Torquay & SE Devon Branch

Well what a fabulous night we all had!!!

We had 111 guests who all enjoyed brilliant entertainment from Nigel Lee and Steve Laister, a marvellous luxury buffet, lots of fun on the Blackjack and Roulette tables and a superb auction which all helped to raise the FANTASTIC SUM OF £2211.04

Our grateful thanks go to everyone who attended the event, all of the generous people who donated items for auction, all of our generous supporters who sponsored the event and a special thanks to MINT CASINO for organising everything. THANK YOU

It must have been one of the hottest days of the year, the day we were on the green with the Carnival! We sweltered along with everyone else, and made a fabulous £78.05.

Thanks to all who supported us and also thanks to those who helped out on the day despite the soaring temperature!

What a glorious day it was for the annual Apple Pie Fair. People were out in their droves and we had some wonderful support.

We managed to raise an amazing £190.70, and we’d like to say to say a HUGE THANK YOU to all who supported us.

Also thanks to those who helped out on the day.

We’re starting to plan our our popular Casino Night which this year is on Saturday November 12th!

Last year’s event was very popular and raised an amazing £1700 for the Branch.

Tickets will be £10 to include a buffet, entertainment, fun casino and auction. One of the auction items was a night’s B&B at The Cary Arms in Babbacombe. The winners told us they had a fabulous time and are hoping to bid for something similar this year!

If you would like to donate an auction prize or know anyone who does, please get in touch on 01803 556130.

Right on the back of the Carnival, we’ll be attending the annual Marldon Apple Pie Fayre!

This year it’s on Saturday 30th July.

Come along and visit us and support your local RSPCA!

It’s that time of year again where Torbay Carnival gets into full swing!!

We’ll be on the seafront on Tuesday 26th of July , so come along and grab a bargain and help support your Local RSPCA!

The charity concert on Sunday June 5th was a brilliant afternoons’ entertainment! We were given a varied programme of modern and traditional songs and the choir were at their very best vocally. The programme lasted for two hours, and as well  as the male voice choir we were treated to a solo performance by a fifteen year old boy by the name of Josh, who had a wonderful voice and sang three or four songs for us.

The event was well attended and we raised the magnificent sum of £323.!!!!

Many thanks to all who were involved in organising the event, and a special thanks to Liskerrett Male Voice Choir for giving up their time and putting on such a good show!

A photo will follow!

We would like to say a huge Thank you to all customers and staff at Sainsbury’s in Dartmouth. We raised an amazing £427.39.

Many thanks to all who donated. Your contributions are greatly appreciated.

Tickets for our Charity Choir Concert on Sunday June 5th are now available to buy in our shops or you can get them from the office. Just ring 01803 556130.

They’re only £5 each and the concert promises to be a wonderful afternoon. There are a limited number of seats available so don’t delay, get yours today!

The concert starts at three o’clock  at St Paul’s Church in Preston, Paignton

Come along and enjoy an uplifting afternoon, and support us at the same time!!

Thanks to all who took part in our Teddy Tombola on Saturday the 2nd of April. This event was organised by the Blue Cross and lots of animal charities took part. We had a good response and raised over £30, so thank you all again and we hope to see you at our next event which is RSPCA Week, 2nd to 8th of May. We’ll be at Tesco In Kingsteignton with our collecting tins! Come and say hello and support your local RSPCA.

We’re pleased to announce that the renowned Liskerrett Male Voice Choir is giving a concert in aid of our charity on Sunday, June 5th at St Pauls Church, Torquay Road, Paignton, 3pm to 5pm.

This popular Cornish Male Voice Choir have around 50 members and have sung with the likes of The Polperro Fishermen and Brixham Orpheus Male Voice Choir.

They have a varied programme of Traditional and modern songs and it promises to be a fabulous afternoon’s entertainment!

Tickets are only £5 each and there are a limited number of seats available so don’t miss out, BOOK NOW!

Tickets will be on sale in our shops in May, but you can reserve your seat now by calling the office on 01803 556130.

No payment required now. We’ll take your details and contact you when the tickets come out.

Don’t miss out on this excellent concert!!

RSPCA week will be held at Tesco’s in Kingsteignton from Monday the 2nd of April through to Sunday the 8th of May, where we’ll be standing outside the store with our smiley faces and collecting cans, and trying to raise as much money as possible for the Branch.

If you’d like to donate, or help with the collection please contact our Branch Office where we have all the information you need.

