Like many charities, we must raise a significant amount of money to continue delivering our services and providing support to thousands in the Bay each year. We are eternally grateful to...
At the core of much of the work we do at Torbay Communities are people who are in danger of becoming lonely and isolated. Until relatively recently, it was assumed that...
Businesses are being urged to get behind the Baton of Hope, which is coming to Torbay later this year. The Baton of Hope is a suicide prevention initiative travelling around the...
Everyone has a story to tell, and as I discover nearly every week on the Volunteer Show on Riviera FM, some stories can move me to tears. Every Tuesday between 10...
VOLUNTEERS are everywhere. Throw a stick (metaphorically speaking) at any event, and you will surely hit one. Volunteers are the backbone of organisations and events across the Bay, and we have...
It is often said that nothing is happening in Torbay for those who live here. Not true. It is a charge levelled often at our Community Builders, but luckily, they are...
[caption id="attachment_10067" align="aligncenter" width="918"] Centre for Ageing Better, Age Positive Image Library, RS8694, Mark Epstein[/caption] Live Longer Better; you can’t argue with any of those sentiments, and hundreds of people have...
Volunteers make the world go round. Fact. It is difficult to envisage a world without volunteers, except to say it would be a much poorer place without them, with fewer organisations,...
TIMES are tough for all in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, and the pressures are overwhelming for some. We have already lost a handful of charities in Torbay this...
When will it all end? It seems that the age of austerity has been with us forever, and the outlook looks bleak. The lucky ones among us can remember when times...