Torbay Communities

29/05/2026

29/05/2026

29/05/2026

Leave the car at home, beat the traffic and cycle to the English Riviera Airshow!🚖🚴🚴‍♀️

Park your bike in the specially created area outside People's Parkfield, and our volunteers will watch over it while you enjoy the Airshow.

🕙Saturday 10am - 9pm
🕙Sunday 10am - 5pm

29/05/2026

An amazing effort by everyone involved, the fantastic Kitson Boyce LLP's trekkers have raised over £4,700! https://www.justgiving.com/team/kitson-boyce-llp-15-200km-trek

29/05/2026

28/05/2026

"Wow! The last three months since writing here has been a rollercoaster, as always in Brixham! So much is happening from Coffee mornings to music and dancing, to community breakfasts, to art and crafting. And if we don’t have it, we make it happen. The community speak to me regularly, asking if we have a certain group and if we don’t, they would like to volunteer their time to start the group up and run with it..."

-Helen Ambler, Community Builder for Brixham

Wow! The last three months since writing here has been a rollercoaster, as always in Brixham! So much is happening from Coffee mornings to music and dancing, to community breakfasts, to art and cra…

27/05/2026

We are incredibly proud of what we do at Torbay Communities - the clue is in the name. At the heart of everything we do is the word community, and that comes in many forms and in a huge variety of sizes, from neighbourhoods to villages, to towns to special interest groups - whatever brings people together, because we believe that people are stronger together.

Achieving what we do is as simple as ABC (not forgetting the D), or as we call it, Asset-Based Community Development. Let me explain: ABCD is an approach to strengthening communities which focuses on the skills, talents, knowledge, relationships, and resources that already exist within a community, rather than concentrating only on problems or needs.

It was developed by John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann in the 1990s. ABCD challenges traditional deficit-based models that often view communities primarily in terms of deprivation, dependency, or social problems. Instead, it recognises that every individual and community possesses assets that can be mobilised to create positive change.

“We have what we need when we share what we have.”

At the heart of ABCD is the belief that local people are the experts in their own lives and communities. Rather than outside organisations deciding what a neighbourhood needs, ABCD encourages residents to identify what is strong, not simply what is wrong. This shift in perspective can build confidence, increase participation, and strengthen community resilience...

We are incredibly proud of what we do at Torbay Communities – the clue is in the name. At the heart of everything we do is the word community, and that comes in many forms and in a huge varie…

26/05/2026

🟠 Amber heat‑health alerts have been extended until Thursday 28 May and now include the South West, alongside the South East and central England. Check in on vulnerable people and know what to do if someone becomes unwell in the heat.

26/05/2026

We have raised £1,250! Come and join us to make a real difference and have the chance of winning great prizes.

Torbay Communities is offering you the chance to win big prizes and help raise much needed funds.