The Blue Cross is organising an Animals In Need Day on Saturday the 2nd of April at the Precinct Centre, Church Road, St Marychurch, Torquay, 10am to 1pm.

We will be attending and helping to support this day, so please come along and visit!

We’ll be having a Teddy Tombola so come along and support us and them! See you there!!

The Christmas Craft fair at the Methodist Hall in Totnes on Saturday was very well received . There were lots of different stalls selling things from gorgeous cup cakes to hand made jewellery and more. We had lots of Christmas goods for sale and refreshments,including tea, coffee, soup, mince pies, and fruit cake.

People even started coming in before we were  open and it was very well supported.

We raised an amazing £417.92!

Many thanks to the other stall holders who took part and to our team of staff and volunteers. Well done everyone!

Our Victorian evening on Wednesday the 8th of December was a very cold but DRY event! Last year it poured down and we all got soaked!

We had two stalls with a tombola on one and goods for sale on the other. On the Tombola stall we had a HUGE snow tiger and several people tried several times to win it, to no avail. Then when we were down to our last few tickets, a gentleman came back who had been trying to win it all evening and said” I’ll just have a couple more goes” and on the third go he won it!!! He was delighted and so were we!

All in all we raised a total of £160.57.

Many thanks to all who bought things from the stall and the Tombola, and thanks to all our Volunteers who helped on the night.

See the Herald Express for that week to see a picture of our Branch Chair, Wendy, on the stall with a customer.

Who wouldn’t want to be at the Christmas Fair in Totnes on the 11th of December?

10.00 am – 3.00pm

We’ll be in the Methodist Church in Fore St, and we’ll have some fabulous things for you to buy to help us raise funds for our Branch! Come and try one of our lovely cakes or buy some hand made jewellery. There’s also Patchwork Gifts, Fashion Accessories, RSPCA new goods and Face Painting for the little ones! Come along and support us and have a good day out too!!!

We’ll be at the famous Victorian Evening in Newton Abbot on Wednesday the 8th of December . Come along and see our stall.There’s bound to be some stocking fillers and other gifts just perfect for Christmas!  Starts around 6.30pm.See you there!!

Come along and support us at the Famous Christmas Street Party in Babbacombe! We will be staying open late in to the evening on Friday the 3rd of December, so please call in and say hello and grab a bargain for Christmas.

What a fabulous night our Fun Casino Night courtesy of Mint Casino proved to be! We had 142 guests, who enjoyed a superb luxury buffet, some brilliant entertainment from Steve Laister and Eloise Cole, great fun on the blackjack and roulette tables and of course a superb auction of donated prizes conducted by Steve Laister.

We would like to thank all of the fund raising team, shop staff and trustees who worked extremely hard to promote the event. Also a huge thank you to all of the local businesses who kindly donated prizes for the auction and winning prizes for the fun casino and finally very special thanks to Amanda Lynn and everyone at the Mint Casino Torquay who not only organized such an absolutely fabulous night but also donated prizes for the auction and the winners of the Fun Casino.

With their help we raised the magnificent sum of £1735.86 which will help us to continue to fund our animal welfare work in the local area.

Thank you so much for your support.

The Flower Festival at St Peters, Shaldon blossomed into a fabulous event. Thanks to the efforts of Branch Trustee Lesley of Flowers by Lesley, wonderfully supported by a hard working team of volunteers.This event, the first at St Peters for 25 years was a wonderful four day experience. Starting with a flower arranging demonstration and a raffle on Thursday evening followed by three days of exhibits, and closing with a service in the beautiful St Peters Church Shaldon on Sunday, this event was a spectacular success.

We would like to thank  everyone  for their beautiful flower arranging demonstrations, also grateful thanks to  the local business’s that sponsored  the floral demonstrations and of course a big thank you to all of the church volunteers without whom the event would not have been the success it was.

Special thanks of course to Lesley of Flowers by Lesley whose inspiration and hard work turned the event from an idea in to a very successful occasion generating the magnificent sum of £1897.12 which was shared equally between the Torquay & South East Devon Branch of the RSPCA and the local diocese.

Thank you for your support

COME AND JOIN US AT OUR FUN CASINO EVENING ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 13TH 2010

£5 ENTRY WILL GET YOU 2000 FUN CHIPS TO PLAY WITH, THERE’S A BUFFET, ENTERTAINMENT FROM STEVE LAISTER AND ACCESS TO THE CHARITY AUCTION WHERE YOU CAN BID FOR SOME FABULOUS  ITEMS!!

