This week, 12-18 June, it’s Carers Week. The annual campaign aims to raise awareness of the challenges carers face and recognises the contribution carers make to families and communities throughout the UK.
Local charity Hospiscare support patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families in Exeter, Mid and East Devon. The charity also provides a range of services for carers with information, advice, complementary therapies, or simply the opportunity to talk to someone who understands.
Virginia, who has been a volunteer Complementary Therapist at Hospiscare since 2009...
The Tug of War Association National Outdoor Tug of War Championships are just days away now, with the event taking place on Saturday 17th June at Offwell Recreation Ground, Offwell near Honiton, Devon
Tug of war teams from all over England will be taking part in the event, which will see teams competing for the gold, silver and bronze medals in mens weight categories and ladies weight categories, and junior. There will also be a mixed gender weight class up for grabs, with teams consisting of 4 men and 4 ladies each.
The event is being organised by the English Tug of War...
Exeter just wouldn’t be Exeter without the iconic City Gate Hotel, which is why I was thrilled to be invited to stay following the extensive three month revamp. Despite living in Exeter, my husband and I were determined to get the full tourist experience and arrived by train into the City Centre. The signs do not lie and the City Gate is a five minute walk from Exeter’s Central Station. Situated right into the town, but not too close to the shops and restaurants that you get all the noise, the hotel is also near to St David’s train station, various bus and taxi stops and the A30 and M5....
Exeter Airport’s XLR executive jet centre has reported one of its busiest ever weekends after the airport hosted a clutch of executive jets for the UEFA Champions League final in Cardiff and fleets of aircraft for the Torbay Air Show.
XLR usually handles three or four corporate aircraft a day on average, but over the weekend had 25. This included eight corporate jets used to ferry VIP guests to the UEFA Champions League final after all available spaces at Cardiff and Bristol Airports were taken. The aircraft came from Russia, Spain, Belgium and Italy.
Dr Jemma Wood from Exeter has been awarded a prize by the IBMS. The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) awarded its Company Members prize in Diploma of Expert Practice (DEP) to Jemma at their AGM. In the UK alone, pathologists are involved in over 70% of diagnoses in the NHS. Biomedical scientists like Jemma diagnose disease and evaluate the effectiveness of treatments through the analysis of fluids and tissue samples, handling over 150 million samples every year. When individuals like Jemma achieve excellence in the field, they are formally recognised by the Institute. Held in Aberdeen...
Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) are excited to announce that this year’s Motorcycle Ride Out, sponsored by Bridge Motorcycles, will return to the Den, Teignmouth on Sunday 9th July 2017.
It is anticipated in the region of 1000 bikes will enter this year’s Ride Out which will start from Trago Mills, Newton Abbot, from where the bikes will set off in small groups from 10:30am.
Registration will open at 9am. The bikes will then follow an approximate 80 miles marshalled route through the stunning Devon countryside before arriving at the Den, Teignmouth, from lunch time.
A CHARITY, which works to prevent young people becoming homeless, is urging the public to help it secure a funding grant. Community Housing Aid is in the running for a grant for its project, Nightstop Devon, which provides emergency accommodation for young people. Members of the public are being urged to go online and vote for Nightstop Devon, which is taking part in a campaign to receive a grant of up to £25,000 from the Masonic Charitable Foundation Community Award. Nightstop Devon supports 16 to 25 year olds to find permanent accommodation, whilst an ‘army’ of volunteers provide...
A great day was had by all at Children’s Hospice South West’s fundraising Rainbow Run event which was held for the first time at Westpoint Arena on Saturday 10 June.
Over 1200 people of all ages took part in the 5k fun run and were covered from head to toe in multi-coloured powder paint while they ran, walked and jogged their way through the seven different colour stations around the route.
The event is all about having fun whilst raising funds for the charity’s Little Bridge House hospice in Devon and Jayne Jarrett, event fundraiser at the hospice said: ‘What a fantastic...
Stagecoach South West has donated 100 travel vouchers providing much needed support to asylum seekers and refugees living in and around Exeter.
"We hope this donation goes some way to help refugees access the help and support they need as they rebuild their lives in the South West" a Stagecoach South West spokesperson commented.
This generous donation is warmly welcomed by Exeter City of Sanctuary, who worked with Stagecoach South West, alongside other organisations, to identify ways in which they might play a part in making Exeter a place of welcome and opportunity for...
An Exeter accountancy firm has played a leading role in a major community wind project.
PKF Francis Clark provided financial advisory and financial modelling services for the 4.7MW onshore wind farm at Mynydd y Gwrhyd, 20 miles north of Swansea, South Wales.
A project finance facility of £5.25m, completed on May 18, was provided by Triodos bank repayable over a 15 year term. The balance of the funding has been provided by a loan from the Welsh Government and a public share offer. Rob Gear, from PKF Francis Clark’s corporate finance team, said: “It’s great to have been...
