01.05.2021
Over a year ago on March 16th 2020 the Torbay Community Helpline was launched to match people who need help with people who want to help during the COVID-19 crisis....
Read more20.04.2021
Across Torbay, over 17,000 people care for a friend or relative (according to Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust). Every three years, an inter-agency strategy is devised, aiming to...
Read more19.03.2021
A partnership of local organisations, including the NHS in Devon, Torbay Council and the voluntary sector, is asking the public to share their experiences with using digital or internet services...
Read more25.02.2021
On March 21st, households across Devon will be asked to take part in the Census 2021 nationwide questionnaire. The survey has been carried out every ten years since 1801, with...
Read more22.01.2021
In the summer of 2020, Healthwatch Torbay – the independent healthcare consumer champion service we run – were asked by the Palace Theatre in Paignton to recite a poem for...
Read more15.01.2021
Our staff and volunteers have been supporting a local community helpline, started initially for those affected by the Coronavirus Pandemic and open to the people of Torbay to request help,...
Read more21.12.2020
From all of us here at Engaging Communities South West, we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year! We’d like to...
Read more08.10.2020
Digital Health Devon, a local project we manage which offers free guidance showing people how they can use the internet to access local healthcare resources, has relaunched its website...
Read more15.07.2020
A joint report released this week has revealed the impact the COVID-19 outbreak has had on the mental health and wellbeing of Devon residents. During the COVID-19 outbreak Healthwatch in...
Read more18.05.2020
We have been working with Public Health Torbay and a range of local community wellbeing groups to create a dedicated online COVID-19 information and advice service. Hundreds of different local...
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