A social enterprise that supports vulnerable young people through music technology and music production sessions has been able to continue online during the Coronavirus outbreak thanks to a grant from the Exeter Covid-19 Community Action Fund.
Sound Gallery CIC have been awarded £1,000 from the Action Fund. The sessions, which would normally have been provided face-to-face from the Sound Gallery Studios at Exeter Phoenix, will now be delivered remotely via Skype or Facetime.
Maria Peters, of Sound Gallery CIC, said the grant was great news for organisation and some of...
Thirteen hundred people including vets, plumbers, soldiers, hairdressers, builders, students, artists and estate agents have answered the call to help care for the county’s most vulnerable residents.
It follows an urgent countywide appeal to recruit Healthcare Assistants – a vital new role supporting social care providers and the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic.
The registrations have come from people aged 16 to 65, some former health care professionals’ others, with little or no experience at all in health or care.
The Family Law Company has raised £1600 for cancer charity FORCE in memory of a colleague who succumbed to the disease.
The current lockdown meant that the presentation was carried out virtually through a Microsoft Teams meeting, when Director, Jane Chanot ‘met’ Naomi Cole, Community Fundraising Coordinator with FORCE to present the cheque.
Jane said: “The money was raised by the company as a tribute to my former secretary Helen Finch, a much loved and valued member of our team who passed away last year.
“Although it was sad not to be able to hand over the cheque in...
Tom O’Flaherty insists he and his Exeter Chiefs team-mates will be ‘raring to go’ as and when the season resumes for the Devon club.
Like all of us, the 25-year-old winger is having to abide the rules of the Government’s lockdown during the current COVID-19 outbreak.
However, when rugby does finally resume, the London-born speedster will be looking to drive the Chiefs onwards and upwards, especially after it was confirmed today that he has signed a new long-term deal with Rob Baxter’s side.
Brought to Sandy Park in the summer of 2017 from the Ospreys, Baxter has...
A pioneering project to predict the spread of COVID-19 in the UK, and evaluate the impact of quarantine restrictions, has received a substantial research grant, it has been announced.
Dr Leon Danon, from the University of Exeter, has received a grant of £220,403 to develop an essential new tool to forecast where and when the disease will spread across the country.
The grant has been awarded as one of 21 new projects, funded by the UK Government, as part of the £24.6 million rapid research response funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and by the Department of...
A Devon volunteer's amazing dedication to the community café she helped set up at her church has won her a prestigious award.
Alison Stephens – a member of the City’s Methodist Central Hall congregation – has just been named one of Methodist Insurance’s eleven regional winners in its national Church Volunteer Awards.
She beat hundreds of other nominees, winning a £1,000 prize for the church, and she now goes forward to a national final where she stands to win even more.
Residents at RMBI Care Co. Home Cadogan Court, in Exeter, received a wonderful morale boost this week, thanks to some kind-hearted pupils fromClyst Heath Primary School.
Like most other care homes, Cadogan Court is closed to all but essentialvisitors because of the threat of Coronavirus to its residents.
The daughter of one of the Home’s staff had the idea of making colourful cards and writing letters to send to the residents with uplifting messages. She asked her friends to get involved and they were only too happy to oblige.
# roamsweethome connects everyone who loves walking and the outdoors
With the COVID-19 ‘lockdown’ now extended for another three weeks, staying active is more important than ever, for both mental and physical health. A multi-faceted campaign by the Ramblers, called #roamsweethome, is encouraging everyone to keep active safely for leisure, health and happiness close to home and at home – whatever they can safely do – as well as inspiring and connecting everyone who loves walking and the outdoors.
The Ramblers – the charity which helps everyone, everywhere, enjoy walking and...
Some play areas in Exeter are being refurbished whilst the equipment is out of use due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the City Council has revealed.
Making the repairs now mean the areas will be ready for use once restrictions are lifted, limiting any future disruption.
Cllr David Harvey, Lead Councillor for Environment and City Management, said money left at the end of the last financial year had allowed them to refurbish two play towers at Anne Close.
“The towers were looking really tired and some of the timbers were rotting in places so the work that has been...
Hundreds of businesses in Exeter invited to make a claim for a grant to help them through the Coronavirus outbreak have yet to do so, Exeter City Council has revealed.
The Council is helping distribute £25 million of government funding in the form of either Small Business Grants or Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants.
Last week, the Council wrote to 2,000 businesses in Exeter inviting them to make a claim.
And on Thursday evening, only around a third to a half of those businesses eligible had responded.
