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Care home pilot scheme to ease shortage of Occupational Therapists

An innovative pilot scheme aims to ease the shortage of Occupational Therapists (OT) in Devon by giving clinical students hands-on experience in new social care settings where placements have not previously been available.

Supported by Devon County Council and funded by Health Education England, Devon’s Clinical Placement Expansion Programme (CPEP) is trialling employing a retired OT...

Plymouth dance company receives £9,000 from national charity

Heart Research UK has granted over £9,000 to Plymouth-based Exim Dance Company for their new programme, which promotes healthy lifestyles and builds confidence through the use of dance. This project targets marginalised young people aged 5-18 (up to 25 years with disabilities) and women aged over 18. Exim Dance want to provide high-quality dance and wellbeing opportunities in deprived areas...

Temporary traffic lights on A382 from 4 January

Temporary traffic lights will be introduced on the A382 from Tuesday 4 January as work continues on the first phase of a new link road on the outskirts of Newton Abbot. The lights, which will be located in the dip just north of Forches Cross, will be in place for the safety of site staff and members of the public while a new junction is constructed between the A382-383 Houghton Barton Link...

Demand for co-working space increases in Plymouth

Plymouth Science Park is supporting emerging tech businesses in the region by providing access to a newly renovated co-working space. The modern co-working space and break-out areas proved popular in the wake of the pandemic as more small businesses looked for flexible office space to accommodate hybrid working.

Hybrid working is a type of flexible working where an employee splits...

Christmas opening hours at Drake Circus

For those looking to fit in some last-minute festive shopping, Drake Circus has confirmed its opening times for the run up to Christmas.

From Monday 20th – Friday 24th December the centre’s shopping hours will be:

  • Monday 20th – Wednesday 22nd December: 9am – 6pm
  • Thursday 23rd December: 9am – 8pm
  • Friday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 9am – 5pm
  • ...

Handy list of Christmas recycling tips from East Devon District Council

Not sure what you should and shouldn’t be recycling this Christmas? Well East Devon District Council (EDDC) has put this handy list together to help you over the festive season.

Every household in the district should have received a bin hanger, with all the information you need over Christmas and New Year.

The information can also be found by visiting www.eastdevon.gov.uk/...

People of Plymouth come forward in droves as Home Park records its biggest vaccination day

Staff and volunteers at the Home Park vaccination centre are pulling out all the stops to make sure no-one misses out on their booster vaccination.

The Home Park team recorded their best-ever day for vaccinations on Monday 13 December, giving 3,108 jabs at the Argyle stadium and a further 359 at Mutley Baptist Church. The previous highest number of vaccinations in any given day was 2...

New defibrillator for Kingsbridge installed at Devon Air Ambulance Shop

Devon Air Ambulance has installed a potentially life-saving defibrillator outside the Kingsbridge charity shop in a bid to help save lives.

Cardiac incidents are the number one reason for Devon Air Ambulance being called to help by the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) and so far, this year the charity's specialist medical crews have attended 340 patients suffering cardiac-...

Woody Bear presented hedgehog colouring prize

Back in October, Woods Bryce Baker, the Experts in Property on Torquay Road in Preston, launched a hedgehog-themed colouring competition for pupils of Oldway Primary School, to help raise awareness of the hedgehog’s plight for survival in the UK.

The competition attracted around 50 entries, the pictures all beautifully coloured by the children, aged between four and 10.

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Taylor Wimpey continues its support for community parkrun in Cranbrook

As part of its ongoing commitment to supporting the local community, Taylor Wimpey Exeter has donated a further £750 towards parkrun events at Cranbrook Country Park.

The social running event was initially set up in 2019 by Matt Rowett, who is the founder of the Cranbrook Running Club and a resident at Taylor Wimpey’s Cranbrook development.

The initiative originally began as...

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