News and reports about events and community in and around Totnes in Devon
From Friday 12th July 2019 at 1pm the Independent City State of Totnes will be issuing Pet Passports. To receive your Pet Passport they will be issuing them outside the Guildhall in Totnes at 1pm on Friday 12th July. You are required to bring you pet with you or just a photo of your pet.…
Young people from an LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and/or questioning+) youth group in Devon have launched a Crowdfunder campaign to raise funds to help them get to Trans Pride in Brighton next month. Members of the Proud2Be youth group have been heavily involved in the planning of the trip and if successful, they will…
“How are you?” “What keeps you well?” “What do you need more help or support with?” The group of organisations behind Caring Town Totnes want to hear from you, and is inviting all residents of Totnes and surrounding parishes to fill in a short survey. Martin Randall, General Manager at Leatside Surgery says…
Totnes Ramblers launch Franklin Trail information board in the centre of Totnes Totnes Ramblers have launched the Franklin Trail information board they have installed on the Plains in Totnes, so local people and visitors to the town can find out more and look at a map of the trail. The Franklin Trail is a circular…
This Sunday, May 12th, ‘Alt-Right’ activists Milo Yiannopoulos and Carl Benjamin are planning to appear in Totnes Civic Square as part of thier #UKIPSWTour. Although they have stated this is part of the campaigning for European Elections, their own website states they are here to ‘have some fun’, presumably at the expense of Totnes and…
The upper reaches of the River Dart has always been a fertile and imaginative location. So it’s no surprise that the area that inspired the Elmhirsts & spawned Dartington, would have a wealth of artistic talent bursting forth in the form of ‘TDOS’ – Totnes & Dartington Open Studios. The event in May this year…
Longer Read 21/05/2019 No-one can accuse Totnes of being short on coffee shops. So what’s so special about another recent addition next to the Seven Stars at the bottom of town? Well, quite a lot as it turns out. Totnes may have it’s ‘bubble’ status but, like the rest of Devon in general, is not…
Naked stand-up comedy and a masterclass in strutting will open and close an inspirational festival that returns to Totnes Civic Hall May 3/4, designed to celebrate and honour bodies in all their various forms. Returning to Totnes for its second year, on May 3rd and 4th 2019, Bodykind Festival will feature renowned speakers, social media…
District Council Elections: All the Candidates in One Place, Read and Ask Away! Who’s genuine, skilled and right for the role? Who’s a real doer and who’s just a talker? You’ve probably already had some leaflets through your door and maybe even a chat with one or two of the candidates for the coming May…
British poet, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Osborn returns to the Dartmouth Inn, Totnes on May 4th to present his latest album “Letters from the Border”. Ben is signed up to NonoStar records and created the album with German experimental violinist Alex Stolze at the remote Nonostar Studio on the German-Polish border in the summer…