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RSPB - Pond dipping and tractor ride at Aylesbeare Common

Event Date: 
25/07/2016 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Venue: 
RSPB Aylesbeare Common Reserve

Monday 25 July 10 am- noon Price: Adults £2, child £1.50 (cost includes tractor ride)

Booking essential

Join us to look for the wettest inhabitants on the heath, and we’ll take you over in the tractor and trailer- much easier on the feet!

Booking essential. Click here to book.

Meet point: reserve car park at Joney’s Cross, on the A3052 (SY058898). With kind permission of Clinton Devon Estates.

How to get there: Aylesbeare is 8 miles (12.8 km) east of Exeter. Six miles (9.5 km) east from the M5 on the A3052. Travel 0.5 mile...

WESC on par for successful charity golf day

WESC held their charity golf day at Exeter Golf & Country Club on 12 May sponsored by ITEC. With a record 17 four-ball teams entering and over £7,000 raised, the Specialist Centre for Visual Impairment declared 2016 as their most successful charity golf day to date.

The winning Team ‘Fantastic Four’ made up of: Paul Laverick, Neil Gauntlett, Mark Wightman and Iain Creer were each presented with a bottle of champagne and a four-ball voucher courtesy of Exeter Golf & Country Club. Mark Peters VAT Associates were runners-up, followed closely by MJ Baker in third position....

Ceilidh in aid of Arthritis Care

Event Date: 
01/07/2016 - 7:30pm to 11:30pm
Venue: 
Cruwys Orchard Village Hall, Tiverton, EX16 8LD

Ceilidh in aid of Arthritis Care with the highly acclaimed Devon band Dumbo’s Feather Caller: Martin Hodge

Friday 1st July 2016 7.30pm - 11.30pm

Cruwys Morchard Village Hall Tiverton EX16 8LD

Raffle & Licensed Bar

Tickets in advance £10 Children under 12 years £5.00 Tickets at the door £12.50 and £6.00 All tickets include a pasty and choice of drink: local cider/beer/wine/soft drink

Raffle prizes so far include: Exeter Chiefs rugby tickets, cast iron cookware, a gift voucher for the Ring of Bells in Cheriton Fitzpaine, cooking classes, a photo...

Take a peek at private gardens in Exeter

Event Date: 
22/05/2016 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
St Leonards, Exeter

Fancy a peek around some private gardens in Exeter’s leafy St Leonards? Then pop along to see six gardens in Matford Avenue, Matford Road, Leighdene Close and St Leonards Road, five of which are opening for the first time.

The keen gardeners, who are all good friends, are taking part in Exeter Hospiscare’s Open Gardens on Sunday May 22 from 2pm-5pm. Admission is by donation.

“Come and take a look around, this is a friendly, welcoming neighbourhood,” said Minna Egan, one of the garden owners.

“We have neighbourhood parties at Christmas and in the summer, so we all...

Local business people jailed for charity

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 05/13/2016 - 12:46pm

Nine well known members of the business community have been ‘jailed’ at Exeter Castle and have to raise a bail of £999 for Children’s Hospice South West in order to be released.

Each ‘prisoner’ has been charged with a fictitious crime and they will be held at the castle until they raise their bail money - but they only have a few hours to ensure they reach their bail targets.

With access to phone and Wi-Fi they are relying on friends, family, colleagues, suppliers and customers to make donations to their online donation pages.

Exeter participants include: PR guru...

Senior police team set off on charity ride

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 05/13/2016 - 10:41am

Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer and a team of senior police riders from Devon, Cornwall and Dorset got on their bikes today to begin a 225-mile cross-border cycle challenge in aid of local charities.

The team of 20 police officers and staff from the two police forces left from Christchurch police station in Dorset this morning and are aiming to cycle to Land’s End in Cornwall in three days.

They will pedal through a county each day before reaching their destination on Sunday evening.

The route is especially tough due to the hilly nature of the route and riders will...

'Ghastly goatsuckers' at RSPB Aylesbeare nature reserve

Event Date: 
20/06/2016 - 8:30pm to 07/07/2016 - 9:15pm
Venue: 
RSPB Aylesbeare Common, Exmouth Road, Aylesbeare, Devon, EX5 2JS

Thursday 26 May to Thursday 7 July Evening walks. Selected dates only. Start times vary (see below) Price: £4 Adults, £2 Children

Booking essential

Join us for a night time walk in search of the eerie goatsucker (just one of the folklore names given to nightjars!).

We'll also be on the lookout for bats and glow worms and other things that go bump in the night!

Thursday 26 May, 8.30 pm till late Thursday 16 June, 9 pm till late Thursday 7 July, 9.15 pm till late

Booking essential. Click here to book via Eventbrite.

Meet Point: reserve car park...

The Proms returns to Bicton Park

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Tue, 05/10/2016 - 7:20pm

It’s time to dig out those Union flags for the popular Proms at Bicton Park, East Budleigh on Friday 22 July.

The event promises to be a wonderful evening featuring the South West Telecoms band, a male voice choir and opera, in the idyllic setting of the grade 1 listed Italianate gardens, surrounded by immaculately manicured lawns with beautiful flower beds and specimen trees.

More than 800 people attended the last Proms in 2014 raising money for local charity Hospiscare.

The Proms will include songs from musicals and popular operatic arias to be performed by India’...

£75,000 grant for SW Community Chaplaincy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 05/09/2016 - 2:31pm

South West Community Chaplaincy Ltd, will continue to support ex-offenders moving on from prison, thanks to a three year £75,000 Lloyds Bank Foundation grant.

The charity helps people through the crucial months prior to and after their release back into the community, and will put its grant towards the salaries of the Coordinating Community and Community Chaplains, who will mentor ex-offenders at this important point in their lives, ensuring they get the a fresh start.

The Chaplaincy focuses on reducing the chances of re-offending by offering people a network of...

Darties at Dawn at RSPB Aylesbeare nature reserve

Event Date: 
20/05/2016 - 6:00am to 8:30am
Venue: 
RSPB Aylesbeare Common, Exmouth Road, Aylesbeare, Devon, EX5 2JS

Friday 20 May 6.00 am-8.30 am Price: £4 per person

Booking essential

Set your alarm clock to experience the heath awakening and all the magic unfolding.

Encounter the iconic Dartford warbler , insects, reptiles and other birds.

Booking essential. Click here to book via Eventbrite

Meet Point: reserve car park at Joney’s Cross, on the A3052 (SY058898). With kind permission of Clinton Devon Estates.

How to get there: Aylesbeare is 8 miles (12.8 km) east of Exeter. Six miles (9.5 km) east from the M5 on the A3052. Travel 0.5 mile (0.8 km) past...

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