Health & Wellbeing - Combe Coastal

29/10/2025

🎯 For 16–25 year olds in Ilfracombe!
Looking to build confidence, learn new skills, or take your next step into work, training, or something creative?

Come along to the LIFT Taster Open Day this Thursday 30th October, 11am–1pm at The Lantern, High Street, Ilfracombe.

✨ Meet the team
🎸 Hear from inspiring guests (including the band Reef!)
🎨 Try some fun activities
💬 Find out how the free LIFT course can help you plan your future

29/10/2025

Wellbeing Wednesday

29/10/2025

Now!!!!! We have Katie from Wellmoor supporting people at Wellbeing Wednesday with understanding all things digital. Drop in for a chat before 12.30 at The Lantern Ilfracombe
Devon Communities Together

28/10/2025

A video from January however this is an ongoing service for Ilfracombe. Drop in on Thursdays !!

28/10/2025

💻 FREE Digital Support at Wellbeing Wednesday!

Tomorrow (Wednesday 29th October) we’ll be joined by Wellmoor who are offering free one-to-one digital support to help you understand all things digital!

📱 Whether you’d like help using your phone, tablet or laptop, setting up an email, getting online, or feeling more confident with technology come and have a chat!

🕙 10am – 12pm
📍 The Lantern, Ilfracombe High Street

A friendly representative from Wellmoor will be there from 10am to talk through your digital needs and arrange one-to-one sessions for anyone who’d like a bit of extra help.

☕ Light refreshments as always, and a warm welcome from the Wellbeing Wednesday team.

Devon Communities Together

26/10/2025

🎃 Pumpkin Carving for Wellbeing 🎃
Wednesday 29th October | 10am – 12pm
📍 The Lantern Meeting Room, High Street, Ilfracombe

Join us for a cosy and creative Wellbeing Wednesday morning of pumpkin carving, hot drinks, and friendly conversation.
All materials will be provided or bring your own pumpkin if you’d like to get extra creative! 🍂

☕ Light refreshments provided
💚 Donations welcome
👥 Open to all adults - no need to book, just drop in!

Part of Wellbeing Wednesday, run by your local Health & Wellbeing Team.

23/10/2025

🌍✨ Community Food Pantry 🍏🥖

The Community Food Pantry at The Lantern Ilfracombe is open and ready to use, but the shelves are looking a little empty at the moment. 💚

This pantry was created to help prevent food waste and support our community, and it’s here for everyone, whether you’d like to donate, take what you need, or swap items. 🙌

📍 Location: The Lantern Ilfracombe Courtyard, High Street, Ilfracombe

🛒 How It Works: Donate food, take what you need, or swap items!

We’d love your help to get it stocked up again! If you have any non-perishable food items or hygiene products to spare, please consider popping them in the pantry, every little bit makes a difference. 💙

Together, we can reduce waste, support one another, and keep kindness flowing in our community. 🌱💚

22/10/2025

Wellbeing Wednesday !!! We’re nearly ready for you!!! See you 10am - 1pm !!!

17/10/2025

The Child Accident Prevention Trust have shared some excellent advice with a summary poster on how to stay safe this Halloween. Please share with your families.

28/09/2025

Our regular Gentle Walk at Bicclescombe Park brought together about 25 participants including Fudge & Sid 🐾. These walks are all about inclusion: you don’t have to walk the full route. Some people enjoy the stroll, while others prefer to pause at resting points or simply be in the park and join in for the socialising.

We explored the herb garden (with thriving rosemary, thyme & sage), learned about autumn pollinators with Jamie from Finding Nature’s Footprints, and admired the cheeky grey squirrels.

Although the mill café was closed, the group shared lifts and enjoyed refreshments at the Landmark Theatre café instead. Another beautiful day in the park, filled with connection, nature, and community.

01/08/2025

This is what green social prescribing can look like: Moving, Learning, and Taking Notice together for a better understanding of the wild places we love.

As part of this year’s , our gentle walking group and representatives from North Devon Coast National Landscape spent time talking with Sharron and Chris Blackmoor, Sea Watch North Devon’s coordinators, about why it’s just as important to report when you don’t see dolphins or porpoises as when you do.

“Last couple of years our sightings have gone right down. We used to see one sighting an hour, now we might go months without one.” Sharron - Sea Watch Volunteer

Porpoises seem to be avoiding the warmer inshore waters of the Bristol Channel. Sea temperatures have risen by around 5°C, which might be pushing them further out where it’s cooler. Even at known hotspots like Lundy, watchers are seeing seabirds diving for food, but no dolphins or porpoises.

Other factors could include depleted food sources due to fishing, or changes in migration patterns. Meanwhile, species like bluefin tuna and Risso’s dolphins are making a return, possibly due to the same climate shifts.

“We think they’re still out there… just further offshore. But the data only builds if we all keep watching and reporting.” Chris - Sea Watch Volunteer

No sighting? Still important. Every “none spotted” tells the Sea Watch Foundation something about our changing seas.

Sea Watch Foundation Ilfracombe Friendship & Social

22/07/2025

Volunteer opportunity!!
Make a difference for someone !!!

👼 🍂 🌳Become a Gardening Angel Volunteer Today 👍

Do you have a passion for gardening and a desire to make a difference in your community?

If so Ilfracombe Town Council are looking for volunteers to join our Gardening Angels Team who in giving a little bit of their time assist those who are less able to care for their gardens.

If you would like to explore becoming a Gardening Angel or volunteering opportunities with Ilfracombe Town Council or maybe get a steer towards what options other local groups and organisations can offer, pop on over to the ITC website or get in touch with our Volunteers Officer.

🌐 https://ilfracombetowncouncil.gov.uk/volunteering-with.../
📧 Sarah.Maddocks@northdevon.gov.uk
☎️ 01271 855300