Date: Sunday, 5 October, 2025
Time: 10:30am - 4pm
Up to 2 adult and 2 child (5 - 16, under 5s go free) tickets per member
This event is FREE* and for RCGP members and their families**
The Tamar Faculty would like to invite their members and their families to join us for a day at the Eden Project. You will have access to the biodomes and surrounding gardens. We would like to invite you to bring a packed lunch and meet at lunch time at a location to be decided on the day (subject to weather conditions) so that you can socialise with your GP colleagues.
BOOK EARLY - limited number of spaces.
Tamar Foundation Drs Careers Day
Friday, 21 October, 2022
9am - 4pm
Free event
GP Junior Doctors Career's Event
Considering a career in general practice but unsure of the training pathway or career options?
The Tamar RCGP Faculty are holding an event at Dartington Hall, on Friday, 21 October, for doctors considering a career in general practice.
We will cover a range of topics varying from the application process to portfolio careers and working abroad.
Hear from current trainee's their tip's for building an effective CV and how to approach the application process, and be inspired by those who have been in the profession for a longer period.
Speaker topics to include:
The application process for GP training
Tips on applying/ building a CV
The experience of current trainees
A portfolio career
Working abroad
RCGP opportunities and faculty board experiences
This event is the perfect opportunity to learn more about the career and how it can be suited to you. There will be plenty of time for questions and the opportunity to network with those already on the training pathway. Open to junior and trust grade doctors, those considering a career in GP and final year medical students. A certificate of attendance will be issued following the day.
Join the RCGP Tamar Faculty for a day discussing how to look after your finances and yourself.
The day will include talks from expert financial advisors from Wesleyan on Wellbeing topics.
All delegates will have the opportunity to have a complimentary back, neck and shoulder massage through out the day.
There will be the opportunity to take a walk in the beautiful grounds of our venue, Buckfast Abbey, have a complimentary massage, as well as plenty of opportunity to socialise with colleagues over a delicious lunch.
Register free here:
https://rcgpportal.force.com/s/lt-event?id=a1U1i00000ACjZwEAL&site=a0d1i00000OrM2BAAV
To celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the RCGP, The Tamar Faculty Board invite members to our 70th Anniversary Dinner with a guest speaker on Saturday, 8 October, from 7pm at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter.
The Faculty AGM will be taking place earlier in the day and all members are invited to join.
16:00 - 16:30 Tamar Faculty AGM - Burlington Suite
19:00 Drinks reception - Cavendish Ballroom
19:30 McConaghey Lecture, Professor Sir Denis Pereira Gray
20:30 Dinner
23:00 Carriages
Dress code: Smart
Tickets - Free to RCGP members*
Non-members & guests £30
*PLEASE NOTE: This event is free, but a charge of £30 will be taken in the event that you do not show up on the day. During online registration you will be asked to pay £30 and this will be refunded after you have attended the dinner. If you cannot make it, or have to cancel your attendance, please contact your event administrator at least 10 working days prior to the event date.
The RCGP South West Faculties have engaged the services of a professional artist to bring members four online art classes. Join our online acrylic painting classes and discover the skill of mindfulness and relaxation through art. No previous painting ability needed!
Join us as we discuss the Active Practice Charter and Runtalkrun. We will also give you evidence of how all these can be employed in your practice locally using a local case study.
As GPs you are regularly asked to advise your patients to be more physically active and adopt a healthier lifestyle, but are you looking after yourself as well?! The aim of our Physical Activity & Lifestyle Promotion Group's (PALP) is to give GPs the opportunity to increase their own physical activity and offer advice on how to look after you!
For more information, please email Alice.Sefton@rcgp.org.uk
Facilitators
Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi - RCGP Clinical Champion for Physical Activity and Lifestyle
Dr Andrew Boyd - RCGP Clinical Priority Champion for Physical Activity and Lifestyle
Event Organiser
This event is run by the RCGP South West England Faculty - Alice.Sefton@rcgp.org.uk.
The South West faculties, Tamar, Wessex and Severn invite members to attend this wellbeing event.
We will be running a series of online events aimed at AiTs, although all member grades are welcome. The first will be given by Dr Sian Ludman, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Exeter Medical School, and will focus on work/life balance. There will be time for questions at the end of Dr Ludman's talk.
FREE to RCGP MEMBERS
NON-MEMBERS £10*
*Members are offered this course as part of their membership. If you are interested about finding out more about RCGP members please contact our membership team
Join the RCGP Tamar Faculty for a day looking how to look after your finances and yourself.
The day will include tips from expert financial advisors from Wesleyan as well as a talk from a psychologist.
There will be the opportunity to take a walk in the beautiful grounds of our venue, Buckfast Abbey, have a complimentary massage, as well as plenty of opportunity to socialise with colleagues over a delicious lunch.
This event is bought free to members of the RCGP as part of their membership. If you are interested in learning more about becoming a member please speak to our member services team.
The South West Faculties invite RCGP members to join a free online pizza cookery class. This session is open to all the family (sharing a screen).
We are united by our need to eat, join our fun interactive session where you and your family can develop an important life skill, whilst producing great tasting food for you all to share, thus an excellent way of combining a fun activity, learning new skills and creating something to eat.
