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Exeter Quakers to bring the 'F' word to Exeter

The 'F' stands for Forgiveness - The Forgiveness Project is an exhibition of posters describing the stories of people who have been directly affected by violent crimes, rape, kidnapping, murder and the killing of a child.

The exhibition will be at St Stephen’s Church, High Street, Exeter. It will be open from 10.00am to 4.00pm Monday 11th March to Friday 15th and from 12.00 to 4.00pm on Sunday 10th and 4.00pm to 7.30pm on Monday 11th.

The exhibition reveals how the survivors and victims of these crimes have found their individual way through to allow them to forgive the...

Exeter resident prepares to take on Bath Half Marathon

An Exeter resident has decided to dust off his trainers and take on the challenge of running the Bath Half Marathon for the first time, to help young people across the South West fight cancer.

Joe McDonnell, 20, a final year student at the University of Exeter, is preparing to take on the fast and flat 13.1 mile course on Sunday 3rd March in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. Joe, who lives on Old Park Road, decided to run the half marathon for Teenage Cancer Trust after his twin sister Sinead was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in May last year.

Joe comments: “After six long...

Repossessions in Exeter up by 20% says Exeter CAB

Local charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, is reporting that there has been a 20% increase in the number of repossession cases listed at Exeter County Court.

Where a CAB adviser has assisted clients facing repossession, the clients have avoided repossession in 85% of cases.

Exeter City Council has provided financial support for this essential service.

Steve Barriball, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau Chief Executive, said: “We have at least one adviser present at the Court each Tuesday morning to advise and advocate for clients. In the...

See the very best contemporary portraits in Exeter

Art lovers will be able to see the best contemporary portraiture at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) from Saturday 9th February when the winners and selected entries from the BP Portrait Award 2012 go on display.

From informal and personal studies of friends and family, to revealing paintings of famous faces, this year’s exhibition features fifty-five works selected from 2,187 international entries. These include the four shortlisted artists – Aleah Chapin for Auntie, Alan Coulson for Richie Culver, Ignacio Estudillo for El abuelo (Augusta Estudillo) and Jamie Routley...

Wake Up & Engage with Marketing!

If you think marketing is just a waste of time and that your products and services will just sell themselves – look around you and wake up! Some of the biggest names in retailing have been hitting the fan over the last few years because they haven’t woken up to the changing face of consumerism. The ‘just sit tight and it will go away’ syndrome only leads to one result: FAILURE.

In order to survive and prosper, you need to change your Mind Set. Hands up all those who are perfectly content with their level of business, profitability and customer base? If you are sitting there smugly...

Tree blooms in winter thanks to nautical knitters

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Thu, 01/31/2013 - 9:03am

Volunteers at two zoos on the English Riviera have wrapped a tree in coloured wool and decorated it with scores of knitted sea creatures.

The tree, at Living Coasts in Torquay, was swathed in knitting and crochet-work along its trunk and branches and hung with hand-made animals including penguins, Inca terns, whales, dolphins, sharks, octopus and fish.

The 10 year old rowan tree stands on Penguin Beach and was duly inspected by the Zoo’s resident African and macaroni penguins.

Neil Thomas-Childs, Volunteer Co-ordinator for Paignton Zoo and Living Coasts, said: “A...

Free workshops in Exeter for families with allergic children

If your family is affected by severe allergies then one of these free workshops is for you! Both workshops are being held at The Rougemont Hotel.

The workshops are free although donations are always gratefully received. Places should be booked in advance (details below).

Family Workshop - Saturday 20th April 2013, 1pm-5pm

This fun workshop aims to help parents and their allergic children, aged from 11 to 18, who are growing in independence by:

  • Proving support and advice on assessing and managing the risks associated with living with food allergy
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