A professor who consistently ranks in the global top five of neuroimaging will bring his expertise to Exeter’s new £10 million Mireille Gillings Neuroimaging Centre.
Marios Politis has been appointed Professor of Neurology and Director of the Mireille Gillings Neuroimaging Centre at the University of Exeter Medical School. His research involves using cutting edge PET and MRI scanners to understand how the brain works, and to gain insight into how best to prevent and treat diseases including dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
A Wellbeing Support Fund has been launched in Exeter to support people who find themselves in financial difficulty due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
The scheme has been launched by Exeter City Council, with funding being provided by Devon County Council’s COVID19 Hardship Support Grant, to help individuals who are unable to access support from any other local or national initiatives.
Exeter City Council Leader, Phil Bialyk, said: “These are incredibly difficult times in so many different ways. We know that there are many people who may be struggling financially at the...
Stagecoach South West has paid tribute to the country’s bus and coach workers, as it joins the industry today to mark Bus and Coach Worker Support Day in recognising the thousands of people involved in keeping key bus services running during the Covd-19 pandemic.
Stagecoach South West has joined forces with the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) and government to publicly thank all of the country’s bus and coach workers for continuing to run essential services.
As part of the support day, members of the public are encouraged to share messages of thanks for bus...
A team of cancer specialists from the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital has raised more than £7,000 for charity by doing laps of the Wonford site.
Eighty-six people took part in the challenge to run or walk two-kilometre circuits around the perimeter of the RD&E campus last week, before and after work and during their breaks.
They all joined in to raise money for FORCE Cancer Charity, which is still supporting local people affected by cancer during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
Team Oncology included doctors, radiographers, physicists, head and neck...
With growing concern for the safety of some children during the coronavirus crisis the NSPCC wants more people to know how to get advice and support and where to raise concerns about a child’s wellbeing.
The charity is launching a new TV and advertising campaign today (May 4) across the UK to promote its free and confidential helpline for adults.
The film, which will run on national television and across social media, depicts a helpline expert taking a call from someone concerned for the wellbeing of a neighbour’s child.
EXETER residents are being encouraged by a care provider in the county to maintain contact through social distancing with elderly relatives, friends and neighbours to prevent loneliness following Coronavirus restrictions (May 2020).
Guardian Homecare says many older people are becoming lonelier as they are not getting enough social interaction, and this can have a devastating impact on their physical and mental wellbeing.
Catherine Porter, Manager at Guardian Homecare, which has teams operating in Exeter and surrounding areas, says: “The Campaign to End Loneliness says...
Two people in Exeter are celebrating today after winning £1,000 each thanks to their lucky postcode.
The neighbours netted the windfall when Two was announced as a Daily Prize winner with People’s Postcode Lottery on Monday 4th May 2020.
People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Judie McCourt sent her well-wishes to the winners. She said: “What lovely news to start your week! Congratulations to our winners, I hope this news has made their day.”
A minimum of 32% of ticket sales goes directly to charities and players of People’s Postcode Lottery have raised over £500...
Doom and gloom might be everywhere at present, but there are green shoots beginning to sprout across the commercial South West - if you know how and where to look for them.
The organisation Food Drink Devon has launched a campaign through which its members can voice concerns and woes during the coronavirus lockdown - and the latest survey shows how many businesses are able to adapt and even develop going into the future, thanks to inventiveness and agility.
The first question in the Devon Speaks Up campaign’s latest fact-finding mission asks if business owners believe...
A Devon-based charity is providing a lifeline for vulnerable adults with a brain injury during the covid-19 pandemic through remote support.
Some of the community’s most isolated members were left with nowhere to turn as lockdown commenced and they were cut off from their family, friends and the outside world.
Thankfully, brain injury charity Headway Devon stepped in to ensure brain injury survivors in the local area were properly supported.
Headway Devon, based on Commercial Road, Exeter, has been working to improve life after brain injury for survivors and...
A University of Exeter postgraduate researcher and teaching assistant has made an extraordinary donation of 3000 facemasks to help Hospiscare doctors and nurses in Devon provide compassionate end of life care during the coronavirus crisis.
Mingtao Fu works at the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences and felt so moved by the coronavirus healthcare situation that he wanted to make a personal contribution to the Devon community.
Mingtao said: “I heard about the lack of face masks as the coronavirus pandemic started to spread in the UK. As a member of...