We look forward to seeing you on 3 May, 2022.
This course is bought free to RCGP members as a benefit of membership. To find out more about RCGP membership visit: https://www.rcgp.org.uk/about-us/membership.aspx
The South West faculties, Tamar, Wessex and Severn invite their members to attend this Wellbeing event.
Our tutor, Claire Williamson, a freelance poet and writer, will guide you gently through these standalone writing sessions.
The process is much more about the content than the craft. If you write regularly, or you haven't written creatively since school, don't worry - poet and writer, these sessions will employ creative writing techniques and responses to texts, quotes and images to support your wellbeing.
Each session is standalone - attendance at previous sessions is not required.
Writing has been proven to boost your immune system and reduce stress. These standalone sessions will provide both engagement and escape, as you find words, voice and encouragement from others.
RCGP Tamar, Severn and Wessex members - £100 (Overnight accommodation and meals will be provided)
Following the first RCGP Nature Immersion Course which ran in October 2021, The Tamar, Severn and Wessex Faculties, along with the Hazel Hill Trust, are delighted to be running this two day Nature Resilience Immersion course for it's members in Spring 2022.
The two day course (which includes an overnight stay), will offer a different way to gain new insights and skills and to raise your resilience and nourish your wellbeing.
The course is being held at a farm located in the heart of Dartmoor, surrounded by both farmland and wilderness.
More information
In collaboration with a team of leaders and specialists in the field of nature connection for wellbeing, we are delighted to bring you this pioneering RCGP nature resilience immersion course with overnight stay.
This two-day immersive course will offer individuals the opportunity to reconnect with the natural world in a safe, supported and facilitated environment.
This Nature Immersion course is leading the way for wellbeing for the NHS workforce. The two-day course will offer GPs the opportunity to develop skills that cultivate a sense of wellbeing, drawing upon the neurobiology of resilience and applying theory through experiential learning.
Never before has there been such urgent need for the restorative effects that nature has to offer, to be placed at the heart of recovery for frontline staff. This course will provide individuals with the space to reflect, learn and connect. To restore yourself as you take valuable time to be with nature. The workshops and activities are delivered mostly outdoors, and each offers the individual the opportunity to develop new ways of thinking and being for a sustainable future.
The venue provides a beautiful space for quiet retreat, away from the noise of an increasingly tech dependent world and into the wilderness of Dartmoor National Park. Tailored to GPs, the programme will include:
This programme has been jointly developed by the University of Westminster Centre for Resilience and Hazel Hill Trust following four very successful pilot programmes with junior hospital doctors, psychiatrists and GPs. The Westminster Centre for Resilience has over 20 years’ experience of helping medical professionals. Hazel Hill Trust is an educational charity and leader in nature-based resilience.
In conjunction with Kernow Health CIC, the RCGP Tamar Faculty brings you this full day's workshop which provides infant friendly CPD points for GPs and other healthcare professionals that are keen to mix parental leave up a bit and have a fun day out networking with their little ones (up to aged 1).
This event takes place at The Bedruthan Hotel, Mawgan Porth, Cornwall - a spacious and buggy friendly venue with free parking). The day will include:
This day is provided free of charge to GPs.
There will be a charge of £30 made for non-attendance
GP Junior Doctors Career's Event
Considering a career in general practice but unsure of the training pathway or career options?
The Tamar RCGP Faculty is holding an event at Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre on Tuesday, 2 November 2021 for doctors considering a career in general practice.
We will cover a range of topics varying from the application process to portfolio careers and working abroad.
Hear from current trainee's their tip's for building an effective CV and how to approach the application process, and be inspired by those who have been in the profession for a longer period.
Speaker topics to include:
The application process for GP training
Tips on applying/ building a CV
The experience of current trainees
A portfolio career
Working abroad
RCGP opportunities and faculty board experiences
This event is the perfect opportunity to learn more about the career and how it can be suited to you. There will be plenty of time for questions and the opportunity to network with those already on the training pathway. Open to junior and trust grade doctors, those considering a career in general practice and final year medical students.
Interested in the benefits of Balint?
Looking to join a peer group of professionals to consult with?
Thinking of new ways to revive your resilience?
Join RCGP Severn, Tamar and Wessex Faculties and the Balint Society in our taster Balint event.
After a particularly challenging year, the pandemic has raised the priority of professional wellbeing and support, both at and away from work.
We are hosting a taster session for GPs to explore the role of Balint Groups in nurturing professional development and boosting morale. This will be an opportunity to hear about Balint groups, experience a Balint Group session and express an interest in joining a new group for six sessions.
Speakers:
• Dr Judy Malone - Vice President of the Balint Society (accredited Balint group leader and psychotherapeutic psychotherapist)
• Dr Liz Lee - GP and accredited Balint group leader
This event is Free to RCGP Members and just £15 for non RCGP Members
Every month the RCGP Tamar Faculty host complimentary CPD meetings in Truro for local primary care staff. As well as providing useful education and updates these events offer a fantastic chance to network with your fellow GPs.
Complimentary food is served from 18:30.
Please note:
If you are not an RCGP member and would like to be kept updated on when these meetings are, please email us.
