New Online Broadband Tool
New Mobile Library service for Brentor
Mobile Library Service for Brentor
The mobile library will be visiting Brentor every four weeks. It is a trial stop for the library which will run until Christmas to guage the level of interest in the service. The timetable is attached below. To use the mobile library you will need a mobile library card (which differs from the normal library card), these can be issued from the mobile library van. Once you have a library card you can use it at any mobile library stop, Unfortunately only books borrowed from the mobile library can be returned to the mobile library.
For more information or if you have any questions you can contact Libraries Unlimited via their web page: Contact the Library
Villages in Action – Help! I think I’m a Nationalist!
This event is now sold out
Don't forget your tickets!
Saturday 18th March 2023 7.30pm start at Brentor Village Hall
Who am I? Where do I belong? And who should I vote for? Cornwall is at a tipping point. House prices soar, the population shifts, tensions rise. Some people see it as a separate nation, whilst others see it as a prime holiday destination and playground for the rich. Seamas Carey is confused. He is desperately trying to understand. He’s watched a wave of gentrification sweep through his rural hometown. There’s nowhere to live, yet second homes stand empty. He wishes Cornwall was more welcoming and inclusive, but watches “up country” money sow division and suspicion. Could closing borders and nationalism be the answer? Where’s the line between pride and power? What happens when it all goes too far?
Seamas needs help…he needs your help!
Suitable for 16+ years. Tickets £13 available to book in advance online at:
https://villagesinaction.co.uk/events/help-i-think-im-a-nationalist/
TWO VENUES & NIGHTS ON THIS WEB PAGE – SO BE SURE TO BOOK BRENTOR
Or call HELEN ON 01822 810412
Brentor Car Park charging proposal
A site meeting about the proposed introduction of charges at Brentor Church car park was held on Monday 18th July. It was attended by Andrew Watson (Estates Officer) and Richard Drysdale (Communities Officer) of Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA), Helen Harris, Rob Harris and Christopher Pancheri from Brentor PCC, Gary Hunt (Chairman of Brentor Parish Council (BCC), Terry Pearce of WDBC and BCC, and two other councillors from Brentor Parish Council, Caroline Mott , and Philip Sanders representing Devon County Council (DCC) and DNPA. Carol and Colin Sergant represented the bell ringers. (more…)
Come on you Brentor singers!
You too can sing the Hallelujah Chorus!
Always wanted to but never have? Now is your chance. Come along to Mount Kelly on Thursday 8 September 2022 at 7.30 p.m. in The Big School, Mount Kelly, Parkwood Road Tavistock. Join the Mount Kelly Choral Society at a special,open door “come and sing” event and sing The Hallelujah Chorus. Score provided and refreshments will be available. (more…)
My Place, My Views
West Devon Borough Council, South Hams District Council and Plymouth City Council have launched a new consultation asking local residents what they like about their neighbourhood and what could be improved. My Place, My Views consists of a simple survey and interactive map, which asks people how they feel about:
- Their local facilities, services and open spaces
- The types of places they like most and why
- Using online services.
- The places they would like to see change in the next five to ten years.
Mystery house
This mystery photo was sent to our website by Sue Swanborough and was featured as picture of the month in August. She acquired it recently but so far has had no success in locating where it was taken.
The reverse of the photograph is inscribed ‘St Barbara, Brentor, Devon, August 1932’, but no house called St Barbara is listed in local censuses.
Alvin Diaz has been researching the photograph and thinks that he has located it. He searched local directories which led to two names – Mary Cooke Allen and Frances Ann Powell – both listed as resident at St Barbara. Mary Cooke Allen is also listed in the 1921 census as residing in St Barbara and the house appears to be in the Rowden House locality.
Is it still there, in a different name – or has it been rebuilt? Do you know?
If you recognise the house please contact the editor at editor@brentorpc.org.uk.
You can see all the past pictures of the month by clicking here.
