Wow! Our charity phone box at Ashleigh Way has now raised over £1,000! Julia recently popped down to say a huge thank you to Andrew at Ashleigh Way Stores & Post Office for supporting ViH. We‘d also like to add our thanks to everyone who has visited the phone box and made donations. Every donation, no matter how small, really does make a difference and helps ViH to continue to support the local community. Thank you.
#VolunteersWeek we had a fantastic turnout for our final event of the week – a celebration tea party at the ViH hub at Teignmouth Hospital. A lovely catch-up with more of our amazing volunteers. We‘ve had such a brilliant Volunteers Week, thank you to everyone who has organised or supported our events this week. YOU make a difference!
🎉 Quiz Night Fundraiser – Join the Fun and Support a Great Cause! 🧠🍻
Mark your calendars for Friday 18th July 2025, as The Masonic Hall in Teignmouth hosts a Quiz Night in aid of the Worshipful Master’s chosen charities:
💙 Volunteering in Health – Brighter Days
🧡 Alzheimer’s Research UK
📍 Venue: The Masonic Hall, Hollands Road, Teignmouth
🕢 Time: Doors open at 7:30pm for an 8:00pm start
💷 Entry: £5 per person (includes buffet!)
🍺 Bar: Open all evening!
Whether you’re a trivia buff or just in it for the laughs and buffet, this promises to be a fantastic evening in support of two important causes. Gather your friends, brush up on your general knowledge, and come along for a night of fun and fundraising!
Who are your Stars of Teignbridge?
This November, we are excited to be part of the Stars of Teignbridge Awards Ceremony for the second year running, to celebrate the volunteers and community organisations that make Teignbridge such a wonderful place to live, work and visit.
You can find out more about the local voluntary sector in the Thriving Teignbridge Report. This is based around the themes from the Vision of Volunteering, which also form the categories for the awards.
The awards ceremony will be held on Friday 7ᵗʰ November at 6:30pm for 7:00pm at Pavilions Teignmouth. Tickets are £10, which includes a welcome drink, canapes, and the entertainment from comedian Tom Glover and singer Ollie Stevens.
You can nominate an organisation HERE or you can nominate an individual HERE. If you have any questions or would like to make a nomination in a different way then please email: chloe@teigncvs.org.uk
My name is Julian or Jules Griffen, and I would like to introduce you to a new and hopefully very rewarding volunteering opportunity in Teignmouth.
The town of Teignmouth has always been a popular holiday destination for blind and partially sighted people, thanks to its former links with the RNIB and Guide Dogs for the blind Association. As a totally blind person myself, I often find it difficult to fully enjoy holidays in the area, unless I am accompanied by a fully sighted friend or family member. Going on holiday is something which most people take for granted, but if you have little or no useful eyesight, exploring new or unfamiliar places independently can often be stressful or even impossible to achieve. I therefore wanted to come up with a solution, involving local people in Teignbridge.
I recently set up the Cliffden Buddies sighted guide scheme, and we currently have a team of around 20 local volunteers. These wonderful people are already providing an invaluable and much appreciated support service for visually impaired (or VI) people who visit or take holidays in the region. As word is spreading about this initiative, I am concerned that demand will soon outweigh supply. I would therefore love to grow and develop our Buddy team, to avoid disappointing anybody who request sighted guide support when taking holidays in the region.
To secure the future of the Cliffden Buddies scheme, and make it more official, I am delighted that the Manager of Volunteering in Health (Julia Street) has offered to take us onboard as a partner within the charity.
Seen here, Jules and Julia and sighted guides, signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU); a non-binding agreement; that outlines the intention of how Volunteering in Health and the Cliffden Buddies Scheme will collaborate and work in partnership.
If you think that you would like to become part of this exciting project, please feel free to contact us at the following email address: jules.griffen22@outlook.com
If you’d like to learn more about ViH in general, please contact us on 01626 771695 or email info@volunteeringinhealth.co.uk.
If you think that you would like to become part of this exciting project, please feel free to contact me at the following email address: Jules Griffen – cliffden.buddies@outlook.com