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Exeter YMCA is proud to receive the High Sheriff Award for Services to the Community

John Lee, the High Sheriff for Devon, first visited Exeter YMCA earlier this year. He had a tour of their projects, met with many of the clients to hear how Exeter YMCA had helped transform their lives and heard presentations on their work in prisons, through Job Clubs and in schools.

John Lee said: "I was clearly very impressed with what I saw and also with the very dedicated team [at Exeter YMCA]."

Following his visit, John agreed to take part in Sleep Easy, Exeter YMCA...

In this new exhibition at the Devon Guild gallery, selected artists will be showcasing unusual artwork made from and inspired by books.

Wildlife-rich grasslands provide great benefits to society and are vital resources: for bees and other pollinators which we all rely on; for the abundance of nature which depends on wild grasses and flowers, from butterflies to barn owls; for securing soils and enabling landscapes to hold and filter water, preventing flooding and pollution; for carbon storage, and as living museums which have evolved over millennia. These beautiful and valuable habitats are vanishing – and the dazzling array of species that depend on them are under threat.

Stephen Trotter, The Wildlife Trusts’...

As of 1 April 2014, Catherine Dymond is the newest Partner at Exeter accountancy firm Bush & Co, joining the experienced team of Roger Carne, Ian Powell, Norman Bamber and Sunny Truran. Founded in 1955, Bush & Co prides itself on not only employing the most talented staff, but in turn nurturing them, developing their skills and ensuring they enjoy a healthy work-life balance.

Having stepped onto the career ladder at the age of 18, Catherine is a prime example of how success can be achieved through the traditional path of on-the-job training and experience rather than via...

ADVICE EXETER is a newly formed group of local charities offering free advice and information to local people.

Exeter CAB, Age UK Exeter, Young Devon, Shelter, Community Housing Aid and Homemaker Southwest have teamed up to improve the services they offer to people in Exeter. The partnership, which is funded jointly by Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office, held a successful launch event at Exeter Community Centre in March.

The work of Advice Exeter will include a new online access channel and self-help resource for users, an expanded presence across the city in libraries...

Devon and Exeter 5 are the surprise Division 2 winners of this season’s Devon Squash League.

The jubilant team sponsored by Knight Frank and T MAX Media managed to win Division 2 by some margin, only losing one match all season.

Proud team captain Steve Webber (who personally didn’t lose a match all season) said, “At the start of the season we thought staying in Division 2 would be an achievement but somehow we’ve managed to qualify for Division 1. I’d like to give big thanks to Adam Lings who runs the Devon & Exeter Squash & Racketball Club and of course, to all...

More than half of Devon’s libraries could face closure as the county council announce plans to cut back their support to the service.

Under the plans 28 out of 50 council-run libraries, including the libraries in St.Thomas and Pinhoe, would either have to be taken on by communities volunteers or else face closure. The plans could also see the council’s 22 remaining libraries, which the council say account for nearly 80% of the developed to provide a broader service known as ‘Devon Centres’.

The council say that these proposed changes, alongside further cost reduction...