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Plymouth healthcare worker on a mission to spread Christmas cheer – one giant costume at a time!

A hospital worker in the Plymouth area has gone far beyond the usual Christmas jumper seasonal attire and has been surprising staff and patients with a new larger-than-life Christmas costume every day at work in the run up to Christmas.

Patient booker Chloe, at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Plymouth has been pulling out all the stops in a series of full festive costumes, including a...

Devon carers celebrated for extraordinary dedication

Devon carers have been honoured for years of dedicated service to the Southern Healthcare group.

The care home group, which has award-winning care homes in Exeter, Plymouth, Seaton, and Dawlish invited team members to an event celebrating long service milestones from five to more than 20 years.

Southern Healthcare also honoured four nurses at the award ceremony held at the...

Bovey Castle donates over £500 worth of gifts and food parcels to local community

A Devon hotel is donating hundreds of pounds’ worth of toys, gifts and food parcels to the local community this Christmas.

Five-star Bovey Castle has announced that for every child staying with them over the Christmas period, they will donate a toy or gift worth £20 on their behalf to the Cash For Kids charity and their Mission Christmas initiative, which is aiming to make sure every...

Jurassic Discovery to host exciting Discovery Talk on The Making of BBC’s ‘Walking with Dinosaurs’

Jurassic Discovery is inviting audiences behind the scenes of one of television’s most ambitious science series with a special Discovery Talk: The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs , taking place on Thursday, 8th January at 3.30pm.

The talk will be delivered by Jay Balamurugan, a TV producer, science communicator and paleoartist who worked on the landmark BBC series Walking with...

Let Children’s Hospice South West take the hassle out of recycling your Christmas tree

Are you still picking Christmas tree needles out of the boot of your car from last year? Then help is at hand as Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is offering a Christmas tree recycling service for households across South Devon, in partnership with JustHelping!

Last Christmas, ‘treecyclers’ raised thousands for the charity, which runs the Little Bridge House children’s hospice in...

Partnership working delivers positive solutions for Whimple play areas

Whimple communities will soon benefit from two improved play areas thanks to close collaboration between East Devon District Council and Whimple Parish Council.

Upgrade works at Slewton Crescent, a site owned and managed by East Devon District Council, have been completed and the play area is now open for everyone to enjoy. Some of the new items include:

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The toys and hampers were delivered to 50 local families

Westbank delivers 50 Christmas hampers to local families with the help of the business community

Businesses in and around Exeter have rallied to help the Exminster-based charity Westbank Community Health and Care to deliver 50 hampers to support local families this Christmas. A huge donation of children’s toys were a last minute addition to the food hampers - a special donation from Cars and Cuppas, which runs monthly events in Exeter.

Numerous organisations donated festive fare...

IT Donation

Devon Contract Waste supports Donate IT with ReTech to Empower Young People in Education

Devon Contract Waste (DCW) is excited to launch ReTech, a reuse service taking customers unwanted Laptop’s, Tablets and Smart phones, donating them to people experiencing hardship across Devon.

The service is delivered in partnership with Blackmore who securely remove and prepare all suitable devices for reuse. This initiative will help tackle digital isolation, supporting young people...

Military veteran tells his story of when he signed up to the forces and the support he receives from LiveWest

Mark Cawley, who serviced in the Royal Navy as a Senior Service for just short of nine years, lives in one of LiveWest’s supported housing accommodation designed to support military veterans.

Driven by early ambitions and a strong desire to join the Navy, Mark grew up in a family with deep military roots—his grandfather served 38 years in the Royal Navy, and his father was a Royal...

Exmouth Good Afternoon Choir

Exmouth Good Afternoon Choir celebrated Christmas in style with their inaugural concert taking place on 9 December with the children of Withycombe Raleigh C of E Primary School as their special guests attended by the Mayor of Exmouth, Councillor Graham Deasy.

The choir is a fun and friendly, mixed-voice, non-audition, community choir lead by Craig Northway and is back singing after...

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