Budding entrepreneurs from The Ilfracombe Academy , part of Athena Learning Trust, have made a strong impression at their first Young Enterprise trade fair in Exeter.
Under their business name, The Wild Workshop , the Year 12 team designs and sells homemade hedgehog houses focused on sustainability and conservation. They received positive feedback from the judges and won the award...
The Exeter Chiefs Foundation has funded its largest ever Feeding the Community at Christmas campaign, ensuring that 1,100 people received a proper festive feast.
Working in partnership with Exeter Food Action (EFA), the Foundation funded the distribution of essential festive fare – including meat, mince pies and seasonal staples – to 16 different charities and community organisations...
Devon-based premium soda brand, JAMU, is celebrating a prestigious new retail listing with Harrods, which will allow it to expand its reach into the luxury market and target more customers looking for the best quality refreshments.
JAMU produces 100% natural, flavour-forward sodas that are crafted with premium ingredients and antioxidant-rich botanicals. From this month, three of its...
Devon’s RESET Energy Advice team are helping people reduce their energy bills and achieve a sunnier outlook for their finances this winter.
The programme, run by Citizens Advice, covers Plymouth, Torbay, Exeter, the South Hams, Teignbridge and East Devon, and helps people out of fuel poverty towards a more sustainable financial future.
An Exeter care home has received an excellent rating from a highly regarded organisation which specialises in auditing care providers.
The Old Rectory, a Southern Healthcare home, received praise for their ‘highly engaged service where emotion-focused care is consistently evident in daily interactions’ from Meaningful Care Matters auditors, who were assessing the care home’s...
Students at Kingsbridge Community College (KCC), part of Education South West , have taken part in a road safety workshop this month run by Learn2Live, an organisation which works to highlight the dangers young drivers face.
Representatives from Learn2Live came along to the college to give a presentation. The talk included expert speakers from Local Authority Road Safety Teams, Devon...
Beautiful Betty has been searching for a new home through Blue Cross for over 200 days. This Christmas, the charity is appealing to the public to help find this friendly cat a new purr-fect home.
Betty was admitted to Blue Cross Devon in May and has been patiently waiting for a loving home ever since. The five-year-old Tortoiseshell cat is described as a sweet girl that would love to...
Hendy Foundation, the independent charitable arm of Hendy Group, is making significant donations to six Devon-based charities after concluding its latest round of fundraising. This new allocation of funds is part of a broader programme in 2025 that has allocated more than £61,000 for 50 non-profit organisations across the South of England.
A Devon hotel is donating hundreds of pounds’ worth of toys, gifts and food parcels to the local community this Christmas.
Five-star Bovey Castle has announced that for every child staying with them over the Christmas period, they will donate a toy or gift worth £20 on their behalf to the Cash For Kids charity and their Mission Christmas initiative, which is aiming to make sure every...
