Before the end of this term each eligible child will automatically be sent a £45 supermarket voucher to use during the Christmas holiday and February half term break to replace the meals they would have had at school during the day.
People are being urged to have their flu and Covid-19 jabs, as an increasing number of children and adults are admitted to intensive care in the South West with flu.
Thousands of native trees will be distributed and planted across Devon this season thanks to Devon’s Wildlife Trust’s Saving Devon’s Treescapes, Working Wetlands and Avon Valley Projects.
People in Exeter are being given the opportunity to book a collection of their real Christmas tree in advance of the decorations coming down in the New Year.
Councillors have agreed how to distribute the latest Local Household Support Fund which will support low income residents struggling with the cost of living this winter.