As UK Volunteers Week gets underway (1 - 7 June), a local health and wellbeing charity is launching a campaign to swell the ranks of its existing army of helpers. Westbank Community Health and Care, based at Exminster near Exeter, relies on over 600 volunteers to help deliver a range of support services to individuals and communities across Devon.
This spring Richard Chappell Dance ’s UK tour continues with a new mixed bill, UPLIFT , a specially curated evening of transformative dance from some of the brightest young choreographers and performers from South West England and Wales, at Exeter Northcott on Friday 3 June.
The centre piece of the evening will be a moving extract from Richard Chappell Dance ’s seminal work, Silence...
Heat networks that will use Energy from Waste to be developed in East Devon and London with support of funding awarded through the Government’s Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP).
Over £250 million of funding has been awarded to heat network schemes under the Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) since it opened its doors to applicants in 2018. The total Capex of schemes...
A consultation is now underway by East Devon District Council on a planning document known as a Local Development Order (LDO) for a site off Long Lane, opposite the Future Skills Centre near Exeter Airport.
The LDO makes the planning process simpler and therefore quicker, easier and cheaper for developers to bring forward high quality schemes and buildings that will provide new...
Devon-wide health and well-being charity Westbank Community Health and Care is delighted to welcome personal injury lawyer James Wood as its newest Trustee. His appointment was confirmed on Wednesday, 27th April.
James, who’s a paraplegic following a motorcycle accident as a young man, lives in Exeter and is a former Managing Director of a unique legal service called Aspire Law. Set up...
Family and friends of a young woman lost to a brain tumour have visited a research centre where scientists are searching for a cure for the disease which took her life.
Mum Paula D’Souza from Exeter and dad Michael Bullous of Teigngrace, Newton Abbot, were invited to the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at the University of Plymouth on Wednesday (27 April) to place tiles on...
The RSPB are appealing for volunteers across Devon and Cornwall to help them carry out their annual Cirl Bunting Survey, between April-August of this year. People can register to take part in the survey on the Cirl Bunting Action Hub, visit: bit.ly/RSPBCirlHub
Here volunteers can select a 2km by 2km survey square local to their home on the RSPB’s map and plan a survey route through...
A charity that supports Devon residents in their quest for improved health and well-being has become an official partner to Exeter’s Great West Run for the first time. The 10km route and a half marathon through the heart of the city will take place on Sunday 22nd May 2022 .
Exminster-based Westbank Community Health and Care works with people of all ages across Devon to promote and...
South West IT and tech support company, Timewade , have unveiled their new head office at Winslade Park near Exeter.
The new head office was officially unveiled at a launch event on Thursday April 7, where employees, clients and partner organisations, including Rain Nutrience, Nutri-Link, and Exmoor Trim, joined the celebrations.
House sparrow remains number one across the UK and in Devon but this year’s survey saw a big rise in the number of jays recorded and a glimmer of hope for the red-listed greenfinch
House sparrows held on the top spot, but the jay surprisingly flew nine places up the results from this year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch.
Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest wildlife survey and...
