Sitting ducks at Living Coasts
Three eider ducklings are being hand reared at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo. Right now they’re growing well on a diet of mini crickets and mealworms five times a day and specialist pellets. S…
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Tiny baby with a big, big voice at Paignton Zoo
You just have to accept that some babies will make a noise – but this one is guaranteed to be loud… This sweet little face belongs to one of the loudest animals in the world – a howler monkey. Paignt…
New Paignton Zoo Curator has local roots and global reach
Paignton Zoo has appointed Nic Dunn, previously head of Shaldon Wildlife Trust, as its new Curator of Mammals. Nic Dunn is a local lad - a very local lad. Born and bred in Shaldon, he pretty much grew…
Ride for Rowcroft cycle challenge steps up a gear with new 32km course
On Sunday 14 October, the Ride for Rowcroft cycle challenge will be returning to the picturesque surroundings of South Devon, with a new “wheelie challenging” 32km, up-hill course, the ‘Haytor Hill Cl…
The importance of being heard with Healthwatch Torbay
Find out the importance of being heard with Healthwatch Torbay Recite Me, say that they’re ‘excited to welcome Healthwatch Torbay as a recent client. We chatted with Simon Culley, Communications Offi…
Regional Care Awards Celebrate Local Heroes
Regional Care Awards Celebrate Local Heroes The awards ceremony for the Outstanding Care Awards for Devon and Cornwall has celebrated local heroes in the caring sector with Healthwatch Torbay gaini…
Torquay Academy Revisited by Healthwatch
TORQUAY ACADEMY REVISITED Commissioned by the Children’s Safeguarding Board to run a survey find out how it feels to be a young person living in Torbay, Healthwatch Torbay visited Torquay…
Healthwatch Digital Day @ The Windmill Centre
Digital Day @ The Windmill CentreJune 26 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pmThere's going to be a friendly, free, public drop-in day at The Windmill Centre in Torquay for people to find out how to use the internet t…
Support Healtwatch campaign for better care
Support the Healthwatch campaign for better care Help support the launch of the campaign 'It Starts With You' on 25 June 2018. With the NHS celebrating 70 years, Healthwatch want as many people as…
Healthwatch at Babbacombe fayre
HEALTHWATCH AT BABBACOMBE FAYRE Next Wednesday – June 20th – sees the annual Babbacombe Fayre, run on the Downs by the local Rotary Club. ‘There’s a wide variety of stalls from local charities a…
Healthwatch Schools’ Survey
HEALTHWATCH SCHOOLS’ SURVEY As I’ve mentioned before, Healthwatch Torbay, our local independent charity ensuring that the public have their say on local health and social care services, has been co…
Bringing ‘Fair’ to Brixham
BRINGING ‘FAIR’ TO BRIXHAM A COMMUNITY LAUNCH EVENT The FAIR project is a new service for people over 50 in Torbay, offering advice and information on benefits, managing money, getting the best util…
Healthwatch young peoples events
HEALTHWATCH YOUNG PEOPLE’S EVENTS How to get involved in Healthwatch Torbay’s latest project! Healthwatch Torbay are to run a series of events across the Bay to try and gain a wide range o…
Heatlhwatch Torbay: Digital Training
Lots of people are unaware of or unable to access health and social care resources on the internet, things like booking a doctor’s appointment, to ordering a prescription, or to self-referring - for e…