Devon

Young Petrolheads Given The Chance to Test Drive Vintage Cars at Devon Venue

Re:Fuel, the Southwest's only dedicated cars and coffee venue, has partnered with the Devon Austin Sevens car club once again to host a one-of-a-kind event focused on introducing young people to the wonderful world of vintage cars. Including the rare opportunity to actually get behind the wheel of a beautiful vintage car without a drivers licence.

This action-packed day will be the...

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...

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...

Newton Abbot Students Undertake Inca-redible Journey to Peru

15 students from Coombeshead Academy in Newton Abbot, part of Education South West , flew out to Peru over the summer break to spend 4 weeks exploring the country’s vast mountain range, completing projects and expeditions along the way.

The students began their camping adventure in Camp Moray, situated in the mountain Valleys of Moray, a whopping 3600m above sea level. Whilst there...

Live your Life workshop comes to Devon

On Thursday 14 November Lymphoma Action will be holding a virtual Live your Life workshop for anyone in Devon who has been affected by lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.

Lymphoma Action’s Live your Life workshops have been developed to support people who have come to the end of their treatment for lymphoma, or who are being monitored by their healthcare team as their lymphoma doesn’t...

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...

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