Tesco Extra shoppers in Exeter have bagged £4,000 for a charity helping families affected by the suicide of a loved-one.
Customers at the Exeter Vale store voted for the cash to go to Pete’s Dragons as part of the supermarket’s Bags of Help scheme.
The vital funding – from the sale of plastic carrier bags - will aid the Exmouth-based charity in continuing its work supporting hundreds of suicide-bereaved people across Devon.
John Smith, of Tesco’s Combined Community Team, said staff at the superstore were ‘delighted’ to hand over the funds, adding: “It is always...
The Easter holidays can prove a challenge when it comes to finding fun activities for the children. Pets at Home has the answer, with its free interactive ‘My Pet Pals’ workshops, held in store between 6th April – 28th April 2019.
The workshops will focus on caring for small furries, such as guinea pigs, gerbils and rabbits, teaching children the responsibilities of owning them but also how rewarding these pets can be and how to care for them. Children will also learn how to interact with them safely too.
Taking place every day in stores across Devon at 11.30am, the...
Smartphones are all around us, with the majority of all UK residents now owning a smartphone.
Once simply a device to make calls and texts from, the humble smartphone has become an all-in-one personal entertainment hub for people everywhere.
Smartphones can be used for so many useful things - online banking, emergency calls and Skype business conferences to name a few, but sometimes, you simply want apps that are going to entertain you.
This is where the smartphones of the current era are excelling. There are millions of apps all vying for your attention – simply to...
Can you love someone who represents everything you hate in the world?
The world is in chaos. Hazel, a doctor, and Archer a space shuttle engineer fall in love. Archer’s work creating shuttle engines, when unsuccessful, has terrible repercussions on people’s health, leaving Hazel to deal with the results. What is the cost when the one thing powerful enough to let them leave the planet could also completely destroy it?
Fissure, written by local playright Hattie Collins is at Exeter Phoenix on 4 & 6 May.
The 2019 Wild East Devon Events Guide is now available at www.wildeastdevon.co.uk
The guide features an exciting range of things to do between April and October. Pick up your free copy from local libraries, tourist information centres and attractions across East Devon.
Hundreds of outdoor events are on offer from East Devon District Council and its many partners.
Activities include a wide range of fun for families including wild food forages, trails and bushcraft activities, as well as exciting experiences for adults, including boat trips, canoe safaris, guided...
For 25 years Stage by Stage theatre arts school has been presenting large-scale shows at such city venues as the Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Corn Exchange and Exeter Northcott, as well as further afield across the county and even at the Edinburgh Festival.
The multi-award winning training school is based at its own studios in South Street, and to celebrate its silver anniversary over 100 senior students are performing CHILDREN OF EDEN this Easter at the Exeter Corn Exchange. The epic musical is written by Stephen Schwartz, famed for his music in 'Wicked' and tells the story of Adam...
One of The Guardian's 'Best Shows at the Edinburgh Festival 2018'. Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. Also, some juggling. Reach into Fanny’s cabinet for a musical voyage of hilarity. But beware! Somebody’s out to sink her ship. Riddlestick Theatre are dedicated to tickling fancies with weird and wonderful stories and enchanting live music. Roll up your sleeves and choose the tales we tell in this riotous celebration of curiosity and imagination. “Their energy is boundless, the script fiercely intelligent and the original live music bound to stay dancing...
The Grecians take all three points at St James Park! Nicky Law’s early penalty and Hiram Boateng’s spectacular volley ensured Exeter City returned to winning ways in Sky Bet League Two.
Law converted a second-minute penalty kick before Boateng gave goalkeeper Scott Brown no chance with a jaw-dropping volley as City bounced back from their loss at Macclesfield in fine fashio
Matt Taylor made four changes to his starting line-up as Dara O’Shea, Law, Lee Holmes and Christy Pym, who served his one-match suspension, returned to the side that suffered defeat on the road at...
Ola, one of the world’s largest ride-hailing platforms, today announced a new partnership with Exeter City Community Trust, and pledged to donate 50p from every ride taken in Exeter between 18th March and 19th May 2019 to the health and wellbeing charity.
The transport pioneer will help deliver physical activity, education, health and wellbeing programmes for local people across Devon and Somerset.
Ben Legg, Managing Director of Ola UK, said: “Our partnership with Exeter City Community Trust is a great way for us to give back to the local community in Exeter, supporting the...
Eight Technology Ltd. isthe first tenant to move in to the Grow-on Buildings at Exeter Science Park. Founded in 2003 Eight Technology’s ‘Dealerweb’ software helps automotive dealer groups, manufacturers and independent retailers to boost sales performance through better lead management and smarter customer communication and has relocated to a new state-of-the-art office.
Exeter Science Park’s Grow-on Buildings are partly funded by £4.5m from the HotSW LEP Growth Deal Funding. The HotSW LEP has also provided £2.5m local Government funding towards the Environmental Futures Campus and...
