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Dartington Memory Walk Will Sing Out Loud

Sunday 12 September 2010

Alzheimer’s Society has partnered with The Dartington Hall Trust to hold a fundraising ‘Memory Walk’ on the Dartington estate on Sunday 12th September.

A Splash of Colour at the Shops at Dartington

Monday 30 August 2010

The Shops at Dartington (formerly the Cider Press Centre) is pleased to announce a new, bold and colourful exhibition of artwork.

From the CEO

Thursday 26 August 2010

As I write this, Dartington International Summer School is in full swing, bringing spaces from the Great Hall to the studios to the courtyard alive with music. I would like to reassure Summer School participants and audiences alike that plans for accommodating Summer School within the new estate plans are in place and this remarkable event will continue to take place at Dartington well into the future.

Excellent results for students of the Dartington Certificate in Sustainable Horticulture

Thursday 26 August 2010

Students studying the Dartington Certificate in Sustainable Horticulture course experienced overwhelming success recently when they received their first external exam results…

Local Artists Shortlisted For New Music Award 2010

Thursday 19 August 2010

Totnes-based duo David Prior, a composer and lecturer at University College Falmouth, and architect Frances Crow, who together make up arts practice Liminal, are amongst five shortlisted nominees for the £50,000 PRSF New Music Award.

Local Singers To Star in Summer School Operas

Monday 02 August 2010

Following an extensive nationwide search and audition process, extraordinary local young singers Sebastian Beamish and Keri Fuge have been cast in lead roles in new productions of The Turn of the Screw and The Marriage of Figaro, taking place at Dartington in August.

Friday 23 July 2010

Dartington Trustee Dame Jo Williams has been named as one of two social services leaders tasked with shaping the future of adult care funding in England and Wales.
The Department of Health this week announced the establishment of a Commission on the Funding of Care and Support, which will report on how best to reform the care funding system.

Community Conversation

Thursday 22 July 2010

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in our recent Community Conversation events. Such has been the positive reaction to these events that we have made a commitment to hold them quarterly going forward. Here are the Top 20 Questions – and answers! – asked at the meetings.

Thursday 01 July 2010

The Devon programme of the School for Social Entrepreneurs has announced it will be providing a second year of action learning, tutoring and practical experiences for bold and entrepreneurial people with a social conscience.

SHOOT Short Film Festival

Thursday 01 July 2010

Have you got what it takes to get your name on the back of the chair? If so, now is the time to get your short film entered to the SHOOT Totnes Short Film Festival 2010.

Research in Practice for Adults - Dartington review on the future of adult social care

Wednesday 30 June 2010

Last week at the Directors Policy Forum research in practice for adults launched their latest publication, the Dartington review on the future of adult social care.

KEVICC to launch new Performing Arts Academy on the Dartington estate

Monday 21 June 2010

King Edward VI Community College and The Dartington Hall Trust today announced the launch of KEVICC’s new Devon Performing Arts Academy (DAPA) on the Dartington estate in September 2010.

TQ Special Offer for Dartington International Summer School

Monday 21 June 2010

Dartington’s International Summer School is once again providing its special offer to local residents in the South Hams, Teignbridge and Torbay for this year’s action-packed five-week festival of inspirational music and dance courses.

Dartington Volunteers Tea Party

Wednesday 16 June 2010

Given no choice but to ‘take a rain check’ on a wet and windy day in early June, we were delighted to welcome our volunteers to a very sunny Dartington for our annual tea party on Wednesday 16 June.

Sense of Place exhibition

Tuesday 04 May 2010

Tuesday 4 May – Friday 29 October The Sense of Place exhibition is an installation of contemporary artworks by the tapestry weaver Jilly Edwards with musical accompaniment by Nigel Morgan.

Recent media coverage on Dartington's 5-year plans

Thursday 29 April 2010

Dartington’s bold plan to invest for the future garners comment and reaction in the local press, with articles in the Totnes Times, The Western Morning News and This is South Devon.

The Dartington Hall Trust appoints Dame Jo Williams as a Trustee

Thursday 22 April 2010

The Dartington Hall Trust announces the appointment of Dame Jo Williams as a trustee. Dame Jo Williams is currently Chair of the Prison Reform Trust, a Non-Executive Director of the Department of Communities and Local Government and the interim Chair of the Care Quality Commission. She also holds a number of other positions within the voluntary sector and in 2007 was awarded the D.B.E. for her work with people with a learning disability.

Dartington appoints Hugh Nankivell as Featured Composer

Monday 19 April 2010

Hugh Nankivell has been appointed as Dartington’s first ‘Featured Composer’, one of a series of forthcoming artist residencies. Hugh will work on a number of new projects in 2010-11, including collaborative opera “Whaletone” and GeoQuest, a performance tour of Torbay’s UNESCO Geopark.

Research in Practice - What's New, April 2010

Friday 16 April 2010

The latest news from RiP – including “What does work for troubled children, Trying to do more but with less, Research and Policy Update, Connecting the dots in Canada and Change Project Handbook inspires evidence informed practice in Sweden

Dartington announces findings of the public consultation sessions held for the Abundant Life community project

Thursday 01 April 2010

The Abundant Life team at Dartington Hall has now concluded its series of seventeen public consultation sessions, held in Totnes at the end of last year and at Kingsbridge, Ivybridge and Newton Abbot in February this year.

Highlights of the Queen’s visit to Dartington

Friday 12 March 2010

It was a beautiful, sunny day at Dartington Hall for the visit of Her Majesty, the Queen, and His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh on Thursday, March 11, and the purple crocuses were in full bloom.

Research in Practice - What's New, March 2010

Wednesday 03 March 2010

NEETs: Early identification – partners are urged to book their places on this conference. We have two new Partner agencies, Norfolk County Council and Wokingham Borough Council, and have just completed an evaluation of our work in Wales.

Dartington Cider Press becomes a generator of renewable electricity as it unveils its new hydro-electric turbine at Lower Tweed Mill.

Friday 26 February 2010

The officially unveiling of the new hydro-electric turbine at Lower Tweed Mill will take place at the Cider Press Centre at 9:30am on Wednesday, 10th March 2010.

Dartington appoints John Woolrich as the new Artistic Director of the Dartington International Summer School

Wednesday 17 February 2010

The Dartington Hall Trust announces the appointment of John Woolrich as the new Artistic Director of its world-renowned international music festival, the Dartington International Summer School.

HOME – a new one-day festival at Dartington – Saturday 26 June 2010

Wednesday 10 February 2010

HOME, Dartington’s new one-day festival focusing on acoustic music, voices and song from around the world, will take place on Saturday 26 June. A celebration and exploration of different cultures and languages, at a time when we’re losing global cultural, biological and linguistic diversity, HOME features unplugged sets from a wide range of outstanding international artists. Read on for more info…

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