The Birdhouse café in Exeter’s Pinces Gardens has soared to success since new management took over in April.
Visitors are flocking there to enjoy the delicious takeaway food and drink on offer, taking advantage of the longer opening hours.
Owned by Exeter City Council, the café was originally a derelict gatehouse, transformed in 2022 by singer songwriter Abbe Martin into a takeaway and community hub. After Abbe decided to leave due to commitments to her family and career, the Birdhouse was swooped on by Exeter based specialist care provider Garland Support, which set up...
A new community group has been formed in St Thomas to help facilitate the conservation and future improvements of Cowick Barton Playing Fields and Pinces Gardens.
Cowick Roots & Recreation is a volunteer group formed by local residents who hope to act as ‘The Peoples Champion’ in order to improve and protect both green spaces as a playing field, sports facility, community space and community gardens.
Sue Taylor, The Chair of Cowick Roots & Recreation, said ‘Cowick Barton Playing Fields and Pinces Gardens is such a valued area not only for St Thomas residents but...
Co Bikes continues the roll out of its electric bike stations with its newest location in Cowick Street, close to St Thomas train station. This marks the sustainable travel business’s 18th installation and the first west of the river in Exeter, thanks to the support of Devon County Council.
St Thomas is the fifth new Co Bikes station launched this year. Other sites launched in 2021 include Princesshay Shopping Centre, IKEA, Sidwell Street and Exeter College’s Future Skills Centre near Exeter Airport. Further new sites will be announced...
St Thomas Story Tours by Theatre Alibi – 5th – 13th September 2020
Last October Theatre Alibi held the brilliant St Thomas Exhibition at Emmanuel Hall when there were over a thousand visits. A lot has changed since then. In May they were going to put on a show based on the wonderful stories they’d heard at the exhibition. Although that’s been postponed until next year, they didn’t want to leave it at that. So, come to ST THOMAS STORY TOURS a free gentle walk around St Thomas, starting from Emmanuel Hall, and stopping along the way to hear stories and listen to songs about St...
Exeter based, independent veterinary practice CityVets, are reassuring all pet owners that they are open for emergencies, patients requiring urgent treatment, medication and pet food throughout the pandemic, come what may.
CityVets has four practices in Exeter, however, at this time two of the branches - the Alphington and Whipton practices have been temporarily closed. The Heavitree Veterinary Hospital and the St Thomas (101 Buddle Lane) branch remain open for phone advice, enquiries and emergency appointments and treatment.
The Hospiscare charity shop in Cowick Street, Exeter, has found a new lease of life since focussing on providing mobility aids alongside its usual homewares and clothing.
Mandy Harding, the Shop Manager for nearly six years, said: “We’ve always provided a great selection of homewares and furniture, but realised that because of our location, space and easy access, it made sense to focus on mobility aids. Our supporters donate all sorts of items - electric beds, riser recliner chairs and scooters. We’ve found our top sellers are 3 wheeled walkers and the 4 wheeled walkers that can...
Signs Express Exeter's Nick Baxter-Sibley was catching up on twitter when he noticed a ‘tweet for help’ – Montgomery Primary School were looking for help with a sign for their new Community Garden.
Sarah Vickery, Assistant Head at the school, takes up the story...
“At Montgomery we take our motto 'Taking Care of the Future' very seriously. So when we were presented with the opportunity to collaborate with St Thomas Residents Association and Blooming St Thomas to create a community garden in our local park we jumped at the chance. We have relished the opportunity to work...
It's now compulsory that your dog should be micro chipped.
Statistics (we like statistics) show that there are around 1.8 million dogs not chipped which makes them untraceable if they go missing. You just need to look on this site www.doglost.co.uk to see how common and frequent dogs do go missing.
As well as dogs going missing we also get the occasional dog that's been dumped, again having it legally chipped will help us ID the animal and owner.
As a dog owner myself i wanted to hold a free micro chipping event for anyone (City Wide and beyond) who hasn't already...
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...
