A DEVON care provider is calling for kind and caring individuals from the county to put themselves forward to become a care worker (2019).
Guardian Homecare, which has offices in Torbay and in Exeter, is looking to hire 100 new carers to provide care to its service users this year. Regional Manager, Katie Jewell said: “Our company has gone from strength-to-strength and because demand for care is so high our team is always expanding and we’re regularly taking on new care workers to provide expert care across south Devon.
“No experience is necessary, just a willingness to...
Like a phoenix risen from the ashes, BB Estates, the estate and lettings agency on Cowick Street in the St Thomas area of Exeter, is pushing forward with confidence as owner-manager, Merle and her team continue to build on its success over the last few months with a growing bank of new and loyal clients, and a positive reputation for sales and lettings.
In the former offices of Bower & Bower, BB Estates was born from an acquisition by Merle Coldwell, who has almost 30 years’ experience in customer facing roles, in the retail travel sector as well as in domestic and foreign...
A public exhibition will give local residents the opportunity to view and comment on Eutopia Homes’ plans to redevelop the land at Exmouth Junction, Prince Charles Road, with a major new residential development which will include a mix of new homes for sale and for rent.
Eutopia Homes is looking to engage with the local community on their proposal before a planning application is submitted to Exeter City Council.
A public exhibition will be held:
On: Wednesday 27th February 2019
At: St James Church, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter EX4 7AH
At first glance the small cluster of wooden houses, sat next to a dirt road under the dappled shade of lychee and mango trees, in the rural community of Belavenoky, looks like any other you might find in south east Madagascar.
Look a little closer however and you notice their palm thatched roofs are draped in a series of slanted tarpaulin sheets and there are blue tanks by their walls.
These houses are part of a project called Tatirano (meaning ‘to collect water’ in Malagasy), set up by engineer Harry Chaplin, which is hoping to expand its clean drinking water project to...
Bridge Road in Exeter will be closed overnight on Thursday 28 February The road will be closed for one night, from 8.30pm to 5.30am, while minor remedial work is carried out.
The closure, from Countess Wear roundabout to Matford roundabout, will enable maintenance to be carried out to the Swing Bridge. Small areas of pavements will also be resurfaced and high friction surfacing will be applied to manhole covers.
The diversion route will be signed via Topsham Road, Exe Bridges, Alphington Road, Marsh Barton and the A379.
It’s been quite a month already for Devon’s Air Ambulances operationally, but this week sees the Trust celebrating a One Star accreditation, recognising very good levels of employee engagement and coming in at number 51 in the 100 Best Not for Profit Companies to work for.
Martin Bell, Retail and People Development Director commented “This is such a huge achievement. We know we’re a great place to work, but to have this national recognition is testament to all of the hard work that our staff do day in day out to ensure that the funding continues to come in to keep both of Devon’s...
On average, NHS England helps over one million patients every 36 hours. Like the majority of organisations, most of its data is stored on computers. This is largely sensitive information.
For this reason, cybersecurity is imperative – for service users and providers. Hacks can be highly damaging. The so-called WannaCry incident, which occurred in May 2017, demonstrated this.
Hackers managed to shut down computers across the world, demanding high ransom payments. The global attack affected a third of NHS England hospitals and eight per cent of GP practices.
Held from 12-15 March 2019, the Cheltenham Festival is the second biggest horse racing event in the UK. A total of 28 races, of varying grades, will take place over four days at the Cheltenham Racecourse during this time. Attended primarily by British and Irish-trained horses, the festival is an occasion of merriment with lots of money changing hands.
With less than a month remaining, the buzz is at an all-time high for the Cheltenham Festival. The horses and jockeys are ready, and so are the fans, punters, and bookmakers, who are waiting eagerly for the event to begin. While...
Exeter Phoenix is offering £4,000 of support to local filmmakers through their annual commission scheme. This support will lead to the creation of four short films from filmmakers across the South West over the coming year.
Two awards of £1,500 will be made to support the creation of two Short Film Commissions (10-12 mins) and two awards of £500 will support two Micro Film Commissions (3 mins). Every genre of film will be considered including documentary, drama, animation, experimental, and everything in between.
Speaking about the commissions, Exeter Phoenix’s Digital...
West Country clashes on the sporting field have a long and legendary history but there was a match up with a difference this week where youngsters from the Lord’s Taverners Wicketz projects in Plymouth and Bristol came together for a day of competition and life skills workshops.
The festival at the Devon Cricket Centre in Exeter on Tuesday saw 40 children aged 8-12 from the two projects unite to celebrate all that is good about playing cricket together.
The Wicketz programme, run by leading youth and disability sport charity the Lord’s Taverners, gives opportunities to...
