YELLOW DAY ON THE MARKET ON SATURDAY 20TH JUNE 2026 What a lovely Yellow Day we had at Honiton Market. It was heaving at one point and the atmosphere was just great. A huge thank you to Stella, Lorraine, Lisa, Sue East, Christine Goodwill, Sylvia & Miriam, for volunteering, we really appreciate your support. We had a very successful day.…
Saturday 24th January 2026 What a fabulous Burns Night celebration at Gittisham Village Hall yet again and as always we felt so very warmly welcomed. We enjoyed a wonderful meal of Haggis with all the traditional trimmings and a choice of homemade various sponge puddings with custard as dessert. We danced to caller Mary to well past our bed times.…
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…
The Byes Friday 30th January 2026 Our January ‘Walk & Chat’ went along the Byes to Sidmouth. What an energising, wet but exciting ‘Walk & Chat’ it was. Only a small group ventured out due to the at times heavy rain and rather strong winds. We got off the Trip minibus at Livonia Road, walked down the Byes to the…
Wednesday 9th April 2025 Home Instead with Holly Willis and Talia Honiton Carers had a great meeting on Wednesday 9th April at the Methodist Church, when Holly Willis Home Instead Digital Marketing and Communications Coordinator and Talia their Training Manager visited to give a reduced presentation on Safeguarding. Safeguarding is everyone’s business, but often we fear about speaking up if we do…
We had a fabulous time at the Bowd Inn celebrating Christmas. We decided last year to postpone our annual lunch to February to have something to look forward to which was a great success so that is what we did again this year. Carole & Darren Proprietors of the Bowd Inn really did us proud. The food was wonderful with…
Wednesday 22nd January 2025 Lovely afternoon at the Methodist Church making adorable mini hats, so simple but very enjoyable with some fabulous results achieved by all our carers. We also had a visit from our new Admiral Nurse Jo Samuel who has taken over from her pre-successor Fay Valentine who left a few months ago. It is great to have…
What a lovely day we spent at the Co-op yesterday on the shortest day of the year. We met so many lovely friends we have not seen for ages and spoke with so many carers, ex-carers and families struggling with looking after loved ones. As expected it was nice and steady and people were in a festive mood despite the…
Wednesday 11th December 2024 Our tea party went with a bang. We started off with lovely non alcoholic home made Mulled Wine with lots of spices, which went down a treat, had various snacks on the tables like chocolates, Dips & bread sticks, crisps and Ritz to nibble during our entertainment. Cameron Lemmer entertained us for an hour singing his…
Honiton Carers Support Group celebrated Carers’ Right Day at the local Co-op branch on Saturday 23rd November by bringing awareness to the community about unpaid carers and the support available to them. We would like to thank the community for supporting us so very generously and the Co-op for their ongoing support over the years. We met so many lovely…