The McCarthy Stone Foundation has provided a welcome boost ahead of the Christmas period for local Topsham charity, the Estuary League of Friends, to help support those living with memory loss or dementia and their carers.
In a bid to make Christmas a little brighter this year, the McCarthy Stone Foundation has given the Estuary League of Friends a £250 donation, which will help with the running costs of its Memory Café, a support group offered to those living with memory loss or dementia and their carers.
Rachel Gilpin, Chief Executive at the Estuary League of Friends,...
One more push! That’s the plea of a charity appealing for £60,000 to continue its work for the elderly and the vulnerable in a Devon community.
The Estuary League of Friends is based in Topsham and delivers social care to that community and those in a wide area nearby reaching parts of Exeter, Clyst St George and Clyst St Mary, and towards Exmouth.
In recent weeks the charity has of course added to its usual work with a huge effort to help those most in need during the Coronavirus crisis.
This has involved organising volunteers to deliver groceries, medicines...
A Topsham group supporting vulnerable and elderly people during the Coronavirus pandemic has described the awarding of almost £4,000 from the Exeter Covid-19 Action Fund as “a life saver!”
The Estuary League of Friends was successful in applying for two grants to help people in Topsham, Countess Wear and Newtown.
The money will be used to maintain the charity’s lifeline Home Help service for 98 vulnerable and elderly people in Topsham and the surrounding area, providing help in the home so that they can live safely during the Coronavirus outbreak.
A charity at the heart of a Devon community’s response to the Coronavirus crisis has launched an urgent fundraising appeal to help it continue its vital services.
The Estuary League of Friends - based in Topsham and a lifeline for many in the town and surrounding areas - needs £60,000 to continue its essential work.
In recent weeks Estuary’s staff and volunteers have been delivering groceries, medicines and essential supplies, cooking and delivering hot meals, taking people to urgent medical appointments and making telephone calls to vulnerable people who are self-...
£6,235 available from 2019/2020 fund – deadline January 17 2019
Award-winning Devon volunteer organisation Estuary League of Friends has installed Topsham’s first multi-model electric vehicle charger outside its new community hub at Nancy Potter House. The project was supported by a £900 grant from the Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) community fund, which is accepting new applications until 5pm Friday January 17th .
‘With the start-up funds from ECOE, our project became a reality, as we were able to use those funds as match funding,’ says Emily McCarthy, Community &...
Construction is about to begin on a brand new Community Hub for Topsham, one of the area’s most important buildings of recent years - and the organisation behind it is seeking volunteers to help champion its work and plan how it will develop.
The new hub, being built on the site of the former ‘pre-fab’ Topsham library, aims to be the pride of the local community.
It will be the base for many of the services provided by the Estuary League of Friends, a long-standing and much-loved charity serving the town and communities stretching from Countess Wear to Exmouth.
August is just around the corner and with that comes the annual Topsham to Turf Ferryman’s Swim which is now in its 10th year.
As we celebrate the first decade of the swim in recent times and its annual return appearance in the local calendar, a little reminder on its history.
Named in recognition of Topsham’s Ferryman Mike Stevens who resurrected this swim back in 2006 after discovering that the swim was a regular event for people in Topsham in the 1930s the last one being swum in 1938.
Being no stranger to endurance water events; 27 years ago Mike had held the...
Come and ‘sit-a-while’ in this lovely garden …. many interesting features, ome semi-exotic plants, large greenhouse and wonderful River Exe Estuary views. Mary and Chris Lambert are kindly opening their garden in support of Estuary League of Friends, so come and enjoy a relaxing afternoon, exploring the garden and take a while to enjoy the view with refreshments, cake and good company!
Entrance £2.50 - Refreshments available at additional cost.
Devon County Council’s Library Service has reached a long awaited milestone with the transfer of its building in Topsham to the Estuary League of Friends.
The community group were keen to respond to a growing need for their services in the area by providing a modern fit for purpose community hub in a central location and approached the Council in 2013 to discuss the opportunity of working together to redevelop Topsham Library into a wider community facility.
The move means the Council no longer owns the building, but will continue to manage the library service with its...
Twelve communities across Devon have been chosen to take part in a pioneering new partnership project to test how they can support their local libraries and expand the services they provide.
Devon County Council will work with the dedicated community groups to help shape the new organisation and try out new ways of involving local people so they can have more say on how their library is run.
Those chosen include Colyton, Bampton, Moretonhampstead and Ottery St Mary.
Topsham Library has been working with the Estuary League of Friends and will also form part of the...
