Community
- Abbfest cancelled for second year
- Devon Art Society – Summer Art Show
- Manor Lodge Residential Home donate £1,000 for Exmouth RNLI
- Wales & West Utilities urge people to stay ‘carbon monoxide safe’ this summer
- Appeal for witnesses after three people injured in collision
- Concern for welfare after clothes found by pond
- “Oddly shaped cigarettes”: Torquay’s Cannabis Tradition
- Man jailed for killing baby 45 years ago
- ‘What Next? Torbay’ building alliances through Arts and Culture
- Tesco community schemes provide a little help to vulnerable people across Teignbridge
- 50 bags of litter cleared from Hope’s Nose
- Three Plymouth GP practices consider a move to new premises
- Appeal for information after assault leaves man in critical condition
- Devon’s Lightfoot to be rolled out by Richard Irvin Facilities Management
Your views
- Guest Blog: The 400th Anniversary of the Plymouth Pilgrims in Mayflower
- Guest Blog: Overcoming Drug Addiction – My Story
- Torquay Townsfolk – Afraid of Innovation?
- The Homeless are People too
Community projects
- Top attraction needs your help
- Young volunteers boosted by new funding
- Salcombe ‘Live’ Music and Comedy Festival announced
- Racing Across Torbay!
- Can you Help the over 50s Stay in Own Homes?
- Grants for Community Groups Available!
- Torbay Committed to “Getting Carers Connected” for Carers Week
- Cultural Volunteering in Torbay
- Ending Street Homelessness
- Health and the Arts in Torbay and South Devon (HeArTs) Gallery launched
- Torbay Maternal Mental Health Project
- Beer Festival at the Flavel Arts Centre
- Devon launches loneliness campaign ahead of festive period
- Finding Your Voice: The Momentum sing and movement programme
Guest blogs
- Guest Blog: Fundraiser makes £2,420 so far in memory of Charles
- Guest Blog: Jo’s charity skydive for mental health charities!
- Guest Blog: D. R. Webb – How I started writing
- Guest Blog: We have to trust our leaders, else where are we?
- Guest Blog: Study tips during another lockdown
- Guest Blog: Can secondary school students cope with another lockdown?
- Guest Blog: Me and free school meals
- Guest Blog: Free school meals
- Guest Blog: 100 mile cycle raising funds for Torbay Brass Band
- Guest Blog: Self Care – Lesson’s I’ve Learned in 2020 So Far
- Guest Blog: How Therapeutic Art Saved a Life
- Guest Blog: The 400th Anniversary of the Plymouth Pilgrims in Mayflower
- Guest Blog: Overcoming Drug Addiction – My Story
- Guest Blog: Dealing with Grief & Loss
Business
- ‘Hat’s’ good business sense
- Summer 2021 – An Update from Vice Chair – Philip Mitchell
- Three Redrow South West site managers recognised at the NHBC’s Pride in the Job Quality Awards
- Project finds almost one-third of those who have left the hospitality industry are looking to return
- Barometer asks South Devon manufacturing SMEs to explore supply chain price changes and raw material issues
- Government announces package of measures to support road haulage industry
- Entrepreneur and mum of three wins the TV investment in global hypnobirthing business
- £10m manufacturing facility ready for local multinational company
- Johnson’s celebrating 100 years of caring for the nation’s pets
- Devon employer invests in workers by paying real living wage
- Cofton Holidays scoops title for best caravan and camping facilities at national Staycation Awards
- Torbay bids for £20m Levelling Up Fund to help drive employment opportunities and skills in the region
- Torquay Home Bargains opens this weekend
- Top industry award-win for Devon’s first female co-working space
Education
- Shiphay Learning Academy: Young Voices, Symphony Orchestra and Makaton Singing
- Shiphay Learning Academy: Spreading Joy, Happiness and Positivity
- South Devon College shortlisted for Investors in People Awards 2020
- A Princess Royal Award for Princess Yachts’ Apprenticeship Programme
- Study a degree through Clearing at UCSD and discover endless possibilities
- A Level and Diploma results: STEM specialist school celebrates results
- South Devon College students celebrate excellent A Level results
- Esports and the uprise of career opportunities
- Study History at South Devon College
- School closed due to serious flood
- NUS launch exclusive Placements for Good initiative at University Centre South Devon
- Investing in the future of Torbay’s schools
- Horticulture and Bricklaying students support UCSD Therapy Garden
- Aspire students continue to flourish during work placements
Charity
- Turntable widens its furniture delivery and collection service to residents in Torbay
- HEAL hosts mental health event in Torquay
- Hectors House Cat Rescue need your help
- Worcester Bosch Launch Initiative to aid local communities in the South West
- Superhuman victory in Rowcroft’s Sleep Walk!
- Crowds line the route for ‘the Grandfather of Exmouth RNLI Lifeboat Station’
- Men step out to support Rowcroft Hospice
- Exmouth RNLI awarded Certificate of Appreciation
- Cousins complete RNLI MayDay Mile Charity Fundraiser in Exmouth
- Volunteers needed in South Devon for Summer Food Collection
- Cousins to take part in RNLI MayDay Mile Charity Fundraiser
- South Devon Tesco stores to hold extra summer Food Collection for children and families
- Emergency grants from Tesco have supported 33 local community groups impacted by the pandemic.
- Tesco invites charities in South Devon to apply for new Community Grant
Entertainment
- Love Island 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
- Torre Abbey Open Air Cinema Festival
- The South Devon Players nominated for New York theatre award
- South Devon Players: Macbeth Revisited!
- Macbeth and Les Miserables in Torbay
- Multi-Screen cinema coming to Torquay town centre
- International Christie Festival 2018
- Quiz Nights with The South Devon Players
- The Scottish Play is Heading Our Way!
- Wonderfields Festival
- The Palace Theatre Big Ticket Hunt!
- Showcasing sensational talent at the Summer Sessions!
- Spine-Chilling Ghost Hunt at Torquay Museum
- Artizan Gallery’s Summer Open Exhibition on Throughout July
Site News
- These are the Torbay Council candidates for the May 2nd election
- Amazing Life Saving Idea
- List your event with We Are South Devon
- Competition Time! The Green Room’s 90’s Boat Party: UPDATE – Winners announced tonight
- Happy first birthday Spotted Torquay!
- Our Road To 5000 Likes
- List your event and classifieds on We Are South Devon
- Lorry collides with 5 vehicles & house at Heathfield
- Back to where it all began… Spotted Torquay hits 15000 likes.
- Torquay house fenced off from squatters
- You can also find We Are South Devon on YouTube
- All new classifieds – Coming soon!
- Want to be a contributor for We Are South Devon?
- Welcome to We are South Devon
Weather
- Sunniest Winter for Decades
- Flood alerts issued for South Devon
- Is Ex-hurricane Bertha heading our way?
- Met office issue amber warning for Devon this weekend
- Is South Devon set for a stormy weekend?
- Hello sunshine! South Devon at its best-Your pics.
- I feel the earth move under my feet…
- Driver rescued from flood water in Paignton
- Storm/Flood gallery – Updated
- Storm updates
- Road closed as roof tiles crash to the ground
- Hurricane force winds expected Friday night
- The calm before the (next) storm..
- We take a trip around Torquay with Tony…