This Pride Month (June), housebuilder Allison Homes has donated £500 to Devon-based charity Sunrise Diversity for the second year in a row, helping them to host Bideford Pride.
Sunrise Diversity is a grassroots charity promoting equality, diversity and social inclusion in rural communities in North Devon. In support of LGBTQ+ individuals in particular, the charity organises regular...
Work is underway for the creation of a veterans’ community garden, with the whole military community mucking in to help - volunteers include serving and former members of the Armed Forces, their friends, colleagues, and their enthusiastic children.
The ‘GMC June Best Sanctuary Garden’ is being built at the Gordon Messenger Centre (GMC) based opposite the Commando Training Centre...
The National Trust has announced plans to open up more of its estate to double the size of the free-to-access country park at Saltram in Plymouth. The new area of country park will enhance public access, restore historical landscapes, and improve the area’s natural habitats.
Spanning 32 hectares (79 acres) - equivalent to 45 football pitches - on the eastern side of the 213 hectare (...
Members of the Armed Forces will be able to get a free hot breakfast at Tesco cafés in Plymouth to mark the Armed Forces Day celebration this weekend.
As a thank-you for their service, on Sunday 30 June all serving Armed Forces personnel, regulars and reservists can present their MOD90 identification card at Plymouth’s Tesco cafés in Woolwell Crescent and Transit Way to get The...
The Donkey Sanctuary said goodbye to an icon of the Sidmouth Sanctuary this week, as Dartanyan the gorgeous Poitou donkey was sadly put to sleep on the advice of the veterinary team.
Dartanyan was 14-years old and was one of the most instantly recognisable donkeys at the Sidmouth sanctuary in East Devon. He was a favourite among staff, volunteers and visitors alike. Known for his...
This July, THG will present A Visible THREAD, a touring exhibition exploring ways to make thread visible.
A Visible THREAD aims to encourage viewers to rethink their relationship to thread, be aware of its materiality, its sustainability, its possibilities, and limitations, and also take part. seam collective invites visitors to continue the conversation about the visibility of...
Hobgoblin Theatre Company’s brilliantly original, outdoor production of “The Unusual Adventures of Robin Hood,” tells the classic tale of Robin and his Merry Men outwitting the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham (with more than a little help from Maid Marian.) But this time they are singing!
This musical romp is full of audience interaction, physical comedy and laugh-out-loud moments....
A new ‘Room of Discovery’ is now open to visitors at A la Ronde, cared for by the National Trust near Exmouth, Devon. The Room of Discovery contains an immersive re-interpretation of A la Ronde’s intricate 200-year-old Shell Gallery, offering visitors a sense of the original space, which is too fragile to enter, to ensure its survival.
It has been designed to provide a similar sense...
Plympton Academy students have successfully advanced to the final round of the Battle of the Bands competition, organised by the Devon & Torbay Music Education Hubs.
Earlier this month, bands and aspiring artists from secondary schools across Devon, Plymouth, and Torbay took part in regional heats.
The heats were overseen by music industry professionals from R&K...
