Fuel Poverty levels in Devon have been on the increase in recent years, and whilst projects like Healthy Homes for Wellbeing, run by Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) have been tackling this issue head on via their drop in energy clinics and in depth home visits across the region, there is still a lot more that could be done.
The new Winter Warmth campaign from ECOE highlights the issues of fuel poverty and hard to heat homes faced by local residents each and every winter. Having recently launched the Healthy Homes Hardship Fund, ECOE is seeking donations, which they hope will make a...
A training centre specifically aimed at honing the skills of Doctors, Pharmacists, Optometrists, Dentists and staff from across Devon is being given an extra shot in the arm following its recent expansion at Plymouth Science Park.
The Devon Training Hub allows health professionals and support staff to undertake training, education and development which will include their regular mandatory training in a centre specifically equipped for the task.
Delivering latest thinking and methodology, the team moved onto the site in June and the popularity of their courses continues to...
A Devon-based Redrow site manager has received the Seal of Excellence Award at the NHBC’s annual Pride in the Job Awards 2019.
Rob Walker currently oversees Redrow’s The Copse development, located in Dawlish – a collection of high quality three and four-bedroom homes built for family living.
The NHBC Pride in the Job Awards saw 16,000 site managers competing for the Quality award and this year’s 450 Quality Award winners were hand-picked for their excellent standards on site. After 12 months of rigorous judging, the award winners celebrated with industry peers and guests at...
Prize-winning author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera will discuss his influential work as part of the University of Exeter’s Creative Dialogues series of events
Sathnam has been a journalist at the The Financial Times and The Times and is a regular contributor on national radio and TV. He is also known for his influential books, including The Boy With The Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies, which was adapted into a BBC Two drama.
Creative Dialogues is a series of exclusive ‘in-conversation’ free events showcasing a range of high-profile speakers who are leaders in...
The Ship Inn, Teignmouth has been declared the regional winner of Rover’s coveted Dog-friendly Pub Awards, after receiving the most votes from the public in the area.
The Dog-friendly Pub Awards, run by Rover.com, the world’s largest network of pet sitters and dog walkers, celebrates pubs with dog-friendly initiatives and encourages pubs across the country to welcome four legs as well as two.
The Ship Inn fought off fierce competition this year from over 335 dog-friendly watering holes across the South West, but held on to the top spot after accumulating the most votes....
A grant of £4,000 to the Devon Air Ambulance from Devonshire Freemasons has brought the total Masonic support given to air ambulances across the country to £2.4 million since 2007.
The total contribution to the Devon Air Ambulance since 2007 by Devonshire Freemasons is in excess of £122,000.
Devon’s Air Ambulances operates across Devon up to 19 hours a day and assisted 1109 patients during 2018.
The grant, which comes through the Masonic Charitable Foundation, is funded by freemasons and their families from across Devon, England and Wales.
Whilst on a visit to the House of Lords Ian Kingsbury JP., the Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire Freemasons, was inspired by a presentation given by Steve Morton, Director of Development for the Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education, outlining the Academy’s aims and development plans for the future academy which is to be relocated to a new site in Exmouth - so much so that he came back to Devonshire with the desire to help those who are affected by this very difficult sensory disability. To this end he approached the Devonshire Freemasons Benevolent Fund Committee for help, and they...
Yesterday evening (Thursday 14 November 2019), Wayne Hemingway presented his team’s vision for Queen’s Drive Exmouth.
Around 200 people attended the public exhibition at the Ocean Centre on Exmouth seafront to listen to Hemingway Design and to ask questions. The audience was made up of Exmouth people, businesses and community organisations all with an interest in the town’s future success.
A steady flow of local people had already visited Ocean the day before (Wednesday 13 November) for a preview of the exhibition and to discuss with members and council officers their...
Did you know that one in six people (one in five in Devon) have hearing loss in the UK and for those over fifty this rises to four in ten? Hearing loss affects both children and adults, some people are born deaf, some loose hearing through an accident or subjection to loud noise and for others hearing can be a gradually loss over time. As a charity which supports Deaf (BSL Users) and people with disabilities, Living Options Devon regularly engages with its service users. The charity also facilitates service providers and encourages them to better support and improve services for those with...
McCarthy and Stone are calling for construction firms in the area to join its supply chain, opening up the prospect of future work with the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities to new contractors and sub-contractors in throughout the South.
This opportunity is brought to the south of the UK through the innovative partnership between McCarthy and Stone’s Southern region and Copronet- a new online portal that brings the UK’s leading developers and new sub-contractors together.
Contractors can register with Copronet for free by going to mccarthyandstone...
