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Allison Homes team before the beach clean

Regional housebuilder works to help keep Devon’s beaches clean

Team members at Allison Homes South West, a leading housebuilder in the region, have been helping to keep a Devon beach clean of litter. A massive 14kg of rubbish was collected from North Burrows beach, Bideford, which is located a few miles away from Allison Homes South West’s Foxglove View development.

The beach clean is just one of the initiatives organised as part of the house...

Drake Circus appoints local seven-year-old as Chief Fun Officer

Drake Circus has revealed the successful candidate in its search for a new CFO – with seven-year-old Ellie from Plympton in Plymouth appointed as the centre’s official Chief Fun Officer.

Ellie was recruited to try out the wealth of retailers and experiences at the centre and give a child’s eye view on just how fun they really are ahead of the October half term.

Her application...

Double celebration for Hair At The Academy

It was fun, fizz, and frolics at a party for over 50 guests to mark HATA’S significant 20th Birthday held at Samuel Jones on Exeter Quay.

Founded by Mary Pugsley MBE IN 2004, Hair At The Academy is a unique training programme delivering hairdressing, barbering, customer service, Math & English, supporting vulnerable young adults in and around Exeter towards completion of work-...

National Trust’s two-year project to secure the future of A la Ronde, Devon, is now complete

The two-year project ‘A la Ronde – Conserving the Past, Creating the Future’ is now complete.

Designed to reimagine A la Ronde and engage new audiences, the project has included partnerships with local community groups, significant conservation work, the development of exciting digital offers and virtual tours, creation of work experience placements for students, and the delivery of...

Torquay’s new GO Outdoors store officially opened

The store was officially opened on Saturday morning, with the first 100 customers receiving a £20 voucher and the next 100 being given a goody bag.

Family favourites included a balloon modeller who was on hand to welcome customers, with free hot drinks also going down a treat.

Throughout the day, GO Outdoors Torquay customers enjoyed the new Rab, OEX and Berghaus, Peter...

Plymouth-based women’s charity heralds a new era in supporting women in recovery and helping them remain with their children.

After 30 years of dedicated service to vulnerable mothers, Trevi is proud to announce the transformation and rebranding of its Plymouth-based service Jasmine Mother’s Recovery, into the newly Ofsted-registered Jasmine Mother & Child Residential Family Assessment Centre.

This evolution marks a significant milestone in their ongoing commitment to supporting women in recovery whilst...

Gold standard living for rescued mini donkeys’ foals

A pair of miniature donkey foals, who were born to mares following The Donkey Sanctuary’s biggest ever rescue operation, are part of the herd enjoying life in a new nature inspired enrichment paddock in the heart of the Sidmouth sanctuary.

Close companions Peanut and Maverick were born at the animal-welfare charity’s donkey hospital near Honiton, in April 2021. Their mums, Sharon and...

St John appeals for youth team volunteers across Devon

St John Ambulance, the leading first aid charity, is looking for enthusiastic and committed people in locations across Devon to volunteer as Youth Leaders and Youth Helpers. Successful applicants will need to give a minimum of two hours each month and will work with the charity’s youngest volunteers, the Badgers (aged 5 to 11) and Cadets (aged 10 to 17), and guide them as they develop into...

South Devon College hosts international conference on photonics

A prestigious international conference and exhibition on photonics and opto-electronics packaging was held at South Devon College recently.

The event was in partnership with IMAPS-UK and the Torbay Hi-Tech Cluster, with visiting international delegates.

The conference focused on the design of systems and development of components within the ever-increasing world of...

Sustainable coffin maker recognised for eco excellence with three prestigious awards

In the past two months, a Devon-based sustainable willow coffin maker has won three prestigious national awards.

Sophia Campbell-Shaw is the founder of Woven Farewells, based in Luppitt in Devon. Woven Farewells offers beautifully unique, hand-crafted willow coffins. Her business model is also a champion for the growing movement towards family-centric funerals. Sophia runs innovative...

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