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Inspired Villages welcomes ‘transformative’ stamp duty holiday for last-time buyers

Leading retirement communities developer and operator Inspired Villages welcomes yesterday’s announcement of a stamp duty holiday for all home buyers on properties of up to £500,000 in value. The…

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George

Meet our apprentice chef… George Rolstone

George Rolstone is apprentice chef at Millbrook Village, Inspired Village’s community in Exeter. To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2022, George and Millbrook Village Head Chef Olivier Guyard-…

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Exeter retirement village residents raise nearly £7,000 for Devon charity Hospiscare

Exeter retirement village residents raise nearly £7,000 for Devon charity Hospiscare

Millbrook retirement village, in Exeter, has handed over a cheque for £6,677 to Hospiscare, after residents hosted a series of fundraisers throughout 2021. Residents raised £3,338.97 in total by…

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Exeter retirement village residents knit 66 trauma teddies

Exeter retirement village residents knit 66 trauma teddies for local emergency services

Residents at Millbrook retirement village, in Exeter, have handed over 66 knitted teddies to Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service as part of the trauma teddy initiative. Trauma teddies…

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First female president of law society returns to university in Exeter

First female president of law society returns to university in Exeter

Inspired Villages – which owns Millbrook retirement village in Exeter – has granted a special wish for resident and trailblazer Moira Vickerman. Thanks to the later living operator, Moira, aged 87,…

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Barry Carter, Inspired Resident

Inspired Villages resident shares World War II story of heroic daring by his father

Millbrook Village resident Barry Carter has shared the remarkable story of how his father saved his family by shielding them from a bomb dropped on their house during the Blitz in World War II. Three…

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Exeter retiree cycles 106 miles to raise money for local primary school

Exeter retiree cycles 106 miles to raise money for local primary school

Robert Mansell, 78, a resident at Exeter retirement community Millbrook Village, took part in the Mallorca 312 cycling challenge to raise money for Winkleigh Primary School. The Mallorca 312 is the…

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Retirees take part in skydive and hot air balloon ride as Inspired Villages makes wishes come true

Retirees take part in skydive and hot air balloon ride as Inspired Villages makes wishes come true

Later living operator Inspired Villages, which owns Millbrook retirement village, in Exeter, has been helping to grant ‘wishes’ for residents including arranging a skydive, hot air balloon ride and a…

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Skydiving

Millbrook Village resident proves she isn’t retired, she’s inspired by skydiving for charity

Former teacher, retiree and 68-year-old Millbrook Village resident, Jenny Skinner, recently took back her freedom after a difficult year of restrictions by skydiving to raise money for Hospiscare and…

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Millbrook residents celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day

Millbrook residents celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day

Residents and the village team at Millbrook Village, in Exeter, which is operated by later living provider Inspired Villages, celebrated Random Acts of Kindness Day with a week full of activities.…

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International Friendship Day

International Friendship Day

To celebrate International Friendship Day, Inspired talked to six residents at Millbrook Village, in Exeter, to hear how their friendships at the village have helped them throughout lockdown, kept…

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Inspired Villages

How Inspired Villages is taking care of its residents and some thank yous

As the outbreak of coronavirus continues to escalate we want to keep you updated on what we’re doing as a company to help keep the residents in our villages safe in these unprecedented times, as well…

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Virtual Village Centre

The Virtual Village Centre

As an organisation, creating communities is the core of what we do. Inspired Villages is keen to make sure self-isolation doesn’t mean the residents in our villages and their families, plus you and…

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Christina Trevanion and Timothy Medhurst at Millbrook Village

TV antiques experts Christina Trevanion and Timothy Medhurst visit Millbrook Village retirement community to give free antiques valuations

On Wednesday 20 March, BBC TV presenters and antiques valuers Christina Trevanion and Timothy Medhurst paid a special visit to Millbrook Village, the later living community in Exeter, to offer free…

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Inspired Villages launches market-leading rental option at its retirement villages

Inspired Villages launches market-leading rental option at its retirement villages

Inspired Villages (“Inspired”), an operator and developer of later living communities across the UK, has launched properties for rent at its exceptional villages across the country. Broadening its…

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Dr Dawn Harper

TV’s Dr Dawn Harper visits Millbrook Village later living community to help launch new Assisted Living option and discuss how to live well for longer

On Monday 14th January, later living community Millbrook Village in Exeter, Devon hosted an event to launch a new Assisted Living package at the village, featuring a Q&A with TV’s Dr Dawn Harper…

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National Wellbeing plan piloted at Millbrook Village sees pensioners walk twice as far as average Briton

A new national wellbeing plan for older people has been launched at Millbrook Village later living community in Exeter which has seen residents clock up more than 7 million steps in the space of just…

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Exeter Literary Festival

Millbrook Village sponsors inaugural Exeter Literary Festival

Millbrook Village sponsored the inaugural Exeter Literary Festival which took place over three days between 15 -18 November 2018. The festival was held across a range of venues in Exeter and featured…

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The Salutation Inn

Discover the Salutation Inn, Exeter

The Salutation Inn, just a short trip from Millbrook Village, the restaurant has received glowing reviews from critics and customers alike. We decided to pay them a visit and hear from the team…

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Toby Buckland and Gardeners

Toby Buckland judges gardening competition

On Wednesday 25 July, BBC gardening broadcaster Toby Buckland paid a visit to Millbrook Village to judge a gardening competition at the later living community. The Gardeners’ World and…

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