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...
By Marina Zapata, Community Builder for Shiphay Hello, my name is Marina, and I was very fortunate to have been appointed the new Community Builder for Shiphay; you may have seen...
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 Joanna Reynolds, Community Builder for Paignton Town Centre & Clifton with Maidenway Tegen (dog) and I normally walk from home in various directions, but recently I treated us to a...
By Jo Curtis, LocalMotion Torbay Systemic Change Partner LocalMotion works in six towns up and down the UK, including Torbay. LocalMotion came from a group of six funders, the City Bridge Trust,...
By Theo Tanser, Community Builder for Hele Watcombe & Barton, Coordinator for Torbay Timebank & Community Builders' External Relations The Acorn Centre in Barton celebrated the Coronation on Saturday 6th May...
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...