More than 70 communities across Devon will be marking the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty The Queen this weekend.
HM Lord-Lieutenant, David Fursdon is encouraging everyone in Devon to celebrate the Coronation, with hundreds of events being planned on Devon’s streets and community spaces, ranging from traditional street parties and lunches to live music events, fun-days, and galas.
Communities up and down Devon have taken advantage of our offer to process minor road closure applications for free, to enable street parties to take place.
Internationally acclaimed pianist and composer Stephen Beville returns to Topsham to perform music by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg, Britten and his own Four Sacred Pieces in this specially curated recital in honour of his late mother Joan.
… Honiton Golf Club (HGC) are supporting more women and girls in East Devon to do just that.
Female golfers make up less than 20% of memberships in most golf clubs. Honiton Golf Club are working hard to change that. But how?
Working closely with England Golf, HGC has recently been awarded the Women in Golf Charter . This prestigious accreditation signals the on-going commitment to support, enable, and inspire more women and girls in East Devon to take up the sport. In a way that’s fun, accessible and inclusive.
To launch a programme of initiatives HGC held a “...
Building Babies’ Brains course co-ordinators came together to look back at success of programme that’s helped parents and carers give under-twos in Devon the best start in life
Community champion volunteers from across Devon came together at Exeter Golf Club on Wednesday (26 April) to celebrate a ground-breaking course they’ve been successfully delivering in the county for over four years.
Funded by Devon County Council and delivered by the charity Action for Children, the Building Babies’ Brains 1001 Champions Course helps those who come into contact with under-twos to improve...
Lympstone Manor is the latest Southwest hospitality venue to benefit from Otter Brewery’s Pints mean Tress initiative, run together with Saving Devon’s Treescapes.
On Friday 7th, April 2023, Michael Caines MBE was joined by Otter Brewery’s Managing Director, Patrick McCaig, Estate Manager Adam Street, and Saving Devon’s Treescapes Lead, Rosie Cotgreave to plant several trees in the grounds of Lympstone Manor. The planting of these trees takes Otter Brewery one step closer to hitting the 250,000 target that they set in 2022.
Local training and consultancy company, SSG, have begun a new initiative to support local community groups with the provision of defibrillation units.
As part of the scheme, £1 from every delegate booked onto a first aid course with SSG will be put towards funding a defibrillation unit for a local community group.
With over 1400 delegates booked to attend first aid courses since the initiative began, SSG’s first defibrillator was donated to Teign Valley ‘Men in Sheds’ project at the start of the year.
A defibrillator is a device used when a person is in cardiac...
Running throughout the whole of May, The BIG FIX has one aim – to fix and breathe new life into as many broken things as possible.
The event, coordinated by Devon County Council, sees skilled menders fix broken items such as electronics, garden equipment, clothing, jewellery, clocks and much more to give them a new lease of life.
Due to its huge success, The BIG FIX event is now nationwide across Great Britain for the third time, with 43 Repair Cafés from Wales, Scotland, Northern. Ireland and England already registered to take part.
The spotlight will shine brightly and musically on the Crafts & Gardens Marquee this year at Devon County Show. An installation, featuring a grand piano bedecked with flowers and in a woodland setting, is to be masterminded by Plantsmen, Horticulturalist, Florist and Show Garden designer, Kenny Raybould.
The installation will measure 5 x 5m and will be one of the centre pieces of the huge marquee - the largest on the showground.
Kenny moved down to the South West during Covid and now runs a growing and research project at Grown That Way in East Cornwall. He has built...
Former Gemini, Heart and Radio Exe radio presenter Matt Young has unveiled a new networking initiative - Who Needs Instructions – to provide practical support for men to help them overcome mental health challenges.
With suicide rates amongst men at an all-time high, Matt believes that if men felt better able to talk to each other about the stuff that really matters, it would help prevent many from reaching crisis point.
Having spent over 20 years as a broadcaster, Matt has honed his own communication skills and now wants to encourage others to do the same.
Niche law specialist Bertram Fairbanks providing advice on corporate, commercial, and property law, announces the appointment of Robert Scott as a director and head of litigation.
Neal Bertram – Director Bertram Fairbanks says: “We have been actively recruiting staff in line with our ongoing ambitious expansion plans, so delighted that Robert has joined the growing team. He is a highly regarded and well-known commercial litigation lawyer who has worked closely with Bertram Fairbanks as a consultant over the last 12 months and closely involved in our strategic expansion, and I’m...
