Tavistock

New partnership boosts employment in Tavistock

Seventeen long-term unemployed people from Tavistock are celebrating after graduating from an intensive six-week training course to take on roles at Tesco’s new superstore in the town when it opens in September.

The retailer joined forces with Devon County Council earlier this year in a unique partnership to help unemployed people in Tavistock get back into work.

Tesco...

Charity launches appeal for new centre

A Tavistock-based children’s charity that provides free respite breaks for disadvantaged has launched an appeal to help open their new centre, with a little help from comedienne, Jennifer Saunders.

CHICKS has been running for 23 years and supports young carers and disadvantaged UK children suffering from issues such as poverty, neglect and abuse.

The charity currently has two...

Teen Tom wins custom bike

Teenager Tom Gardner from Tavistock in Devon has won a bike designed to his own specifications from the charity Jole Rider based in Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

The first Bike Draw organised by the education charity, one of the UK’s largest bicycle recycling organisations, raised over £1000. The money will go to Jole Rider‘s Bikes4Africa programme and will be used to deliver bikes to...

Rugby trio represent UK fire service

Three members of staff from Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service have played for the UK Fire Service Women's Rugby team.

Kezia Lee (winger) is a retained firefighter at Crownhill, Caitlin Short (fly half) is Senior Technical Assets Admin Assistant at Service Headquarters, Exeter, and Bethan Ayling (centre) is a retained firefighter at Tavistock.

They took on the Army...

Church Christmas Tree Festival unites community

St Eustachius’ Church in Tavistock is holding its sixth Christmas Tree Festival.

The event will be officially opened by the Mayor at 2.30pm today (Friday 28 November).

Around 60 local businesses, organisations and charities contribute trees for the glittering event which sees the church full of sparkling trees.

The festival is open daily btween 10.30am and 4.30pm and...

Council highlights Tavistock to Bere Alston rail line reinstatement plan

Devon County Council has submitted a report to the Planning Inspectorate setting out the environmental surveys that are planned to assess the re-instatement of the railway between Tavistock and Bere Alston, and development of a network of multi-use trails.

The County Council is progressing the project to re-open the rail line and provide multi-use trails in the Tavistock area. Due to...

An evening with actress Jenny Agutter

Around 100 tickets have already been sold for an ‘Evening with Jenny Agutter’ in Tavistock with event organisers urging people to get their tickets as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

The star of BBC series Call the Midwife and The Railway Children is due to visit Tavistock on 25th October for a special screening of her film, The Riddle of the Sands.

The Taunton-born...

Your local fire station needs you!

Tavistock Fire Station is hosting an open evening for prospective on-call firefighters on Wednesday 22 October 2014, at 7pm.

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is looking for people in the Tavistock community to be on-call or ‘retained’ firefighters. No previous experience of fire-fighting is necessary for this role – the ideal prospective firefighter starts with a...

Poetry in Motion

Thirteen schools across Tavistock are holding a poetry festival to show young people that poetry is great fun and something everyone can do.

Tavistock Cooperative Learning Trust has created a week-long poetry event which will take place between 29 September and 3 October to encourage people to look at poetry and poets in a new light.

Each school will be visited by a...

Artist Rozanne Bell comes to Tavistock

Internationally acclaimed artist Rozanne Bell will be visiting Tavistock this week to meet fans of her work. Tavistock Picture Framing Gallery are holding a Rozanne Bell exhibition on Saturday 5 July and the artist will be there all day to meet admirers of her work, dedicate pieces and show her newest paintings.

Tavistock Picture Framing Gallery, based on the Plymouth Road Industrial...

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