Local people are being invited to share their views on 25 acres of land, acquired by East Devon District Council (EDDC), for a new nature-rich, accessible green space.
The new green space is an important milestone in the creation of the Clyst Valley Regional Park. A public consultation begins 6th February at 10am for six weeks until 20th March 2023 at 4pm , on draft proposals for habitat creation, a multi-use trail, network of circular paths and a small car park.
Drop in to speak to East Devon and our consultants WSP at Broadclyst Victory Hall on Thursday 16th February...
Thirty very worthy projects have been funded by East Devon District Council’s Coronavirus Community Food Fund, giving out a total of over £45,000. This fund provides grants for any projects related to providing food to residents of East Devon who are in food poverty during the Coronavirus situation.\
Broadclyst Parish Council has received nearly £3,000 from the Coronavirus Community Food Fund. This has allowed the purchase of additional items to support Exeter Food Bank’s work, whilst Exeter Food Bank is under unprecedented demand and households needed additional items to those...
Year 6 children at Broadclyst Community Primary School (BCPS) had to keep a big secret all over Christmas – they had a virtual meeting in their classroom with Sir Richard Branson on 17 December, which was discussed during The One Show last night (14 January).
The Year 6 children had been working on establishing their own companies after being awarded seed funding through a Dragon’s Den style process as part of BCPS’s annual Global Enterprise Challenge. While they were looking for inspiration from successful business leaders, Richard Branson unexpectedly joined a live lesson via a...
Broadclyst Community Primary School (BCPS) has been reaccredited with the British Council’s prestigious International School Award in recognition of its work to bring the world into the classroom.
The International School Award celebrates the achievements of schools that do exceptional work in international education. Fostering an international dimension in the curriculum is at the heart of the British Council’s work with schools, so that young people gain the cultural understanding and skills they need for life work in today’s world.
With an estimated three million children at risk of being hungry during the school holidays in the UK this summer, and as food bank usage is reportedly hitting record highs, Broadclyst Community Garden has joined a nationwide initiative to grow and donate fresh fruit and vegetables to those in need. The charitable initiative sees gardening brand Miracle-Gro connect with FoodCycle projects across the country, including Exeter, to support those at risk of food poverty and social isolation. With the long-term aim to alleviate the nation’s food poverty crisis, the partnership hopes to kick-...
Come and see the 57 scarecrows involved in the Broadclyst Summer Holiday trail, a great activity to get you out and about exploring the English countryside this summer.
Along the 7km route you will stumble across scarecrows such as Mr Plastic Fantastic, Scary Mary Poppins, Emily Pankhurst (suffragette), Shrekcrow, WillyWonka to name just a few!
“The scarecrows that the community have produced are of an outstanding quality” says this year’s trail organiser Ben Evans. “it is fantastic to hear the shrieks of excitement as participants discover the latest (predominantly) straw...
A group of Devon villagers are protesting that their village has been turned into a 'giant school car park' and are calling for a national conversation about the school commute.
Broadclyst, near Exeter, has 527 pupils and 88 members of staff at its primary school causing huge pressures on the village.
“Our beautiful, mediaeval village, one of the finest in England, has been turned into a giant school car park, severely reducing the quality of life for villagers and causing significant disruption,” said pressure group founder, Liz Straw.
Devon Air Ambulance will now be able to land safely in Broadclyst at night due to a new community landing site at Broadclyst Recreation Field. New landing site lighting, operated remotely by the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services, has been installed at the Recreation Field to facilitate emergency night operations. This new facility is partly funded by East Devon District Council and Devon County Council through their Parishes Together Fund, and partly funded by Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) through funding from the Bank Libor fines. It will be looked after by Broadclyst Parish Council....
Children in last term’s Year 2 and Year 4 at Broadclyst Community Primary School (BCPS) are thrilled to have won the Devon History Society Primary School History Prize the first time it has been awarded. Members of the Society visited the school and presented the prize, of history books for the school library, and a framed certificate, during the Remembrance Day assembly on Friday, 10 November.
The youngsters impressed the judges with their project book on the history of Broadclyst. The children in Year 2 looked at what life would have been like as a child at Broadclyst school in...
Ten children from Year 6 at Broadclyst Community Primary School helped to devise and record their own radio advert for the school’s open days at Global Radio HQ in Exeter on 3 November.
The youngsters are currently taking part in the school’s Global Enterprise Challenge, an annual business enterprise initiative that incorporates a wide range of business skills while encompassing many different elements of the school curriculum. The trip to the Heart Devon radio studios allowed them to learn more about business advertising and marketing as well as to produce the school advert....
