Exciting times for Torre & Upton!
Happy New Year all, I hope as you read this you will feel the enthusiasm coming across for our lovely Torre and Upton (T&U) areas. We start this year focused on...
30 January, 2025
Support packages and services available for charities and community groups in Torbay
TIMES are hard and the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise Sector (VCSE) continues to be buffeted by cuts in funding, even though their services are needed today more than ever. We...
29 January, 2025
“I must have flowers, always and always”
I always feel cheered when I see the sunny yellow daffodils in the shops. I particularly love the tiny, highly scented narcissi from Cornwall that you see around at this...
23 January, 2025
Warm Spaces project returns to the Bay
We are a nation obsessed by the weather, and with good reason - it can be a killer. The effects of weather on people’s health are manyfold and significant, particularly when...
22 January, 2025
Happy New Year, from the Torbay Community Builders
[caption id="attachment_9725" align="aligncenter" width="912"] The Torbay Community Builders[/caption] Happy New Year from the Community Builders across the Bay. Did you make any resolutions? For me, the start of the new year offers the...
16 January, 2025
Community Builders and Friendly Benches – here for lonely Torbay residents
[caption id="attachment_9672" align="alignright" width="423"] One of our Friendly Benches, located outside Preston Baptist Church[/caption] So often, the simplest of ideas are the best ones – take the ‘friendly benches’ that are...
15 January, 2025
Want more energy to do the things you love? Let’s get healthy it together!
[caption id="attachment_9676" align="aligncenter" width="881"] Live Longer Better runs sessions at venues in Paignton, Brixham & Torquay, with the next series of sessions beginning in February[/caption] January presents a wonderful opportunity to...
09 January, 2025
New year, new you with Live Longer Better Torbay
[caption id="attachment_9664" align="aligncenter" width="934"] Activities under Live Longer Better Torbay have included sea swimming taster sessions for beginners[/caption] "New year, new you." How often have you heard that phrase in the...
08 January, 2025
Be scam-aware in the new year
New Year sales used to be the one time of year that you could get the best bargains and people queued around the block outside shops to be first through...
01 January, 2025