Do you care about the Newhay?

Help protect and shape the Newhay’s future! Share ideas, enjoy music and children’s activities at our free community event on November 14th! FREE EVENT Do you care about the Newhay? Come and help protect and shape its future. Share what you value, explore ideas and help map out what could happen next. Book your free place to show your support and help us plan for numbers and refreshments. 14 November · St Gregory’s Church and the Newhay, Dawlish Join the procession! • 12:30 pm — procession from the Lawn to the Newhay • 1–4 pm — community event at St Gregory’s Church, next to the Newhay Join us for the procession, or come straight to the event from 1 pm. What’s happening? • Memories of the Newhay — your stories and photographs celebrating what the Newhay means to you • Children’s activities • The Newhay Time Machine • Mapping the future — share your ideas for the Newhay • Biodiversity Boost for the Newhay — microforests, orchard trees and wildflower areas created by Dawlish children, with Bethan Rose and Scott Williams • Music from South Devon Singers with Exeter Science Choir • Harp music with Denyse Macnamara, and more! More programme details will be added as they are confirmed. Free entry · Refreshments available Coming up in October Newhay Memory Booth and children’s half-term activities at the Strand Centre, including mask making to get ready for the procession, and drawing postcards to the Newhay on Monday 26th October- time to be confirmed. Prefer to book in person? Free tear-off tickets will soon be available at The Hub Store, Presents, The Dawlish Bookshop and The Strand Centre. You’ll also be able to leave your photographs and written memories in the Newhay memory boxes at the same locations. Watch here or the Facebook and WhatsApp groups for updates on when they’re ready. Spread the word! Invite friends, family and neighbours to come along. Organised by Friends of the Newhay with support of the local community and Dawlish Town Council. Stay in touch through the 'Friends of the Newhay, Dawlish' Facebook group, or email [email protected] or [email protected] to get involved. Who are Friends of the Newhay? We’re a community action network of local residents bringing people together to help shape a shared vision for the Newhay as a thriving space for people and wildlife. The Save the Newhay petition, started by a local resident, raised awareness and showed how much this place means to Dawlish. With support from Dawlish Town Council, people came together to understand the situation and explore who could help. Since then, we’ve been meeting to plan this event - to bring together support for the Newhay and show the local community and the Diocese how much it means to our community. We want to bring together local ideas, skills and resources, and help establish a community-led social enterprise that could work with the Diocese to support the Newhay’s long term care. We need the community’s support to move forward. This event is your chance to share what matters to you and explore what we can achieve together, now and for future generations.