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A group of Exeter businesses has banded together to raise awareness about tackling cyber attacks, currently the UK’s fastest rising crime.

The aim is to make Exeter Britain’s first Cyber City with a special week of events being held next month, to educate businesses as a matter of urgency on how to prevent being hacked and what steps to take after a cyber attack.

Cyber Security Awareness Week (Feb 6 – 10) will feature a series of workshops, talks and one-to-one sessions in venues around the city. Among the demonstrations will be a ‘live’ ransomware attack, showing just how...

Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, is celebrating the role that their trustees play as part of national trustees’ week which runs until 13th November 2016.

Citizens Advice Exeter Chief Executive Steve Barriball said: “Trustees’ Week 2016 celebrates the UK’s 1 million trustees and promotes the benefits of volunteering to be a trustee. Independent research shows that the UK is number 6 in the world for giving and volunteering and trustees play a vital role in making our charity vibrant and strong.”

Dennis Mardon, Chairman of Citizens Advice Exeter, said: “...

Half term week was also the Little Fireface Project’s S.L.O.W. (Slow Loris Outreach Week) and here at Shaldon Zoo we were busy raising awareness and funds for this enigmatic and endangered primate which is related to bushbabies and lemurs!

Found throughout South and Southeast Asia, these shy nocturnal primates have a deadly secret ... they have a toxic bite! Due to their undeniably cute appearance, slow lorises are heavily affected by the illegal pet trade and because of the ability to deliver a venomous bite, traders pull their teeth out with wire cutters or pliers before selling...

Devon and Cornwall Police are supporting National Hate Crime awareness week and are appealing to victims of hate crime to come forward to the Police.

The week will highlight a variety of activities and events across the Force to raise awareness.

Hate crime is under reported generally and Officers want to encourage people to get in touch if they feel they are a victim of crime, even if there is no prosecution, so they can get appropriate support according to their needs.

Hate crime is any crime where a person is targeted because of their gender identity, disability,...

Leading local advice charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau is saying a “big thank you” to their volunteers by hosting a cream tea event later in the Summer.

At a time of financial pressures, the invaluable contribution made by volunteers is needed more now than ever.

Volunteers undertake a variety of roles. These include training as advisers and assessors, campaigning on social policy issues, working on Reception, helping out with administration, providing financial capability training courses, and even sitting on the trustee board.

When Exeter CAB asked their...

The focus of this year’s Domestic Abuse Awareness Week in Devon (24-28 Nov) is the impact of domestic abuse on children and families.

The poignant message for this year’s campaign, ‘Domestic Abuse Shatters Lives’, highlights the impact of abuse on victims as well as highlighting the impact on others surrounding that victim, including children and young people.

One in four women and one in six men experiencing domestic abuse at some point in their lives, and an estimated 750,000 children witness domestic abuse within their home in the UK each year.

Children witness...

Thirty three children in Devon are currently waiting to be adopted, if adopters were available, says Devon County Council as it launches a campaign to encourage more prospective adopters.

Devon County Council's Devon Adoption service has children ranging in ages from six months to eight years, including sibling groups, waiting for a loving, safe, permanent home.

The service has, this year, cut the length of time it takes to approve adoption applications in a move to make the process simpler, and to encourage more adoptive parents to come forward.

There is now an...