Chagford Primary School has secured nearly £44,000 for solar photo voltaic panels at the school.
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 The credit crunch recession has hit the giving impulse and two of Devon’s hospices are tightening their belts. There’s a whirlygig of potential property deals going on in Torbay (credit crunch, what credit crunch?). No sooner have the plans for the Assembly Halls at Torquay Town been published, than mayor Nick Bye’s looking into buying the Crossways shopping centre in Paignton. Does he like the idea of an arts centre so much, The cash-strapped Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust, which has manages to combine heritage, environmental awareness, education, creativity and fun, has got a heap loads on offer for half term, which started today with a Creative Family Workshop with SPARC. Tomorrow, there’s nest box making. There are events throughout the week, here’s the rundown 1 comment - ()Eco gardens from airport funds, pink pride in Torbay and flashing blades are all part of the things to be cheerful in the Devon news in our good week/ bad week round up. Find out about the losers. posted by Cptn Who doesn’t need insurance, funding and professional development? AIR Time 09, a free meeting for visual and applied artists from the South West, will offer some kinda guidance on this and how to locate like other like-minded artists (psst, they’re probably at the same event). It will take place at Plymouth posted by Cptn It’s not all doom and gloom – there are 29 new jobs at Exeter University. Granted, the educational institution is spending £80 million to get them, but jobs they are. 1 comment - ()posted by Cptn Ever feel like you’re swimming against the tide? We’ve got the low down of all the South West councils with are providing free swimming for the over 60s and under 16s. posted by Cptn Some £5 million from the sale of Exeter Airport is to be ploughed into a green form of travel as Devon County Council has drawn up a plan to turn Devon into the top destination for cycle tourism. posted Cptn Exeter University’s Professor Chris Turney has won a top prize plus £70,000 to fund his research on historic climate change. posted by Cptn While we eagerly await the latest funding news from the Arts Council about the Exeter Northcott, we thought we’d idle away the hours ’til the embargo is lifted by telling you about a new job at the theatre that lives on the Exeter University campus. posted by Cptn Traditional wood craft skills were on show in a Woodland Craft and Activity Day at Decoy Country Park, Newton Abbot yesterday. There were demonstrations of traditional wood turning and broom-making, and you could build your own bird-box or customise your own walking stick, with wood sculptures up for grabs in the posted by Cptn With a pot of European gold (that’s Euros to you) up for grabs, Devon County Council is stepping in line to finance some of the county’s projects with the next round of funding, which ends in 2013. posted by Ctpn An artist’s impression of what the Torquay Innovation Centre looks like . South West MEP Graham Watson is in Torquay today to open the fillip to business that is the new state-of-the-art Innovation Centre. |
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