The Greater Exeter area has been recognised as one of five places in England that has the vision and ambition to create great places for the future.
Greater Exeter was today (Wednesday 13 March) named as part of the Future Place programme. This initiative is intended to unlock placemaking potential through quality in design, future thinking and knowledge sharing.
The area will receive training and expert advice in helping to develop the Liveable Exeter Vision, which will see 12,000 new homes built within the city between 2020 and 2040, as well as supporting the wider...
Intrepid Mi-space staff will be donning the lycra and getting on their bikes to take on the Football to Amsterdam challenge for the second year in a row to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer.
Team Mi-space will undertake the two-day, 145-mile bike ride from London to the Dutch capital from 7 to 9 June.
Last year the team raised an impressive £15,000 and for 2019 have set themselves the huge challenge of raising a whopping £50,000 for Prostate Cancer UK. They are well on their way to this target with more than £17,000 already pledged.
IKEA Exeter co-workers have chosen to partner with Julian House for 2019, a local charity who support and empower socially excluded people to build sustainable, independent lives. This partnership fits closely with IKEA’s values of creating a better everyday life for the many.
Julian House have a range of homeless services that provide real opportunity and support to people wanting to move away from rough sleeping. They ensure that rough sleepers have a pathway out of rough sleeping, providing a comprehensive holistic assessment leading to a tailored support package including;...
Police have released an e-fit of a man that they would like to speak to in connection with reports of stalking in Exmouth.
The incident was reported to have happened during the afternoon of Tuesday 5 March on Belvedere Road.
The victim, an 18-year-old woman, was reported to have been approached whilst walking home by a man who made threats to harm her. The man grabbed the victims arm and made further verbal threats before leaving on foot. The victim was uninjured.
The suspect is described as a white man, around 25-years-old, about 5ft 7-8ins tall and of medium build...
A new community woodworking facility, The Woodspace UK, has opened this week in Marsh Barton, Exeter, with a mission to provide flexible and affordable access to a professional workshop space, with equipment to support small businesses, freelancers and hobby woodworkers.
Founded by Martin Lammers, a professional joiner and traditional boatbuilder, The Woodspace UK aims to be the best woodworking space in the South West by providing safe, efficient and brand new fully extracted machinery in a well organised, clean, tidy and bright space. As Martin says: ‘We welcome all woodworkers,...
A prestigious interior design event, the first of its kind to be held in the south west, will take place this month.
Design Central south west will be held at Rockbeare Manor, just outside Exeter on March 26 and 27.
The grade I listed venue, which dates back to around 1760, will host the two-day, trade only event which aims to put some of the UK’s best suppliers in front of interior designers from the region.
Director at Rockbeare Manor, Aimée Spencer said: ‘At Rockbeare we are probably best known as an exclusive wedding and private events venue, so Design Central...
New approaches and models for generating increased value for libraries and local communities have today been revealed by the University of Exeter Business School in conjunction with Libraries Unlimited.
It is hoped that this unique understanding of the relationship between social and financial value, published in a new research report titled Unlimited Value, will help libraries and the wider cultural sector to consider innovative and enterprising methods of service delivery at a time when budgets are under pressure.
The research, carried out by the University of Exeter...
Lorraine Ritchie, 59, from Exeter, will run the London Landmarks Half Marathon two months before her 60th birthday, raising funds for Bowel Cancer UK in memory of her mother and sister, who she lost to the disease within a year of each other.
After obtaining a place in the ballot, Lorraine has been joined by her daughter, niece, nephew and brother in law who will also be running for Bowel Cancer UK. Running has become a family endeavour, since entering a 10k race in support of Lorraine's sister Tina three years ago, who was undergoing chemo at the time.
With just a fortnight to go until the launch of the Big Pedal 2019, schools are being encouraged to sign up for the UK’s largest cycling, walking and scooting challenge.
Organised by the walking and cycling charity Sustrans, the competition runs from Monday 25 March to Friday 5 April and encourages young people to travel by bike, foot or scooter for their journey to and from school. Schools are being encouraged to register at www.bigpedal.org.uk to take part in the 10 day challenge. Participating primary and secondary schools will compete with one another to make the most...
Eutopia Homes have thanked residents for their feedback after holding a public exhibition on draft proposals to redevelop the Exmouth Junction, a former Network Rail site, on Prince Charles Road in Exeter.
Plans to develop the site with 465 new homes to buy and rent, as well as retirement homes were displayed to the public at St James Church on Wednesday 27th February.
If you would like to view the information on the proposals you can visit www.exmouthjunction.co.uk where the display materials used at the exhibition have been uploaded and a feedback form can be submitted...
