Crediton Town Team plans to celebrate the amazing life of our dear friend and colleague Rod Brookes Hocking by making a series of colourful flags to represent his many interests and achievements.

The Town Team is a voluntary group, set up and led by Rod for many years, which works to make Crediton a vibrant and fun place to live. One of the Town Team's most successful projects is our annual Flag Project, when we decorate the town with colourful handmade flags, each representing a local business or community group.

Rod always enjoyed this project so this year we want to make some extra flags especially for him. Each flag would depict one of his passions, such as teaching, theatre, walking, singing or St Boniface!

We plan to employ our brilliant flag artist, Charlotte Turner, to run workshops for Rod's friends and family to design and make up to 16 flags (each approx 50cm square), which will be hung in Crediton Town Square this summer and in future years.

Each flag will take many hours to design and sew, costing about £160. This includes the cost of materials, the artist’s fee and hiring a workshop space over four weekends.

We are hoping that those who knew and loved Rod will help us raise enough money to make this ambitious project happen. But we know that times are tough for many of you so, if you are not able to contribute financially, we would still welcome your help in other ways, with designing, making and hanging the flags.

Above all this will be an opportunity for those who loved Rod to gather and share memories while producing something lasting to celebrate his many achievements.

Thank you so much for your support.

Rosemary Stephenson, Chair, Crediton Town Team

For more information about the Town Team’s Flag Project visit our website https://creditontownteam.org.uk/