Wednesday 25th February Today was all about our carers. Tracy Duckmanton, Patient Experience Manager visited us to present AccessAble as well as the Carers, Cared for & Family Strategy. It was an extended session as there was a lot to present and indeed a lot to take in for the carers. It is extremely impressive work Tracy and her department…
Wednesday 28th January 2026 This month our usual craft session with Hazel Austin was replaced with a sing a long with Hazel and her partner Mick. Hazel has the most beautiful voice and kindly offered to share it with us accompanied by Mick who harmonised her fabulously on his guitar. We enjoyed some lovely music from 60s right through to…
Honiton Market Charter day celebrated their Charter Day this year on Saturday 19th July with a fabulous programme all around the town finishing off with a concert by the Honiton Town Band at the Millennium Green in the Evening. Honiton Carers Support Group was the Charter Day Committee’s chosen charity for the year, much to our delight. We naturally had…
Offwell Fete, Saturday 28th June We had a great day at Offwell Fete yesterday. The weather was perfect, warm, sunny at times but with a nice breeze. The turn out was good, the entertainment appreciated by the crowds and even though our pitch was not as well positioned as last year, we did really well all in all. Sold a…
We had a brilliant turnout for our AGM on 14th May 2025, held at Honiton Methodist Church our usual meeting place. This was our first year as a registered charity although we have been operating since 2014. All the committee members agreed to stand for a further 12 months and were voted back on unanimously by the group members. We…
Free travel training for disabled people in Devon Honiton Carers are the latest group of people to take part in travel training from the Devon-wide initiative, ‘Travelling with Confidence.’ The free training is designed to help people with disabilities to feel more confident when using public transport. The project is being delivered by Living Options Devon and Devon Communities Together,…
Saturday 31st August 2024 Honiton Carers had a great time at Gittisham Fete on Saturday 31st August. Organised by Alex from the Smithy and a fabulous job he did too. Lots of assorted stalls with Honey, Jewellery, Jams & Chutneys, Woodwork, Plants & Flowers, in fact everything. For entertainment there was the Town Band, a Duck Race, Bouncy castle, Morris…
Wednesday 31st July 2024 Honiton Carers celebrated their 10 years anniversary at the AGM on Wednesday 31st July and what an incredible turn out we had. The original committee members were all voted back on including the chair, much to everyone’s delight. Angela McFadyen, joint secretary took the minutes, Winnie Cameron, chair read the chair’s report and Mark Rich, treasurer…
Our Chair Winnie Cameron was nominated by Teresa Birch an ex-carer who now volunteers for Honiton Carers Support Group, for the BBC Radio Devon “Make a Difference” award. Despite thousands of nominations Winnie made it as a finalist (top 4) in the “carer” category and was as a result invited together with 3 guests to attend the presentation at Crealy…
What a brilliant session we had today learning how to do CPR and to operate a Defibrillator. Joe Rice lead the First Aid session at the Methodist Church on Wednesday 12th October 2022 which was arranged by Devon Carers. The carers who wanted to be, were all hands on and most were surprised at how hard it actually is to…