Community & Society

Stories about Community & Society

Ukrainian Pysanky (traditional decorated Easter eggs)

SUNDAY 16 APRIL 2023

Ukrainian Easter

A Ukrainian Orthodox Easter celebration with art and craft activities, Pysanky egg decoration and traditional song.

MAKETANK

Exeter City Council second home council tax increase delayed

Exeter City Council will not now be able to increase council tax charges on hundreds of empty and second or holiday homes in the city until April 2025 following delays with the government’s Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill, which provides for the introduction of the new charges.

Exeter Pride 2023 cancelled

Exeter Pride has cancelled this year’s LGBTQ+ celebration, which was scheduled for 13 May, due to a lack of volunteer co-ordinators and stewards to enable the event to go ahead safely.

Extinction Rebellion Act Together graphic

FRIDAY 31 MARCH 2023

Act Together community talk

A discussion led by University of Exeter climate scientist James Dyke on tackling the climate crisis.

EXETER COMMUNITY CENTRE

Exeter City Council community grants budgets bar chart

Council slashes community grants but splashes cash on paddling pools in contested wards

Exeter grants programme budget reduced from £425,000 to £15,000 leaving hundreds of grassroots groups out in the cold as the impact of borrowing takes its toll and council fails to consult on budget cuts despite auditor recommendation.

La Tarantella perform in Fore Street, Exeter

SATURDAY 11 MARCH 2023

International Women’s Festival

A free one day festival celebrating women with live music, dance, poetry, talks, art, food and more.

EXETER PHOENIX

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