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We're marking Refugee Week by saying a big thank you to everyone who has helped and housed East Devon's Ukranian guests.
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 News and updates:
East Devon marks Refugee Week
 Credit: Ihor Andriienko
Refugee Week (19-25 June) is coming to a close, and we would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to East Devon's hosts who have provided sanctuary to more than 300 Ukrainian guests. Thanks too to our hardworking Homes for Ukraine team and local community groups, who have provided follow-up support and helped guests integrate into Devon life.
With no end in sight to the invasion, East Devon residents with spare rooms are still needed to provide vulnerable refugees with safe homes. To find out more about how you can support Ukranian guests
East Devon District Council are also supporting Refugee Support Devon, to assist refugees who aren't part of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme. To find out more about their work click here.
 There'll be Eastern European food, music, and entertainment for the whole family at Powderham Castle on 15 July
Ukranian guests living in East Devon have organised an Eastern European Festival of Food & Music to raise money to support vulnerable individuals who lost their homes or assets because of the war.
Active Devon Volunteer Awards – now open for nominations
 To support the work of unpaid volunteers, Active Devon has launched their Volunteer Awards for 2023. For the second year running, the awards will recognise those people in Devon who go the extra mile, giving up their time and energy to make a big difference to the health and wellbeing of others in their local community, helping them to be more active. To find out more and nominate someone you know
Are you looking for a new job?
 Wednesday 5 July 2023 from 10am - 12:30pm at Mackarness Hall, 99 High Street, Honiton
Speak to a wide range of employers and hear about career opportunities across East Devon at the upcoming job fair in Honiton. This event is free, and no booking is needed - just turn up on the day with your CV.
 Listen to poetry and music performances at the Thelma Hulbert Gallery
 Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LX thelmahulbert.com
Saturday 1 July - special offer of £12 if you book both events together
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6-7pm, Tintinnabulation performance by Marcus Vergette (double bass) and Coach York (drums) including Vergette's Time and Tidebell. £10
Call out for artwork from 16-25 year olds
Work should be brought to the gallery by 1 July. For more information, call 01404 45006.
The Thelma Hulbert Gallery is looking for artwork by 16-25 year olds to be displayed in the brand new COS gallery space. The work should reflect the themes of environmentalism, realism and the body, in any medium including photography and creative writing.
Electric vehicle charging in car parks update
 As part of East Devon District Council’s commitment to net zero emissions by 2040, Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers have been installed in car parks across the district.
Charging points operated by Wenea are available in Axminster, Beer, Budleigh Salterton, Colyton, and Sidmouth. There are also charging points operated by Scottish Power in Beer, Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth, Honiton, Seaton and Sidmouth. For more information, visit our EV (Electric Vehicle) charging in car parks webpage.
Wenea has committed extra funds to upgrade National Grid capacity, so that additional EV chargers at the Imperial Road site will be ready for public use as soon as is possible. It is hoped that this will be by the end of 2023. To avoid disruption to one of the most popular car parks locally, until these chargers are brought online, these spaces will be made available for pay and display parking
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.
 Be a Super-Recycler and be recycling sack savvy
 The trays with heavy food waste contamination shown, have been put into recycling sacks causing contamination.
Help us to cut out the contamination, by only putting the items we can recycle from the kerb-side in your recycling sack.
Please remove food residue from your pots, tubs and trays as it contaminates the valuable plastics and foil. Your food waste should go into your food caddy for recycling.
Keeping contamination down means that we can more easily recycle the items we can collect and reduces the risk of a rejected load at the processing stage.
For more information, please visit our A-Z of recycling and disposals.
Thank you,
The Recycling Team
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What's on this weekend
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Pixie Day, Land of Canaan, Ottery St Mary, Saturday 24 June 1pm-7.30pm
- Devon Youth Orchestra's Summer Concert & Picnic, Sidmouth's Connaught Gardens, Saturday 24 June 10.30am-3.30pm
For more upcoming events in the local area, head to the East Devon Excellence website.
Next edition
We plan to send out our next bulletin on Friday, 30 June 2023
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