Participants across the country are being invited to sign up to the Leukaemia Care Step Out Challenge for Spot Leukaemia, which launches this September.
The aim is to move as far as you can between 1st and 30th September and raise as much as you can - there’s no minimum limit. To take part you can walk, run, cycle or run and set whatever distance you want to. Once signed up, all you need to do is ask friends and family to sponsor whatever they can.
Chief Executive of Leukaemia Care, Zack Pemberton-Whiteley, said: “The challenge is free to sign up to and people can raise...
Men who experience behaviour changes including apathy or having false beliefs and perceptions in later life are at risk of faster cognitive decline than women, according to new research.
A study led by Charles University, in collaboration with the University of Exeter and King’s College London, looked at changes in behaviour in cognitively healthy people aged 50 and older, which have previously been linked to a higher risk of developing brain problems.
These behavioural changes are collectively known as mild behavioural impairment (MBI), and encompass symptoms across...
Liveable Exeter are inviting community leaders to the ‘This Is Our City’ speaker event at RAMM on 20 July. The event will encourage people within the city to enjoy the Brick by Brick exhibition, and most importantly, to have a say in the Exeter Plan.
The ‘Brick by Brick’ exhibition, which is currently on display at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, shows nine Lego models, each displaying how Exeter would have looked at a snapshot in time, from the Jurassic period when dinosaurs roamed, right up to the present day, and the future, which shows Exeter as a garden city.
Disabled motorists and their friends, families and carers can find out all they need to know about getting mobile with the Motability Scheme at its One Big Day event at Westpoint, Exeter on 23 July 2022.
Free to attend and with free parking, One Big Day Exeter will continue the Motability Scheme’s programme of events taking place throughout the UK this summer.
There will be a range of over 40 cars at the event from 20 leading manufacturers including Ford, Nissan and Hyundai. In addition, over 35 scooters and powered wheelchairs will be on display, as well as over 30...
Young people from Devon developed solutions to major global environmental issues in a unique school competition run by the Ted Wragg Trust.
More than 50 students from schools in Exeter and Plymouth took part in the first Ted Wragg Trust Innovation Competition, tackling the complex issues of sustainable transport links and the problem of microplastics.
Seven schools presented their ideas at celebration event at Exeter College Institute of Technology. West Exe School won the competition with their AE-Mission Filter which aims to make vehicles that people use on a daily basis...
Households can save hundreds of pounds every year by switching from a private vehicle to car club membership, new research has revealed.
Mark Richardson, 50, a foodbank manager from Exeter, has told how he and his family saved £3,500 since giving up their private car in 2020.
The new research by Collaborative Mobility UK (CoMoUK) comes as the charity launches a new tool which tells people how much money, carbon and calories they could save by using car clubs, bike share schemes, walking and cycling.
CoMoUK has created the Travel Better Tool - which is available...
Join former England international and true giant of the game Martin Bayfield at Exeter Corn Exchange when he takes to the stage to entertain the audience with tales not just from his own varied career in and out of the game but joining him onstage will be World Cup winners Lawrence Dallaglio and Phil Vickery along with former Rugby World Player of the Year and regular TV presenter & Pundit Brian Moore.
Expect stories about international games, local teams and players, matches played on 6” of grass, mud in the winter and hard pan in the autumn and spring months. Hear about...
Join former England international and true giant of the game Martin Bayfield at Exeter Corn Exchange when he takes to the stage to entertain the audience with tales not just from his own varied career in and out of the game but joining him onstage will be World Cup winners Lawrence Dallaglio and Phil Vickery along with former Rugby World Player of the Year and regular TV presenter & Pundit Brian Moore.
Expect stories about international games, local teams and players, matches played on 6” of grass, mud in the winter and hard pan in the autumn and spring months. Hear about...
National law firm, Foot Anstey LLP has welcomed Phil Parrott as a Legal Director to its Commercial Property team
Phil will be based at Foot Anstey's Exeter office and prior to joining Foot Anstey, Phil worked for Nabarro LLP and Michelmores LLP as well as a period working in-house at Prydis. He has extensive experience in dealing with a variety of real estate centric matters, with specialisms in landlord and tenant matters, focusing on retail, industrial and corporate occupier work as well as leading on local development projects.
Premiership Rugby have revealed a shortlist of six inspiring individuals, including one from Exeter Chiefs , who have been nominated for the Community Volunteer of the Year Award , sponsored by CVC. The winner will be crowned at the Premiership Rugby Parliamentary Awards ceremony, attended by MPs, taking place at the House of Commons on 12th July.
The Parliamentary Awards is a celebration of the incredible work and impact achieved by Premiership Rugby and its clubs, demonstrating how their work is making an invaluable contribution to addressing some of the biggest societal...
