 Photo of Bystock Ponds by Kate Williams
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In this week's newsletter👇
🏡New affordable homes completed in Honiton
🌳Community orchards spruced up
♻️5,144 tonnes of cardboard collected from East Devon’s households in 2023
💚Dreams come true thanks to a Small Community Grant
💬Feedback wanted on Exmouth Beach Management Plan Update following drop-in event
Scroll down to read more about news, updates and events across East Devon👇
 News and updates:
New affordable homes completed in Honiton
 Credit: SNG
People in East Devon can now call 90 new affordable properties home thanks to an investment by housing association SNG (Sovereign Network Group) to provide good, affordable homes in the area.
Community orchards spruced up
 The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and the team are already looking forward to autumn’s harvest.
This week, despite the changeable wintry weather, orchards at Bidmead in Exmouth, Broadview in Broadclyst, Millwey in Axminster and Moormead in Budleigh Salterton have been pruned, tidied up, and some extra trees have been planted, making them an even better place for residents to connect with their local environment.
Older trees planted several years ago in Axminster and Budleigh Salterton are well developed, whilst younger trees planted in Broadclyst two years ago are still small.
Attendees removed stems that were misshapen, damaged, diseased or dead, allowing healthier trees to bear much more fruit. Residents said that they were going to try out the knowledge and skills that they learnt from Paul, StreetScene’s Horticultural Technical Officer, on their own plants.
To find out more about the Community Development team's projects, such as this...
5,144 tonnes of cardboard collected from East Devon’s households in 2023
 The Recycling Team would like to thank residents for recycling as much as they can
Cardboard is readily recyclable into new cardboard packaging, so please put all of your smaller cardboard into your recycling box for collection at the kerbside. Larger cardboard boxes, that are too large to fit into your recycling box, can be flattened and put underneath your recycling box to prevent them from blowing away in windy weather.
If at any time you have very large volumes of cardboard, our crews would appreciate it if you can put it out for collection over a few weeks. This helps prevent the cardboard section of the vehicle filling early in a round, causing the vehicle to return prematurely to the depot to unload.
To find out more about East Devon's Recycling and Waste service...
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Join over 60,000 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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 Dreams come true thanks to a Small Community Grant
 The grant was used to purchase new static caravan equipment and bedding
Dream-A-Way are a charity helping to make dreams come true for Devon’s children and adults with disabilities or life affecting health conditions.
They offer very low-cost static caravan holidays to people with disabilities, terminal illnesses, cancer and other life limiting conditions, who would otherwise not be able to afford to get away.
 Feedback wanted on Exmouth Beach Management Plan (BMP) Update following drop-in event
 Exmouth's BMP Update covers the seafront area from Orcombe Point to Exmouth Marina
Thank you to everyone who attended the first drop-in event about the Exmouth BMP Update at Exmouth Town Hall on Thursday, 15 February.
Representatives from East Devon District Council and its contractors discussed and answered questions about the project, which looks at the measures that can be taken to reduce the risks of flooding and erosion along the town's coastline.
To read more about the BMP and answers to frequently asked questions, visit the council's webpages.
Another drop-in session and a 12-week consultation will be taking place later this year.
Attendees of the drop-in event, and anyone who was unable to make it there, are encouraged to share their feedback before 1 March.
To have your say...
 Events in East Devon
 Thelma Hulbert Gallery
Learn how to dye textiles with indigo patterns
 The workshop will be on Saturday 9 March, from 10am until 3pm
Enjoy the magic of indigo dye and learn techniques to produce beautiful designs.
There are free spaces for 15 - 25 year olds, and tickets cost £80, or £70 for THG Friends.
Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell St, Honiton EX14 1LX thelmahulbert.com
Discover more events in the local area by heading to the East Devon Excellence website
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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.
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