News
Oct 17, 2016
Drama students take enriched production on tour
BSL interpetation will follow shortly Secondary students have been taking their enriched production of ‘A Little Man’s Holiday’ on tour to Exeter Library and the Barbican Theatre in Plymouth. Their tour started earlier this month at Exeter Library and continues to The Barbican on Monday 17 October with a special performance for schools, including Longcause […]
Aug 2, 2016
Sense of Space art exhibition
An Exeter Deaf Academy student art project called ‘Sense of Space’ has gone on public display in the Royal Devon & Exeter hospital. Devon was the inspiration for the exhibition and students could use any art medium they liked to express the essence of the county. Students drew their inspiration from Devon’s beautiful beaches, rivers […]
Jun 27, 2016
Fete in the Field
BSL interpretation coming soon On Sunday 3 July, the gates of Exeter’s historic Mount Radford Lawn will be thrown open to the public for a traditional summer fete to raise funds for us. Fete organisers, Crikey Nostalgia Events are promising a true family-friendly English country fete in the heart of the city, where visitors can […]
Jun 23, 2016
Exeter businesses invite Year 10 into their working world
Thanks to an array of Exeter businesses, Year 10 have seen how they could achieve their dream careers during our first World of Work Week which ran from 13 – 17 June. Our vision is to see Deaf people valued by themselves and their society, well educated, independent with good and appropriate employment and housing. […]
May 31, 2016
Volunteer Catrina champions National Volunteers’ Week
As part of national Volunteers’ Week (1-12 June) lifelong Osmond fan, Catrina, is championing for more people to get involved in supporting us through volunteering. Catrina Marsh from Exeter has volunteered for us for the past year. We are one of the oldest charities in the city, and the only specialist day and residential Deaf […]
May 27, 2016
William’s try-out for Exeter Chiefs Academy
William has successfully gained the opportunity to attend a trial for Exeter Chief’s Academy at Exeter College. This was held on Wednesday 25 May and if William is successful and gains a place on his preferred academic course, he will be supported to nurture his rugby talent with support from one of the top rugby […]
May 27, 2016
Exeter City Football Club pitch in with topsoil
A project to grow and sell fruit and vegetables has taken root at the Academy thanks to the generosity of our local football club, Exeter City FC. In May, Exeter City FC donated 40 tonnes of topsoil to us following the club’s pitch renovations at St James’ Park. The football club’s topsoil is now being recycled […]
May 19, 2016
Interserve construction graduate builds up to ‚ÄòVoice Off’ challenge
Kezia Barclay, a Graduate Engineer for Interserve Construction, has gallantly signed up to our new sponsored challenge. In national Deaf Awareness Week earlier this month we launched a new sponsored challenge called ‘Voice Off’. The event aims to raise much needed funds as well as awareness of the one million Deaf young people across the […]
Apr 21, 2016
Christian shows of his skills at regional show
Christian, a student in College, recently took part in the first round of a national competition to showcase the South West’s best construction trainees. SkillBuild is a nationwide competition run by Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), with the endorsement of WorldSkills, and has taken place for over 45 years. This year’s heat took place at […]