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…
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…
Exeter-based landscape artist Kath Hadden will be giving Devon CPRE the benefit of her expertise this autumn to help find the county’s most talented young landscape artists. Devon CPRE, the local branch of the countryside charity, recently launched a new competition to find Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist 2021 Budding young artists up…
17th June 2021 The towns’ biggest school has issued a consultation document outlining how they propose to improve the services, access, security. learning environment and to “raise much needed funding to improve the remaining buildings and facilities“. The consultation runs from now until 26th of July and if anyone in or around Totnes wishes to…
16th March 2021 After all the fanfare and work from Totnes Community Development Society‘s ATMOS project for the nationally groundbreaking project of a community build, today the land is officially owned by FastGlobe (Mastics) Ltd on Land Registry documents after being sold by Saputo (formally Dairy Crest) for £1.3 million back in January. This apparently…
Dr Emily Grossman is a scientist, science author, TV broadcaster and climate activist who recently moved to Totnes from London. She is concerned about a lot of misinformation going around which is tragically costing lives. The recent “Newsletters” or “Truthpaper” that have been pushed through Totnes front doors of late are pushing an agenda of…
The basic idea is simple and does what is says on the tin: lends books of poetry via the post, for FREE, including the provision of a stamped self-addressed envelope for the borrower to return the book(s) within a month. Readers can either choose a specific title from the list, or request a poetry potluck…
28th January 2021 During the pandemic, Devon’s residents have appreciated the green spaces around their churches like never before and now Devon CPRE is inviting churches of all denominations to enter this year’s competition to find the ‘Best Churchyard’ in the whole of the county. Following a year with little to celebrate, Devon CPRE applauds…