Heroes who are helping as part of the nation’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic will be honoured at this year’s Tech South West Awards.
Launching with a live online event on Friday May 1, the annual awards cover Bath, Bristol, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire, recognising and celebrating talent, creativity, business success, education, leadership and diversity across the technology sector.
Last year the UK Hydrographic Office in Taunton, Bluefruit Software in Cornwall, University of Plymouth, Rocketmakers in...
Doctors in Devon are reassuring local people that the NHS is still there for them if they are unwell and need help.
NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens has warned that delays in getting treatment due to coronavirus fears pose a long term risk to people’s health.
The message comes as new findings that four in ten people are too concerned about being a burden on the NHS to seek help from their GP. Clinicians are concerned that some people who would benefit from urgent medical help may not be receiving it. People may be worried about coming to hospitals at this time....
Devon based leasing broker Carparison is delighted to announce the launch of their new vehicle leasing website platform. This website facilitates comprehensive lease deal customisation, promotes instantaneous identification of the cheapest possible contract terms and provides clear commission disclosures.
After more than sixteen months of trading and with well over 1,000 happy customers already behind the wheel of their new lease cars, Carparison are extremely proud to launch a new and improved website. The completely revamped site, www.carparisonleasing.co.uk, has been designed...
Groups of people visiting Dartmoor for barbecues and people driving over 15 miles to walk their dog– these are just a couple examples of the issues Dartmoor National Park Rangers are with dealing with during the Covid-19 emergency.
As the weekend draws near, Dartmoor National Park and the police are once again asking people to continue to stay home to limit the spread of covid-19 and help save lives this weekend.
The Authority today reiterated its appreciation and thanks to the vast majority of people for adhering to the last four weeks of isolation and distancing....
In response to the dire need for PPE for frontline healthcare staff, a non-profit group has formed called PPE4Exeter with a goal of manufacturing 5000 face-masks in the next four weeks.
What started as a small group of volunteers, making face-shields for GPs surgeries and local health and care teams in Devon and Somerset, has blossomed into a collaboration between individuals, local businesses, and organisations, who have already managed to supply over 600 face-masks to frontline staff in the Exeter region since banding together just under three weeks ago.
Sports societies from universities around the UK are going the distance in a new fitness challenge to raise £10,000 for essential Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for carers.
With most teams having planned to head out to Porec, Croatia for ‘tour’ during the Easter holidays, Leeds University Union Swimming and Water Polo Society (LUUSWP) decided to bring the competition back to home turf.
Starting on Sunday 26 April, members of each sports team will be running and walking as many miles as possible within a 10-day period. The aim is to be the first team to get to 970...
NSPCC fundraising colleagues in the South West of England will be taking on their own challenge as part of the 2.6 Challenge that’s being launched this Sunday to help charities raise money at a time when funding has dropped significantly.
The NSPCC, which relies on public support for 90% of its income, would have had 500 supporters taking on the 40th London Marathon this Sunday, pushing themselves around the 26.2-mile course to raise money for #TeamNSPCC.
Supporter Fundraising Manager for the region, Caroline Morgan said: “The London Marathon raises around £1.2million...
As an Air Ambulance charity whose mission is to relieve sickness and injury in and around the county of Devon, you wouldn’t have thought that Devon Air Ambulance would have much cause to deal with a company specialising in theatrical special effects. But that is exactly what happened just a few weeks ago when they were approached by Luminous Show Technology based in Devon.
Luminous had found a way to completely diversify from their usual business and realised that some of the ingredients they used on a day to day basis would enable them to join the challenge in supplying the...
The parents of a three-year-old boy from St Thomas, in Exeter, have publicly thanked Caudwell Children, the national charity that provides practical and emotional support to disabled children and their families, for agreeing to fund a pack of tactile sensory equipment for their son.
Harry Evenden, was diagnosed with autism in January of this year and the condition has left him non-verbal. He also has sensory processing difficulties and, together with the delays in his social communication skills, he finds it difficult to socialise with other children.
Nineteen-year old student Millie Doodson is one of more than 1,300 people who have answered the call to help support Devon’s most vulnerable.
Since an urgent appeal was launched earlier this month people of all ages and backgrounds including lawyers, students, hairdressers, engineers and retired soldiers have registered to become Healthcare Assistants.
At a time when existing social care and health staff are under huge pressure hundreds of people have stepped up and said, ‘I want to help.’
And one of those is Cardiff University law student Millie Doodson, from...
