WESC Foundation - The Specialist Centre for Visual Impairment based in Topsham Road, Exeter, invited local contractors involved in the refurbishment of the new WESC Assessment and Family Centre, to a guided tour of the new facilities they had helped to create.
A school and college for children, young people and adults with sight loss, WESC organised the open-house event to showcase the...
Miniature works of penguin art are being sold for charity.
Living Coasts has put 16 penguins, each 15 centimetre tall and beautifully decorated, up for sale on the charity’s website.
Designs include a punk penguin with a Mohican, Harry Potter, a Wagnerian Valkyrie, Superman, a peacock penguin, a Dalek penguin and a Damien Hirst inspired design using 1800 rhinestones.
Caring for animals at Paignton Zoo is a real team effort. Take the work that goes into looking after the zebras’ hooves. With horses it’s straightforward, but the zebras are wild animals. The task requires vets, vet nurses, keepers, a farrier, a lot of mobile technology and a general anaesthetic.
All the zebras have their feet checked periodically; today it’s the turn of male Urias. He...
A Devon business has come to the aid of a local wildlife charity with a donation of white goods.
Sparkworld, based at Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, delivered a heap of domestic appliances to Paignton Zoo, which is a registered charity. The gift included fridges, freezers, microwave ovens and kettles.
Paignton Zoo’s Jenny Paton said: “These items will help hard-...
The Devon Business Expo organised by TheBestOf Exeter and launching on Thursday 5th June at Matford Centre, announces its ‘charity of the year’ Dream-A-Way, celebrating its 21st anniversary, as the designated show charity. A charity raffle will be held to raise much needed monies for this local worthy cause at the after-show drinks reception sponsored by Business Network (SW).
A big-hearted zoo keeper at Paignton Zoo has gone ape for Ape-ril in aid of orang utan conservation.
Head Keeper of Mammals Craig Gilchrist has had his beard dyed orange by his barbers – The Groom Room, in Abbey Road, Torquay - as part of Ape-ril, a campaign run by the Sumatran Orangutan Society.
Craig, who is co-chair of a national zoo primate group, was keen to take part: “I...
