The shop is light and bright and there is so much more space for everyone. The staff and volunteers can now see everyone clearly and have somewhere much bigger to sort all the donations.

We’d like to thank all our customers for their patience while the shop was closed, and we welcome all to come and see what they think!

Many thanks to everyone for all their hard work. A couple of pictures of the refit are posted below.

There will be stalls, face painting, live music from Dave Martins Jabbo Five, BBQ, beer tent, kids crafts, ice creams. We will also have a demonstration at 1.30 pm from our local police dog trainer Lee Webb, who will be showing us what his sniffer dogs can do.

Registration for the dog show begins at 11am, with the dog show as follows- 11.45am – Prettiest Bitch 12.15pm Handsomest Dog 12.45pm Best Rescue Dog 2.15 Dog most like it’s owner 2.45 Best In Show (winners of classes 1-4) Dave Martins Jabbo Five will play 2 sets between 12 and 1 and 2 and 3. There are stalls available. Please phone the centre on 0300 123 0747 and ask for Sally Neale for more details.

2.50 entry per person. Children under 15 free. Begins 11am     Finishes 3pm

We’re having a stall with bric-a-brac, gifts, jewellery etc ,so come along and support us, and have a great day out with the family!

The events were: A six mile run from our Babbacombe shop to Shaldon, A horse ride from Shaldon to Ideford Common, A cycle ride from Ideford Common to the Turf Hotel, A canoe row from the Turf Hotel to Exeter Canal Basin and A walk from the canal basin to Little Valley Shelter.

We had 1 person running, 1 person cycling and 4 walkers.

This was a well sponsored event and the money is still being collected so we will put an update on the site when we know the final figure.

We’d like to thank everyone who took part and everyone who sponsored someone!! Well done all.!!!

It was quite a long day and we managed to raise £89.81 which will help us in the work we do supporting animal welfare in our local area.

Many Thanks to all who supported us on the day, either by volunteering on the stall, buying goods or donating money.

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.

We had a stall and managed to raise the brilliant sum of £225!!!

Many thanks to all who supported us and also thanks to the help from all the Trustees who attended.

People bought their animals along to be blessed, and a talk was given by Chair of Trustees Wendy Osborne and Animal Collection Officer Mike Watts also attended. It was a very good turnout, a wondeful service and everyone enjoyed the event.
We hope that the Reverend will repeat the event next year so keep checking back on the website for details.

Here are some pictures from the day.

All the shops made a great effort and pulled out all the stops to be the winner.

The Trustees of the Branch went  and viewed all the windows and eventually came up with a winner!

And the winners were ……………………….BRIXHAM CHARITY SHOP!!!

Well done to Mandy and her team for their stalwart efforts!!

Here we see the wining window and Mandy receiving  a small token of appreciation from the Area Manager on the left and the Chair of Trustees on the right.

The competition was very close so the Trustees decided to award a Certificate of Merit to two runners up who were Newton Abbot and Babbacombe Shops. Well Done All.

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