Community & Society

Stories about Community & Society

Exeter Cathedral

THURSDAY 9 TO SATURDAY 11 JULY 2026

Exeter Craft Festival

Hand-made ceramics, textiles, jewellery, artworks, toiletries and more by makers from across the South West.

CATHEDRAL GREEN

COMMUNITY & SOCIETY

Exeter City Council reversal returns funding support to Citizens Advice Exeter

Exeter City Council has reversed its decision to stop providing funding support to Citizens Advice Exeter and is instead to grant it £75,000 a year for two years.

COMMUNITY & SOCIETY

500 hospital staff apply to Royal Devon NHS Trust redundancy scheme

More than 500 hospital staff have applied for voluntary redundancy at Devon’s largest NHS trust, many more than a target set in order to deliver planned service cuts.

Rough sleeping spot near Fore Street, Exeter

COMMUNITY & SOCIETY

St Petrock’s homelessness survey finds increase in women sleeping rough in Exeter

Charity says women’s homelessness often hidden from view because of “fears around safety, harassment, and gender-based violence” in report following publication of city council snapshot count which recorded five-fold rise in rough sleeper numbers.

Green Phoenix Festival Sunday 5 July 2026 Exeter Phoenix

SUNDAY 5 JULY 2026

Green Phoenix Festival 2026

Sustainability all-dayer returns with comedy, music, workshops, film screenings, community stalls and more.

EXETER PHOENIX

Love St Thomas Summer Festival bubble fairy

SATURDAY 4 JULY 2026

Love St Thomas Summer Festival 2026

Community event returns for second year with live music, workshops, talks, stalls and more.

ST THOMAS CHURCH

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