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…
Charity News
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…
Volunteers week: 1st-7th June
VOLUNTEERS’ WEEK Volunteers’ Week is a time to say thank you for the fantastic contribution volunteers make. During the week, June 1-7, hundreds of events and celebrations take place across the …
Healthwatch: ‘Champion’ the voice of the community
Healthwatch Appeal for people to 'champion’ the voice of the Community Local health and social care consumer champion Healthwatch Torbay are appealing for people to give a voice to their local commu…
Get ready to party! Occombe Festival is back next month
Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust, organisers of the annual Occombe Beer Festival, are looking forward to a bumper party at this year’s festival, held on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June. First …
Zoo’s wonder wall is of growing interest
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has created an indoor vertical garden. Horticulturalists have planted an area of wall 4 metres wide and 1.5 metres high in the entrance hall. Paignton Zoo’s Curator …
Health and Social care feedback in Torbay
News from Healthwatch Torbay: Healthwatch Torbay’s annual feedback report includes more than 650 reviews, raises some 220 concerns, and highlights 66 serious complaints. In a busy year, social …