Community & Society

Stories about Community & Society

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

Climate Fresk workshop Saturday 4 March 2023 Climate Action Hub Exeter

SATURDAY 4 MARCH 2023

Climate Fresk

An interactive workshop explaining the science behind climate change.

CLIMATE ACTION HUB EXETER

The Church of St Olave, Fore Street, Exeter

THURSDAY 30 MARCH 2023

Compline - A contemplative journey through Lent

Performances of plainchant and polyphony with prayers at St Olave’s church.

ST OLAVE'S CHURCH

Exeter Chiefs rugby club applies to vary Sandy Park stadium use restrictions

Exeter Chiefs rugby club has applied to vary a planning restriction imposed when it was granted permission to double the capacity of its Sandy Park stadium in 2012 which currently prevents its use as a music or performance venue.

Special educational needs and disabilities protesters at County Hall

Devon County Council charged with “relentless institutional failings” in SEND children’s services provision

Children with special educational needs and disabilities protest alongside parents at County Hall as Ofsted monitoring continues to find serious unresolved issues and key areas that require significant change.

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