Buckfastleigh Town Council

Drama Session
2018-08-16 10:30 - 12:30 UTC | Buckfastleigh Youth Club
Games and skills for all you budding young actors!
Led by Natasha Brown of Take Centre Stage
Minimum age 7 years. Reserve your place here

Retro Games Club
2018-08-17 10:30 - 12:30 | Victoria Park, Plymouth Road, Buckfastleigh, United Kingdom
Some of the games they used to play in the olden days, when your parents and grandparents were small!
Come and enjoy a bit of old fashioned competitive fun.
Led by Ashley
Minimum age 7 years. No need to book – just drop in

Skate Jam
2018-08-17 18:00 - 21:00 | Victoria Park, Plymouth Road, Buckfastleigh, United Kingdom
Music, a bbq, peer-to-peer skate skill sessions, competitions, film projection, design & make a bag workshop. Plus the launch of a possible Buckfastleigh youth skate collective.
If you want to get involved please contact hellobuckfastleigh@gmail.com
All ages welcome. No need to book – just drop in.

Pengelly Caves Fossils
2018-08-20 10:30 - 14:00 | William Pengelly Cave Studies Centre, Russets Lane, Buckfastleigh
Buckfastleigh is full of old fossils! See them, learn why they are here and make your own.
A bit messy so wear suitable clothing. Bring a packed lunch.
Suitable for ages 10+. Reserve your place here

Biscuit Band - music making for young and old
2018-08-20 14:30 - 16:00 | Redmount Nursing Home, 21 Old Totnes Road, BUCKFASTLEIGH, Devon, TQ11 0BY
Make music and write songs and eat cakes and biscuits in the company of the residents of Redmount Nursing Home.
Led by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s outreach worker, Hugh Nankiville
Children of all ages and their parents welcome. Reserve your place here

Elfic's Circus Skills Workshop Comes to Town
2018-08-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Victoria Park, Plymouth Road, Buckfastleigh, United Kingdom
Have a go at juggling (balls, rings, clubs), unicycling, stilt walking, diablo, devilstick, plate spinning, poi, hat manipulation….
Open to all ages. Children under 10 must be accompanied by a parent or carer. No need to book, just drop in. In Town Hall if wet, otherwise in Victoria Park

Cookery and Lunch Club
2018-08-22 10:00 - 12:30, 2018-08-29 10:00 - 12:30 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Learn recipes to make at home – impress your friends and family. Get familiar with ingredients and work together to produce a delicious lunch to share. Then take a recipe sheet home to try it out there.
Cooking from 10 am to 12 noon, then a shared lunch.
Open to unaccompanied children aged 8 years and older. Children aged 6 or 7 years may attend if accompanied by an adult.
Booking essential. Reserve your place here

Moor Fun Inflatables
2018-08-22 10:30 - 12:30, 2018-08-29 10:30 - 12:30 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Bouncy castle and other inflatable fun in the Town Hall. No need to book, just drop in.

Creative Conservation
2018-08-22 12:30 - 14:30 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Join us in the Wildspace Garden at Buckfastleigh Town Hall for an afternoon of learning about our indigenous plants and creatures, creating poems and pictures, and planting ideas to take home and grow.
Paint and compost will be involved so please wear old clothes.
Minimum age 3 years. Children under 10 years must be accompanied by a parent or carer. No need to book – just drop in.

Extraordinary Town Council meeting - Town Hall
2018-08-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
At 7.00 pm there will be an Extraordinary Town Council Meeting to discuss the proposal to set up a new board of trustees for the Buckfastleigh Town Hall & Institute charity.
See here for more info…
Agenda (Published 5 working days before the meeting)
Supporting document – Proposal
Minutes

Jumpers for Football!
2018-08-23 10:30 - 12:30 | Victoria Park, Plymouth Road, Buckfastleigh, United Kingdom
10-16 years old? Like football? Or just want to try it? Come to the football skills session. You can bring your own football if you have one or just show up. Make sure you have the appropriate footwear.
We will start with a warm up, do some drills and finish with a kick around. After all, despite this world cup, it’s coming home, right?!
With Thijs Mostert.
For ages 10 to 16 years. No need to book – just drop in

Singer Songwriter Skills
2018-08-24 10:30 - 12:30 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Local singer songwriter Rob Carney (robcarneymusic.co.uk) will be sharing his knowledge of the art of songwriting and is here to help you make your song.
Whether you are starting from scratch or already have ideas which you want to develop further…bring your instrument, scraps of lyrics, recorded melodies, and work on your song!
Minimum age 10 years. Reserve your place here

