News and reports about events and community in and around Totnes in Devon
“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…
Shared from the inspiring ‘Newton Says No’ community campaign website, also recently featured on our radio show: This means war! Four NSN members to fight for place on Council The battle lines have been drawn. Four members of Newton Says No will fight to take over this catastrophic council that, for the past decade, has…
You will have seen the vans around town often enough and sometimes volunteers rattling collecting boxes outside Morrisons, but if you you’re not familiar with one of the most important support groups in Totnes, here’s more… Set up in 1987 to provide support for the patients of the two GP practices in Totnes, over years…