An Exeter-based education charity which aims to increase learning about other cultures and global events celebrates its 10th anniversary this summer. Laura Joint has been finding out about its work.
In an office in Exeter, the small group of part-time staff at Devon Development Education (DDE) are busy working on their latest innovative projects. For the past decade, the registered charity has been responsible for developing award-winning international learning projects for schools across Devon, uncovering Exeter’s hidden multicultural history and establishing Devon’s Fairtrade...
The Medical Foundation Devon Group is holding a book fair on behalf of Freedom from Torture (formerly known as the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture).
A wide variety of books will be available for purchase at very reasonable prices as well as tea, coffee and cake.
Please come along and find out more about this charity, which does marvellous work helping people who have survived torture to rebuild their lives.
A life-sized penguin cake has been made to mark a conservation charity’s tenth birthday.
The special cake, in the shape of a macaroni penguin, celebrates the first decade of Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium.
This feat of culinary engineering is a 7-tier reinforced fruit cake smothered in marzipan and icing. It is some 60 cm (2 ft) tall and weighs around 15 kg (33 pounds). It was created by Hallett’s the Bakers, the leading South Devon craft bakers, who supply the Living Coasts cafe.
Helen Hallett, who made the cake, said: “I built a tower of fruit...
Trainees on a pilot scheme to refurbish and re-sell bicycles in Exeter have been demonstrating their skills to MP and cycling enthusiast Ben Bradshaw.
The project, run by city charity Exeter Community Initiatives (ECI), is designed to give training and skills to the unemployed as well prevent unwanted bikes from being dumped in landfill.
Mr Bradshaw said he was very impressed with what Exeter Community Bikes had achieved so far and felt it was an excellent idea for a social enterprise. “I think this is a fabulous project because it does so many different things.
Halfords in the Exeter area are to take unwanted bikes off customers’ hands in an initiative to provide much-needed affordable transport for communities in Africa.
For six days, from Thursday 11 July to Tuesday 16 July, Britain’s biggest bike retailer is inviting customers to bring cycles currently lying abandoned in garages and garden sheds to any of its 460 stores.
Those donating bikes will be offered a 10% deal off the price of a brand new model as well as seeing their old two-wheeler go to a good cause.
Halfords is launching the scheme in partnership with...
One top Devon company is helping an animal charity with the little things that make a big difference.
Sparkworld has donated a selection of domestic appliances and kitchen tools to Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium.
“These things may not be sexy, but they are vital!” says Jenny Paton from Living Coasts. “The hand blender is used for preparing fish for feeding birds. And sometimes we make fish soup to syringe feed the rays, especially if youngsters need feeding up. The dishwasher is used to clean animal feed bowls.
Torbay Hospital has donated a used ultrasound machine to Paignton Zoo.
Paignton Zoo Head of Veterinary Services Ghislaine Sayers said: “Ultrasound is a valuable imaging tool that helps us to diagnose certain types of soft tissue and organ disease including ligament damage and heart disease.”
It has already been used to diagnose a pregnancy in a sheep. Ghislaine again: “The big benefit for us is that it is portable. We could never have afforded to buy a new one for ourselves, so to have this one given to us is wonderful!
This Friday 12 July why not enjoy a three-course meal for the exceptional price of just £30 with the added plus that all the profits of the evening will be donated to The C Group Charity, supporting Royal Marines in Need.
Hosted by the Exeter Golf and Country Club, the three-course dinner will be joined by two outstanding and influential guest speakers - former England Rugby International, Andy Gomarsall MBE and skipper of the first all-female Whitbread yachet crew, Tracey Edwards MBE BSc.
Also attending the event will be Tony Rowe OBE, Chairman of Exeter Chiefs and The C...
Over £500 was raised for local charity Dream-a-Way during a fabulous evening hosted by Woodbury Hotel & Golf Club. The evening was opened by Jeff Merrett of Dream-A-Way and by brave teenager, Catherine Boult who gave a heart-warming talk about how the charity had helped her and her family over the years.
Over 50 ladies attended an evening of treatments and consultations offered by Southernhay Clinic, and students from Exeter College’s school of beauty and John Lewis who provided a wonderful fashion show.
Penny Albertella, director of Southernhay Clinic, said “Twelve of...
Women in Exeter are being urged to grab their last chance to enter Cancer Research UK's Race for Life as registration closes at midnight tonight. Over 3,200 determined women have already joined the formidable army who are ready to take on cancer on Sunday 30 June but there are still places left to fill.
Cancer Research UK's Race for Life, in partnership with Tesco, is an inspiring women-only series of events which raises millions of pounds every year to help defeat cancer by funding life-saving research. Sam Beare, Event Manager for Race for Life in the South West, said...
