Home and Family News & Updates
- 6th October 2014
October is Domestic Violence awareness month. Unfortunately for many women and men out there domestic abuse is a regular occurrence in their household. Re:Store Charity Shop in Barnstaple operates to fund the charity work of North Devon Against Domestic Abuse (NDADA). All confidential calls to 01271 370079
- 15th September 2014
The Great British Beach Clean is launched once again this September! Why? Because the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) knows that the coast is a single environment of its own that needs extra special focus! The beach clean weekend is into its 21st year and all the information collected is made into useful data for the Big Weekend survey.
- 15th September 2014
Help is at hand for Exeter residents who want to own their own home, thanks to an event taking place in the city this month.
St Anne's Chapel sits in a green, pedestrianised precinct in the centre of Barnstaple. The Chapel is a Gothic building, thought to date predominantly to the early 14th Century, although there are no records to prove or disprove this. North Devon Moving Image (NDMI) is looking for local people to get involved with an oral history film making project about St Anne's Chapel in Barnstaple.
Professional, amateur and junior bakers are putting their baking skills to the test this weekend in the first Great North Devon Bake Off Competition.
North Devon Hospice are a local charity providing specialist care and support to those with a life-threatening illness and to their loved ones, completely free of charge. They celebrate their 30th anniversary this year and it is with thanks to the local community that this milestone has been achieved.
Picnics bring to mind romantic, basket-filled-with-treats lunch for two by a stream or a lunch in a park hastily packed to get the children out for a couple of hours, but picnics can be just as fun inside! With our ever unpredictable weather, indoor or outdoor picnics are the order of the day, this week.
The FIFA World Cup is an international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. If you have a football mad partner or child, expect no response from them over the next month (or at least as far as the England team progress)!
As half term hits again (Have they not just gone back to school?) Thebestof Barnstaple aims to help ease the drudgery of finding ideas for things to do and places to see in North Devon.
Walking makes our children healthier and happier! It's been proven that keeping active reduces the chances of becoming obese, developing heart conditions and other diseases in later life. Could you help your child by ditching the car, getting up and leaving that little bit earlier to get to school?