M&S and Making for Charity are calling on local people to roll up their sleeves and Spark Something Good in a week of volunteering that will positively impact 24 projects at the heart of the community in Exeter and Plymouth.
On Thursday 8 and Friday 9 September, we are calling on volunteers to help us create bags for hospital patients to carry their syringe drivers and drainage bottles following surgery. The bags will be donated to local oncology departments and hospices. Machine sewing skills would be hugely appreciated in any of our two-hour slots.
M&S and the Plymouth Tree Partnership are calling on local people to roll up their sleeves and Spark Something Good in a week of volunteering that will positively impact 24 projects at the heart of the community in Exeter and Plymouth.
On Tuesday 6 September, we are calling on volunteers to help us brighten up a well-visited part of Central Park, Plymouth’s largest green space. We plan to revitalise the area by planting a fresh carpet of naturalising crocuses around a new magnolia and thin out saplings along a wooded valley.
M&S and Age UK are calling on local people to roll up their sleeves and Spark Something Good in a week of volunteering that will positively impact 24 projects at the heart of the community in Exeter and Plymouth. On Monday 5 September, we are calling on volunteers to help us in decorating and refurbishing three rooms at Plymouth’s Ageing Centre on the Barbican. We need your help to provide upgraded facilities for elderly and lonely people in Plymouth which will enable them to make new friends, socialise and take part in enriching activities. The refurbished Ageing Centre will also...
M&S and Rainbow Garden are calling on local people to roll up their sleeves and Spark Something Good in a week of volunteering that will positively impact 24 projects at the heart of the community in Exeter and Plymouth.
On Monday 5 September, we are calling on volunteers to help us to revitalise an essential community green space that supports the local community as a free, public green-space where people can hone horticultural skills and knowledge and take home free, organic fruit and vegetables.
We aim to achieve this, among other jobs, by pruning, weeding, watering...
Exeter Community Energy has now started the installation at Exeter College, the city’s largest community solar power project. Solar panels are being installed on the roof of the Exeter College’s Technology Centre. When completed this 150 kWp installation will be the largest community energy project in Exeter and East Devon.
The panels will provide 140,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually, enough to power 35 houses and will save the Technology Centre approx £150,000 over 20 years. The panels will reduce the carbon footprint of the College by 78 tonnes a year – the same amount...
Tenants living in one of East Devon District Council’s block of flats in Cheshire Road, Exmouth will now be greeted by a colourful mural, which has been mounted on the wall of the communal entrance.
The artwork, which was created by several families who attended the East Devon Estate Management team’s Spring fun day, held earlier this year at Bassetts Farm Primary School, has been placed between protective sheets of fire retardant Perspex.
Councillor Jill Elson, East Devon District Council’s Portfolio holder for Sustainable Homes and Communities, said:
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust (NDHT) staff on Budlake Ward at Exeter Community Hospital recently held a cupcake day tea party for patients and visitors, to raise money towards a dementia garden at the hospital.
All cakes were handmade by the hospital’s healthcare assistants, and the dayroom was decorated with homemade bunting made by healthcare assistant, Anne Brice.
The afternoon raised £80 through donations from staff and visitors.
Cathy Varetto, Budlake Ward matron at Exeter Community Hospital, said: “Thank you to everyone who contributed to make it a...
Our annual Exeter Walk is taking place again on Saturday 24 September 2016 during international Blood Cancer Awareness Month, where we raise awareness and understanding of blood cancer, the support that exists for patients, and the work that’s being done to beat blood cancer.
The sponsored walk leaves Exeter Quay and partially follows the river Exe out to the coast where you can finish either at Starcross or Dawlish. The walk follows the Exe Estuary Trail, where you can then join the South West Coast Path to Dawlish. The walk is fairly flat making it ideal for families and a range...
Exeter Community Energy has been awarded £19,660 to repeat its success with community-owned solar energy by delivering a renewable heat project in Devon.
The money will be used to replicate the handfull of other community heat projects in the country; will be the first in the south west; and possibly the last Urban Community Energy Fund opportunity as a result of the government’s changing priorities.
Exeter Community Energy will be investigating different heat technologies for community buildings including schools and public sector buildings. Sites will benefit from savings...
Tuesday 26th July, 10.00-12.30 or 13.30-15.30 (Pearson Education Centre) Travel back to a time in which dinosaurs roamed the earth. Do you like scary dinosaurs or friendly dinosaurs? Create a scary T-Rex or a friendly Stegosaurus. Watch out for those flying Pterodactyls! Finally, make your own dinosaur excavation in plaster to take home. Booking information Suitable for ages 6-12, £6 per child. Children may be dropped off and left for the whole session. Booking essential – please book online or telephone 01392 285983 . No booking charges apply for this event. Book online
