There are so many reasons to get on your bike, be it leaving your car at home, a chance to up your daily activity, or to connect to your local environment. Active Devon, Devon Climate Emergency, Travel Devon, Explore Devon, Devon Local Nature Partnership (LNP) and Public Health Devon have all got together to share messages around cycling and the benefits getting on your bike can have to Devon.
🤒 If you’re feeling unwell this Bank Holiday weekend, remember your local pharmacist is on hand to help and can save you a long wait in your local emergency department. Read this advice from OneDevon.
Update on corporate mobile phone contracts
The Digital and Technology Service has started the process of ending mobile phone contracts that have no recorded usage for the past six months or more.
If you have a DCC mobile phone that you need to keep activated but do not use regularly, such as an emergency mobile phone, you should make a phone call on it once a month. This is then captured as recorded use.
The NCMP measures the height and weight of children in Reception and Year 6, to calculate body mass index (BMI) and help evaluate the health of children's weight across primary schools. The purpose of the NCMP Devon dashboard is to provide quantitative analysis on pupils living and attending school in our Devon local authority area who were measured as part of the NCMP.
Military families to benefit from £3,000 of childcare support
The MOD announced in July that after a series of successful pilots, wraparound childcare will be available to all Service personnel in the UK from autumn 2022. The scheme is for families with children aged between four to 11 years old, either attending school or being home educated.
Know Your Numbers Week 2022 takes place from Monday 5 to Sunday 11 September. Blood Pressure UK believe every adult in the UK should know their blood pressure numbers in the same way they know their height and weight. When you Know Your Numbers you can take steps to look after your blood pressure and lead a long and healthy life.
Coastal Craft Collective is a proud member of Made in Devon, selling a wide range of great quality, handmade products on behalf of local artists.
The offer is 10% off your first two orders. Each order must be for £20 or more. Enter the code DDTEN when you checkout or please use this link.
We're participating in the National Fraud Initiative data matching exercise
We are taking part in a mandatory exercise to promote the proper spending of public money.
We are required by law to protect the public funds we administer. It's important you are aware we may share information provided to us with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds in order to prevent and detect fraud.
If you’re looking for a good way to liven up your meetings and collaborate online then Microsoft Whiteboard could be just the thing you need. Learn how to use pre-formed grids, add documents and more in the Digital Change Team’s session ‘Preparing a Whiteboard for Online Meetings’. The next session is Thursday 1 September.
This virtual workshop focuses on improving your skills and behaviours so you can communicate and engage more effectively with your team and colleagues. It will explore how this can be achieved virtually and how using a coaching style can significantly improve how we interact.
Lots of questions being posed and answered on the Let's Get Digital community - you may learn something new!
Our events and activities community is the perfect place to let people know about your charity fundraiser, or share a local event.
Shelley Taylor, Veronica Daniels, and Chris Humpherys have received praise for their support with highways complaints.
News from across Devon 📰
Ukraine's Independence Day marked in Devon
Wednesday 24 August marked 31 years since Ukraine gained independence.
Devon’s local authorities are supporting local residents who want to provide sanctuary to the Ukrainian refugees who have been forced to flee their homes.
Our lead Councillor for communities, Councillor Roger Croad said:
“Our thoughts and best wishes are with all Ukrainians today as we mark Ukraine Independence Day, and particularly for the many hundreds of individuals and families who are currently living in Devon.” View full story.
On our Yammer post please share your sunflower photos, videos or anything you’ve done to show your support and solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
We'd love to get some of your photos of places in Devon to use in Where in Devon. Read the guidelines, get snapping, then send your pictures to the communications inbox.
Click on the image to see this week's photo on Inside Devon. You might spot some clues.
Last week's winner: Ros Cummings, Trading Standards Officer
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