Children at Cullompton Pre-school will have extra resources to help with their outdoor learning and activities thanks to a donation from local homebuilder Bellway.
The company, which is building new homes a few miles away at its Fox Mill Gardens development in Willand, gave the pre-school £250 to spend on raffle prizes for its summer fete on Saturday 22 June.
New figures from The Bikeability Trust show over 57,156 children in the South West had the opportunity to get pedalling with Bikeability cycle training between April 2023 and March 2024. The top performing authorities in the South West for 2023–24 were Plymouth, Devon and Torbay. Across England 560,471 pupils booked on to Bikeability training between April 2023 and March 2024.
While everyone was caught up in the excitement of the football final on Sunday 14th July, Carole Placet Mann had her mind on a more special occasion: Bastille Day, the French celebration of independence and freedom. Bastille Day, on 14th July, marks the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, a big event in the French Revolution. The day is celebrated with parades, fireworks, parties, and...
Baking trays, frying pans, saucepans, and electrical items, are amongst the items mistakenly placed in recycling sacks in East Devon.
‘Wish-cyclers’, who hope, rather than check, that an item will be recycled from the kerbside, are well-intentioned, however they risk contaminating other items that are put out for recycling. Flammable items, also discovered by East Devon District...
A schoolboy from Devon has helped l independent cricket charity Chance to Shine celebrate a major milestone, as it approaches its 20th anniversary year.
Eight-year-old Theo Smith becomes the seven millionth child to benefit from the charity’s support, following sessions put on at Mayflower Community Academy in Plymouth last week (Thursday 19th July). The whole school attended a...
Trevi, a leading women’s charity dedicated to supporting women and children affected by domestic abuse and substance misuse, is thrilled to announce that it has won the 'Fundraising/Marketing’ campaign of the Year award from the Chartered Institute of Fundraising South West for its impactful 'ENOUGH' campaign. The award was presented at the institute’s annual conference held in...
A bricks and clicks pizza business with sites across the South West has cut its operating costs and is on track to increased pizza sales by over 100% thanks to skills learned through the Help to Grow: Management Course.
Pig and Olive was founded by husband-and-wife Simon Harris and Rachel Hicken after they purchased a £200 pizza oven on eBay in 2015. They had just moved to Devon...
A two-year partnership between Plymouth Energy Community (PEC) and Wales & West Utilities aims to provide help to more than 20,000 people across the city through a range of bespoke energy support measures.
Charity and social enterprise, PEC, has received nearly £1m of funding to tackle the rising issue of fuel poverty experienced by individuals and households across the city and...
Lisa Woodcock from Exmouth, who underwent a life-saving transplant, is gearing up to join hundreds of fellow transplant recipients at the British Transplant Games next month.
The 40 -year-old, who received a liver transplant two and a half years ago is heading to Nottingham with her husband, Justin, for the Games which take place from August 1 – 4. This will be the first time Lisa,...
