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EX2 Group welcomes apprentice electricians

EX2 Group welcomes new apprentice electricians from Exeter College

Leading South West building services engineering company EX2 Group has welcomed three new apprentices this week, as they begin their professional training in Electrical Installation with Exeter College.

Christian, Alfie, and Harvey were welcomed to the Exeter offices by James Rayner (right), Project Manager. The apprentices will combine on-site experience with classroom learning as they work towards their Level 3 Electrical Installation qualifications. Under the guidance of EX2’s experienced team, they will gain practical skills on projects ranging from decarbonisation and energy...

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Local care home celebrates Chinese New Year

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 02/03/2022 - 11:02pm

Staff and residents at Cumberland Grange in Exeter welcomed in the Year of the Tiger with a day of celebrations and activities.

Inspired by Chinese cultures and traditions, residents enjoyed learning all about Chinese New Year thanks to John, Tesco’s Community Champion. John gave a fascinating talk followed by serving up a variety of different Chinese foods.

It was a brilliant afternoon linking up with Tesco to provide residents with this Themed Eats and Wine tasting session.

Michele , General Manager of Barchester’s Cumberland Grange said: “We had such a...

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Discover the leader of the pack at The Donkey Sanctuary

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 02/03/2022 - 10:52pm

This February half term, head to The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth and find out which adoption donkey has the loudest bray, the longest ears, or who is the most playful, in the Adoption Donkey Top Trumps Trail.

Follow the trail around the sanctuary to find the giant Top Trumps cards and discover which adoption donkey comes out on top in each round. This exciting family activity is a great way to explore the sanctuary, combining fun, exercise and brainpower.

Set in the heart of the rolling East Devon countryside, The Donkey Sanctuary has something to keep everyone...

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New city centre wedding fayre to take place in March

Exeter businesses will come together to showcase and celebrate the city’s wedding industry at a brand new wedding fayre this March.

Hosted by InExeter – the business improvement district, the fayre will take place in two of Exeter’s most iconic venues, Exeter Castle, and the Historic Guildhall.

Couples planning their upcoming partnership celebration or wedding will be treated to traditional fayre with a series of talks, stalls, stands, demonstrations, styling sessions and tasters from local businesses at Exeter Castle.

To truly imagine their big day couples can...

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250,000 adults in the South West whose mental health got worse during the pandemic have not spoken to anyone about it

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 02/03/2022 - 10:28pm

Nearly one in five adults surveyed in the South West (17 per cent) who say their mental health got worse during the pandemic haven’t spoken to anyone about it during this time – equivalent to around 250,000 people – according to research published today. More than a third (38 per cent) of all respondents in the South West reported a worsening in their mental health during the pandemic. Of those who have been concerned about the mental health of someone they care about, almost one in five (19 per cent) say they haven’t tried to talk to them about it.

The poll was conducted as part...

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Married emergency medicine doctors finish first out of mixed pairs in Atlantic rowing challenge

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 02/03/2022 - 9:22pm

A husband-and wife emergency medicine doctor team have landed in the Carribean after rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic as the first ever married couple to participate in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge (TWAC). Following more than seven weeks of rowing, they finished 1st in the mixed pairs ranking and have, so far, raised more than £20,000 for frontline medical charities.

“Emergensea Duo” Charlie Fleury and Adam Baker are both emergency medicine doctors in Devon and took a sabatical to embark on the “World’s toughest row” that started on 12th December last year from...

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Julian House’s  Big  Exeter Sleep-Out 2022 is open for registrations!

Authored by Daffne
Posted: Thu, 02/03/2022 - 6:59pm

Julian House charity is calling the community in Exeter and the local area to join this fantastic event and invites you to sleep-out for one night in the heart of the City at Exeter City Football Club (St James Park Stadium). If sleeping in the Stadium is not for you, please join by sleeping in your garden and still be part of the big event which will take place on Friday 18th March. All the proceeds raised will create vital funds and awareness for people forced to sleep rough in the streets, this event is proudly sponsored by Knight Frank Estate Agents.

Last year, the charity...

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Devon housebuilder leaves ‘snowbody’ behind with £10k winter sports fund

A local housebuilder has launched a scheme to support youngsters keen to try out snowsports at the Exeter & District Ski Club.

Redrow South West, the developer behind Saxon Brook, Romansfield, and St Michael’s Meadow, has celebrated its partnership with GB Snowsport by creating a £10,000 Winter Sports Fund to encourage local children, and youngsters’ groups and clubs, to take to their local snowdome or dry ski slope and try skiing or snowboarding for the first time.

The initiative, launched on the eve of the Winter Olympics, which starts on 4 February, aims to inspire...

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Love is in the air at Exeter’s museum

Museum visitor Joe proposed to his partner Dawn at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in December

Exmouth resident Joe McIntee got down on one knee and proposed to Dawn, now his fiancée, on the 21 December 2021 in the museum’s Geology gallery. RAMM was the location for their very first date, exactly two years ago to the day.

With the help of the RAMM team, Joe arranged to have a ring dangling from the tail of a 3D-printed model carnosaurus, his favourite dinosaur. The carnotaurus was hidden in the Geology case, ready for Dawn to find it and say 'Yes'. It was on their first...

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Digital jobs fair launched to connect Devon employers with local talent

Authored by Program
Posted: Wed, 02/02/2022 - 4:26pm

The government-funded Train4Tomorrow programme is running a Digital Jobs Fair on Wednesday 16 March 2022, to connect employers with local adults who have recently completed a digital bootcamp to gain in-demand skills.

The South West is facing a skills shortage. The rapid growth of the digital sector has led to businesses struggling to find the skilled people they need to meet their demand, and businesses across the region are facing recruitment challenges. The Train4Tomorrow programme aims to tackle the skills crisis by offering adults access to fully-funded training in in-demand...

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Vranch House asked, the Freemasons raced to their aid!

Vranch House is a pioneering special school and therapy centre for Devon children. Vranch House was set up by Charles Vranch as a charity in 1969 and the school opened its doors to pupils for the first time in May 1971.

The centre, on Pinhoe Road in Exeter, now provides clinical outpatient services to hundreds of children a year from across Devon, as well as an Ofsted outstanding-rated specialist school for disabled children aged 2-19 years old.

Vranch House School has always brought together the very best practices in education and therapy and this has culminated into...

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