Winner of the Vineyard Tour Congratulations to Penelope Straker, Our Devon County Show winner of the Vineyard Tour with wine tasting for two, kindly donated by Pebblebed Vineyards Exeter. We hope you have a fantastic time! You can find out more about Pebblebed at: www.pebblebed.co.uk
Tag Archives: Devon Disability Collective
We visited Turntable Furniture a couple of weeks ago – they are another fantastic local charity 🙂 What is Turntable and what does it do? Turntable is an Exeter-based charitable organisation that collects donated furniture, electrical items and carpets, that are in good, clean condition, free of charge, from the Exeter area, to pass […]
Jobs saved as new Exeter collective thrives Posted on: 26 October 2015 An Exeter business which provides specialist employment for people with disabilities will be officially opened by Devon County Council leader John Hart on Wednesday (October 28) at 11am. The Devon Disability Collective (DDC) was set up after PLUSS announced the impending closure of […]
Exeter Pluss Factory Posted by BEN BRADSHAW on April 02, 2015 I’m very pleased that management and the union representing disabled workers at the Pluss factory on Marsh Barton are working constructively together on a solution that could save most if not all of the jobs. Two weeks ago, Pluss management announced they were planning […]
Welfare minister accused of ‘insulting’ workers at factory facing closure By Western Morning News | Posted: April 01, 2015 Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith became embroiled in a row over job cuts at a Devon factory helping disabled people get work. Exeter’s Labour candidate Ben Bradshaw said it was “extraordinarily insensitive” for the […]
Factories that mainly employ the disabled facing closure 24 March 2015 at 10:12am Two factories in Exeter and Bridgwater which mostly employ people with disabilities are facing closure. Around 78 people are facing redundancy at the Centres. The Trade Union Community is blaming Devon County Council or the decision which it says will have […]
