As a small charity with a vision for a cleaner, healthier, and more active Exeter, volunteers are key to Ride On’s success.
People volunteer as bicycle mechanics, bike foragers to find bikes we can fix up and sell, rickshaw pilots to take elderly people out on rides and fund-raisers to help organise more social and fund-raising events.
Gaining practical and transferable skills, as well as work experience can prove invaluable in finding a job. Lending a hand and developing your existing skills and knowledge is incredibly rewarding and great fun!
Restaurant owners and operators across the South West are being urged to join the Restaurant Collective, a new not-for-profit small business community spearheaded by TV chef Brian Turner with a mission to save the UK’s independent restaurants.
The restaurant sector has been one of the very hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Industry data shows that there are around 3,000 fewer restaurants in Britain than there were in March 2020 – which isthe equivalent of eight closures every day. Since the start of this year, the trend has accelerated with the independent market suffering 2,...
Devon Air Ambulance are proudly supporting the Captain Tom 100Campaign to honour an extraordinary gentleman that touched our hearts and inspired millions of people across the world.
Your local air ambulance was touched, as were many, by the pure dedication and commitment that Captain Tom gave to raising vital funds at the height of the pandemic. The Pilots and clinical teams of Devon Air Ambulance work alongside NHS emergency services and were well aware of the difference that this 99-year-old Yorkshire man was making to the NHS workforce not just financially, but motivationally...
The National Trust is launching a new ‘grow-along’ to help people grow their own loofahs, which can be used as a sustainable alternative to plastic washing up sponges.
In 2019, the team at Knightshayes in Devon grew their first crop of loofahs – the fruit of Luffa cylindrica , a vine in the cucumber family – and began using them to wash dishes as an alternative to disposable, plastic-based sponges. Extra loofahs were sold in the onsite shop.
Senior Gardener Bev Todd says: “The interest in the loofahs was extraordinary. A lot of people bought their own seeds and were...
Four popular holiday parks in Devon and Cornwall have been acquired by major operator Park Holidays UK – and the company has pledged that their unique identities will remain unchanged.
The four are among nine holiday parks operated by Bridge Leisure, now part of Park Holidays UK.
Welcomed into the group are Devon's Hedley Wood holiday park in Holesworthy, and Cornwall's Seaview Village in Polperro, Trevella Park in Newquay, and Hengar Manor in Bodmin.
Contracts for the sale were exchanged this week (09 April) and is now only subject to approval by the Financial...
Property consultancy Knight Frank has appointed Louise Glanville as head of the firm’s residential sales office in Exeter.
Louise’s career in residential property began in London, working as a sales negotiator in Belgravia and Canary Wharf. After successfully navigating the London market for 14 years, Louise returned to Devon where she was born and raised. Louise then spent three years working for a leading local agency in Exeter, before moving to Knight Frank in 2017 to lead the Exeter office’s city sales offering. As head of city sales, Louise has spent the past four years...
Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Devon, David Fursdon, and the Chairman of Devon County Council, Cllr Stuart Barker, have both paid tribute to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on the announcement of his death today, Friday 9 April 2021.
The Lord-Lieutenant of Devon, David Fursdon, said: "It is with very great sadness that we have heard of the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
"It was in Devon as a young naval officer, training at Britannia Royal Naval College, that Prince Philip met and later married Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Not surprisingly therefore...
Exeter-based Hair@theAcademy announces 20-year-old tutor, Tyler Gray has been awarded the academy’s first-ever ‘Ambassador of Excellence’ accolade in recognition of his outstanding achievements and inspiration to help others achieve their goals.
Established in 2014 by Mary Pugsley MBE Hair@theAcademy is the only one of its kind in the UK. The unique training programme delivers hairdressing, barbering, customer service, Math’s & English to
support young adults with complex needs, including learners who are vulnerably housed, in the care system and from all kinds of...
An Exeter care home has taken visiting to a new level with the creation of a dedicated summerhouse for families and friends to use as a dedicated testing area before entering the home to visit their loved ones.
The garden building situated at the front of the Old Rectory Nursing home provides a peaceful place where families can take their lateral flow Covid-19 test and relax for half an hour while awaiting the results.
Manager Kerry Dempsey says: “The summerhouse will be used for one visitor at a time to make it compliant for social distancing and will be thoroughly...
