Local community invited to book their places on free crafts/fitness/wellbeing/community events and activities run by East Devon and Honiton Town Council, culminating in a big screen film Bookings are now open for East Devon District Council and Honiton Town Council’s Honiton Events Week (25-31 May 2019). This week-long celebration of Honiton’s wonderful parks, nature reserves, arts, community and fitness centres, which are supported by dedicated services provided by East Devon, will give local people the chance to try new experiences, meet council staff and to find out more about the...
Exeter’s highly successful Cyber Security Awareness Week finally drew to a close - just seven weeks late!
The last event in the sell out programme of events had to be postponed because of snow. But the organisers, Bluegrass Group, were determined the week should finish in style.
Undaunted, they rescheduled the final event at Hanlons Brewery in Newton St Cyres to toast the success of the week and announce plans for next year’s event.
This year’s CSAW attracted 90 businesses from the city who attended a week long range of seminars, workshops and networking events,...
IN THE build up to World Glaucoma Week (11-18 March) the team at Specsavers in Exeter are up-skilling to better support customers with the condition. Often symptomless in its early stages, glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible sight loss. It is thought to affect 700,000 people in the UK today, but as many as 50% of cases are undiagnosed[1]. In conjunction with the International Glaucoma Association, Specsavers has developed the training for its retail teams to assist sufferers with their treatment. Specifically, they will be advising on how to effectively administer eye...
Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw has praised the city’s forthcoming Cyber Security Awareness Week for leading the war against increasing online crime.
Mr Bradshaw said it was a timely reminder for all businesses to review their online security and prepare for General Data Protection Regulation coming into force in May, requiring companies to change the way they capture and store personal details.
Congratulating Exeter-based Bluegrass Group for organising a week long programme of free seminars and workshops, Mr Bradshaw said: ‘ Cyber Security Awareness Week is yet another excellent...
Exeter’s businesses already know they’re onto something here in the heart of the West Country. Now the secret is out, with national reporting of the buzz, diversity and sheer quality of life that Exeter has to offer. With a young, diverse and rapidly expanding student population, rapid growth in high-value knowledge and tech businesses and the simple maths of young families moving from the pricey and crowded South East – over 3,000 in 2016 – there’s definitely something in the air.
Any city needs a cultural scene to thrive. And a feel-good factor is great for business. Since 2016,...
The sexual health teams at The Centre in Exeter and Barnstaple, part of Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, are taking part in National HIV Testing Week, which runs from 18-25 November 2017. The theme for this year’s National HIV Testing Week is ‘Give HIV the finger’, which promotes the quick and easy finger-prick HIV test. From 20–24 November, The Centre’s sexual health clinics in Exeter and Barnstaple are offering a free, confidential, no-questions-asked finger-prick HIV test. Abbey Eboigbe, nurse adviser for The Centre in Exeter, said: “National HIV Testing Week gives us the...
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...
Exeter Phoenix and Blind Ditch present Street LAB, a micro-festival of live art busking hitting the streets of the city during Art Week Exeter (13 – 21 May 2017). The festival showcases an exciting array of entertaining and politically engaged concepts designedbring audiences in public sites into lively encounters with contemporary live art practice with a musical twist. Street music is at the heart of historical debates around taste, place and disruption; often described as being democratic and open to anyone, particularly those with limited means. Live Art also engages with the forms and...
They’re still smiling! Not many people would be if their computer mini server packed with important data accidentally fell into a fish tank.
This demonstration had a happy ending at Exeter’s Cyber Security Awareness Week, where experts stressed the importance of backing up precious data and the dangers of it falling into the wrong hands. Or indeed a threat closer to home, data simply falling into the family fish tank. The server recovered completely from its unexpected dip, hence smiles all round, to the relief of the audience.
There’s been more praise for Exeter businesses organising this week’s Cyber Security Awareness Week.
The Minister of State for Digital and Culture, Matt Hancock has sent a message congratulating them on taking the problem head on.
‘It’s great to see businesses in Exeter and the south West getting together to tackle this growing area of concern,’ he said
Mr Hancock said cyber security is a top government priority, with a £1.9 billion investment to make the UK the safest place to live and do business online. He urged all businesses to take up free advice and training...
