Signs Express Exeter is proud to announce its continued support for the St Thomas Community Garden by donating a replacement sign to the project. The original sign, provided in 2017, helped promote the garden's mission of teaching children about the origins of food and encouraging community participation. The garden, a collaborative effort by Montgomery Primary School, St Thomas Residents Association, and Blooming St Thomas, has since evolved, necessitating an updated sign to reflect its current activities and the ongoing collaborative efforts keeping the space vibrant.
With three beach cafes across South Devon located at Bigbury-on-Sea, East Portlemouth, and Broadsands in Paignton, Venus believes in giving back to the local community. The multi-award-winning business has been making regular donations over the last two years to ‘The Tower & Bells Restoration Project’ at the magnificent and historic church of St Lawrence which is partly 14th- and partly rebuilt in 1872 by J. D. Sedding.
Michael Smith – M/D The Venus Company says: “Sustainability is part of our DNA, and we love the beach as a habitat, so taking care of it and the surrounding...
A leading housebuilder which has donated more than £300,000 to groups supporting people over 70 during the pandemic is re-opening its charity fund to all groups.
Persimmon Homes South West launched Community Champions in 2015 with a view to helping a wide range of community causes such as village halls, sports clubs, friendship groups and foodbanks across the region with two donations of up to £1,000 made locally every month.
However, as the nation began to feel the effect of the Covid-19 outbreak, the housebuilder refocused its efforts and supported elderly communities in...
£6,235 available from 2019/2020 fund – deadline January 17 2019
Award-winning Devon volunteer organisation Estuary League of Friends has installed Topsham’s first multi-model electric vehicle charger outside its new community hub at Nancy Potter House. The project was supported by a £900 grant from the Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) community fund, which is accepting new applications until 5pm Friday January 17th .
‘With the start-up funds from ECOE, our project became a reality, as we were able to use those funds as match funding,’ says Emily McCarthy, Community &...
Exeter Marathon organiser CITY Community Trust has today announced two prestigious partnerships for its May event.
Exeter Live Better and Tozers Solicitors have pledged their support and sponsorship to the race, which is the city’s only marathon. The event, which takes place on May 19, will now be known as the Exeter Live Better Marathon, sponsored by Tozers.
It is the fourth year the marathon has been organised by CITY Community Trust the area’s leading health and wellbeing charity.
Jamie Vittles, head of community at CITY Community Trust, said: ‘We are delighted...
Enhanced Hospiscare services, including new nurse led clinic, have come to Ottery St Mary and surrounding areas, thanks to £50,000 of funding from the Ottery St Mary & District League of Friends . The launch was celebrated in the Sandhill Rooms at Ottery St Mary Hospital on 8th January with members of the local healthcare community. Adrian Rutter, Chair of Ottery St Mary & District League of Friends says: “When we asked the GPs of Coleridge Medical Centre what they saw as the healthcare priorities for the people of our town and villages, their answer was quick and clear; dementia...
In September 2018, Dr Michael Mosely presented the BBC Two programme Trust Me I'm a doctor called 'Can singing give you a natural high?'. They tested whether singing, dancing and cycling could boost levels of endocannabinoids - chemicals thought to be responsible for the 'runner's high'. The result showed that levels were increased by 20% when dancing or cycling. When singing, the levels of endocannabinoids were increased by 40% and big improvements were found in 'mood' together with reduced anxiety and feeling less stressed.
Can Exeter-based Sing for Fun give you a natural high?...
Forever Young Sing for Fun meet up on a Monday and ... sing with the best ... da doo ron ron ... a-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam-boom.
In 2018, we will be in our twelfth year - singing for fun in Exeter.
Most research says that singing is good for you and … your … heart; memory; breathing; social life; wellbeing; mood; soul; asthma; snoring; happiness ... So if you want to sing in a group, but not with a choir, will you still get all the above benefits? As most of the research has been carried out with choirs - the answer is unknown. But why wouldn't you want to sing in a...
Ken White Signs, located in Tiverton is continuing its ‘giving back to the local community’ in celebration of 50-years in business, by organising a charity summer fun run in aid of CLIC Sargent.
Ken White and his late wife Jean, started the company in 1967 in their home town of Tiverton and today all three of Ken’s sons work in the business.
The Devon-based family-run company has been supporting many local charities, independent retailers and schools by giving away bespoke designed promotional banners and window graphic displays to help the local community as part of their...
Rackenford Church of England Primary School in Tiverton, is the first local school to take part in the Ken White Signs (KWS) 50th anniversary competition.
The children were asked by the teachers to create a bespoke graphic representing a motivational message as part of the school’s aims to provide a stimulating, happy and educational environment, encouraging respect for others and teaching Christian values.
The competition is part of KWS giving back to the local community where they have operated their family-owned business for five decades by creating free tailored signage...
