CHAIRMAN of trustees Nick Pannell answers those who say the Leonard Stocks centre in Torquay should be closed or moved elsewhere. “The Leonard Stocks hostel in Factory Row which opened in 1991 houses 29 people, most with complex needs which cannot be easily met in any...
THREE volunteers at the Leonard Stocks homeless hostel in Factory Row, Torquay were celebrating 70 years of service between them this week. Long-standing Friends of Factory Row, Heather Reed, Grace Hackeson and Viv Westmoreland, all now in the 80s, started...
HOW do you turn your life around when you are in your mid-50s, homeless on the streets of Torquay and estranged from your family? Throw in the complication of addiction to drugs and alcohol and the future would be bleak for anyone. But a place in the Leonard Stocks...