Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis – How we can help!
Russia’s invasion and bombing campaign has sparked outrage across the world, with many in the UK asking how they can...
Apart from five years studying in Oxford I’ve lived most of my life in London where for many years I was Head of English in a prestigious girls’ school, but since taking early retirement and heading West to be nearer to my two daughters - settling in Torbay with my wife, Anna, in 2011 - I’ve worked in the voluntary sector.
I took on the role of Service Provider, for example, promoting the Red Cross Torbay Navigators Project, while now I’m a Trustee and part of the Media Team for our local Healthwatch. I’m a governor at Torquay Academy, too, giving me the chance to stay up to date with what’s happening in the world of education.
Other interests, aside from friends and family, include art and art history, reading - from contemporary fiction and poetry to Elizabethan/Jacobean literature - history, politics, cooking, walking, and music, in particular Bob Dylan, the blues, and early Elvis.
I love writing, too, with one novel published so far – Elvis in Wonderland – and another, Who’s There?, that still needs plenty of work!
Russia’s invasion and bombing campaign has sparked outrage across the world, with many in the UK asking how they can...
THE TORBAY Community Helpline is gearing up for a massive increase in calls as new restrictions are brought in to...
A PIONEERING helpline set up to deal with the coronavirus crisis is to continue with funding from the National Lottery....
The South Devon Players Theatre & Film Company remain active through the Covid crisis, creating virtual theatre productions, as well...
Are you feeling, overwhelmed, anxious or depressed? Are you afraid of tomorrow? Is your mental health currently feeling fragile? If...
14,340 incidents in four daysSouth Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is reminding people to only call 999 in...
We are really lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the country and we know that living by...
Hollicombe Park, Torbay Road, Paignton Parks and tourist attractions across the Bay are being used as safe spaces in a...
New signs and stickers will be appearing across Babbacombe Downs, Princess Gardens in Torquay, Preston beach promenade and Goodrington beach...
City to Sea has launched a campaign to help prevent an environmental disaster emerging from the current health emergency. On...
A new informative newspaper, Devon Together, is being delivered to more than 300,000 homes across Devon as an essential guide...
From Healthwatch Torbay: Help patients, key workers and your community by telling us about your recent experience of health and...
Something that we’ve been really aware of here at Healthwatch Torbay throughout this horrible crisis has been the tremendous advice...
WHEN people she knew began to struggle for food,18-year-old Tyla Kotze knew she had to do something to help. The...
The Torbay Coronavirus Helpline has been one of the main successes of the current health crisis and has been awarded...
A helpline to match people who need help with people who want to help in the current coronavirus crisis has...
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to pay for food for the most vulnerable in Torbay. Twelve organisations have come...
More than 3,000 calls have now been made to helplines set up in Torbay to put people in need of...
HUNDREDS of calls have been made to a helpline set up to match people who need help with those who...
The Torbay Community Coronavirus Helpline – which launched on Monday 16th March, has now added a online form, enabling members...
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