This autumn Buckfast Abbey has welcomed a new recruit to their team who follows in his brother’s footsteps. Trainee electrician, Ryan Ware, will join the Abbey’s Works Department as a new apprentice electrician and work alongside the Abbey’s current plumbing apprentice, Ryan’s twin brother, Lewis Ware.
The recruitment of Ryan is the latest in a series of apprenticeship appointments made by the Abbey and he will be their first apprentice electrician. The Abbey is a passionate supporter of education and learning and currently facilitates apprenticeship schemes in partnership with...
Online festival launched to help primary school pupils manage mental health
Buckfast Abbey is readying itself to lift the mood and mental wellbeing of primary school children across the UK with the launch of its largest ever festival to help children cope with the stresses of daily life.
Starting on Monday 11th October, the Take 5 Festival - a virtual event created by the Abbey’s Education Department - builds on the success of last year’s inaugural, week-long event, which saw schools from as far as Cumbria, Yorkshire and Kent getting involved.
Seven new life-saving defibrillators have been installed at Buckfast Abbey, taking the total on site to eight. This makes the religious centre and popular tourist attraction one of only a handful of venues in the South West to have so many defibrillators available in one place.
The vital role the resuscitation equipment plays has recently received global attention following Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen’s sudden cardiac arrest at the Euros 2020 match, showing that people of all ages and levels of fitness can benefit from fast access to defibrillators.
Buckfast Abbey has announced the appointment of Matt Roach as its new Chief Operating Officer.
Mr Roach is the former Managing Director of Exeter Airport and has strong links with Devon’s business community. He succeeds Jonathan Deacon, who is retiring after 30 years with the Abbey.
Fr. Francis Straw, Buckfast Abbey’s Prior Administrator and Chair of Trustees says:” We look forward to welcoming Matt among us and to working with him to make Buckfast Abbey the best it can be for the benefit of everyone. Matt inherits a thriving operation, thanks to the talent, energy and...
The organ installed to celebrate Buckfast Abbey’s millennium will be the centrepiece of a special evening concert by Exeter Philharmonic Choir on Saturday May 19th, the night of the Royal Wedding.
Summer in the Abbey - An evening of French and English music features works by a variety of composers from both sides of the Channel, including Vaughan Williams’ ethereal and haunting Valiant for Truth and Fauré’s ever popular Cantique de Jean Racine.
The Abbey’s newly-installed organ, played by Richard Lea, will be put through its paces with three movements from Jean Langlais’...
Buckfast Abbey is giving thanks for the thousandth anniversary of its foundation through the setting up of the Millennium Fund to support Devon hospice charities. All proceeds from the Millennium events will go towards the fund, which will then be split between Rowcroft Hospice, Hospiscare, North Devon Hospice, Children’s Hospice South West and St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth.
The Millennium Fund has been created from the Monastic Community’s wish to thank all those who have helped to make Buckfast Abbey what it is now by giving back to the community in Devon and in particular to those...
Buckfast Abbey will be hosting a Foragers Feast pop up kitchen with local foraging expert David Beazley.
The feast will take place on the evening of Saturday 23 July in the restaurant of the Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre looking across the lawn to the Abbey Church.
Throughout March to October Devon provides a feast for foragers with food such as clams, crabs, mussels, chive, rock samphire, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries.
Using locally foraged foods, David and the Abbey chef John Hughes will serve a delicious four course menu with a selection of wines...
Buckfast Abbey is hosting a Foragers Feast with chef David Beazley.
David Beazley and the Abbeys chef John Hughes will be using locally forged food to create the feast.
It will take place on the 23rd July at 7pm in the restaurant of the Abbeys conference centre. It is £25 per person and to book a spot call 01364 645530
Learn how to make your own balms creams and ointments using pure bees wax and honey from Buckfast Abbey's very own bees. Incorporate herbal extracts and essential oils to create your own unique products.
Price: £50 - All materials are included in the price as well as an exclusive information and recipe booklet.
Course tutor – Clare Densley
For all enquiries, contact:
Contact Clare Densley: cdensley@buckfast.org.uk or call 07944 504283
Alison Gagg, Education Department Manager at Buckfast Abbey , is celebrating the news that she has been shortlisted for a Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC). Initially appointed as part of a one-year project to set up an education service for the Benedictine monks who reside at Buckfast Abbey, 30 years on and Alison is still there, heading up a renowned learning centre that offers an extensive range of programmes and events for children and young people.
The awards are decided by online public vote through the Council...
