River End Community Space

27/10/2026

What a joy and privilege to see the dusky blue of River End transform into a life saving sea of pink for this incredible Pinkalicious Tea Party to beat breast cancer. The guests bright warmth, friendship and solidarity and we were wowed with the community spirit that curated this event. We’re proud to support this with our facilities and hope we’ve saved and uplifted lives in the process 🎀

27/09/2026

We had the delight of producing a 1980’s retro party for the kindest lady who has given so much to children across decades in our community. Her desire for treating every one of her guests to a nostalgic journey of dancing to 80’s classics, a buffet with 80’s volauvonts, Black Forest gateaux and prawn cocktail (amongst a mountain of other treats!) popping candy and room decor that left swirls in our eyes! What a great bunch of guests, and brilliant atmosphere. The service team left after midnight with throbbing toes, coated in cherry cream and with glitter hair as stiff as a board - and we loved it! Happy Birthday 🎈 🎉🎂

20/09/2026

A beautiful birthday celebration for the cutest little chap today. A very happy 1st birthday with love to this little man and his family. Thank you to the marvellous Hannah at Ickle Pickles for the incomparable soft play, and Kerrie from Three Little Kiwi's for the soft Autumn balloon and teddy backdrop, and Nicki from The Filling Station for a sumptuous buffet. And especially thank you to the family for choosing River End to make their memories 🎉🎈🫶. Today’s co-ordinator was Claire Mountford who welcomes your enquiries.

23/07/2026

Thank you Ickle Pickles - we’ve so enjoyed hosting a little line up of 1st birthdays - they feel super special as they make the first footprints at the start of our own journey. We are also 1 this year! 🥳 The style, hygiene, care and quality of your service is only trumped by the fun that bounces from it! A true partner 🙏

28/06/2026

You can book a character visit for your child’s birthday at River End, cost effective, personal and all for charity! 🐻🎉👏

Paddington kept as cool as a cucumber stick at the Orsino Lounge Newton Abbot children’s party today. He was joined by Stitch and answered lots of useful questions, like “why are you wearing a jam sandwich on your head?” and “why is your fur split?” 😂 We had a great time and, once again, are in awe of this brilliant and kind team for all their willingness to support us. Now it’s back to deepest darkest Peru HQ for a few fur repairs 🧵🪡🤫!

06/06/2026

Fabulous - from dress to venue, this community is the link 🩵👰🏼🥂

We were beyond delighted that a random meeting, caused by the chain reaction of a bride who sadly passed away two days after her wedding, brought us into contact with Becky and her family. This resulted in a beautiful and heartfelt donation of her mum’s former bridal store samples. Her mum, herself suffering cancer, will now be creating a beautiful gift in both enabling more brides living through adversity to find their dream dress, but also to underpin the many needs of women and girls here in our community. What we love is the daisy chain effect as women step forward to act in ways that make them the next link in the chain of our community. We have exciting activities ahead as a result of this donation and we’re beyond grateful. 🙏🏻

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06/06/2026

When we say we put on a good spread - we mean a GOOD spread! 🤤 Here we got out the vintage china and cake forks to honour a lady who was retiring after 30 years service to the NHS.

After the tragedy of recently losing her son to su***de, she chose to use her farewell tea to highlight the brilliance of her son and the great service of charities Pete’s Dragon HQ and Man Club Newton Abbot.

River End is where your story comes to life, and becomes a piece of our heritage. 🌊🩵

With grateful thanks to Nikki at The Filling Station for the delicious scones - plain, fruit & cheese… yum 😋!

06/06/2026

The intensity of the quiet at the end of packdown after a busy event - when the joy of the day seems to have absorbed into the fabric of this old building and feels like warm whispers. Sometimes we just sit for 5 minutes before taking our tired legs home, and just appreciate. River End is a living history of all that come through her door.

30/05/2026

We work with our community through all the ups and downs of life and we firmly believe in celebrating the value of love and friendship. Even when a family are grieving, the ability to celebrate the joy of the life they are saying goodbye to, is hugely important as to how they can step forward in their bereavement with hope, positivity and pride. Nobody should forfeit the best send-off due to finances or having very few people around them in their life. Every booking at River End pays the way for a free booking for someone who would otherwise be overlooked.
Our sincere condolences and love for this family who celebrated their mum, sister, aunt and friend in a way she’d have loved. Proud to be part of it.

30/05/2026

What a fantastic and memorable event for the ladies safe space ‘Shake Ya Booty’ event in aid of local people living through their cancer journey. From cowboy boots to sparkly heels and  lounging slippers, anything went! We tried salsa, some vintage 50s groove, and hilariously stomping line Dance, a floor-filling Abbamania freestyle, and a very enthusiastic 80s nostalgia set! With a plentiful jacket spud buffet and the hugest desserts to break any diet for, we were all very contented and full of friendship by the end. Thank you to all the contributors, volunteers, and Guests. We raised £1305 for our local charitable work. 🎉🎉🎉