 Photo from The Tar Barrels of Ottery St Mary, which will be returning on 4 November
Hello,
In this week's newsletter👇
🏋Don't forget to book your place for this weekend's free activities at LED Community Leisure
👨💼Mark Williams has announced his retirement as Chief Executive of East Devon District Council
🗣️Have your say: what do you love about East Devon’s gardens?
✉️East Devon District Council writes to MPs about the government's 'flawed' housing targets
🐦Caring for nature is a priority for East Devon
Keep scrolling to read more about news from across East Devon, and upcoming events👇
 News and updates:
Mark Williams has announced his retirement as Chief Executive of East Devon District Council
 Mark retires as the longest serving district Chief Executive in England and Wales
During his 21-year career as Chief Executive, the Council has achieved national recognition as one delivering high quality and value for money services.
East Devon District Council writes to MPs about the government's 'flawed' housing targets
 In an open letter to MPs, East Devon District Council's Leader, and the Portfolio Holder for Strategic Planning, express the Strategic Planning Committee's concerns about the pressures imposed by new houses.
Caring for nature is a priority for East Devon
 In June, Seaton Wetlands made history, with Avocet chicks hatching in Devon for the first time. Credit: Sue Smith
One in six species are facing the threat of extinction in Great Britain, according to State of Nature, the most comprehensive report on wildlife in the UK.
Most of the important habitats for nature in the UK are in poor condition, but restoration projects, like those taking place in East Devon, have clear benefits for nature, people and responding to climate change.
To protect and improve nature locally, East Devon District Council’s Cabinet recently agreed a Nature Recovery Declaration, and a Nature Recovery Strategy will follow next year.
Events in East Devon
Don't forget to book your place for this weekend's free activities at LED Community Leisure
 With in-person and online classes, taster sessions, special events and activities, there's something for everyone
From today until Sunday (15 October), free exercise classes, gym sessions, fun activities and children's events will be on offer at all LED Community Leisure centres across East Devon.
Come and try out brand new instructor led LES Mills classes, get a great workout with state of the art cardio and resistance equipment at the gym, try a new sport or take the family for a swim.
Attend just 2 activities over the weekend and you will be entered into a prize draw too.
Spaces are limited, so make sure you reserve your space as soon as possible...
Thelma Hulbert Gallery
 Discover how to use plants to create colourful natural dyes
 £90 including full workshop kit, plus all natural dyes. Free places for 15-25 year olds.
Explore and experiment with simple techniques, learning how to dye cloth and yarn to achieve many different colours, which can be developed further into your own textile projects.
Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell St, Honiton EX14 1LX thelmahulbert.com
Arts & Culture East Devon training: Governance 101
 This event, delivered by Cause4, will be at The Beehive in Honiton on Wednesday, 1 November, 1pm - 4pm
Are you a Trustee, or interested in becoming one, or on an advisory board or steering group? Join this session to understand more about the governance of arts, cultural and heritage organisations.
Discover more events in the local area by heading to the East Devon Excellence website
 Have your say
What do you love about East Devon’s Gardens?
 Manor Gardens, Exmouth
Here in East Devon, we are spoiled for choice with our beautiful Gardens. With many of them holding the prestigious Green Flag award, they really are spectacular.
We have a dedicated team who are committed to maintaining the green spaces that we all know and love and work hard all year round to ensure they are safe, relaxing and fun.
If you have recently visited Connaught Gardens, Manor Gardens and/or Seafield Gardens, we would appreciate your thoughts.
Did something stand out to you? Whether it’s the beautiful greenery, the serene environment, the café, or something else entirely – we want to hear from you.
Have your say in our gardens consultations, before the deadline of Monday 6 November, to help us to improve your next experience.
To share your views...
Take part in other surveys
 Be a Super-Recycler and be recycling sack savvy
 Help us to cut out the contamination, by only putting the items we can recycle from the kerb-side in your recycling sack
Your sack should only be used to recycle the following packaging items:
- Mixed plastics (bottles, tubs, pots and trays)*
- Food tins and drinks cans*
- Foil wrap, foil food trays and empty aerosols
*Please wash and squash
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 an A-Z of what you can recycle...
Have you downloaded our free East Devon App yet?
Join more than 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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