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Making sure unpaid carers across Devon are aware of their legal entitlements is top of the agenda on Carers Rights Day this month, following a report earlier this year that evidenced the daily experiences of hundreds of carers in the county and the toll looking after a partner, family member or friend can take on them.

Westbank Community Health and Care’s Devon Carers service has been...

Youth charity The King’s Trust has today announced the South West roll-out of Business Advance, a programme designed and developed in partnership with LDC, to help young entrepreneurs sustain and grow their businesses through the first three years of trading.

Business Advance is an extension of The King’s Trust’s Enterprise programme, which helps young people from all walks of life,...

Knightshayes National Trust is gearing up for a season of warming winter festivities. From 16 November to 5 January, the house will be decked out for a Victorian Christmas, with the gardens and house exterior illuminated on select evenings for Winter Lights.

‘It’s so wonderful seeing Knightshayes decorated and glowing for Christmas’, says Claire Forkes, Visitor Operations &...

Otter Garden Centres in Ottery St Mary is holding a special Christmas event this December - with all proceeds going to Hospiscare.

It’s the latest step in fundraising for Otter’s charity of the year, Hospiscare, which the family-run garden centre business has supported since 2019. It is also part of Otter’s 60 Good Deeds, celebrating its sixtieth anniversary by giving back to the local...