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Westbank celebrates 20 years of Kidzone with current and former attendees

Westbank Community Health and Care has celebrated the 20th anniversary of its dedicated childcare facility, Kidzone, with former and current attendees. The Ofsted-registered facility at Exminster cares for more than 140 children in total, offering nursery, pre-school, holiday clubs and wrap-around school care for children up to 11 years old. From early summer this year, Kidzone has accepted babies aged from 5 months, and this age group is slowly building.

Employee Jennifer Knight attended Kidzone herself when she was younger. As did 15-year-old Hannah McDonald from Exminster, who...

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Exmouth RNLI called to speedboat in difficulty

At 11.38am today Tuesday 27 April 2021 Exmouth RNLI all weather lifeboat 13-03 R & J Welburn was launched having been tasked by H.M. Coastguard to a report of a 24ft speedboat suffering from engine failure, out of control and being taken out to sea by a strong tide. Its location was reported as approximately 100 metres south west of Orcombe Point and drifting.

The lifeboat launched at 12:03pm and was commandeered by Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew, Coxswain Steve Hockings-Thompson, Andrew Stott, Robert Thompson, James Edge and Ed Steele.

The lifesavers quickly located...

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British Heart Foundation Exeter appeals for volunteers

The BHF Exeter is delighted to be reopening this spring and is appealing to the local community to get involved by donating the gift of time to support the charity’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

The BHF Exeter is inviting nearby residents who may be looking for something new to try, to take on some of the fantastic volunteering roles available. As well as providing crucial support to the BHF, volunteering can also provide great work experience, boost your CV, increase wellbeing and provide a social network within the local community.

The BHF Exeter sadly had to...

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Bensons turns “preloved beds” into £7.1 million for British Heart Foundation

Free collection service for unwanted beds and furniture helps save lives

Finding new homes for preloved beds and bedroom furniture has helped to save lives by raising more than £7.1 million for the British Heart Foundation thanks to customers of Bensons for Beds.

Bensons customers can donate unwanted bed frames, bases, mattresses and bedroom furniture to the British Heart Foundation (BHF) which sells them through its network of 190 home stores. Proceeds go to help life-saving research into heart and circulatory diseases.

In the past year the Bensons-BHF partnership has...

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Hundreds of CDs will be on sale at the FORCE Shop music fayre

FORCE Shop to hold music fayre

Calling all music lovers The FORCE Cancer Charity Shop in Heavitree is having a CD fayre on Sunday May 9. The whole of the shop floor will be dedicated to all the fabulous CDs that have been gathered while lockdown forced all but essential retail to close. “We have rock, pop, indie, 80s, 90s - you name it we probably have it,” said shop manager Anna Heard. “This is a collection of the best quality CDs that our lovely volunteers Nik and Kevin have been gathering and normally take along a small selection to the Exeter Record Fayre at the Corn Exchange. “We look forward to attending the next...

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South West RNLI crews issue Mayday after figures show a busy 2020

The RNLI in the South West has today released its annual rescue figures which show that despite much of the year spent under lockdown restrictions, the regions volunteer lifeboat crews were as busy as ever and launched on average four times a day.

The latest annual statistics for 2020 show the RNLI’s volunteer crews at the 33 lifeboat stations in the South West* launched 1,291 times, aided 1,225 people and saved 30 lives, up on the 29 lives saved in 2019. During the summer, RNLI lifeguards on beaches across the region attended 6,287 incidents and aided 9,179 people and saved 56...

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Royal Mail's stamp design competition honours heroes of the pandemic

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Posted: Mon, 04/26/2021 - 2:34pm

Dear Editor,

I hope parents will encourage their children to take part in Royal Mail’s stamp design competition, to honour the heroes of the pandemic. The competition is open to children, aged 4 to 14. Eight designs will be chosen to become stamps which will be on sale across the UK. Children may choose to illustrate frontline workers in health or social care. They may want to celebrate other key workers who have kept the country going, such as refuse collectors, cleaners, teachers, supermarket workers, public transport staff, delivery drivers or, indeed, postmen and postwomen....

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UK’s top five most influential climate scientists from University of Exeter

UK’s top five most influential climate scientists from University of Exeter

University of Exeter has the joint highest number of climate scientists in the top 100 of any institute in the world

The University of Exeter is home to the UK’s top five most influential climate scientists - the only UK climate scientists to secure places in in the global top 21 - according to a prestigious new list.

Four climate experts from the University of Exeter, and one who is jointly affiliated with the University and the Met Office, have been ranked as the most influential in their field in the new global Reuters Hot List , published on Tuesday, April 20th 2021....

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Co Bikes open new electric bike station in St Thomas, Exeter

Co Bikes heads across river with their latest electric bike station

New electric bike station opens in St Thomas

Co Bikes continues the roll out of its electric bike stations with its newest location in Cowick Street, close to St Thomas train station. This marks the sustainable travel business’s 18th installation and the first west of the river in Exeter, thanks to the support of Devon County Council.

St Thomas is the fifth new Co Bikes station launched this year. Other sites launched in 2021 include Princesshay Shopping Centre, IKEA, Sidwell Street and Exeter College’s Future Skills Centre near Exeter Airport. Further new sites will be announced...

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Sidmouth Folk Festival

Announcing A Celebration of Sidmouth Folk Festival this summer

Organisers of The Sidmouth Folk Festival have revealed the first details of a week-long event that will bring an exciting blend of music, dance and family entertainment back to the Devon seaside town this summer.

Billed as A Celebration of Sidmouth Folk Festival and taking place between July 30 and August 6, the aim is to offer everyone an authentic taste of the festival they know and love, while remaining vigilant around ongoing Covid-19 concerns and restrictions.

The line-up will include live headline performances by festival patrons Show of Hands, the brilliant Eliza...

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Have your say about lockdown learning in major new survey

Have your say about lockdown learning in major new survey of Exeter families and teachers

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Posted: Mon, 04/26/2021 - 6:12am

Parents, children and teachers in Exeter are being asked to share their experiences of lockdown learning as part of a new survey.

Experts hope the research will help them develop new support for pupils in the city this summer to help their wellbeing and education.

The study, led by Professor Justin Dillon from the University of Exeter’s Graduate School of Education, will shed light on the impact of coronavirus lockdowns and changes to schooling over the last year on Exeter children, their parents and teachers in the EX1-4 postcodes.

The anonymous survey is open...

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