Bounce and Play
2018-08-28 09:30 - 16:30 | Woodholme Car Park, Plymouth Road, TQ11 0FB
Come and join the fun at ibounce in Newton Abbot followed by a campfire lunch and some craft and free play at Wild Fox Adventure Playground
Minimum age 8 years. Meet at Woodholme Car Park where minibus will be waiting.
Led by Play Torbay. A £3 deposit is required to book which will be refunded on boarding the minibus
Reserve your place here

Decorate the Youth Club
2018-08-28 10:30 - 13:00 | Buckfastleigh Youth Club
Craft and Art to decorate the youth club with your creativity — and make something to take home with you.
Led by Emma Distin & Becci Eriksson.
Minimum age 7 years. No need to book, just drop in.

Nature Board Sketching
2018-08-30 10:30 - 12:30 | Orchard Millennium Green, Station road, Buckfastleigh, Devon, United Kingdom
Come and draw some local wildlife to be part of a permanent Nature Board to be placed on the Orchard Millennimum Green for all to see
All ages welcome. Children under 10 years must be accompanied by a parent or carer. No need to book – just drop in.

Story Workshop
2018-08-31 14:30 - 16:00 | Redmount Nursing Home, 21 Old Totnes Road, BUCKFASTLEIGH, Devon, TQ11 0BY
Intergenerational interactive story workshop with Sara Hurley at Redmount Nursing Home.
Playful games and storytelling for the young in the company of the young at heart.
Minimum age 5 years. Children under 10 years must be accompanied by a parent or carer.
Reserve your place here

Environment and Transport Committee
2018-09-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Agenda
Minutes (available after approval at next meeting)

Town Council Meeting
2018-09-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall – Room 3
Agenda
Messages
Minutes

Buckfastleigh Naturally Healthy - Tai Chi & Nature
2018-09-20 10:00 - 12:30 | Woodholme Car Park, Plymouth Road, TQ11 0FB
Buckfastleigh Naturally Healthy presents Forest Chi – Equinox: Movement & Stillness to tune in with the changing of the seasons.
Session includes a gentle wander through woodland along the River Dart, some Tai Chi and Qigong exercises and moves, some times of stillness and tuning in with the changing seasons, and end with a picnic.
The sessions aim to be relaxed, sociable and restorative and no experience of Tai Chi is needed.
Starts 10:30am Newbridge Car Park (or Meet at Victoria Woodholme Car park for car share at 10am)
FREE – funded by Buckfastleigh Town Council – Book early to secure our place – email: kate@forestchi.co.uk or phone 01837 840959

Buckfastleigh Emergency Plan Test Run
2018-09-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
The Buckfastleigh Emergency Plan has recently been reviewed and updated. A core group of volunteers who have already received training will test out the new plan to make sure everything runs smoothly.
Contact the Town Clerk if you are interested in attending: clerk@buckfastleigh.gov.uk or 01364 642576

Bat Talk
2018-09-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Find out more about the work being done by the Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project in and around Buckfastleigh. Learn more about this fascinating species that lives right on your doostep.
See how you can help the bats, get involved with the project and make Buckfastleigh a bat-friendly community.
The talk is free but please let us know if you’re coming so we have an idea of numbers. Email: bats@devonwildlifetrust.org or phone 01392 260849
Part of the September 2018 Bat Festival

Finance Committee Meeting
2018-09-26 19:30 - 21:00 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Agenda (Published 5 working days before the meeting)
Minutes (available after approval at next meeting

Buckfastleigh Naturally Healthy - Wanders for Wellbeing
2018-09-29 10:00 - 13:30, 2018-10-17 10:00 - 13:30 | Hembury Woods
You are invited to a gentle guided walk in Hembury woods, exploring the practice of shinrin-yoku with Emma Capper, nature and forest therapy guide.
Meet 10 am at Woodholme car park.
Advance booking required: emma@emmacapper.co.uk or 07771 515817

Tourism, Recreation and Economic Development Committee Meeting
2018-10-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Agenda (Published 5 working days before the meeting)
Minutes (available after approval at next meeting)

Environment and Transport Committee Meeting
2018-10-03 19:30 - 21:00 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall

Fun Bingo
2018-10-05 19:30 - 21:30 | St. Lukes Church
Ashburton District Friends of Guiding presents an evening of Fun Bingo in St. Luke’s Church (lower hall). Refreshments, raffle, prizes.

Town Council Meeting
2018-10-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Agenda (Published 5 working days before the meeting)
Summary (available soon after the meeting)
Minutes (available after approval at next meeting)
