By David Gledhill, Marketing & Communications Lead Volunteers' Week is coming to an end, but volunteering continues in organisations across Torbay. Every day volunteers give up their time and offer their skills...
POTENTIALLY lonely and isolated people across the Bay look forward to an uplifting phone call from a volunteer befriender every week. William Northway from Torquay knows that when his phone rings...
Student Ollie Brown has his sights set on the stage and is helping others achieve the same. The 19-year-old from Broadsands starts a degree course at Bath Spa University later this...
A community garden which became a refuge during COVID is flourishing as a peaceful haven for all. Volunteers Jemma and Paddy Cain began using Cricketfields Community Garden in Torquay when lockdown...
EVERYBODY is on first name terms on the bus dubbed the mobile community centre that is kept running by volunteer drivers. Andy Baker, one of those who drives the number 61...
Charities and voluntary organisations are challenging businesses across Torbay to get involved in recruiting, celebrating, and thanking volunteers. To mark Volunteers’ Week, which runs from June 1st to June 7th, a...
By David Gledhill, Marketing & Communications Lead Welcome to Volunteers' Week, a celebration of all things volunteering, which kicks off tomorrow (Thursday). Volunteers' Week is an annual celebration of millions of people's...
By David Gledhill, Marketing & Communications Lead It can be a lonely old world – as we know so well at the Torbay Community Development Trust. So many projects that we are...
By David Gledhill, Marketing & Communications Lead Lots to celebrate in the Bay this week after a weekend of parties, lunches and entertainment – nearly all facilitated by volunteers. If ever there...
By David Gledhill, Marketing & Communications Lead What a splendid start to the month of May – one Bank Holiday down and another two to go. What’s not to like? Thousands took...