Every day, 36 households in the South West are at risk of losing their home, new analysis from Shelter reveals.
The research, based on data recorded by the Ministry of Justice found that in the past year more than 13,200 homes in the South West are at risk of eviction or repossession, the equivalent of 36 every day.
It also identified the latest hotspots across the region where people are most likely to face losing their home, with Weymouth and Portland and Gloucester topping the list. Other hotspots in the region’s top ten included Bristol, Bournemouth and Plymouth....
Local charity Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) has confirmed that it will re-open in its new premises at 10am on Wednesday 27 August.
The charity’s new address will be Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, Dix’s Field, Exeter, EX1 1QA. The charity will be taking over a ground floor office complex in the Civic Centre – giving it a more prominent location in the city centre.
The charity will close in Wat Tyler House at 1pm on Wednesday 20th August 2014 ahead of re-opening in Dix’s Field a week later.
While the charity is closed over this period advice and information is...
A South Devon computer science student has created a free iPhone app for the charity that inspired him as a child.
Robin Bailey, who is studying Computer Science at Plymouth University, was a member of Paignton Zoo’s Gibbon Club when he was at primary school. He is now a volunteer at the Zoo - and helps with Gibbon Club.
The app, called INVestigate INVertebrates, has been launched to tie in with Paignton Zoo’s Investigate exhibit, which focuses on invertebrates.
Lisa Stroud, Paignton Zoo’s Head of Education, explains how the idea for the app came about: “Something...
This Exeter family together hope to raise £50,000 by taking on Exeter’s Great West Run in a bid to help four-year-old Sophie Joy walk unaided for the first time.
The team is made up of Sophie's father Daniel Case, Deborah Down, grandmother and Jade Down, auntie.
Sophie has battled Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy from a very young age, and despite the tireless efforts of her parents to support her with as much physio at home, she will only see her condition improve significantly with an operation called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy.
Well over a thousand cyclists are expected to come to Exmouth on August 17th, to participate in one of the West Country’s most exciting and beautiful cycling events, the Jurassic Classic, for Prostate Cancer U.K.
In its third year, the route offers riders distances of 50km, 100km, or 100 miles through historic Devon towns such as Budleigh Salterton, Ottery St Mary, and Charmouth, as well as the breathtaking scenery in areas such as The Otter Vale, Peak Hill, and Exmouth. All of the distances offer a challenging ride, and this year’s fundraising hopes to break last year’s impressive...
An Exeter PE teacher is set to run two of the UK’s great half-marathon events to raise funds for training charity St Loye’s Foundation.
Matt Upston, 39, from Heavitree will start the Great North Run alongside 56,000 entrants and some of the world’s leading athletes on Sunday 7 September, followed six weeks later by competing in the Great West Run around Exeter on Sunday 19 October.
Matt, a Schools Sports Coordinator, opted to support St Loye’s after training with Keryn Seal, the blind England International footballer who is an ambassador for the charity.
If you go along to Darts Farm, even if you have been there lots of times before, you could get lost, but it’s all in the name of Charity!
The fantastic team at Darts Farm have once again put together their fabulous Maize Maze to raise funds for Devon Air Ambulance Trust.
Caroline Creer, Fundraising Director of Devon Air Ambulance Trust said “We are delighted to be working once again with the Darts Farm team and the maize maze is such a great fun way to raise funds for the Charity and a cost effective way to keep the kids busy for an hour or two during the Summer holidays....
The Harry Cunningham Trust, which raises money for Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital’s neonatal unit, is staging a glitzy celebrity ball, open to the public, in Exeter’s Sandy Park.
The trust, set up in 2012, aims to raise awareness of vasa praevia, a rare but deadly condition affecting unborn children where vital blood vessels block the birth canal, resulting in severe complications. The trust was begun after the condition led to the tragic death of Harry Cunningham, the son of trustee and founder Niki Cunnigham, at just 26 hours old.
A professional skydiver from Exeter has been lucky enough to secure a place in a top World Record Attempt being held in California this year.
Maddy Heath Kelly, a newly qualified mental health nurse from Exeter, applied for the event back in June, but didn’t think she’d hear any more about it until an email came through a few weeks ago.
“It explained that I’d been selected as one of the ladies to represent the UK and I couldn’t believe it!” said Maddy, 26.
Maddy is believed to be the only person from Devon to have earned a place at the event and said she was “over...
The tiny South American fur seal was born at Living Coasts in Torquay early on the morning of Tuesday 3 June.
When her mother was unable to produce milk, zoo keepers stepped in to feed her creamy fish milkshakes around the clock.
Now, Torquay’s coastal zoo is giving everyone who visits the chance to vote for her name.
Living Coasts’ Marketing Manager Katherine Sobey explained: “We have a shortlist of ten names. Some were suggested by staff, others by people on Facebook. We have a collecting box in the entrance hall. People can...
