Once again, passionate gardeners around Exeter, Mid and East Devon are opening their gardens for Hospiscare from May through to August. Pick up your Open Gardens booklet today from Hospiscare shops and other outlets, and start planning which wonderful plots you might visit. There is often the chance to enjoy delicious tea and cakes to compliment your visit too. To find out more please visit - https://www.hospiscare.co.uk/events/open-gardens-2019 or call 01392 688020
This year Hospiscare’s Will Fortnight runs from Monday 3 June – Friday 14 June. Generous solicitors across Exeter, Mid and East Devon will be giving their time and expertise in June so you can have your Will prepared or updated. Instead of paying the usual solicitor’s fee, make an appropriate donation to Hospiscare at your appointment. To find out more please visit - https://www.hospiscare.co.uk/events/will-fortnight or call 01392 688020. Book your appointment from 13 May 2019.
A church in Exeter is launching a new afternoon service and is inviting people of all ages and backgrounds to come and explore the Christian faith, perhaps for the first time.
Rediscover Church in Northernhay Street, Exeter already has 2 morning services on a Sunday at 9.30am and 11.30am welcoming hundreds of people from all walks of life through its doors. They also stream live online to a local and international audience.
Now they are launching a new 2.30pm service, beginning 28th April, where there is an opportunity for people to come along and explore the big questions...
After rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018 and sell-out shows in Bristol and Sheffield, Riddlestick Theatre bring their interactive musical comedy The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé to Exeter Phoenix for one night only on Sunday 28th April.
Their riotous show invites the audience to meet the eccentric 18th century explorer, Madame Fanny, and to take their pick from the weird and wonderful souvenirs in her cabinet of curiosities. For whichever curio they choose, Fanny and her servants perform the elaborate tale behind it, taking the audience on a voyage of hilarity. From...
The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act has now come into force across the UK and Devon’s tenants might be feeling positive. After all, it’s now easier for them to sue a landlord who fails to keep their home in a habitable condition.
This is an important piece of legislation; it functions as an update to the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1985. The new Act improves on the wording in the original 1985 legislation, specifically that landlords were previously obliged to ensure only that their properties are kept in good repair. The update sets out that landlords must not only keep...
Exeter College - the city’s largest provider of Apprenticeships - is thanking employers and partners for playing a key part in the city’s brilliant Apprenticeship growth, bucking a national trend.
The city of Exeter topped the table as only one of a small handful of cities that bucked a national decline in Apprenticeship starts, according to a report published by the Centre for Cities, a leading think tank.
Exeter College has played a significant part in this success story with more than a thousand starts in year. The next biggest provider contributed 100 starts to the...
Established in 2006, Exeter Contemporary Open has come to be recognised as one of the UK’s most prominent regional contemporary arts competitions, culminating in an annual exhibition at Exeter Phoenix. Exeter Contemporary Open provides an important national platform for contemporary visual art, with an emphasis on supporting emerging talent alongside more established artists many of whom have gone on to receive significant national and international acclaim.
Applications are now open for 2019’s exhibition, which will run from 20th September – 10th November. This opportunity is open...
Maybe you are used to working out in the evening due to your 9-5 job, or you just detest the idea of waking up early to go work out. You may need to consider trying exercising in the morning and see if you can switch to that. Early morning workouts have several benefits to your body and to your day’s schedule. At first, it may seem difficult, but with practice and discipline, you will get accustomed.
Below are some benefits of working out in the morning:
1. Enables you to achieve your fitness goal sooner
Waking up early to work out puts a high priority on...
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...