Teignbridge residents are encouraged to share their personal stories at a new awareness event aimed at the dangers of slips, trips and falls in the home.
Those who have suffered an injury in their own home - or know someone who has - are invited to attend the story sharing event to highlight the problem to others and help find a solution.
The event brings together a range of professionals, led by Teignbridge District Council, who are working together in a pioneering programme of work aimed at reducing the number of people suffering trips and falls in their own home
This year's Exeter Age UK's Summer Fete promises to be better than ever.
Alongside stalls selling handmade items there will be classic vehicles, lots of live music, morris dancing, bouncy castles, games and competitions, children's activities and even training with Exeter City Football Club... and much more.
Not only that, you will be able to sample delicious refreshments including cakes, traditional cream teas and a beer tent - certainly something to tempt everyone!
It's all happening on Saturday 6 July at St Thomas Pleasure Ground, between noon and 4pm.
Join us for our sponsored walk along Exeter's canal and river. Choose from a short 2K stroll around the quay.... or the longer 5.5K route to the Double Locks and back.... or take a leisurely 17.3K to the Turf Locks and back.
Nestled in Paris Street Exeter opposite such retail icons as Next and John Lewis, is a swathe of charity shops including Sprout, Children’s Hospice South West, Save the Children, Age UK, Shop 4ECTA and the RSPCA. What might appear as madness to have so many charity shops together is proving a shoppers’ delight as bargains can be had in an ever improving shopping environment. Charity shops have woken up to the fact that the old jumble sale, mothball ridden offering is no longer where it’s at.
Today Age UK launched a definitive report into the lives and health of people over 85, the fastest growing demographic group in the UK redefining the frontiers of human existence.
People over the age of 85 are now the fastest growing demographic group in the UK. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates there are currently 1.5 million people in the UK over the age of 85; by 2050 this will have grown to 5 million.
But in spite of the size of this social group, to date there has been a lack of comprehensive information about them.
Kate Connock speaks very enthusiastically about working for John Lewis, and having worked for the firm for 22 years she should know what she is talking about. She now sees that extensive experience culminate in her most exciting challenge to date, managing the launch of a very special branch of the brand 'never knowingly undersold'.
However the pride she shows is as much to do with the links John Lewis forges with the local community and how it treats its staff, or partners as it calls them, fairly as it does with the quality products it sells. Despite the mammoth task of...
