 Photo of Beer Beach by Tim White
Hello,
Summer is here, and this Sunday (4 June) it's St Petroc's Day, otherwise known as Devon Day, a celebration of our wonderful county.
Did you know that the original 'Cornish' pasty recipe was traced back to Devon? Click on the flag to find out more
🤝This week a new service to support voluntary and community organisations in East Devon has been announced.
Scroll down to read more about news, updates and events across East Devon👇
 News and updates:
New service to support voluntary and community organisations in East Devon
 Councillor Dan Ledger, EDDC's Portfolio Holder for Sustainable Homes and Communities (Credit: EDDC and Kyle Baker Photography)
A new overarching service to provide support for voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) groups and organisations in East Devon will soon start to take shape.
Commissioned by East Devon District Council (EDDC), with funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities), this important work for the VCSE sector starts this summer and will be facilitated by independent charity, Devon Communities Together which has a long-established reputation for working closely with rural communities and the groups and organisations that support them.
The new service will be designed in close collaboration with East Devon’s VCSE sector to provide better connections across groups and organisations in the district.
Joint approaches to tackling important issues will be encouraged, with topics anticipated to include health and social care, social isolation and loneliness, fundraising, community resilience, transport, inequalities and climate change.
Happy Pride Month
 The LGBTQ+ progress flag flying outside EDDC's Blackdown House headquarters on 1 July
51 years have passed since the UK's first official Gay Pride Rally. While it is important that this month is celebrated in particular, equality is a year-round issue and actions speak louder than words.
That's why not only is East Devon District Council marking this occasion by flying the LGBTQ+ progress flag, earlier this year an overwhelming majority of councillors backed a motion setting out steps for East Devon to be a ‘welcoming, inclusive and respectful’ space for all people in this community.
Upcoming events this month include Exmouth Pride, which will be taking place on 17 June.
No Mow May - your photos
 Thanks to John Wokersien (photos of a Speckled Bush Cricket Nymph and a Nursery Web Spider) and Diane Kendall-Torry for sending in these photos from their gardens
Did you take part in No Mow May and spot more birds and insects in your garden as a result? Send in your pictures to environment@eastdevon.gov.uk.
Council conducts review into the number of empty homes in East Devon
 As part of Empty Homes Week, we shared the story of a man who makes a living bringing derelict buildings back to life
East Devon District Council is committed to reducing the number of long-term empty properties in our area, that are unoccupied or unfurnished for more than 6 months. As part of this work, owners of properties that our records show fit this criteria will be written to. If you receive a review, please complete it as soon as possible, so that our records are accurate and up-to-date.
To report an empty home, click here.
Latest news, consultations and newsletters
East Devon District Council hold regular consultations and also produce regular newsletters and news on different topics, in the last week we have issued the following which may be of interest:
Have your say:
 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.
7 June
9 June
 Recycling news
Join 19,000 households who've signed up for green waste collections
 Make your gardening easier! 19,000 households across East Devon already do, by subscribing to our popular fortnightly green waste kerb-side collections.
To sign up call 01395 571515 or
Have you downloaded our free East Devon App yet?
Join over 50,000 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
Exhibition preview: Friday 16 June, 5-7pm
 End of Mining by Corinna Wagner
Celebrate the opening of an exhibition of the work by photographer Corinna Wagner: TerraOceanus (17 June – 12 August) exploring our relationship to rivers, seas and their edge lands.
- Artist talk by Corinna Wagner
- Live music and poetry by Mark Woodward and David Briggs
- Reading by writer and editor Sally Flint
Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LX thelmahulbert.com
Last chance to get your tickets for open air theatre shows in Sidmouth and Exmouth
 A story of comic confusion and chaotic capers, this hilarious masterpiece is not one to be missed. Photo: Rain or Shine Productions
Rain or Shine Productions are bringing their UK summer tour of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors to Sidmouth (Friday 9 June) and Exmouth (Saturday 10 June).
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