Exeter

New digital service gives people at risk of homelessness immediate help

People at risk of homelessness can now contact the council to start accessing key housing services at any time of the day or night – every day of the year.

Advice, information and access to the council’s housing team can now be obtained from the council’s website.

The new digital service gives people the ability to make appointments, upload documents and communicate directly with housing case workers, without needing to take time out of their day to visit the council offices.

It also allows professionals from statutory and voluntary agencies to easily refer clients...

ABC’s of Comedy: An introduction to stand-up comedy

Event Date: 
09/10/2019 - 7:30pm to 20/11/2019 - 9:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Our 8 part comedy workshop, ‘An introduction to stand-up comedy’ will guide you through your first steps in the stand-up comedy world.

The workshop will help to develop and blend together the unique material, style and persona of each participant as they produce a short and tight set of stand-up comedy. Over the eight sessions you will explore a range of essential comedic performance skills and techniques and build confidence and self-awareness within the performance space.

This eight part workshop runs 2 hours each week on Wednesday evenings between 7.30pm to 9.30pm;...

Sam Morgan Improvisation Studio

Event Date: 
22/09/2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Have you always wanted to Act? Or have you enjoyed acting and would like to tread the boards once more? Are you looking to be more spontaneous? Have more fun in your life? Meet new people? Act without a script? Say Yes and ...to life? Then this is for you! We are holding an Acting/Improvisation session; No experience needed but the willingness to have fun.

Book your place here.

Sam Morgan Improvisation Studio

Event Date: 
01/09/2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre

Have you always wanted to Act? Or have you enjoyed acting and would like to tread the boards once more? Are you looking to be more spontaneous? Have more fun in your life? Meet new people? Act without a script? Say Yes and ...to life? Then this is for you! We are holding an Acting/Improvisation session; No experience needed but the willingness to have fun.

Book your place here.

2469 St Thomas Air Cadets Induction Evening

Event Date: 
23/09/2019 - 7:00pm to 9:15pm
Venue: 
2469 (Exeter, St. Thomas) Air Cadets, Old Vicarage Road, St. Thomas, Exeter

If you love aircraft, action and adventure, then the Air Cadets is for you.

2469 (Exeter, St. Thomas) Squadron are looking for youngsters aged 12-17 who are looking for a new challenge and new friends to join our fantastic unit in Old Vicarage Road, St. Thomas. We meet every Monday and Thursday evening between 18:45hrs and 21:15hrs with some weekends throughout the year.

2469 Exeter, St. Thomas Air Cadets will be holding an open evening for prospective Cadets and their Parents/Guardians on Monday 23rd September starting at 19:00hrs. This will be an opportunity for our...

Popular moorland path gets £20,000 funding boost. Photo courtesy of Dartmoor National Park.

Popular moorland path gets £20,000 funding boost

Authored by Paula_D
Posted: Wed, 08/21/2019 - 8:24am

The Nun's Cross Path repair scheme has been given a £20,000 boost thanks to a generous contribution by the British Mountaineering Council's (BMC) Access and Conservation Trust.

Dartmoor National Park secured the funds through the BMC's Mend Our Mountains: Make One Million campaign to restore further sections of the Princetown-Burrator route which showcases the grandeur of Dartmoor's open moorland.

Nun's Cross Path is used by more than 30,000 walkers and 10,000 mountain bikes each year but over the years a combination of erosion damage and extreme weather – like the storms...

Estuary town shows its community spirit on special weekend

One of the area’s liveliest towns is set to show exactly why it’s such a great community in a special weekend next month.

Topsham, the estuary town on the edge of Exeter, is holding their first Join The Club! Long Weekend with events on September 5th, 7th and 8th.

Topsham – voted the best place to live in the south west by the Sunday Times earlier this year - has over 50 clubs, classes and societies running all year round and they will be opening their doors over the weekend at seventeen different venues ranging from yoga studios to churches and sports grounds and clubs to...

Can you see the sea yet? Even far inland, the answer's "yes" thanks to this giant postcard from Ladram Bay

Drivers put on bay watch as Devon park goes mobile  

Stunning views of a beachside holiday park in Devon can now being glimpsed from highways and by-ways across Britain, thanks to an unusual publicity drive which has just got into gear.

Ladram Bay Holiday Park near Budleigh Salterton in East Devon has transformed a 43-foot long lorry into a mobile poster site for its glorious location.

Designed by the park's own graphics team, the picture shows Ladram Bay's cliff-top location above its private beach with an iconic sea stack just off-shore.

The breathtaking view, by local photographer Ben Kapur, will be visible across...

Exeter Picturehouse returns to Double Locks for a weekend of movies in the moonlight

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 08/20/2019 - 12:23pm

The summer’s not over just yet as the Picturehouse Outdoor cinema pitches up in the idyllic canal-side setting of the Double Locks pub for three nights of cinema under the stars.

From 30 Aug – 1 Sep Picturehouse outdoors returns for a weekend of singing, dancing and time travel, with the backdrop of some of Devon’s most beautiful countryside. Films will start around dusk, but arrive earlier to enjoy the evening sun with a refreshing beverage from the pub and something delicious from their kitchen.

Doors open at 7.00pm, with the film playing at around 8.00pm – as soon as it...

Exeter gallops back into action

Exeter Racecourse gallops back into action on Thursday, October 10 with the return of jump racing which coincides with 250 years of racing on the Devon track. Unrivalled for its sense of camaraderie during the autumn and winter months, there’s nothing to beat racing on Haldon Hill, whether you’re new to the sport, attending on your own, or enjoying a day out with colleagues.

Brave jockeys, ebullient trainers, hopeful owners, and hundreds racegoers will ensure an electric atmosphere as all eyes turn to the beloved horses who will be spring-heeled, eager and gleaming as they gallop...

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