Devon

Sidmouth gets state-of-the-art Hearcare service

A PARTNERSHIP between Beacon Medical Practice and Specsavers Hearcare has been launched to bring the latest audiology technology to Sidmouth people.

Hearcare staff from the Specsavers Exeter store have linked with the centre to provide vital hearing assessments, hearing protection consultations and ear-health checks.

A member of the Specsavers staff is visiting the centre...

Landmarks in the South West Light it Purple for Pancreatic Cancer

Landmarks, businesses and homeowners across the South West played their part in raising awareness of pancreatic cancer last night.

Tavistock Town Hall, St Michael’s Mount, Bristol City Hall, Bournemouth Pier and Christchurch Priory are just some of the locations in the South West that lit up purple, the colour of the pancreatic cancer awareness ribbon for World Pancreatic Cancer Day...

Local women’s charity secures £900,000 from the Tampon Tax Fund for a partnership project

Trevi, the leading women’s charity in Devon, are delighted to announce that they have secured £900,000 in funding to deliver a large partnership project that aims to prevent women with multiple disadvantages being affected by domestic violence and abuse.

Awarded as a share of the Government’s £11.25 million Tampon Tax Fund, the unique partnership of 7 organisations will be...

Ottery Care Home celebrates ‘Good’ CQC rating

King’s Manor Care Home, in Ottery St Mary has been rated ‘Good’ in all areas following a recent Care Quality Commission inspection

The 66-bedded, purpose-built luxury care home in beautifully landscaped gardens, which specialises in the provision of nursing, residential and dementia care, was found to offer safe, effective, caring, responsive, and well-led care, with a ‘good’ rating...

Devon-based play puts mental health in the spotlight with laughter and tears

A young theatre group is aiming to raise awareness and funds for a mental health charity with a specially-written play based in Devon. The Humour and Tears Theatre Company (HAT) are performing ‘A Shortened Story’, which focuses on dementia, for the first time in the county. All the cast are volunteering their time to stage this highly topical event.

The comedic tragedy opens in the...

Devon widower urges people to et their will during Will Aid month

A principal from Crediton in Devon, who lost his wife to breast cancer, is urging people to take advantage of a charity will-writing campaign this month.

Ed Finch’s wife, Diane Finch, made a will detailing her final wishes before she passed away three years ago, leaving behind Ed and their son, who is now aged 15.

Her will ensured her wishes were respected and made things...

Consultants sought to help create culture strategy for Northern Devon

North Devon and Torridge District Councils are working together to create a cultural strategy and delivery plan across both districts.

North Devon Council, working closely with Torridge District Council wishes to commission a consultancy firm with the expertise and skill to build and deliver this strategy.

The strategy will seek to:

  • deliver a powerful shared
  • ...

Thousands in Plymouth unaware of the power of their pensions

New research from the UK’s largest mutual pension and investment company, Royal London, reveals that seven in ten (69%) pension holders in Plymouth are unaware that their pension could be invested in ways to help fight climate change. Only one in ten (10%) pension holders from the city currently invest their pension responsibly, but 34% say they would like their pension to be invested more...

Sitting on the dock of the lake: First look at luxury Devon lake pods

Clawford Lakes Resort and Spa , a stunning 80-acre holiday destination set to be one of the most desirable leisure locations in the UK, has today released new imagery and details about its luxury ‘lake pods’ which are now available to book from April 2022.

The brand-new lake pods are perched right on the water’s edge, with a glass wall flooding the cabin with natural light and...

Plymouth College of Art alumni and staff explore mental health, trauma and memory in immersive exhibition at Studio KIND

‘ A Cake of Painted Tin ’ by Plymouth based artist Katy Richardson , which runs from November 5 to November 27 at Studio KIND in Braunton, North Devon, explores themes of mental health, trauma and memory, and features contributions by a number of Plymouth College of Art alumni and staff. The exhibition is the first collaboration between Plymouth based artist-led space KARST and Braunton based...

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