Vertu Motors is opening the vast majority of service departments to ensure that key workers and vehicles critical to the country during the pandemic can continue their vital work.
The service departments at Bristol Street Motors Exeter Renault and Hyundai and Exeter Van Centre ar open.
Anyone classed by the government as a keyworker, or vehicles such as utilities, emergency services and food and necessary goods distributors will be able to access servicing and repairs. Where possible this will be extended to vulnerable people who need to stay mobile.
New support service launched in Exeter to offer help during coronavirus outbreak
The Exeter Chiefs Foundation are today granting a six-figure sum to help back a new support service which has been launched in the city to help people through the current coronavirus outbreak.
Exeter Community Wellbeing – which has been set up by Exeter City Council and Wellbeing Exeter – will offer help and support to communities, including those individuals who are self-isolating as a result of the virus.
As part of its commitment to help the city during these unprecedented times...
Devon’s pioneering new Nursing Associate Apprenticeship Programme was launched this month.
Nine apprentices, part funded by Devon County Council, will be employed by independent sector social care providers.
Nursing associates work with people of all ages and in a variety of settings within health and social care. They are vital as they contribute to the core work of nursing by supporting registered nurses.
The apprentices will be based four days a week in nursing and residential care homes across the county and study one day a week at Plymouth University....
Devon Air Ambulance will temporarily be responding to patients solely by critical care car but its critical care paramedics will still be able to respond to patients with their specialist skills and equipment. Heléna Holt, CEO, explains “Standing down our aircraft has been a very difficult decision for us to make but one we have had to take in order to protect all of our crew.” She added “Whilst the paramedics wear personal protective equipment (PPE) when treating and conveying patients, our pilots cannot operate the aircraft wearing PPE. They also cannot maintain a 2 metre distance...
More than 100,000 people have contacted BBC Local Radio’s coronavirus helpline since it was set up two weeks ago.
The Make a Difference campaign was launched to link up those in need of help with those who can provide it.
It is the biggest response the BBC has ever had to a Local Radio campaign.
Make a Difference has already helped get essential items to a terminally ill father of three, find a lift to work for an NHS worker whose car had broken down and stopped a man from getting evicted from his home.
Your M&S Foodhalls in Devon are open, so you and your community can get the fresh food and essentials you need
Stores open include: Barnstable, Exeter, Plymouth, Torbay, Crownhill, Dartmouth, Exebridges Exeter, Tiverton and Exmouth Royal Avenue.
Up-to-date opening hours for individual stores can be found online on the M&S store locator .
M&S Foodhalls in Devon have all the fresh food and essentials you need, and we are restocking the shelves all day. Their delivery drivers and suppliers are going the extra mile to ensure that shelves remain stocked...
A COVID-19 helpline has been launched by the charity Devon Communities Together to provide vital support for parish and town councils and the Devon Village Halls Community Buildings networks as they pull together their resilience plans to help support their communities.
Devon Communities Together is the Rural Community Council for Devon founded nearly 60 years ago, providing a huge range of projects and services throughout the county, helping communities help themselves. It has also supported Devon Community Resilience for many years.
A herd of donkeys had a spring in their step this week, as they were let out into their summer grazing fields for the first time this year.
Donkey-facing staff at the international animal welfare charity, The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth, Devon have been working hard to make sure the resident donkeys continue to receive the highest level of care during these challenging times.
This week’s sunshine was the perfect time to open the gates and let them run free. The donkeys needed no encouragement to kick up their heels, roll and run as they let off steam and enjoyed the...
A support service set up to help people in Exeter during the Coronavirus outbreak has been flooded with requests for help and offers of support.
In the first 36 hours since Exeter Community Wellbeing went live, a combined total of 250 requests for help and offers of support were received.
More than 100 volunteers have come forward to offer their services. These offers of support will be matched with some of the 150 or so people who have requested practical help in Exeter to deal with the outbreak.
Both the City’s top sports clubs have pitched in to aid the...
Churches in Exeter are hosting organising a LIVE online event on Sunday 29th March, 8pm-8.30pm encouraging Christians from across the city to pray for our nation at this critical time.
Called ‘Exeter Prays’, the half an hour broadcast will involve a number of church leaders in Exeter broadcasting live from their homes sharing inspiring and thought provoking messages and reflections and encouraging individuals to step into a new level of prayer.
The online event has never been done before, but it’s hoped that thousands of Christians from across the city will tune in for...
