First Mindful Monday 28th July 2025

We are delighted to announce that the first ‘Mindful Monday’ community drop-in session will take place on Monday 28th July 2025 at Castle Chambers Café in Barnstaple.
Thank you Jane Hartley

A huge Thank you to Jane Hartley, Development Coordinator for Reading for Wellbeing for sharing her invaluable experience last week.
Can you help?

Monday 16th June 2025. We need donations of resources to support our first community project starting in July!
National Loneliness Awareness Week 2025

Monday 9th June 2025. This week is national Loneliness Awareness Week, with a focus on raising awareness of the impact of loneliness on every aspect of our lives https://www.lonelinessawarenessweek.org/loneliness
Drop in session at the Castle Centre

The sun came out for our informal drop-in yesterday at the Castle Centre – the proposed venue for The Woodyard community hub.
April newsletter now out

April Newsletter – read all about it 19th April 2024. Our first monthly e-news is out and ready for your consumption! So pull up a chair and update yourself on ‘all things Woodyard’ – from planning and funding through to Marie’s ‘guilty pleasure!’ And please share and with anyone you think would like to join […]
The Launch of The Woodyard

From left, Jill Bond (NDVS), Laura James (The Voice), Conor Warren (Spark UK), Naomi Jefferies (Families in Grief and Chair of The Woodyard project), Simon Beale, Ann Cleeves, Graham Devine, Emma Marston (The Voice), Lorna Jones (Independent Voluntary Sector Funding Consultant), Rob Ward (Barnstaple Town Council) and Sue Beardshall. Photo credit: Richard Maynard Launch of […]
Interview with Ann Cleeves & Laura James

Interview with Laura James, The Voice On Sunday 17th March 2024, in a quiet corner of The Imperial Hotel in Barnstaple, Laura James from The Voice radio station sat down with Ann Cleeves to catch up with her about The Woodyard, what it means to her and just why everyone should get involved. You can […]