Hiring fairground rides for your next party will take it to the next level. Kids can stay occupied throughout the event, and adults will have more time socialising. Whether it is a birthday party, company family outing, or a Christmas party, funfair rides are versatile and work for any occasion.
But choosing fairground rides for hire is not always easy. When you have several choices and ideas to consider, it gets more challenging to decide. You need to ensure that you have carefully planned and narrowed down the list of rides and activities you want to hire so that you can focus on...
A platform that has encouraged hundreds of University of Exeter staff members to reuse unwanted items in order to help the environment is celebrating its first anniversary.
The Waste Action Reuse Portal (WARPit) is an online reuse platform that makes it easy for staff to get, give and loan surplus assets across the university.
It focuses on the sustainability of the university’s waste management and enables the university to make the most of its resources by encouraging staff to swap items between themselves, rather than send them to landfill or recycling.
Two close-knit ‘lovedogs’ are looking for a forever home, after warming the hearts of a local community on their journey back to full health at a pet rescue centre in Doncaster.
Abandoned, cold, starving and frightened, the two lurchers, Samir and Sabiha, who are thought to be between three and five years old, were taken in by Tia Rescue in January after being found by a local dog warden, stranded in a nearby field.
With their tails tucked under, fur thinning, ribs showing, and sores all over their hurting bodies, all they had in the world for comfort was each other - but...
David Woolley, based in Exeter, has been nominated as a finalist in the Absorbine Groom of the Year Awards.
For the ninth year running, Absorbine are hugely proud to be sponsoring this prestigious national award and voting for this year’s nominees is now underway, with the winner to be announced at The British Showing Awards on 19th October 2019, at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham.
David, who previously won this award in 2011, was nominated as a Showing World/Absorbine Non-Professional Groom finalist for a second time by daughter, Helen. Following the death of...
Educated Recruitment are thrilled to announce that they are taking part in the £50 Challenge for Children’s Hospice South West and are hosting a charity evening on Friday 27th September at Coomebinteignhead Village Hall.
The charity event will include a quiz, raffle and auction with amazing prizes to be won and a disco to round off the evening!
Our event is open to the public, so please do come along on what will be a fantastic, local event for such an incredible cause. The night kicks off at 6:30pm with the quiz to start at 7.15pm. The raffle, auction and disco to follow...
Sheepish Productions bring Communicate to the Barnfield Theatre in Exeter on 11 October.
Based on true events, this is one couple’s journey through love, loss, pregnancy, superheroes and enforced pen maintenance. It’s a story about the importance of opening-up and not letting your past determine your future.
Communicate is an exploration of the effects of grief on individuals and on relationships. The writer lost both his parents whilst he was in his twenties, shut down, did not communicate and, a few years later, was diagnosed with PTSD. The central aims of the play are to...
Based on true events, this is one couple’s journey through love, loss, pregnancy, superheroes and enforced pen maintenance. It’s a story about the importance of opening-up and not letting your past determine your future.
Communicate is an exploration of the effects of grief on individuals and on relationships. The writer lost both his parents whilst he was in his twenties, shut down, did not communicate and, a few years later, was diagnosed with PTSD. The central aims of the play are to address and raise awareness of the need to grieve, to talk, to listen and to have hope.
Age UK Mid Devonis supporting older people as part of a three year programme to help older people feel less lonely and get the most out of later life, funded by the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF), the freemason’s charity.
The grant of £63,000, awarded on behalf of freemasons from the Province of Devonshire, is part of a £1 million grant from the MCF to Age UK. The MCF is funded by freemasons, their families and friends, from across England and Wales.
Age UK Mid Devon who are based in Tiverton is one of twelve regional Age UKs and one local Age Cymru delivering Later...
Talk followed by stargazing Join astronomy outreach Dartmoor Skies as they share with you some of the astronomical highlights to enjoy over the coming months.
Then, assuming the clouds are behaving themselves, they will lead you out into the grounds of Poltimore House where you can use a selection of telescopes and binoculars to see some of these wonders for yourselves.
Ask them all the questions about space that you’ve been longing to know the answer to, and get advice on start-up kits so you can get stargazing yourself.
Calling all yarnheads. Poltimore House will once again be hosting lots of yarn (and more) based stalls and exhibits. This year we are pleased to have some fantastic workshops from nuno felting to paper cutting. Come and see parts of the house yarnbombed and browse the stalls for gifts or materials for your own craft activities. Then stop at the Chapel Cafe for refreshments and light lunches. The grounds will also be open to wander and relax in.
For more details www.poltimore.org
If you are interested in participating contact events@poltimore.org
