Families for Children has won a £1,000 Movement for Good award thanks to nominations from the public.

Families for Children was nominated to win a £1,000 boost as part of specialist insurer Ecclesiastical's Movement for Good awards, which is giving £1million to charities this summer.

Families for Children is the only Voluntary Adoption Agency in the South West, with 26 years of experience placing some of society’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged children. The agency specialises in offering exceptional adoption support, putting vulnerable children and their adoptive...

The University of Exeter is the latest organisation to sign up to Co Cars’ business offer, giving staff access to hire-by-the-hour low emission cars, helping to reduce the number of cars on the University’s campuses.

Two brand new Toyota Yaris Hybrids are now available from the University’s Streatham Campus and a third will be available from College Road, St Luke’s later in the summer. The cars can be booked for business travel by University staff 24/7 either online or by smartphone and are also available for all Co Cars members to book and use.

By partnering with Co Cars,...

On Saturday 22nd June children living in and around the area of Exeter are in for a real treat with a brand new Smyths Toys Superstore right on their doorstep, the perfect place to visit for endless hours of entertainment!

Unit 1B, Bishops Court Retail Park, Sidmouth Road, Exeter, EX2 7JH, doors open at 9am with a number of special guests including Freya Rabbit from the Sylvanian Families, Paw Patrol’s Chase & Marshall, Ben 10’s Heatblast and many more all dropping by at various intervals between 9am and 4pm! But that’s not all as there’ll also be free face-painting, candy...

Relatives of D-Day veterans enjoyed a party to celebrate the launch of a new book which tells the individual stories of those who took part.

D-Day Spearhead Brigade has been written by author Christopher Jary - who is also a Trustee at the Keep Museum in Dorchester - the museum of the Devonshire and Dorset regiments.

At the book launch in Dorchester were several relatives of men who landed with the Dorsets or Devons on D-Day.

Professor Hugh Loxdale is the nephew (and was named after) Major Hugh Duke MC and Bar, who commanded C Company of the 2nd Devons and was...

GripHero Ltd, the developer of the world’s first fuel nozzle-mounted hand-protection dispenser, has won silver at the prestigious Tomorrow’s Health & Safety Awards 2019, which honour services and products that have had the biggest impact on the health and safety industry over the past year.

Winning second place is seen as an outstanding achievement for the Devon-based business, which only launched its revolutionary new forecourt fuel pump dispenser and anti-static, fully recyclable hand-protection in October 2018. Since then GripHero has gone on to introduce bright pink...

Every Spring and Autumn Freemasons from all around Devon meet to support local organisations and charities who are require financial assistance, amongst those included are Schools, Youth Centres and locally based charities including Hospices, Hospital Services and Cancer Charities.

The money is raised through the “WAKE FUND” a trust conceived by Right Worshipful Brother William Alexander Kneel, the Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire from 1970 to 1984, the late owner of Kneels laundry & dry cleaners (Now Johnsons). Since the idea was initiated the fund has grown through the...

One of the UK’s most threatened butterflies, the Marsh Fritillary, has recently been found at a National Trust site at Brownsham, near Hartland in North Devon. Brownsham is home to one of Britain’s rarest grassland habitats, culm grassland, which is one of the butterfly’s preferred habitats.

Brightly-coloured and speckled, the Marsh Fritillary is listed by Butterfly Conservation as one of the UK’s most threatened butterfly species, seriously declined due to habitat loss and degradation. It’s also considered vulnerable at a European level. National Trust rangers were really pleased...

Residents at RMBI Home Cadogan Court in Exeter began their new weekly fitness regime this week, pumping iron at a local gym.

Four game individuals, aged between 81 and 98, became the first care home residents to try out Motortone, a new gym specially designed for older adults, which is part of Exeter Sports Academy.

The fab four laughed and joked through their induction and first session using electrically powered gym machines which allow you to passively or actively exercise.

Motortone is designed to offer low impact exercise to help people with joint mobility,...