Sidbury entrepreneur Cathy Debenham is stepping out of the office and onto her bike with her new business Bike Guide Devon. She is launching it with a two guided mountain bike rides for women to coincide with Heath Week .
“I have spent more than 30 years working in offices,” says Cathy, whose previous business was prize-winning renewable energy website YouGen (now part of the National Energy Foundation). “Sitting in front of a computer all day feels increasingly unhealthy, so I recently trained as a Mountain Bike Leader with British Cycling.”
“It was thoroughly well deserved,” said the Maynard School’s Head of Computing, Laura Burt, of the robotics team winning the UK’s only trophy at the FIRST LEGO League Open European Championship in Aarhus, Denmark over the weekend of 27-28 May 2017.
With 50 countries represented from across the world and a total of 118 teams, only five of whom were representing the UK, the Maynard Wine Gums was the sole all-girls’ team from Europe and just one of only two in the entire competition.
Aimed at 9-16-year olds, the teams had to build a robot to tackle a series of missions, each...
Local women who want to ‘get on their bike’ and experience the social, physical and mental benefits of taking to two wheels can get involved in some free organised rides.
And with National Bike Week in full swing, this week represents the perfect opportunity to sign up.
The Breeze Bike Rides for Beginners rides offer a hassle free experience to women that are new to cycling or haven’t been on a bike in years. Rides are open to all ages.
They are organised by Teignbridge in partnership with the Breeze network and British Cycling. The accessible, inexpensive scheme is...
A flashmob dance is to be staged in Exeter city centre as a local charity takes part in an international ‘rising’ against the abuse and exploitation of women.
On the afternoon of Saturday February 18th, a single dancer in Princesshay’s Bedford Square will gradually be joined by dozens more, performing to the protest song Break the Chain.
The flashmob is being organised by the city’s Stop Abuse for Everyone (SAFE) charity as part of the international One Billion Rising campaign which takes place every year, with events all over the world between early February and...
Aquamarine Media are delighted to announce themselves as this year’s Award Night Sponsor for the Devon Venus Awards.
The Teignmouth-based media agency, who specialise in paid search and social media marketing, are sponsoring the awards ceremony which celebrates local women in business. Over 300 guests are expected to attend the event, typically referred to as the ‘Working Women’s Oscars’, which is being held on November 18th, 2016, in Exeter University’s Great Hall.
“We’re very proud to be sponsoring this year’s Venus Awards and to be showing our support for Devon’s...
Women’s Equality Party leader Sophie Walker is visiting the University of Exeter on Saturday 24 September as part of her nationwide tour asking ‘What do women want?’ The event is being jointly hosted by the Somerset, Exeter and North Devon branches.
“The Women’s Equality Party has launched a national conversation with women in communities across the country, asking them the simple question ‘What do you want?’,” says Fodo Higginson, leader of the Somerset branch. “We are at a pivotal moment in British politics, and Sophie is visiting the South West to show that WE are the only party...
The importance of women in engineering is being celebrated today and supported by the Met Office.
Today is National Women in Engineering Day, a day promoted by the Women's Engineering Society to mark their achievements in engineering.
The Met Office is highlighting the importance of gender equality throughout 2016 by backing a number of events promoting the significance of women within the organisation.
For the first time this year the Met Office is involved in Soapbox Science, a public outreach platform which aims to bring science to the people and challenge gender...
Sampson Hall are delighted to be holding another one of their highly successful Women in Business Days at the beautiful Mamhead House, Mamhead Estate, near Exeter.
We are in our third year of sponsoring the Devon Venus Awards and our team enjoy nothing more than working with and supporting Women in Business.
The day is designed to offer business women a fantastic opportunity of working together with like-minded individuals, sharing business ideas, in an inspired, motivated and positive environment. It also allows valuable time away from the office for important self...
Motor insurance specialist, Churchill Insurance, has launched a nationwide campaign to identify schools in need of a Lollipopper and have pledged to recruit and deploy 50 in areas of need for the next school year. The campaign, launched by actor and father-of-two, Robert Webb, will give the public the opportunity to nominate a primary school they feel is in need of a Lollipopper before 50 are selected by representatives from Churchill, road safety charity Brake and leading parent champions PTA UK. Since UK legislation was introduced in 2000 stating that Lollipoppers were no longer a legal...
New figures show that men can expect to spend a higher proportion of their lives in “good” health than women.
Males at birth in England could expect to spend 80% of their remaining lives in “good” health, compared with females 77%.
The report, from the Office for National Statistics, also found that healthy life expectancy for men and women did not keep pace with increasing life expectancy, meaning people are spending longer in “not good” health.
The statistics also found large inequalities of healthy life expectancy between local authorities.
