Fit Food is all about making healthy eating, easy. Fit Food will provide simple and easy vegetarian and vegan recipes, all prepared and ready to eat in under half an hour. My aim with this course is to encourage people to move step by step closer to living a healthier lifestyle. So please come have some fun and find out what Fit Food is all about.
Public Health leaders are offering advice on how to beat the heat, in the wake of news today of a continued heat wave.
The Met Office has forecast that the hot weather will now continue until Thursday and Public Health England South West is issuing heatwave advice to local authorities across the peninsula.
Dr Virginia Pearson, Devon’s Director of Public Health, said: “Most people are able to cope with this rapid rise in temperature by staying out of the sun, drinking plenty of water and protecting their skin by covering up.
Teignbridge is backing a new campaign which aims to help people better understand the ‘4Cs’ of food hygiene: Chilling, Cooking, Cleaning and avoiding Cross-Contamination.
Over the summer months, the Food Standards Agency is raising awareness about safe summer food and it gets underway with Food Safety Week starting on Monday 19 June 2017.
New research indicates that people in the South West could be putting themselves and their families at risk of food poisoning through a lack of knowledge about how to treat food, especially in the summer months when people tend to have...
An Exeter healthcare worker says her life has been positively transformed since she took part herself in a clinical research study into high blood pressure treatment.
As well as pro-actively identifying patients of St Thomas Health Centre who were eligible to take part in the DASHER clinical research study, Health Care Assistant Julie Main has also discovered first-hand the benefits of taking part in this trial for her own health.
Julie, aged 57, said: “I cannot tell you how amazing this study has been for me. I have had the most thorough check-up which I would otherwise...
Exeter Deaf Academy students will be teaching British Sign Language (BSL) and Deaf Awareness to schools, residential homes and shoppers in Exmouth and Exeter.
Activities include College students teaching Deaf Awareness to visitors in Princesshay shopping centre in Exeter, to staff parachuting 15,000 ft from a plane for a brave fundraising challenge in East Devon.
School students will also be creating beautiful sand sculptures on Exmouth beach to mark the national event which this year has the theme of ‘A Celebration’ to celebrate people across the community working together...
A new eye clinic for homeless people has opened in Exeter.
The clinic, which is led by a team of volunteers, is located at Clock Tower Surgery in Wat Tyler House which brings together some 25 services for homeless and vulnerable people.
Set up by the charity, Vision Care for Homeless People, it has been made possible by support from the Local Optical Committee, a team of volunteer optometrists, donations from Specsavers and Bills Opticians which will provide the glazing of spectacles. It joins a small group of similar clinics in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Brighton...
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, East Devon District Council's Countryside team has put together a walk to lift the mood and encourage people to spend time outdoors and explore the beautiful countryside.
The team helps to maintain the South West Coast Path for walkers to enjoy, in partnership with a number of other organisations and land owners, and countryside ranger, Dave Palmer has developed the three and a half mile walk from Beer Head car park to Branscombe. The walk takes in the spectacular views and stunning scenery along the Jurassic coast.
“It’s great to see workplaces getting creative and making the campaign their own,” says Becky Russell, from Active Devon who joined Exeter College on a lunchtime walk around Exeter, taking in the history of Rougemont Gardens.
Matt Rowett, who has been championing the project for Exeter College and led the history walk said: “I’ve loved seeing how many staff have joined in with this activity from all areas of the college workforce. It’s created a great opportunity for cross college competition along with the county wide rivalry.” More than 60 staff from Exeter College, named as a...
Medicine students at the University of Exeter Medical School have travelled to Cuba to get an insight into how the country delivers high quality healthcare on a tight budget.
The Year 3 students, based at the Medical School’s Exeter and Truro campuses, travelled to the Caribbean island to discover how the Communist country’s health outcomes are among the best in the world, despite operating on a much lower budget. The trip also involved students from the University of South Florida.
Dr Nicki Saulsbury, Academic Director of International Education at the University of Exeter...
Life Education Wessex is calling on golfers to join its Charity Golf Day on Thursday 8th June 2017 at Woodbury Park Golf Club, Exeter, to raise vital funds to support health, wellbeing and drug education for local children.
The golf day is taking place thanks to the sponsorship of CAP Ceilings & Partitioning Ltd of Exeter and they are inviting other local business and community supporters to join in with opportunities to sponsor holes and golf buggies.
They are looking for teams of 4 to take part in a stableford competition, there will be a ‘hole in one’ competition to...
