Exeter City Swimming Club had a hugely successful South West Regional event this year with more of its swimmers than ever achieving the qualifying times required to enter. In total 43 swimmers qualified with 39 swimmers taking part in 182 individual races, with 47 finals being swum and a total of 20 medals achieved. All those that took part either beat their entry times or confirmed personal best times which is excellent given the hard racing they had taken part in recently.
In the Youth event which attracts swimmers of 15 years and older, Exeter had gold medals from Dominic...
Young people across the UK will to continue to benefit from lower bus fares after Stagecoach extended a national offer.
Following the successful introduction of a £2 Dayrider ticket for under 19s, the offer has been extended for a further six weeks to allow young people to benefit over the Easter period. More than 300,000 tickets offering unlimited travel within local regions were sold across the country during February.
The special tickets offer substantial discounts when compared to current Dayrider ticket prices and build on the existing offers Stagecoach South West has...
The Cabinet Office has confirmed that Devon's Youth Service will be part of their Delivering Differently for Young People programme.
It means that the County Council's service will receive £20,000 from the Government over coming months to help in establishing an independent social enterprise to run Devon’s youth service in future.
The Council agreed last year to set up the independent enterprise because it was the only way of protecting the youth service from further budget reductions.
It now plans to establish the mutual organisation, which will employ the service'...
Until 2nd November, AEG is giving Rugby Club Youth Sections (Junior and Mini teams) in England, Scotland and Wales the chance to win one of twenty sets of Canterbury kit (shirts, socks, water bottles and boot bags) as well as 20 Canterbury balls and 2 ball bags for their club.
To top it off the clubs will also win a top of the range AEG OKOMix washing machine to care for the kit. All 20 winners will then have a chance to win one of three training sessions with a rugby legend like Will Greenwood at their club.
Entry to the competition is simple and just requires a photo and...
Are you aged 13-18? Do you love to sing? Then here’s your chance! Roots A Capella is run by Devon-based music charity, Wren Music, and meets in St. Sidwell’s Community Centre in central Exeter, just minutes away from the bus station. The choir meets once a month on Sundays and is a great opportunity to improve your vocal skills, learn a huge range of songs from all over the world as well as take part in high calibre performances around the region. In the last term, Roots A Capella have had an exiting run of performances, including at Exeter Cathedral and Torquay Princess Theatre as well as...
Are you aged 13-18? Do you love to sing? Then here’s your chance!
Roots A Capella is run by Devon-based music charity, Wren Music, and meets in St. Sidwell’s Community Centre in central Exeter, just minutes away from the bus station.
The choir meets once a month on Sundays and is a great opportunity to improve your vocal skills, learn a huge range of songs from all over the world as well as take part in high calibre performances around the region.
In the last term, Roots A Capella have had an exiting run of performances, including at Exeter Cathedral and Torquay...
Royal Marines cadets (RMVCC) Lympstone new intake is on Monday 21st September at Commando Training Centre (CTC), Lympstone.
We are officially the best RMVCC unit in the UK, if your son or daughter is aged 10-16yrs & is interested, please contact us through our Facebook page for more info. https://www.facebook.com/Royalmarinecadetslympstone
Come & see what you're missing & join the dozens of cadets already having a great time!
Get into the spirit of the Rugby World Cup at this community fun day.
Enjoy the Colts' first game of the season, along with a hog roast, bar and Pimms tent, bouncy castle, Bounce Active Zorb football fun, stalls and much more.
Freehand is a new exhibition of inspirational craftwork made by local young people and adults in workshops run by the Devon Guild, during 2014-15
Exhibition runs until Sunday 5 July.
The gallery will show objects made in a series of community workshops by Guild makers and artists, who worked with children and young people supported by social services and with complex needs, older people living in supported communities, refugees, adults with learning disabilities and prisoners from HMP Dartmoor. Together they have produced truly inspirational work including large paper mache...
Local playwright Clive Essame has seen his play ‘Impisi’ performed by CEDA at the Exmouth Pavilion.
The cast, playwright Clive and director Anthony Richards worked together to put on a spectacular performance of the play ‘Impisi’ which is set in the African wilderness at Exmouth Pavilion.
The performance told the heartwarming story of a lion who became injured, the lion has to overcome his disability and learn to hunt again. Despite being mocked and teased by some of the animals the lion makes an unlikely ally with a hyena who helps him to accept his difference.
