Tavistock Youth Cafe

03/11/2026

🎄🎨 DESIGN THE MAYOR’S CHRISTMAS CARD! 🎨🎄

🎉 December 2026 marks five years since the Guildhall first opened its doors as the Guildhall Heritage Centre – and we’re celebrating with some special activities!

First up, we need your creativity! 🖍️

Cllr Anne Johnson, Mayor of Tavistock, is looking for a design for her annual Christmas card, and we’re inviting young artists aged 16 and under to take part.

⛏️ The theme? The Guildhall Heritage Centre and its Cornish Mining World Heritage history. We can’t wait to see how you bring Tavistock’s heritage to life!

🎨 How to enter:
✨ Create your design on A4 paper.
✨ Write your first name, age and a contact telephone number or email address on the back.
✨ Drop your entry off at the Guildhall Heritage Centre, open Tuesday–Saturday, 10am–4pm.

A little note for our young artists: Please leave the glitter in the craft box! ✨ We can’t accept designs containing glitter, but we can’t wait to see all your colourful and creative ideas.

📅 Closing date: Friday 13th November 2026

🏆 A panel of judges, including the Mayor, will choose the winning design. The winning artwork will feature on Christmas cards available to buy from the Guildhall in December, with proceeds going to the Mayor’s Charity, Dartmoor Search & Rescue Team (Tavistock). ❤️

So grab your pens, pencils, and paints and get creative! We’re looking forward to seeing your fantastic designs. 🎅✨

📣 Please share to help spread the word and encourage our young artists to take part!

30/10/2026

29/10/2026

🐑 TYC Wellbeing Group has loved our visits to Harlings Farm! From meeting and feeding the farm animals, grooming ponies to woodland walks and creating a bug hotel, which is now proudly on display at the farm café!

A BIG thank you to Harlings Devon, Daniel's Ride CIC, Abbie and Carol for always making these visits so special! 🌱

24/10/2026

It was great to visit Tavistock Youth Cafe on band night and meet some of the young people using the space, including The Silhouettes, who are just starting out on their gigging journey. It's brilliant to see what the Tavistock Youth Cafe makes possible.

While we were there, we presented them with a cheque for £1,500, raised at our summer event at the Tavistock Wharf . A massive thank you to Horce Divorse and the Cougar Catchers, who both played on the night and joined us for the presentation. The Recap couldn't make it, but they were an instrumental part of making this such a successful event.

Thank you to Vicki and the rest of the Tavistock Youth Cafe team for the warm welcome, we are proud to support you.

Coming up tomorrow, we're sponsoring the 1 mile (ish) fun run part of Tavistock Athletic Club's Tavy 7k event and helping with registration and marshalling. Come and say hello if you're taking part or cheering from the sidelines.

Would also be great to see you at our winter events:
Winter Quiz: Saturday 28th November
Dickensian: Friday 4th December

16/10/2026

15/10/2026

As part of our Heritage Project, TYC Momentum Groups had a fantastic day visiting Morwellham Quay and stepped back in time to discover what life was like in the Victorian era

We spent time in a Victorian school, learnt about the daily lives of Victorian people, dressed up in traditional clothing and enjoyed a ride on the mine train🚂⛏️

A special thank you to Ginny for being such a fantastic guide and making the day so enjoyable for everyone😄

05/10/2026

Thank you for supporting TYC!

Thank you for supporting our best summer fundraising event

Following our summer event at Tavistock Wharf , and with the support of Horce Divorse, Cougar Catchers and The Recap , we're thrilled to announce our largest single donation yet...

£1,500 for Tavistock Youth Cafe !

A huge thank you to everyone who bought event tickets, raffle tickets and/or donated prizes. You've helped support the brilliant work the Youth Cafe does.

There are plenty more great evenings to come this winter:

Winter Quiz: Saturday 28th November

Dickensian: Friday 4th December. Come and grab one of our famous bacon baps!

We hope to see you there!