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Congratulations to SVS on reaching sixty years of providing so much for the Sid Valley: Sidmouth Voluntary Services As recognised and celebrated at last year’s Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards: Peter… Continue reading 60 years of Sidmouth Voluntary Services

You don’t have to be of school-age to go to classes: ‘education’ can be for people of all and every age. And so, we have the University of the Third… Continue reading U3A champions

We’ve just had Volunteers’ Week: Volunteers’ Week is an annual celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering. Join us this year to recognise the fantastic… Continue reading “Recognising the fantastic contribution of East Devon volunteers”

When it comes to ‘education for sustainability, education for hope’, there is the inspiring Sid Valley Biodiversity Group – and yet its ‘education’ is hardly didactic, but more “this is… Continue reading Sid Valley Biodiversity Group champions

The Sidmouth Repair Café returns tomorrow – Saturday 28th May, 10am – 1pm @ Manstone Youth Centre: Sidmouth Repair Cafe – Posts | Facebook As part of a series of… Continue reading Repair Café champions

Over the last two years and more, schools have shown huge amounts of resilience – and this was recognised in presenting Sidmouth Primary School with a Champions Award last October:… Continue reading The Champions Awards 2021: a profile of Sidmouth Primary School

Sidmouth College students have been very much in the news of late… On Dartmoor, they showed resilience and enthusiasm, learning new skills such as map reading and teamwork: Ten Tors triumph for… Continue reading Sidmouth College champions

“Education for sustainability and for hope” Awards 2021 It was in the middle of the pandemic a year ago that the Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards 2021 were launched. Denise Bickely,… Continue reading Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards 2022: a proposal:

Devon’s largest bus company, Stagecoach is “celebrating its female talent today (8 March) in aid of International Women’s Day 2022”: Stagecoach celebrate their women – Radio Exe The County Council… Continue reading Championing East Devon’s women on International Women’s Day

Many of the Sid Valley businesses had to ‘reinvent themselves’ during the last year and a half – a real testament to their resilience. An inspiring piece from the Rural… Continue reading Rural business: being resilient during the pandemic