Volunteer business mentors will have helped 1,000 unemployed people across Devon and Cornwall to start their own businesses by this summer, according to Business Information Point (BIP). However, this target can only be reached if more volunteer business mentors step forward.
Since June 2011, 821 unemployed people across Devon and Cornwall have started their own business as part of the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) scheme and just over half of these (415) were set up in 2013. The national NEA programme, which is funded by the government’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP),...
ADVICE EXETER is a newly formed group of local charities offering free advice and information to local people.
Exeter CAB, Age UK Exeter, Young Devon, Shelter, Community Housing Aid and Homemaker Southwest have teamed up to improve the services they offer to people in Exeter. The partnership, which is funded jointly by Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office, held a successful launch event at Exeter Community Centre in March.
The work of Advice Exeter will include a new online access channel and self-help resource for users, an expanded presence across the city in libraries...
We are only a little theatre so we are looking for some volunteer BUD-ies to help us with the publicity campaign for our Spring Season brochure!
To those unfamiliar with the Bike Shed Theatre, we’re where the theatre makers of tomorrow start their journeys. We give them space to test ideas, to develop new work and to proudly show it to the world. Well, to Exeter. It’s a place to try something new, to take a chance on the unexpected and be pleasantly surprised by the outcomes.
We are asking our BUD-ies to help us to distribute our Spring brochures in and around Exeter. We...
We are currently looking for new people to volunteer with us. We have a recruitment fair on 15 January 2014 here at the Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau. If you are interested in finding out from staff, supervisors and volunteers what it is like to volunteer with us please contact John Pill at john.pill@exetercab.org.uk for more information or to book a place. Alternatively, please visit the following link to complete a volunteering form https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/volunteerform.htm?txt_bid=101101
Why Volunteer?
Volunteering with the Citizens Advice Bureau is a...
Fourteen bankers spent a day lending a helping hand at Hospiscare’s Enterprise Centre (HEC) recently, before bouncing, wheeling and paddling down Exeter Quay to raise money for the local charity.
The team from RBS swapped spreadsheets and suits for Ebay and second-hand clothing to spend a day alongside staff and volunteers at the HEC, processing the donations and house clearance items which are brought to the Trusham Road site every day.
The team then got together just a few days later to take part in a marathon challenge along Exeter Quay, coming up with a whole host of...
Oxjam Exeter 2013 is part of a national music festival. The main event during the festival will be the Oxjam Exeter Takeover 2013, featuring up to 120 acts performing at multi-venues across Exeter on 19 and 20 October. There will also be fundraising activities and warm-up gigs to watch out for prior to the Takeover weekend.
All events are in aid of raising vital funds for Oxfam. Twitter @oxjamexeter2013 Facebook www.facebook.com/oxjamexeter
The Exeter Daily is getting behind Oxjam Exeter, as it was revealed today that we will be be the headline sponsor of this fantastic...
Volunteer Deputy Launching Authority, Dave Ashman has raised £605.89 for Exmouth RNLI’s latest appeal. Dave took part in the Eddystone Pursuit sailing event on 13 July, off the Plymouth coast.
The fundraising total consisted of £400.18 sponsorship and £205.71 prize money from the annual competition. The Eddystone Pursuit was set up in 2002 by Julia Creeke, in memory of her Mother to generate money for worthy causes. This year, the competition raised £63,471 for 35 charities.
In his Trapper 300, named Sun Trapper , Dave joined two other boats: Ficato and Sixpence to make up...
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...
Exeter City’s Ability Counts team require someone to drive the team minibus on Sunday 19 May, as they prepare to play their final fixture of the season.
The volunteer will be required to donate a large part of their day to help the team. They will need to collect the minibus from St James Park at 8.15am and drive to Tavistock (via King George V Playing Fields on Topsham Road) and will return at approximately 4pm. Someone that is willing to donate their time to help Exeter City’s Ability Counts team – and perhaps volunteer additionally at the event – would be welcomed.
Do you enjoy meeting people? Do you enjoy talking? Can you offer commitment? Like to work for a charity?
If you have answered yes to the above questions, please come and help the unique service that is Hospital Radio Exeter.
Hospital Radio Exeter broadcasts to the largest Hospital in Exeter, the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford) and is currently looking for new volunteers of 18 and over, from all backgrounds.
Hospital Radio Exeter uses professional quality equipment and state-of-the-art technology to provide a 24-hour service, 7 days a week and we are...
