 
| Dementia Friendly Parishes around the Yealm - Delamore Supported Charity 2026Each year Delamore Arts selects a charity towards which proceeds from sales at the month-long May annual exhibition are committed. In 2026 the chosen charity is Dementia Friendly Parishes around the Yealm
Patron Angela Rippon CBE
Charity Number 1180354
A diagnosis of dementia can be frightening and isolating but this unique local charity stays with families throughout their dementia journey and beyond. The charity provides one to one support and runs popular relaxed and stress-free groups and activities, open to all, making it possible for people to continue doing the things they loved and even making new friends.
Since the charity started in 2012 it has supported over 300 families in five villages around the River Yealm. However its reach and influence stretches much further helping neighbouring and outlying communities to become dementia friendly.
Local businesses, organisations and clubs are encouraged to think differently about the way they provide their services to better welcome and support people and families living with dementia. This unique community-based approach is transforming lives and the charity is recognised nationally as offering some of the best practical help to people living with dementia and their families.
We can’t change the person living with dementia, but we can change the experience they have in their community
Dementia Friendly Parishes around the Yealm 20th February 2026 |
| Artizan Collective in the Stable CourtyardArtizan Collective is delighted to continue our partnership with Delamore Arts for a second year in 2025. Since 2013, our South Devon-based social enterprise has championed the region’s creative industries, managing cultural venues and providing artist support services with a strong community ethos from our home on the English Riviera.
As a key player in Torbay’s cultural regeneration, we represent hundreds of practicing artists annually, showcasing the depth of talent in the South West and beyond. Our first collaboration with Delamore Arts in 2024, Contemporary British Printmakers, brought together an inspiring collection of works that celebrated emerging and established printmakers from Devon and across the UK.
Building on that success, this year we are excited to curate two exhibitions, alongside a dynamic workshop programme and an engaging calendar of Maker Takeovers—intimate artist and maker fairs that bring creativity to life for visitors.
“Delamore Arts is a highlight of the South West arts calendar, and it’s an honour to expand our contribution this year. We’re thrilled to showcase the vibrancy and diversity of the creative community while sharing the wider work we do to nurture artistic practice in the region. From our Torquay venues set amidst the stunning backdrop of a UNESCO Global Geopark, to our networks and patronage programmes, we’re committed to supporting creatives of all backgrounds as they make their mark locally and nationally.”
Workshops 1st May 2025 |
| Delamore Art 2024 - Raffle PrizeDelamore Art is delighted to share this year's Charity Raffle prize painting. Kindly donated by Phil Creek SWAc, Sunset and Clouds, Devon is painted in Acrylic on Canvas panel, measures 45 x 30 cm, and is valued at £650. Tickets will be available during the exhibition and proceeds will go directly to our supported Charity, Hugs Children's Cancer Charity.4th March 2024 |
| Delamore Supported Charity 2024 - Hugs Children's Cancer CharityWe at Hugs Childrens Cancer Charity are delighted to have been chosen by Delamore Art as their chosen charity for 2024. The exhibition in The Delamore Gardens and House is an amazing opportunity for us to help raise awareness for our cause and work, whilst allowing the public the unique opportunity to access some incredible works of art.
As a Plymouth based Charity, we support families who have/had a child with childhood cancer across Devon and Cornwall. Whether emotional support, making a memory or helping families keep in touch, Hugs Children's Cancer charity provides them with a place to turn.
The charity was formed in 2015 by the Hallam family, following the devastating blow of a cancer diagnosis for their oldest child, Henry, who was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Neuroblastoma, at the tender age of 3. Following 14 months of aggressive and invasive treatment which saw the family living 120 miles away from their home and support network in Plymouth, Henry’s mum, Elsbeth, having given birth to her second child whilst living away, wanted to ensure that families facing the fear and loneliness that they had experienced, would not be alone in their journey.
When Henry was first diagnosed, the family were aware that locally no child had survived neuroblastoma before his diagnosis. Henry’s parents wanted to make a difference to other families who like them, have been thrown into the traumatising world of childhood cancer. They wanted to share their experiences and give other parents a platform to talk to each other about treatments and side effects. Elsbeth states ‘Hugs from Henry (the original charity name) was born out of the pain we felt and the most urgent need to help others in these circumstances’. Having completed the clinical trial, Henry has been left with long-term disabilities, but at aged 14 is concentrating on building his future and using his experiences to support others on their journeys.
Since the charity opened, the reach of the help and support we provide has continued to grow, and it is through the support of amazing organisations such as Delamore House that we are able to continue our work. We have been able to support families not only during their treatment journey, but afterwards, and continuing to support our angel families who have lost a child to cancer. Through care packages, grants, family away days, free use of our respite home and providing valuable peer to peer support for families, we hope to be able to continue to grow and support all these families in their darkest times.Hugs Children's Cancer Charity 27th February 2024 |
| Raffle Prize in Support of Overcoming MSA fantastic opportunity to own this beautiful painting by Nicholas St John Rosse. Nicholas, a member of the Royal Society of Maritime Artists, and Delamore regular, has specially painted and very kindly donated this work to help support this year's chosen charity Overcoming MS. The work will be available to view in the gallery and tickets will be on sale everyday in May. You can find more information about the chairty by following the link below.
Overcoming MS 21st March 2022 |
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