News in Sidmouth

Sidmouth Chamber of Commerce will soon be holding its Annual General Meeting, giving members a chance to have their say.

The chamber's AGM is coming up on Tuesday, March 3,and will be held at 6pm at The Kingswood.

East Devon's MP is pressuring British Gas to rethink a decision to reduce the number of places you can top up a prepayment meter in Sidmouth and the wider East Devon area.

The area's MP, Simon Jupp, has written to British Gas after the utilities company ended a contract with Paypoint, which allowed gas users to top up at local convenience stores and super markets.

A FREE Fitness Expo, Devon Fitspo, will soon be taking place in Sidmouth, bringing together personal trainers, dance instructors and reflexologists, as well as range of other exhibitors.

Devon Fitspo will be held at Sidmouth College on Saturday, March 7, between 10am and 4pm.

We're excited to share that Sidmouth Lifeboat will be involved in three training sessions over the next eight weeks with the Coastguard Search and Rescue helicopter for St Athans, South Wales (which replaced the Coastguard SAR unit at Portland as the helicopter cover for this area in 2016).

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Free period products are to be made available to all schools and colleges in Sidmouth, helping to break down stigmas and ensure no young person's education is disrupted by their period.

From Monday 20 January, schools and colleges across the country will be able to order a range of period products from supplier PHS Group, making period products readily available for all young people when they need them.

Welcome to this week's planning briefing from Sidmouth Nub News. Every week your Nub News team will put together a report on the planning applications, big and small, submitted to the area's planning authority, East Devon District Council, from the Sidmouth area.

The applications featured in this report have been verified by EDDC but decisions on the applications have not yet been made.

The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth has made a one-off £10,000 donation in response to an urgent request to help an animal sanctuary in Australia.

The Good Samaritan Donkey Sanctuary is running out of food for its donkeys because of the terrible drought and bush fires afflicting the country.

As part of work to progress the Sidmouth and East Beach Management Plan, a temporary glass splash defence test panel is due to be installed.

Work on fitting the trial structure is due to commence on January 20, on top of the existing sea wall, mid-way between the York Street and Fore Street road junctions in Sidmouth.

The shoot is to be located on a beautiful Mediterranean island and will take place in late May.

The extras company, Casting Collective, have put out an urgent appeal for confident, fit and experienced swimmers who are able to be in the sea for prolonged periods of time.

Sidmouth's plastic-free supporters are invited to join a team of volunteers heading out for the first organised beach clean of 2020.

The event, which is organised through Sidmouth Plastic Warriors and the UK wide Surfers Against Sewage, will take place on Saturday, 25 January.