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Devon receives national investment to help older people get active in nature

Devon’s Local Nature Partnership has been awarded £500,000 of National Lottery funding from Sport England to deliver a new and exciting five year programme that will support older people in Devon and Torbay to connect actively to nature.

The ‘Connecting Actively to Nature (CAN)’ programme will help over 3,000 inactive people to discover the combined benefits of a more active lifestyle with the psychological benefits that being outdoors in nature brings.

Hannah Colston, Senior Development Manager at Active Devon said: “We know from local consultation that people have a...

Car park charges help conservation in Dartmoor National Park

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/09/2017 - 5:11pm

At its meeting on 6 October 2017 Dartmoor National Park Authority made the decision to implement charges for vehicle parking at Haytor, Postbridge, Meldon Reservoir and Newbridge car parks.

The decision follows a period of public consultation and Members of the Authority considered the feedback from this prior to making their decision.

The public consultation process showed that there are wide ranging views about the principle of having to pay to park within a National Park, but it is apparent that the public expect and are generally supportive of the concept of paying to...

Exeter School pupils fundraise for Bolham Ward at the RD&E

Pupils from Exeter School have supported the purchase of new equipment for Bolham Ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in memory of a former pupil.

Patrick Tilbury, who attended Exeter School from 1979 to 1984, sadly passed away on Bolham Ward in January 2016. His parents Barbara and David Tilbury have since been fundraising to purchase new pieces of equipment to help the neurological ward care for other patients like Patrick.

After being inspired by Patrick’s story, pupils from his former school were keen to help support the Tilbury family’s fundraising efforts and...

Working Together 2017 conference gets voluntary organisations talking to each other

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 10/09/2017 - 10:03am

Over 100 representatives of voluntary organisations and community groups attended East Devon District Council’s annual ‘Working Together for the Future of East Devon’ event, held at Knowle, Sidmouth on Friday 29 September 2017.

Councillor Jill Elson, East Devon District Council’s portfolio holder for sustainable homes and communities, who is responsible for organising this occasion, said she was delighted with the high level of attendance from voluntary organisations, community groups and town and parish councils who turned out in force to support this free event. The event broadly...

Cinderella

Event Date: 
09/12/2017 - 7:30pm to 01/01/2018 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

How do you follow the record-breaking hit from 2016, 'Beauty & the Beast'? With the UK's favourite pantomime: CINDERELLA.

Last year's winning team return with a story full of magic and mess as Cinderella has to keep her wild Ugly Sisters under control. As sure as there will be a sing-along, though, Cinders is bound to meet her Prince Charming in the end...

As ever, the Corn Exchange brings you a top-class West End cast- more details coming very soon.

Exeter's premiere professional pantomime really is fun for all the family- you can rely on us for a great show...

Motown & Philadelphia on Tour

Event Date: 
25/11/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

Roy G Hemmings’ Multi –Award Winning show MOTOWN & PHILADELPHIA ON TOUR

The hits and memories just keep on coming as multi-award winning ROY G HEMMINGS with his 15-strong full evening show delivers memoires of a twin era of music that lives on and on. Be prepared to dance in front of your seats at this Concert Party!

A full evening show that spans the hits of THE O'JAYS, THE TRAMPS, BILLY PAUL, CANDI STATON, MFSB, THE STYLISTICS to mention but a few of those memorable PHILLY acts together with the sounds of Detroit and old favourites such as THE 4 TOPS, SUPREMES, THE...

Steeleye Span

Event Date: 
22/10/2017 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

Folk rock pioneers Steeleye Span are touring with a new live show. Maddy Prior - the voice of the band - leads a line-up featuring faces old and new. Having just released the album “Dodgy Bastards” to great critical acclaim. Their 2017 performances will see them perform new gems alongside classics that have made them one of the most successful British Folk Rock bands ever.

https://www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on/steeleye-span/?p=3&d=11-20...

Oysterband - 40th Celebration Special

Event Date: 
19/11/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

Oysterband 40th Celebration Special. Classic songs from every era of a long and mighty career.

Oysterband, the multi-award-winning outfit that brought passion, power and not a little poetry to folk and roots music, enter their 40th year as vital and creative as ever, with some of the finest songs in the modern folk canon to their name: Put Out The Lights; When I’m Up (I Can’t Get Down); Blood Wedding; Everywhere I Go; The Oxford Girl; Granite Years; Native Son…..these and many others from their vast back catalogue will be featured as they undertake a year of touring and festivals...

TJ Higgs

Event Date: 
13/11/2017 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

With her natural, unique and accurate presentation, TJ is today firmly placed as the UK’s foremost psychic medium and her broad appeal allows her to support private readings, live theatre appearances and events within the UK and internationally.

As well as her appearances on Destiny TV, and ITV3’s The X-tra Factor, TJ has starred in 21 episodes of Psychic Private Eyes for Zone Reality, which she filmed at the same time as investigating murders and missing people cases for CBS Reality Television.

Alongside her own very successful annual live UK theatre tours, TJ co-presented...

Paul Zerdin: All Mouth

Event Date: 
12/11/2017 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

America’s Got Talent winner 2015 Ventriloquist Paul Zerdin returns home to the UK fresh from headlining the world-famous Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas with a sparkling new show featuring his all-star cast of (in)famous puppets.

Join Paul, Sam, Albert and Baby plus 2 crazy BRAND NEW characters for an evening of laugh out loud Stand-up Comedy and Ventriloquism!

With over 22 MILLION HITS on YOU TUBE Paul is a regular on The Royal Variety Show and has been seen most recently on BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Big Christmas Show and, last Christmas, at The London Palladium

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