An exciting campaign to make Exeter the most active city in the South West stepped into gear.
Get Active Exeter is a growing partnership of public and private sector organisations, including local media, large employers and councils, who have joined together in a bid to make the city the most active in the South West by 2018.
A programme of activity will run over three years, and will include 90 different get active projects across the city.
For the first phase of activity, large local employers like EDF Energy and Exeter City Council will be targeted for workplace...
Special sessions at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) help people with memory problems, their families and carers share experiences inspired by the museum’s objects and exhibitions, expanding horizons at a time when many people affected by dementia feel as if their world is shrinking.
RAMM’s Living Each Season Living Each Season dementia-friendly activities are inspired by a groundbreaking programme at the Museum of Modern Art in New York which focuses on living in the moment.
The RAMM sessions use its treasure trove of objects to provoke thoughts and spark...
Come along to explore the fascinating and gruesome parts of history.Travel back in time to a different period of history every week with themed crafts, costumes, and horrible history facts!
This week our theme is CRAZY CAVEMEN.Discover the oldest people we know about! Have a go at cave painting art and make a Stone Age ornament to take home.
Suitable for ages 6-12 (children can be left and collected at the end of the session).
Booking information
£6 per session, discount when booking all six sessions. Telephone...
Royal Marines cadets (RMVCC) Lympstone new intake is on Monday 21st September at Commando Training Centre (CTC), Lympstone.
We are officially the best RMVCC unit in the UK, if your son or daughter is aged 10-16yrs & is interested, please contact us through our Facebook page for more info. https://www.facebook.com/Royalmarinecadetslympstone
Come & see what you're missing & join the dozens of cadets already having a great time!
Your guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (21-23 August).
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Playback Youth Theatre: Ghost Train - An Original Musical Friday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Shady passengers use the near-abandoned train service to Berney Arms at four in the morning. What are they up to? Why is the train still running? And why are there signs of life at the old abandoned fairground? With a cast of talented young performers, a live band and an original, spooky story, Ghost Train promises to be a treat for all the family! Shows at 4pm and 7.30pm. Tickets £6 (Concs £4). For...
Children had lots of fun at an Exeter church summer holiday club, with games, drama, crafts, stories and a sports day.
Staff and volunteers from Isca Church welcomed 67 children to the club, which had the theme Polar Explorers, and took place at Willowbrook School.
They held their sports day at the Exeter Arena and later enjoyed a high-spirited prize giving and bbq at the new The Beacon, youth and community centre in Beacon Heath.
Duncan Medlock, Isca Church children’s worker, said: “We had an amazing week with lots of fun, games, crafts and teams chanting their...
If you are looking for something to do or somewhere to go this weekend, there’s plenty to choose from in our guide to What's On in and around Exeter (August 13-16)
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Broadclyst Theatre Group presents Wyrd Sisters Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Victory Hall, Broadclyst The amazing Discworld arrives in Broadclyst on its journey on the back of the Four Elephants atop the Great A'Tuin a star travelling turtle. Watch as the three witches navigate politics, kings, fools and the Theatre. Tickets £9, £6.50 children under 14 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/broadclyst or Choccie...
Don’t make any plans for the weekend until you’ve checked out our guide to what’s on in and around Exeter (7-9 August).
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Granny Eyeball Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Granny Eyeball doesn’t like people. Generally speaking, people don’t like her back. Actually, they’re not too keen on her front, sides or top either... and definitely not her bottom! Locked away in a ramshackle farmhouse on the outskirts of Ballskirk Joanna Gormley dreams of a better life, free from the clutches of her wicked guardian - the dreaded Granny Eyeball. Wandering Tiger...
Devon Wildlife Trust has teamed up with South West Water to offer a range of wildlife events for all ages this summer. The events have both water and wildlife themes and will include rockpool rambles on the coast, and pond-dipping, bug-hunting and wildlife walks at stunning nature reserves.
Many of the activities will be based at Wembury Marine Centre and beach, near Plymouth, where a freshwater stream surrounded by banks of wildflowers flows into the sea on one of Devon’s most wildlife-rich shorelines. Mike Elsey, Major Supporters Fundraiser for DWT said: “building on the success...
Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend.
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HELP! Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Viki is not coping. Taking you from the dairy aisle of Sainsbury’s to the green turf of Ascot, via a disco of dirty secrets with a euro-pop soundtrack; HELP! is about falling apart and pulling yourself together again. This moving, joyous show is for anyone who has ever struggled. http://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/help-1/
The Triumph of Love Friday & Saturday, Cygnet Theatre, Exeter What is a princess to do when she is in...
