During Organ Donation Week, September 2 to 8, NHS Blood and Transplant are urging people to talk to their families about organ donation to increase the number of people whose lives can be saved or transformed by an organ transplant.
Last year, 85 people in Devon had their lives saved by a transplant. If more people agreed to donate, more lives would be saved in Devon and around the country. Currently, 96 in Devon are still waiting for that life-saving call.
Next year, the law around organ donation is changing in England. From spring 2020,all adults in England will be...
September is blood cancer awareness month and local charity Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF) will be collecting and raising awareness across Devon to help raise funds and awareness for the charity.
ELF is currently looking for volunteers to donate an hour or two of time to help at various collections around the county. Volunteering is a great opportunity to get out and about in the community, meet new people and help a great cause.
ELF is currently recruiting for collections in Exeter at the Guildhall Shopping Centre on Saturday 14th September and Tesco Exeter Vale on Thursday...
Award-winning business support provider, SETsquared Exeter has helped to raise significant investment for its growing client base in Exeter as part of the World-leading SETsquared Partnership.
Exeter Science Park Centre first opened its doors to research and development businesses in 2015. Since its inception, with support from SETsquared Exeter, the bespoke incubation and acceleration facility for high-tech, high-growth businesses has grown from an empty building to its current state of 90 per cent occupancy, with plans underway for a fourth grow-on building.
Exeter-based blogger, Clara George, has won the Miss Devon title for the second year running and will go on to compete in the Miss Great Britain 75th anniversary final in February next year. This is the first time since the pageant was founded that the same person has won the Miss Devon title for two consecutive years.
Clara, 23, started her journey as a lifestyle blogger back in 2011, and started her consultancy business last year; the same year that she first won the Miss Devon award. Over recent years Clara has built up a reputation as a lifestyle blogger, documenting her...
As thousands of teenagers picked up their GCSE results last week, few would have spared a thought for adults nervously arriving to collect their own results after a year of hard work.
That was exactly the case for a number Exeter College’s GCSE students as they arrived at the college on Thursday to see if their hard work had paid off.
Alison Squire, 41, previously struggled in school and decided to study at Exeter College as a personal confidence-builder as her son starts to prepare for his exams in the coming years.
Alison chose to study for her GCSE English at the...
People are being asked to help increase Exeter's wildflowers by backing a project that seeks to brighten up the city even more.
Devon Wildlife Trust has launched a Crowdfunder scheme to create more wildflower meadows across the county.
In Exeter the Trust are joining up with the City Council to further enhance the displays of wildflowers that have been bursting with colour on roadside verges, roundabouts and open spaces.
People are being asked to support the scheme by donating to Crowdfunder. People have until the end of Friday to make their pledges and can do so by...
Devon’s most exciting foodie event, Powderham Food Festival, returns for its eighth year.
Set in the grounds of the stunning Powderham Castle, the festival promises delicious local foodie treats and a fantastic fun-filled family day out for all ages.
Exhibitors have been announced so check out the website for further information - all of your favourite food and drink vendors are returning to enjoy another wonderful food festival! With live demonstrations, workshops, talks, live music and all the food and drink you could possibly imagine, this is a weekend that can't be...
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...
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;...
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.
