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Season Opener at Newton Abbot Racecourse – Tuesday 4th April 2017

The wait is over – join us at Newton Abbot Racecourse as we start another thrilling season of summer jumps racing on Tuesday 4th April 2017.

The first of 18 fixtures, celebrate our Season Opener with friends, family or colleagues – tickets are available now priced at £19 for the Paddock Enclosure and £12 for the Course Enclosure.

Enjoy a day at the races for less - Group discounts are available when booked in advance. Children aged 16 and under plus students with a valid photographic student ID / NUS go free to every fixture.

Racing starts at 14:20 and gates open at...

Family workshop: Plymouth Contemporary - Make your own costume

To celebrate the 2017 Plymouth Contemporary, we’re offering families the most fun they’ve ever had with a cardboard box! We provide all the ingredients you'll need to make an outlandish and extraordinary costume fit for a fantasy world. The only limit is your imagination.

Organised by Lets Make Art who provide high quality family events and workshops for all ages and abilities.

Tickets £2.50 per child, booking advised

Plymouth children wanted for CATERed food panel

CATERed, Plymouth’s school meal provider has just launched a competition to recruit a number of nine and 10-year-old pupils, who have a real interest in food and healthy eating from schools across Plymouth, to form Ed’s Citywide Children’s Food Panel.

One of the main goals of CATERed is that children and young people are at the heart of everything they do and in order to make sure that...

Charity offers voyages of discovery for disabled children

Over 650 disabled children from schools and groups in Devon and Cornwall have day-sailed in the pilot cutter Cornubia on voyages of discovery in Plymouth Sound over the past 7 years free of charge, thanks to the Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Trust.

The charity was founded by Tony Winter, owner and skipper of Cornubia, who has now retired from commercial sailing but has arranged for the...

Local Choir raises £12,000 for CLIC Sargent

On Friday 9th December 2016, La La Choirs held their second annual ‘CLIC for Christmas’ concert at Exeter Cathedral. Performing to a sold-out audience, they started the festive season off with a bang with a selection of Christmas favourites such as the Perry Como classic, ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’ and the Louis Armstrong hit ‘Wonderful World’.

The concert was their...

People of Plymouth donate hundreds of books to poorly children

A massive thank you to the people of Plymouth that got involved in a citywide book collection, which resulted in 660 brand new books being delivered to our children’s wards.

Karlie Somerville, owner of EcoBlitz South-West, has previously collected books for level 12 and last year, managed to reach a total of 192 books, with just a few mums from Plympton St Maurice Primary School. This...

Over 2,600 children in SW to wake up homeless this Christmas

Shelter is today launching an urgent appeal after a new investigation conducted by the charity uncovered the harrowing impact of homelessness on families and children in Britain.

Over 2,600 children in the South West face spending this Christmas homeless and in temporary accommodation, the highest level recorded since 2009, new analysis of government figures shows.

Alarmingly,...

Celebrate the end of the season at our last fixture

Join us for our last fixture of 2016 and celebrate the end of a great racing season on Thursday 20 October.

Racing for the afternoon starts at 14:20 with gates opening at 12:20. The last race is at 17:10.

Tickets for the afternoon are available at our online ticket store until 17:00 today, 19 October and will also be available to buy at the gate on the day. Tickets are priced at £18 for the Paddock Enclosure and £12 for the Course Enclosure.

Don't forget - children aged 16 and under plus students with a valid student ID / NUS card can enjoy free entry.

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Afternoon racing at Newton Abbot Racecourse – Friday 16 September

Kick-start the weekend with an afternoon of thrilling jumps racing at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Friday 16 September.

A great afternoon out with friends, group bookings are available when booked in advance.

Children aged 16 and under plus students with a valid student photo ID / NUS card enjoy free entry.

Tickets are available online until 17:00 on Thursday 15 September. Tickets will also be available to buy at the gate on the day. Tickets are priced at £18 for the Paddock Enclosure and £12 for the Course Enclosure.

Racing starts at 13:50 with gates opening...

Evening racing

Break up the working week with an evening of thrilling jumps racing at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Wednesday 31 August.

A great way to enjoy a day out with the family before the summer holidays draw to a close, children aged 16 and under plus students with a valid student photo ID / NUS card enjoy free entry.

Tickets are available online until 17:00 on Tuesday 30 August. Tickets will also be available to buy at the gate on the day.

Tickets are priced at £18 for the Paddock Enclosure and £12 for the Course Enclosure.

Racing starts at 17:05 with gates opening...

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