News and reports about events and community in and around Totnes in Devon
On February 14th Totnes and Bridgetown are joining forces to ‘Show The Love’ of our planet. It’s not just a local thing; this is a nationwide Climate Coalition initiative. On that day throughout the country people of all walks of life will be turning their hearts green (the symbol of Show The Love). Inspired by…
The Totnes Community Development Society who have secured planning and £2.5 million funding for the Brunel Building renovation have released a statement regarding the land deal on the old Dairy Crest site as follows: Totnes Community Development Society Directors would like to update the community on the situation regarding the purchase of the land…
The Totnes Community Development Society (TCDS) have just announced a huge boost to the ATMOS regeneration project based in the Old Dairy Crest site by Totnes Railway station. The grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, will fund the remodelling of the Brunel Pumping station, which was originally part of the Atmospheric Railway in 1844…
3rd February 2020 When it comes to how we get around, here in the South Hams we have little choice but to rely on our cars, due to our limited public transport. One potential alternative we do have however, is to get on our bikes. Unfortunately, our road network is simply not bike friendly. One…
14th January 2020 Campaigners from the “Save Dartington” and “Don’t Bury Dartington Under Concrete” have increased pressure on Trustees of the internationally-renowned but beleaguered Dartington Hall Trust this week.Campaigners are seeking to prevent the Trust from selling off 8.7 hectares of land for housing because of the serious impacts that the air pollution and congestion…
Totnes Town Mill Waterwheel Restoration Project. 13th January 2020 A restoration grant is being sought by the charity, Totnes Trust, for repairs to the Water Wheel that is part of an historic and important 16th century, Grade II Listed industrial building known as Town Mill, Coronation Road, Totnes. The property is now in the ownership…
With election pundits arguing that young voters could play a pivotal role in this election, a Dartingon-based brewery is doing its bit to support and mobilise young voters on election day. New Lion Brewery, which recently became one of the UK’s only 100% community-owned breweries, is offering a free pint on polling day to every…
27th November 2019 Today I joined ‘a community of 17073117’ by downloading the App “Too Good To Go” onto my phone. This was to celebrate the arrival of Morrisons’ onto the App- as a supplier of a ‘Market Street Magic Box‘– Morrisons adding their 569+ stores to the 2,861 UK retailers already taking part in…
November 25th 2019 Totnes has taken the invitation to be one of 3 UK towns trailing a new kind of website this winter – a user-led not-for-profit online hub that will provide pages for all kinds of community needs under one web address. The ‘www.TotnesTQ9.com‘ website is the result of a digital project called EEIO,…
Totnes is no stranger to a good lantern festival… …but this one is planning to be slightly different. The focus is specifically on the crisis we now face regarding the alarming awareness of species extinction. Steve Nayar is a local artist who has dedicated his work to highlight endangered species and works closely with WWF…