In this issue...
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Get free, practical tips and advice on your mental health
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Exmouth Macmillan coffee morning kickstarts sheltered housing events
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Honiton 'wilding project': Hedgehog family get new home
- 17,000 people sign up to have green waste collected at kerbside in East Devon
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Fun art activities this half-term in East Devon
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 Get free, practical tips and advice on your mental health
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Macmillan coffee morning kickstarts sheltered housing events
More than £100 was raised at a coffee morning in Exmouth organised by council housing officers.
Tenants enjoyed lovely homemade cakes, a stupendous raffle, a quiz and in house entertainment at Bidmead Community Centre on Tuesday, 5 October.
Since the beginning of the first lockdown in March 2020, most community centres have remained closed and this event kick starts a number of events organised by EDDC's mobile support officers, which many tenants have missed so much.
Tenant Heather Prowse said: “I have thoroughly enjoyed it, it is so lovely seeing other people again, the atmosphere generated was fantastic and I would encourage all to take the plunge and support all future events."
Heather Goodman, another tenant, added: “I am really looking forward to the next one and especially the Christmas Party. A lot of effort goes into organising these events and they deserve support”
The coffee morning raised a total of £106.32 for Macmillan’s great work in supporting people living with cancer by providing physical, emotional and financial support to enable people to live their lives as fully as possible.
Big tanks to everyone who attended.
Picture caption: Mobile support officer Claire wo visited with her new baby. Claire when not on maternity leave looks after the Budleigh, Woodbury and Lympstone area.
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Honiton 'wilding project': Hedgehog family to get new home
This small piece of green space in Honiton is going to be 'wilded' with bug hotels, a compost bin and other goodies.
This is being headed up by a small group of residents in Brand Road with the help of our Streetscene officers. The area already has a hedgehog family living in it, who we aren’t currently charging rent!
Watch this space for more after pictures, coming shortly.
Learn more about rewilding here.
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Celebrating women in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM)
 Ada Lovelace is known as the ‘first computer programmer’ and on Tuesday 12 October is Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM).
Building Greater Exeter has teamed up with our construction industry employers to
deliver a calendar of events to help you promote careers in construction and the built
environment throughout the new academic year.
- 12 October 2021 Ada Lovelace Day - Construction STEMM Careers
- 7-13 February 2022 National Apprenticeship Week
- 8 March 2022 International Women’s Day
- 7-12 March 2022 Women in Construction / National Careers Week
- 14-18 March 2022 Open Sites for Schools across the SW
- April 2022 Green Skills Week
- June 2022 Pride Month - promoting diversity and inclusion
Email info@buildinggreaterexeter.co.uk for more information.
Latest news and newsletters
East Devon District Council also produce regular newsletters and news on different topics, in the last week we have issued the following which may be of interest:
 Council meetings dates
Over the next week the following East Devon District Council meetings are taking place. Any public meetings will be streamed live to the Council’s YouTube channel, and in the event of difficulties these will be streamed on our Facebook page instead.
 Recycling news
 Green Waste Subscriptions
Our green waste collections are proving to be ever popular with over 17,000 residents signed up and more joining every day.
The cost of the service is £48/year which really gives value for money, making your gardening easier and saving trips to the recycling centre, by having your green waste collected at the kerb-side.
All the green waste we collect from households is composted in East Devon and used as a natural soil conditioner by East Devon farms – part of our local green economy.
Have you downloaded our free East Devon App yet?
Join over 30,000 people using our smartphone app and get simple personalised collection reminders, the latest collection updates and tell us about a missed collection.
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 Thelma Hulbert Gallery
 Don’t miss the final week of THG’s art history talks
Wednesday 13 October, 10.30-12.00
John Francis in conversation with Tim Craven and Deborah Smith
Art historian John Francis will delve into the hidden elements of THG’s current exhibition: In Plain Sight: The London Group, and the new light it shines on artist Thelma Hulbert and her famous contemporaries.
£10 – book here
 Fun art activities this half-term
Half Term printing workshop
Monday, 25 October: 10am-11.15am, 12pm-1.15pm, 2pm-3.15pm, 4pm-5.15pm
Join us at Harpford Village Hall for a fun printmaking activity with Double Elephant printmakers inspired by the amazing butterflies, moths, trees and birds in the East Devon AONB.
10 Spaces per session. Cost: £2 each. Book here.
Code Red Animation Workshop
Wednesday, 27 October. Drop in anytime 11am-3pm. Suitable for ages 7+. No booking required.
Have a go at making a rotoscoping animation with animation expert Izzy Wold.
Next edition
We plan to send out our next bulletin on Friday, 15 October 2021.
Please forward this email to anyone you think would find it useful and encourage them to sign up.
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