The Southern Healthcare family of four care homes has become the first group in the country to have achieved four outstanding accreditations for dementia care from a highly regarded organisation which specialises in auditing the care industry.
Southern Healthcare, which owns award-winning homes in Exeter, Plymouth, Dawlish, and Seaton, has won the accolade for its Butterfly and...
Muddy Stilettos, the UK’s No1 women’s lifestyle website outside London, today announces the launch of its 2025 'Top 300 Best Places to Live' . Covering more regions than ever before and with London, Yorkshire and Cheshire being added to the annually anticipated list, it draws upon its unparalleled local knowledge and insight into the 35 most sought-after counties in England, guiding potential...
Over 40 team members and local volunteers recently took part in the Marine Conservation Society’s annual Great British Beach Clean, organised by Ruda and Bideford Bay Holiday Parks in Devon. Held between September 20 - 29th, the nationwide event saw thousands of volunteers across the UK flock to the shores to take part in a week-long coastal clean-up.
THIS AUTUMN people across the South West are being urged to embrace the ups and downs of a unique challenge for Stand Up To Cancer the joint fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4.
Gym bunnies and sofa surfers alike are being asked to flex their fundraising muscles by signing up to do 100 squats every day throughout November to raise money for life-saving research...
A kind gesture by an East Devon football team means residents of The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth can enjoy continued wellbeing through exercise and play.
Feniton Football Club donated 60 used footballs to the sanctuary after hearing that the resident donkeys often play with footballs as part of their enrichment activities.
Enrichment is incredibly important for the resident...
Our Future Health, the UK’s largest health research programme is opening appointments in 11 new locations in October 2024, with 203 clinics in total across the UK.
Our Future Health mobile clinics will visit car parks in Barton Upon Humber, Brixton, Consett, Driffield, Ellesmere Port, Leigh, Northallerton, Plymouth, Sittingbourne, Torquay and Worksop.
With food banks and charities facing continued levels of need this winter, people are being urged to give the gift of their time to take part in the UK’s biggest food donation drive.
The 12th annual Tesco Winter Food Collection is taking place in all Tesco stores from November 28th to November 30th. Tesco’s charity partners, Trussell and FareShare, are calling for volunteers to sign-...
Theatre Royal Plymouth is offering primary school children the opportunity to star in this year’s pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, following the successful return of a children’s ensemble in its panto, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, last year.
To be able to audition, children should be in year 3 to 6, live within a 20-mile radius of TRP and not be taller than 4 feet 7...
A major South West housebuilder has donated £1,000 to a local youth football club so its girls team can get new kits.
Ottery St Mary Youth FC were the latest beneficiaries of Persimmon Homes South West’s Community Champions scheme, which sees thousands of pounds spent on good causes and much-valued organisations across the region each year.
This Autumn local bus operator Stagecoach South West are introducing changes to some bus services within the region.
The changes, largely from Sunday 3rd November 2024, include some reliability and punctuality improvements as well as new tendered services in partnership with Devon County Council. Night buses also return in North Devon and Torbay for the festive period from the end of...