The Growing Communities fund
The Growing Communities Fund has just been launched by Devon County Council and is intended to support proactive, effective, measurable, and sustainable actions to enable individuals and communities to build self-reliance and community resilience, reduce food and fuel inequalities and improve mental health and wellbeing and respond to the climate emergency.
A wide range of groups and organisations can apply including ‘host’ organisations. The Growing Communities Fund will provide grant awards of between £500-£1000 and £1000-£3,000 (though we will enter discussions with applicants who have exemplary or innovative projects). The grants of between £1,000 and £3,000 will be reimbursed upon receipt of an end of project report outlining what the funds paid for and the impact and outcomes. (more…)
Devon’s best young landscape artist competition
More details can be viewed on the website: www.cpredevon.org.uk/my-outdoors-painting
Cost of Living payments
Millions of people on means-tested benefits are receiving the first of two cost of living instalments totalling £650 from 14 July 2022, as part of a £37 billion government package to help families with cost of living pressures.
The first £326 instalment for qualifying low-income households in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by their usual payment method continue to the end of the month. For those eligible, the rest will follow in a second instalment in the autumn. (more…)
Brenstock tee-shirt sale
Get your memento of this year’s Brenstock! There are a few Brenstock tee-shirts remaining from this year’s festival, now on sale for just £5!
Unisex, heavy quality, small and medium sizes in black and larger sizes in white – don’t miss a bargain!
To purchase yours contact Colin Dawes on 811079
Free, energy efficiency home improvements
Lower-income households invited to apply for free energy efficiency home improvements.
If you have a household income of less than £30,000 a year, and live in Devon or Torbay, you may be eligible for free energy efficiency improvements to your home worth thousands of pounds.
From this week you can check your eligibility and apply through the Cosy Devon website. (more…)
USO Broadband survey
Full Fibre to the Property Broadband has now arrived in Brentor village. Unfortunately only a relatively small proportion of properties in Brentor are able to make use of this facility, the majority still need alternative methods with poor speed and/or reliability/cost issues.
In order to encourage OpenReach to complete coverage of the whole of Brentor Parish, over the coming weeks, one of your Parish Councillors will be visiting you with a short list of questions about the availability of broadband in your home and what your broadband requirements may be. The information you provide will be collated and used to try to improve the broadband service to all homes in our Parish. OpenReach have already installed a dedicated fibre from Tavistock to Brentor – we are now working to get OpenReach and/or Airband to extend coverage to the whole of Brentor.
Report the Asian hornet!
Vespa velutina, known as the ‘Asian hornet’ or ‘yellow-legged hornet’ is an invasive species from Asia. If you find one you MUST report it. The species arrived in France in 2004 and has spread rapidly. As a highly effective predator of insects, including honey bees and other beneficial species, it can cause big losses to bee colonies, other native species and potentially ecosystems. We have several beekeepers in Brentor who would appreciate your help in preventing this species from spreading.
Car boot sales at the playing field
Brentor Village Hall and Playing Field Committee are once again organising a full programme of car boot sales throughout the summer.
For more information please contact Ness Donoghue – tel 07706 972906 or email belarusness@hotmail.com.
Cattle on the moor – take care!
Highland cattle on Gibbett Hill
Cattle are back on Gibbett Hill, so if you are walking take care. In past years walkers with dogs have been attacked by the highland cattle, especially when calves are present. You are particularly advised not to walk between the cattle. Several local footpaths go through fields used to graze cows, so take care on these too. (more…)
Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal – local donations
Millions of people have fled their homes to escape conflict in Ukraine. Leaving behind jobs, belongings and loved ones, they now face an uncertain future.
Local individuals and organisations have been raising funds and giving support to the appeal to support the people of Ukraine……… (more…)
Ongoing community issues
This website provides a source of information about issues which are of ongoing concern in our village. They first appear on the home page, but require additional space to do them justice and to provide a timeline of how important matters are progressing.
Click here for information about Broadband provision for Brentor
Click here for information about Local Needs Housing provision in Brentor
Click here for information about flooding and surface water management in Brentor
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