s...
Women’s Equality Party leader Sophie Walker is visiting the University of Exeter on Saturday 24 September as part of her nationwide tour asking ‘What do women want?’ The event is being jointly hosted by the Somerset, Exeter and North Devon branches.
“The Women’s Equality Party has launched a national conversation with women in communities across the country, asking them the simple question ‘What do you want?’,” says Fodo Higginson, leader of the Somerset branch. “We are at a pivotal moment in British politics, and Sophie is visiting the South West to show that WE are the only party...
