Dove Tree House in Exeter, Devon has won an award for being a top recommended care home in the South West.
The home came 9th out of 2,318 homes in the South west area. The top twenty South West homes received an award from the leading guide to care homes carehome.co.uk
The award was based on the home’s recommendations from their residents, plus friends and relatives of residents.
Dove Tree House is the top recommended home in the Exeter area.
Davina Ludlow, Director of carehome.co.uk, said: “We felt the best people to say how good a care home really is, are...
Eight young carers were given a free ride at the award-winning Virtual Jet Centre to give them a boost and at the same time give them a break from their responsibilities at home.
The young adults have all been taking time out of their own lives to care for others.
Staff at the state-of-the-art Virtual Jet Centre showed them how to land aircraft, talked them through cabin safety and gave them a chance to land their own 737 in the flight simulator.
Only two of the children in the group, who are all from the Torbay area, had ever been in a real aeroplane.
Exeter Chiefs have bolstered their attacking options for next season with the acquisition of young fly-half Will Hooley from Aviva Premiership rivals Northampton Saints.
The 21-year-old playmaker has penned terms on a two-year deal at Sandy Park and will provide top quality competition for the No.10 role alongside current incumbents Gareth Steenson and Henry Slade.
Cambridge-born Hooley arrives at Sandy Park having joined the Saints Academy as a 12-year-old. Since then, he has grown in stature at Franklin’s Gardens and worked his way into Jim Mallinder’s first-team squad,...
Devon and Somerset Trading Standards has launched a new 'Buy with Confidence' website that aims to protect buyers - and an award-winning solar business is backing its campaign all the way. Marsh-Barton-based SunGift Energy, which is the UK Solar Installer of the Year, frequently encounters renewable energy installers and other tradespeople that do poor quality work, and the company believes that more householders must made be aware of where they can go to find a reliable company. "We’re in favour of anything that helps protect buyers and rid the world of rogue traders," said Gabriel...
Find out about life on the Poltimore Estate and in Poltimore village as England prepared for war.
10.30 -12.30pm join the Poltimore Estate Research Society to see who was living where, what they were doing and how the coming war affected their lives.
From 1.30pm take a guided walk around the estate and village and visit some of the places you have found out about.
Places for the walk are limited so book early at www.poltimore.org – the cost is £7 per person, including tea and delicious cake.
Test your knowledge against other local quizers at this fun quiz evening at the beautiful Poltimore House.
Saturday 16th May 7 for 7.30pm teams of up to 6 people £5 per person to include a delicious ham and cheese ploughmans supper. Bring your own favourite tipple to enjoy during the evening.
Your quiz master for the evening will be Mr Robin Thywates.
Booking for this event is essential as numbers are limited www.poltimore.org
Exeter’s very special mini-indoor festival GemFest 2015 was a huge success – raising money for Hospiscare and lots of smiles from happy festival goers.
GemFest featured an afternoon of family fun at the Exeter Phoenix Centre, with lots of music, games, face painting and Easter eggs, with great music from Teens Support Hospiscare.
The evening saw an amazing line up of local talent featuring an eclectic mix of music, comedy, poetry, DJ’s and more.
The Silent Disco, wearing headphones with a choice of two DJ’s, proved popular. Festival goers wanting to glam it up...
Age UK Exeter, Princesshay’s charity of the year, has launched its charity raffle of a new smart forfour car to raise money for local people. Tickets can be purchased from the centre with the draw being held on Christmas Eve.
Luke Yetman, General Sales Manager at Mercedes-Benz of Exeter said, “It is a privilege for Mercedes-Benz of Exeter to be associated with Age UK Exeter. The work they do in the local community makes a real difference to those that they support and I sincerely hope that we can raise a significant amount of money in partnership with them this year.”
Former X Factor constant, Lucy Spraggan is bringing her 'The Unsinkable Tour' to Exeter on the 20th May.
With her acoustic folk pop, she mixes humour and honesty with her incredible talent. She brought unique talent to the ITV talent show but unfortunately only got to the fifth week due to illness and she left the competition.
Her eagerly anticipated debut album 'We Are...' is to be released on the 13th April.
Support will come from the extremely talented folk indie, Kal Lavelle.
Tickets are £16 including booking fee, link to tickets are...
