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Devon veteran urges public to send charity Christmas messages

A Devon veteran is asking people in the county to send messages of support this Christmas to veterans who are struggling with physical and mental challenges.

Last Christmas, thousands of people sent messages of hope to isolated veterans, as part of a campaign by Armed Forces charity Help for Heroes. These small acts of kindness encouraged veterans to reach out for life-changing...

Do you remember seeing winter messages from Devon’s NHS?

People invited to share their feedback in online survey

Devon’s health and care services are inviting feedback from local people on their experience of campaigns and messaging over the busy winter period.

Health and care services in Devon work together each winter to develop messages that support people to find the right service for their needs.

This includes how and where...

Send your personal thanks to the NHS and your message could end up on a touring art installation

Send your personal thanks to the NHS and your message could end up on a touring art installation

The hardworking staff of the NHS care for us all - and we want to show them that we care too. thortful are collecting messages of thanks on their new noticeboard , and your words could be featured in the ‘This is Gratitude’ art installation, touring across the UK to say thank you to the NHS.

Noticeboard of messages

Undeniably, the pandemic has given us a fresh perspective on...

Scribbler bring back # RandomActOfCardness offering to deliver the nation’s ‘Thank You’ messages to key workers for free!

With the UK on lockdown, key workers continue to work to keep the nation safe, fed and looked after. As the pandemic has unfolded in the UK, the simplest yet most powerful acts of kindness have erupted across the country, from people giving up their parking spots to clapping in unison every Thursday at 8pm.

Although we find ourselves confined to our homes and even flowers are no...

Researchers crack MI9 codes to reveal PoWs' wartime requests

Hidden messages locked in coded wartime letters have been revealed for the first time in 70 years by academics at Plymouth University.

Mathematicians, historians and geographers have worked together to crack codes used by MI9 to conceal information going in and out of prisoner of war camps across Europe during the Second World War.

They give a fascinating insight into how the...