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Courtyard Cafe
Try our new Friday Courtyard Cafe. The weather’s looking good for this Friday 10am to 12noon. Join us for a cuppa and a chat, we’d love to see you!
Thank You Exeter Rotary Club
Many thanks to the Rotary Club of Exeter for the kind £1,500 donation which bought these much needed chairs and trolley enabling us to offer comfortable, flexible seating. We are very grateful to Rotary for its continued support. The centre…
Friday Cafe
Join us on Friday mornings for a coffee and a teacake – we’d love to see you! Our centre is a great place to catch up with friends and to make new ones, we’ve got indoor and outdoor seating. Table…
Thank You Hilary
It’s time to say a huge thank you and goodbye to our wonderful centre champion Hilary Ackland, our local county councillor who has recently retired. During the past five years Hilary has provided invaluable behind the scenes support to the…
Centre Success
We are emerging from lockdown stronger, better connected and offering new services thanks to our “amazing” volunteers. “We’re so grateful to all our amazing volunteers who have coped brilliantly with the many challenges lockdown presented and worked very hard,” said…
Community Newsletter
Check out this great newsletter from Amy Jones our local Community Builder – lots of updates of what’s happening in the local community and opportunities to connect, improve the local area and support some great initiatives. https://tinyurl.com/y2ajd4kx
Hot Food Project
Well done to all the amazing Hot Food Project volunteers who came together over Christmas to help families in need put food on the table. Exeter Hot Food Project was set up in response to the coronavirus crisis and has…
Welcome To Our Community Connectors
Welcome! We’re delighted to announce two new members of staff have joined the Beacon Community Centre as Community Connectors. Beth Norvell and Rivka Jacobs, pictured, are both experienced community workers and these new part-time roles will be offering support, mainly…
Two New Roles
We’re excited. Next week, on 17th November, our two new Community Connectors start work here, we’re busy getting their office ready now. These are brand new roles and the timing couldn’t be better – connecting with local people needing help.…