Free warm clothes, hygiene banks, community fridges stocked with free food, and hundreds of welcoming groups and events are amongst a wealth of offerings to be found in libraries across Devon and Torbay this winter.
Libraries Unlimited, the charity that runs 54 libraries in the county, is rolling out its Cold Days, Warm Libraries campaign for the third year running. The initiative is...
Westbank Community Health and Care’s newest trustee, semi-retired health worker Pam Smith, has attended her first board meeting for the charity this month.
70-year-old Pam, from Alphington in Exeter, has worked in senior health service management roles for more than 20 years, including as a PCT Chief Executive. Since 2013 she has worked on a freelance basis supporting general practice...
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.
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...
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-...
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...
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...
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...
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...
