A local housebuilder, Persimmon South West, has made a donation of £1,000 to the Sherborne Food Bank as part of its Community Champions initiative.
The donation was recently marked by a visit from Rob Clark, Land & Planning Director for Persimmon South West, to the Food Bank's Depot at South Western Business Park.
Rob Clark presented the donation to Sally Baxter, Depot...
A successful Plympton based women-led crafting business has turned 2. To celebrate this milestone EM-MAgination held a party at the Rees Centre in Plympton on Sunday 30th June 2024. The celebrations began with a family crafting session where party hats, party bags and badges were made to celebrate. After this those supporters of EM-MAgination including other local small businesses came...
The 100th anniversary of the Devon County Library Service is being marked this month by Libraries Unlimited, the charity that manages 54 libraries in Devon and Torbay.
The Devon County Library Service was launched in 1924 with the aim of providing a single county-wide service giving all residents free access to books. Before then, many of Devon’s individual scattered community...
The Grand Western Canal Country Park and Stover Country Park have, once again, been recognised as being amongst the best parks in the UK after they received the Green Flag Award .
The award is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces.
And this year marks the 21st consecutive year that Stover Country Park has received the award, and at the Grand Western Canal...
One of Devons favourite campsites Lee Meadow Farm Campsite has partnered up with the cool guys at American School Bus Glamping to site a Big Yellow School Glamping Bus for 2024!
“We wanted to add another twist on our newly refurbished camping and glamping site, and ‘Texas’ from America offers just that” say campsite owners Matt and Trudi.
Pupils and staff at Wynstream Primary School in Exeter, part of Education South West , are celebrating the results of their phonics tests this term.
Phonics is an effective way of teaching children to read, high quality phonics teaching improves literacy levels. The phonics screening check is a test that Year 1 pupils in England are required to take. The check confirms whether pupils...
A unique, currently free, scheme giving nurses, nursing associates and assistant practitioners the opportunity to enhance their careers in social care has been launched in Devon.
The Advanced Diploma (CPD), in Adult Social Care Nursing has been designed by care provider, Southern Healthcare (Wessex Ltd), which has four award-winning homes in the county, including Parkwood House in...
Hays Travel is putting branch visitors in a spin this summer, as a posse of seven-foot-high big wheels tour 115 of the nation’s favourite travel agent’s branches around the UK.
The latest Hays Travel branches to welcome the Big Wheel challenge between 13 and 19 July are Plymouth, Torquay, Newton Abbot, Exeter St Thomas, Exmouth, Taunton, Warminster, Keynsham, Weston Super Mare, and...
A community group has launched a campaign to make 50 businesses in the Sid Valley more ‘dementia friendly’ by Christmas.
More than a dozen businesses have already taken the free training offered by Dementia Friendly Sidmouth which launched in June with the aim of raising awareness of dementia to improve the lives of those living with the condition and their families/carers.
With almost a third [31%] of families in South West England worried about feeding their children during the school holidays*, shoppers in the area are being urged to support a campaign ensuring youngsters get nutritional food this summer.
As part of its Stronger Starts programme, Tesco stores in Devon are inviting customers to round up their bill to the nearest pound at the checkout...
