From 22nd October 2023, Co-op Members can officially support Budleigh Information Centre as part of the Local Community Fund.

The funding period will run until next year, closing on 19 October 2024.

If you are a Co-op Member, you can select Budleigh Information Centre as your chosen community cause in your Co-op app.  Present your Co-op Membership card when making a purchase and every £1 spent will help raise funds for the us.  This includes purchases from Co-op stores and Funeralcare. 
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Please click the button below for full details about our cause.

​Several of Budleigh’s Independent High Street shops have come together and
started their own collective called ‘Shop Budleigh’ to help drive more shoppers to
our seaside town.

The last three years has seen a wave of exciting new stores join the established
award-winning retailers on the High Street, bringing a renewed enthusiasm for
putting Budleigh on the retail map.

As we approach winter, they especially want to promote Budleigh to our local and surrounding residents. They hope by making our local population more aware of what they sell, why they are here, and why they need your support, that in turn their customers will see the value of having such a diverse and independent-led range of shops in their local vicinity.

In an age where high streets are ‘disappearing’, they want to buck the trend and
help ensure the survival of this long-standing and constantly evolving set of traders – and they need local business if they are to do this. In return they aim to deliver shoppers with outstanding service that surpasses that of the big online stores, while showcasing local makers, sustainable products, and meeting the needs of customers

Alan and Jennifer Tilbury celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary on 21st September 2023.  To celebrate the occasion, they held a get together with 90 of their friends and family in the Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton. 

When youngsters, Alan and Jenny were in the same class at St Peter’s primary school, and love blossomed in their teenage years when they joined the local Methodist Youth Club.  After marrying in 1963, they moved from Budleigh to Exmouth and then, due to Alan’s work commitments, moved away from Devon before returning to Exmouth 8 years later with their children.  Another 10 years on they returned to Budleigh Salterton, the place where they had grown up and first met. 

On returning to Devon in 1972, Alan opened a greengrocers on Budleigh High Street called Tilburys, which he ran until he retired in 2004.  Jen and Alan have both been active in various clubs and societies in Budleigh Salterton for many years, with Alan having been President of both the Budleigh Salterton Lions Club and Budleigh Salterton Chamber of Commerce. 

Jen and Alan have three children, Mark, Sarah and Karen, and four grandchildren, Adam, Molly, Sam and Tom. 

Alan is part of the volunteer team at the Budleigh Information Centre (BIC) and Jen and Alan asked for no presents for their anniversary, and instead suggested a donation to help support the information centre.  £570 was raised and handed to the BIC, for which we Thank you both very much.  The BIC is a self-funding and not for profit organisation that supports the local community and visitors to the town and this donation will help us so much.
  
Many congratulations on your 60 years of marriage, may you have many more happy and healthy years together.