Culture, creativity and heritage makes Torbay a better place in which to live, work, learn and visit. Torbay Culture was set up with support from Arts Council England to provide strategic leadership for the local culture sector, and progress the cultural strategy which is focused around people and place.
We are so proud of the team that made this happen but the funding for the Best Foot Forward pilot has come to an end. The programme really has been life-changing for the participants and we don’t want to stop these amazing people dancing together. We would also love to see this opportunity provided for other people. We need your support to carry on.
We are seeking to appoint an individual or organisation to support us in developing the English Riviera’s cultural tourism offer, helping us to shape an all-year-round destination and attract a new type of visitor. If you have credible knowledge and experience of cultural tourism with a creative approach this could be the project for you!
A creative project that was launched by Torbay Culture and Torbay Council to find out what ‘good care’ looks like has resulted in a Care Charter and interactive toolkit that all care homes across Torbay will be encouraged to sign up to and use.
We're building a network of cultural volunteers to be strong advocates for culture in Torbay, to encourage engagement in local arts, culture and heritage by Torbay residents and to support the delivery of our growing arts and heritage offer. Can you help?
TDA, Torbay Council and Torbay Culture are working together through the Great Place Scheme, using creative approaches to community engagement to ensure the highest quality regeneration of public realm in Torbay.
Torbay Culture is looking for a brilliant individual, organisation or consortium to deliver the creative direction of Torbay’s £1.2m Great Place Scheme programme and oversee new commissions of great cultural product that amplify and grow our cultural assets.
A group of Torbay artists are working with care home residents to explore what ‘good care’ means to them. Torbay Culture and Torbay Council have commissioned Devon based arts organisation Encounters to engage with care home residents during November and December 2017, with the aim to produce a Residents’ Rights Charter.
With a brand-new programme of events from across the globe reflecting Agatha Christie’s passion for travel and culture, five day International Agatha Christie Festival returns to Torbay (based at Torre Abbey) between 13-17 September 2017, in time for the novelist’s birthday on the 15 September.
Internationally renowned producer Situations (Theaster Gates’ Sanctum for Bristol and the 100-year Future Library in Oslo) has developed a new type of arts event for Torbay. The Tale will take place over three weekends in September 2017 and invites the audience to undertake a journey across three towns encountering artworks and performances inspired by Hoare’s writings on the untold stories of this place.
A £1.2million project to put Torbay’s culture and creativity centre stage for locals and visitors has been launched. The Torbay Great Place Scheme, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, could include events, trails and artwork to celebrate the Bay’s role in the life of Dame Agatha Christie or as a internationally recognised Unesco Geopark, a Festival of Light, and new digital guides to all that’s on among other projects.
Torbay today received an award of £1,191,400 from Arts Council England and Heritage Lottery Fund’s Great Place Scheme that will put art and culture at the heart of the future vision for the area. The grant will help to fund an ambitious project led by Torbay Culture Board that will make Torbay a great place to live, work, play and visit by promoting health and wellbeing, developing civic pride and making the most of the area’s natural beauty and rich heritage.
