Plymouth’s pioneering ‘workskills boot camps’ are now open once more to young people looking to get into work.
The scheme which was launched by Plymouth City Council and run by Whiz Kidz, a non-profit making organisation set up to improve the employability skills of young people, has been hailed as a success after returning impressive results last year.
Students visiting Plymouth from France can now tour the city using a new visitors’ guide to help make the most of their stay and work on their language skills.
An event celebrating the launch of the new YOLO (You Only Live Once) tourist information brochure for young people, is taking place on Wednesday 26 June at 3.30pm in the Tourist Information Office on the Barbican.
Gdynia Fountain at the top of Royal Parade is the latest city fountain to be switched back on again following a gap of three years since it was last used.
The fountain will be turned on again today (Tuesday 25 June) at around 4.30pm.
The water pumps were repaired, electrics and systems checked and the whole fountain thoroughly cleaned and rubbish removed.
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the discovery of one of the most important shipwrecks to have been found in UK waters.
The Cattewater Wreck was discovered on 20 June 1973, when an area close to the entrance to Plymouth’s Sutton Harbour was being dredged. The wreck later became the first to be protected by the UK Government and is the best preserved English merchant vessel from...
Two new high profile celebrity chefs Mitch Tonks and Anton Piotrowski, winner of Masterchef Professional 2012, will be holding master cookery demonstrations during the 10th anniversary celebrations at Plymouth’s Flavour Fest. The event is the South West’s largest food and drink festival and returns to the City Centre’s Piazza from Friday 16th to Sunday 18th August 2013.
Flavour Fest has continually grown in popularity with footfall figures regularly exceeding 150,000 for the three-day event, offering visitors a lively and exciting way to experience the true taste of the South West...
Two new high profile celebrity chefs Mitch Tonks and Anton Piotrowski, winner of Masterchef Professional 2012, will be holding master cookery demonstrations during the 10th anniversary celebrations at Plymouth’s Flavour Fest. The event is the South West’s largest food and drink festival and returns to the City Centre’s Piazza from Friday 16th to Sunday 18th August 2013.
Plymouth is to benefit from £660,000 of government funding to help refurbish and bring back into use empty properties and commercial premises.
Plymouth City Council supported the national housing charity Chapter 1 in the bid for the money which will be used to create a scheme of 30 affordable homes.
Cabinet member for Finance whose portfolio includes strategic housing,...
To mark the introduction of a new menu at Derriford Hospital, patients, visitors, staff and the public were offered free samples in the main entrance earlier this month.
After a recent review by the Trusts Patient Feeding Group, the hospital developed the new menu from scratch with a view to a offering a selection of food that better meets the needs of patients.
One of the UK’s biggest digital inclusion projects will officially kick off in Plymouth in September and the Council wants to hear what people think.
Churches, children’s centres, social clubs, community groups, job clubs, schools, sports associations, businesses and members of the public are being asked to get involved in the Plymouth IT Together project to get thousands more Plymouth...
