An article about the Free Conversations Movement caught my eye recently, so I had a quick look at the website. I decided not apply to join, but that simple idea of giving anyone the opportunity to have a chat appealed to me and I decided to give it a go on my own. I floated…
19th November 2021 Recently a petition requesting that the Town Council should not allow the Awakening Conference to take place in the Civic Hall which they administer arrived in my email. After researching a number of the speakers I felt sufficiently concerned to add my name to the petition. I was not alone. As well…
South Hams residents experiencing financial hardship can now get help with paying essential bills through the Government’s new Household Support Fund. For more information and to apply to the Household Support Fund click here. The new Household Support Fund is designed to provide rapid short-term financial support for people who don’t have enough money to buy…
An article about the Free Conversations Movement caught my eye recently, so I had a quick look at the website. I decided not apply to join, but that simple idea of giving anyone the opportunity to have a chat appealed to me and I decided to give it a go on my own. I floated…
19th November 2021 Recently a petition requesting that the Town Council should not allow the Awakening Conference to take place in the Civic Hall which they administer arrived in my email. After researching a number of the speakers I felt sufficiently concerned to add my name to the petition. I was not alone. As well…
Last week I was one of many people who asked the Town Council not to allow the New World Alliance to host an event in our Civic Hall. Around 200 people signed a petition I made. In response, someone, on behalf of the New World Alliance, launched a petition against me personally, with information that…
South Hams residents experiencing financial hardship can now get help with paying essential bills through the Government’s new Household Support Fund. For more information and to apply to the Household Support Fund click here. The new Household Support Fund is designed to provide rapid short-term financial support for people who don’t have enough money to buy…
11th November 2021 Just as the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow comes to a close, where world leaders have pledged to take action on climate change, local charity Transition Town Totnes is ramping up its efforts to help residents adapt and face the challenges ahead. Transition Town Totnes (TTT) has been successful in…
10th November 2021 RGB Building Supplies has selected Totnes-based Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship as a finalist in its Surprise Supplies giveaway and it’s now down to a public vote to see if it is one of two charities chosen to receive £1,000 worth of building materials. Sirona provides equine-based therapeutic and educational activities to disadvantaged, disabled and excluded young people in order to increase…
Brighten Up Your Week! Totnes artist Fiona Green has a new free-to-view exhibition on that’s accurately called ‘A Passion for Colour’. Adelaide Daws visited her to get the lowdown for the Pulse. Visit the exhibition in one of 2 central Totnes locations from the 14th to 26th October for a welcome blast of colours that these…
A local group of people inspired by the Climate Emergency Centre network are in the process of establishing a Climate Change Response Centre in the middle of Totnes. It will be a place that hopes to inspire, educate & enable the community to respond effectively, intelligently & creatively to climate & ecological breakdown at a…