FUN CASINO PRIZES FOR TOP FEMALE AND TOP MALE PLAYER!

IT’S ON SATURDAY 13TH OF NOVEMBER,         8.00PM TO 12.00AM

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. AVAILABLE AT ALL OUR SHOPS IN PAIGNTON, BRIXHAM, TOTNES, NEWTON ABBOT AND BABBACOMBE. YOU CAN ALSO RING THE BRANCH OFFICE ON 01803 556130 OR BUY DIRECT FROM MINT CASINO  AT 5 ABBEY ROAD. TORQUAY.

IT PROMISES TO BE A GREAT NIGHT SO TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!

COME AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND HELP YOUR LOCAL RSPCA BRANCH.

ALL MONEY RAISED STAYS IN THE TQ AREA.

Shaldon Flower Festival at St Peters Church, Shaldon. 14th-17th October. Raising funds for the RSPCA Torquay & SE Devon Branch!!

Please come along and support us!!

Phone The Rectory on 01626 872396 or Lesley  on 01626 772839 for more information or to book .

See you there!!

Our next sponsored dog walk will be on :

SATURDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER 10.30AM

FROM COCKINGTON COURT COCKINGTON  TORQUAY

There will be a choice of 2 routes, one will be a short route around the lakes, or a longer route will take you along the path by the gamekeepers lodge, through the woods and then around the lakes.

It should be a fabulous day so please come along , have some fun, and raise much needed funds for your local branch of the RSPCA

Registration and sponsorship forms are available from our shops at Brixham, Totnes, Newton Abbot, Paignton, Babbacombe or by contacting the branch office via email or telephone

Look forward to seeing you there!

Our next event will be a guided walk and a coffee morning to raise funds for the Branch on

SUNDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2010 @ 10.00AM

The walk will start at Kingskerswell Church, Kingskerswell, at 10.00am, covers approximately 4 miles  and will last roughly 2 hours. It is a circular route taking in Kingskerswell Downs through woods and over meadows and down a lane. There is some uphill walking at the beginning.

The walk is being led by a Trustee of the Branch who has extensive  local  knowledge of the area. Sturdy shoes and waterproofs are advised. The walk is suitable for all ages and well behaved dogs on a lead are welcome. There is a suggested donation of £2 per walker. (The Coffee Morning will still be going on at the end of the walk.)

The Coffee Morning is being held in the Coffee Room, near the church. Anyone not wishing to walk can support us at the coffee morning, where there will be tea, coffee, and cakes available, (and a good natter)!

If you would like to take part just turn up at the church by 9.45 am on the day.

We look forward to seeing you there!!

A lovely time was had by all and the weather was really kind to us. We had terrific support from members of the public who bought lots of things from the stall, including one young man who bought nearly all our china!

We’d like to thank the organisers for inviting us, and to all who helped on the day.

We raised a very repectable  amount of £115.48!

See you at the next event! No dates as yet but keep watching!

SATURDAY JULY 31ST

MARLDON APPLE PIE FAIR

MARLDON

12AM to 5PM

We’ll be there, will you?

We had an excellent day on Tuesday, despite being nearly blown away into the sea by the strong wind! The event was very well attended and we had a lot of people buying cakes and bric-a-brac from the stall. (No cakes left to take home sadly)! We’d like to thank the organisers for inviting us and say a BIG thank you to everyone who bought something from us or who made a donation. Our volunteers were also brilliant as usual. Thanks go to Wendy, Charlie, Kim and Elaine for pitching in. You all helped us to raise a Fantastic £144.83 for the Branch!!! Well done everyone.

Don’t forget we’re at Marldon Apple Pie Fair on Saturday 31st. See you there!!

Another fantastic day for us! The event was well attended and the weather was beautiful. Our volunteers made some fabulous cakes which went down a storm. All in all we raised £111.30!!!

Many thanks to all who supported us and a special thanks to Preston Rotary Club for inviting us.

Our next event is the Preston Rotary Club Charity Day on Paignton Green.

It’s on Sunday the 18th of July from   10.30am to 4.30pm

We’ll have a stall with bric-a brac, books, gifts and a Tombola.

Come along with all the Family and Support your Local RSPCA!

See You There..

Well it was a fantastic day in Babbacombe! The sun was shining, there was a lovely breeze and we had a really good turnout of people attending the event. We had all sorts of things for sale including some nice bric-a-brac and some really nice gifts. People were very kind and supported us brilliantly. Thanks to all who bought and donated. The total raised was an amazing £400!!!