Barchester’s Cumberland Grange Care Home in Exeter recently held a Dementia Information Session led by the incredible Gina Awad BEM for their family members.
Gina is the Founder and Lead of Exeter Dementia Action Alliance and author of ‘United Caring For Our Loved Ones Living with Dementia’, and has worked tirelessly to improve the lives of those living with dementia.
In doing so, Gina has contributed to many hours of supporting our local community and beyond since 2013 in delivering public and private Dementia information sessions to further enhance support networks and...
Residents and staff of Barchester’s Cumberland Grange Care Home in Exeter have set themselves a challenge! Visiting 50 different pubs in and around Exeter.
Every Tuesday evening, residents and staff choose a different pub to take a trip to where they sample and enjoy their drinks with sides of nibbles! The outings have become so popular that they are now joined by family members each week, too.
Jogie, General Manager at Cumberland Grange Care Home, said: “Our pub trips have become such a wonderfully wholesome outing and a favourite of mine! I join our residents, family...
Cranbrook Education Campus, (CEC) part of theTrust, has been rated "Good" by Ofsted following an inspection in May. The all-through school received "Good" ratings in all areas evaluated by the school watchdog, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management.
Ofsted inspectors noted in their new report that “pupils are happy and safe; they know the school's ‘PERKS of being Crantastic’ values well, which include being kind and safe and that the school has a positive atmosphere and learning is rarely disturbed....
St Luke's Church of England School, part of the Ted Wragg Trust, has been rated "Good" by Ofsted following an inspection in May. The secondary school received "Good" ratings in all areas evaluated by the school watchdog, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management.
This accolade is a wonderful conclusion to the academic year for the school, which began the year celebrating an above-average Progress 8 score, placing it among the top five schools in Devon last year. Progress 8 measures the academic progress that...
Solus, a wholly-owned subsidiary of insurer, Aviva, is opening a new vehicle damage repair centre in Exeter.
The new centre is the first in the South West, complementing the existing network of repair centres across the UK. The opening of Exeter Solus is a continuation of Aviva’s strategy to support its motor insurance customers by increasing the number of motor claims managed from start to finish.
Located at Sowton Industrial Estate, the 20,000 ft2 site will create 24 jobs, ranging from vehicle technicians and consultants to customer care roles.
Exe Squared Ltd , an Exeter-based web application development and data management company have been shortlisted for not one, but two prestigious awards at the Computing Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2024.
Exe Squared pride themselves on being a comprehensive solution provider, uniquely combining their in-house capabilities to build applications, design hardware and 3D print prototypes.
The company, which employs just 14 staff, has been s hortlisted in the Digital Service Company of the Year category, which recognises outstanding companies delivering exceptional...
Over four million people have now received their spring covid booster from the NHS just ten weeks after bookings officially opened as part of the latest vaccination campaign.
Around seven million people are eligible for a spring covid jab this year, including those aged 75 and over, those with a weakened immune system and older adult care home residents, and the latest stats published today show 4,042,920 vaccines have been delivered by the NHS.
The vaccine offer formally opened to everyone outside of a care home on 22 April, but NHS staff have been going into older...
First review date: 3 August Introducing the former Bard of Exeter…
Edward Tripp - the former Bard of Exeter - makes his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut this August with a brand new comedy-poetry show, Edward Tripp: No Man is an Ireland .
Coming to Edinburgh on his Auntie’s dime, Edward Tripp brings his dark, brooding, and frankly furious brand of ‘stand-up poetry’ to this...
Westpoint Arena – 5, 6 & 7 July 2024 or 12, 13 & 14 July 2024. In a world where bad news endlessly streams on social media, TV and radio, a three-day live event open to the public will deliver only good news!
One of the largest convenLon organisaLons in the world returns to Westpoint Arena in Exeter with a much-anLcipated moLvaLonal program to comfort and encourage the public.
Jehovah’s Witnesses will present their 2024 “Declare the Good News”! convenLon series beginning the weekend of 5, 6 & 7 July 2024. The free event is expected to draw more than 6000...
Hair at the Academy (HATA) announces its newly formed sister organisation ‘Hair in the Community CIC’ (HITC) a not-for-profit social enterprise, has kickstarted its free Community School of Barbering by taking on two sisters from St Petrock’s.
HITC has worked closely with St Petrock’s, an Exeter-based charity working on behalf of people experiencing homelessness, by providing free barbering services, including complimentary haircuts each Tuesday, and actively seeking two learners to have a golden opportunity to receive vocational education and training to become fully qualified...
