• Local People in Okehampton - and right across the country

  By Richard_Penny

  500 isn't bad at all when you consider the size of the population (compared with, say, Bideford or...

            

   

  By Richard_Penny at 16:42 on 22/07/11

  

  It's just two years since Okehampton People went live as one of only 23 Local People sites - part of a pilot scheme launched by Northcliffe Digital to see of there was any interest - or any future - in interactive community news sites. A quick glance at the map above shows what the answer was. The Local People Network has spread right across the country, taking in towns from Cornwall to Yorkshire. For a full list click here and visit...

• The Big Society... Mel Stride MP considers the importance of the extended family

  By pobox112

  All Governments are more extreme than most people realise. While not attempting to wind you up - the...

            

   

  By Richard_Penny at 12:20 on 07/03/11

  

  Okehampton's MP Mel Stride writes... "I spoke in a Commons debate on The Big Society last week. In underlining its importance I cited a remarkable Socialist. Michael Young was one of the authors of the 1945 Labour Party manifesto. He spent 3 years after the war interviewing households in Bethnal Green.* He was studying poverty. He found plenty of that of course – Bethnal Green was a poor borough.  But, along with...

• DEVON COUNTY ORDERS 100 PAY AND DISPLAY METERS AT £290,000

  By Richard_Penny

  At least you're getting expenses, snills! But are you getting Jobcentre services in Okehampton?

            

   

  By Kaybickley at 20:27 on 14/12/10

  

  We all knew that DCC had already ordered the Pay and Display meters making their so called consultation a complete sham, but at a cost of £290,000?? This is the same Council that came asking us to make 'Tough Choices' on where the axe should fall. Well it is a no brainer Cllr John Hart and Cllr Stuart Hughes - cancel the order. Nobody wants these Pay and Display meters in any of the towns where they are proposed. There - instant...

• FOODBANK URGENTLY NEEDS EXTRA SUPPLIES

  By dartmoorfandd

  Ashburton Cookery School has raised some money to donate food to the Food Bank also supported by...

            

   

  By Kaybickley at 17:18 on 03/02/11

  

  For those living in the Okehampton area can I please ask you to consider donating food and supporting the Okehampton Food Bank. Due to the current crisis with Polestar and Wisemans they have been inundated for requests for food parcels and supplies are running low. Demand for food parcels is likely to increase substantially over the days and weeks to come. Food needs to be delivered to Andrew Marshall at OK Leisure, 34...

• SUPERMARKET COLLECTION FOR FOODBANK

  By EddieGrundy

  Collection today (Sat) outside the Co-Op for Okehampton Foodbank. Give what you can...

            

   

  By Kaybickley at 22:17 on 04/02/11

  

  There will be a supermarket collection for Foodbank tomorrow outside the Co-Op. Please support the collection by donating a grocery item. With the current crisis following the Polestar redundancies there are many individuals, couples and families who have already benefited from the Foodbank resources and there will be many more over the next few days, weeks and maybe even months. Please help swell the Foodbank resources by giving...

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