On Friday 8th December 2017, La La Choirs held their third annual ‘CLIC for Christmas’ concert at Exeter Cathedral. Performing to another sold-out audience, they started the festive season off with a bang with a selection of Christmas favourites, old and new.
La La Choirs were joined on stage by the winning choir from their Devon Schools Choir Competition, Kingsley School from Bideford, as well as the CLIC Sargent singers, a group of young people who have all at some point been CLIC Sargent service users and have taken part in their music programme.
Thousands of meals have been provided to people in need this Christmas thanks to customer donations at Tesco stores in Devon.
Across the UK a total of three million meals worth of food has been donated to charities FareShare and The Trussell Trust thanks to the Food Collection that ran in Tesco stores until December 2.
Supermarket shoppers were asked to donate long-life items to help people in need as part of their usual shop with Tesco topping up the value of the customer donations by 20%.
Thanks to customers’ generosity and the Tesco top-up this year’s collection...
Your essential guide to What's On in and around Exeter over Christmas
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Dick Whittington Exeter Northcott Theatre With his faithful Puss by his side Dick leaves his Exeter home for the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune. Follow his adventures as he reaches the big city and travels the high seas. Will Dick find his fortune? Can he and Puss defeat the evil villain King Rat and return home triumphant? Expect plenty of audience participation, live music, magic, mayhem and lots of laughter – the perfect recipe for a family Christmas panto treat! The...
A trip to Newton Abbot’s markets turned into a Christmas surprise for one lucky Teignbridge resident.
Nicola Ryan from Newton Abbot was drawn as the winner of a £100 Christmas hamper packed full of festive goodies supplied by Bakers the Butcher, Stonemans Deli and Home Bake - from Newton Abbot's Indoor Market. A popular annual event on the market calendar, the competition saw market shoppers completing an entry form for a chance to win the fantastic festive prize.
On 19 December, Teignbridge District Council’s Planning Committee unanimously agreed plans for the first phase...
Hospiscare has been getting in the Christmas spirit with the help of children from across Exeter, Mid and East Devon.
Children from the Exwick Ark Nursery, Little MarVals in Pinhoe, Little Dragons at Clyst St George, Exeter Junior School and Kiddi Caru have been busy making snowflakes to decorate the charity’s Warehouse Store in Marsh Barton.
Staff at the shop were looking for new ideas to decorate their window for Christmas and were delighted with the sparkly, colourful decorations the children presented to them. Community Fundraiser Susie Healey said,
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas with predictions showing that British consumers are going to put Brexit uncertainty aside this Christmas and increase their spending over last year.
According to figures from VoucherCodes and the Centre for Retail Research (CRR). British families will spend an average £821.25 on gifts, food and drink and decorations, up 1.3 per cent on last year and 54 per cent more than the European average of £532.
Adults will spend an average £244 each on gifts, up 1.3 per cent on last year and 51.5 per cent more than the European average of £...
I thought that it would be appropriate for me to use this opportunity, not only to wish you a very happy Christmas and New Year but importantly, to take this opportunity to set out some detail about the financial context for East Devon District Council over the next few years; the challenges we are facing and the innovate approaches we are taking to ensure that we continue to provide quality services and ‘balance the books’ going forward.
Like all other councils up and down the country, East Devon District Council is feeling the effects of the annual reductions in the Government’s...
Christmas can be overwhelming for many of us, with the hectic period of shopping, cooking and family gatherings putting a strain on relationships. But when someone in your family has dementia, it brings different challenges that are very easy to overlook writes Gina Awad .
Understanding dementia is crucial for the person living with it, but very often families and care partners learn by default. As a Dementia Campaigner, I would like to share some insights to help you and your family enjoy the festive season.
I work closely with people with dementia and their families, some...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (15-17 December).
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Humbug! Friday, Saturday & Sunday, St Nicholas Priory, Exeter Inspired by Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story 'A Christmas Carol', Humbug! Will transport you back in time to the world of Ebenezer Scrooge. Featuring live music, video projections and plenty of surprises, Humbug! is an immersive, multi-sensory Christmas experience that takes place throughout Exeter's atmospheric St Nicholas Priory until 24 December. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/FDJGDI
When do children stop believing in Father Christmas? Did you feel distressed by the revelation that Santa isn’t real? Were you angry you were lied to, when you found out? Was Christmas different after that? Did the magic disappear?
These are questions that psychologists at the University of Exeter are to explore in an international survey to gauge the psychological impact of the Father Christmas myth.
Professor Chris Boyle is to explore whether finding out that Father Christmas is not real can cause psychological harm, and lead to a backlash against parents, longer-term...
