Managers from the Craft Union Pub Company surprised the Children’s Ward at Derriford Hospital with a New Year present, by hand-delivering every item from the ward’s online wishlist.
The decision to secretly purchase the items was thought up during the pub company’s monthly manager’s meeting, in which employees are empowered to support local community initiatives. In total 14 presents...
The NSPCC is appealing for more volunteers in Plymouth, to help teach primary school children about the different types of abuse.
The children’s charity funds a Schools Service across Plymouth, which sees trained members of staff and volunteers deliver Speak Out Stay Safe assemblies to children.
The assemblies are tailored to different year groups to ensure the content is age-...
There will be a special public ceremony at the Peace Garden on Plymouth Hoe from 2pm on Sunday 27 January 2019, the date of Holocaust Memorial Day, to remember all those who have died in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.
The national theme of this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day is ‘Torn From Home’ and this year also marks the 25th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 when...
Bibium, the industry leader in providing coffee solutions to offices and the hospitality sector, has today launched an online review site where commercial consumers can browse, learn, review and purchase coffee machines.
Run by husband and wife team Wyatt and Grace Cavalier, the new offering is based on the TripAdvisor model and will allow customers to sort, search and filter over 600...
Green Ginger's new show Intronauts comes to Theatre Royal Tuesday 29 January – Saturday 2 February. It propels audiences into a microscopic world, taking them on a fantastical journey deep into the inner reaches of the human body. Intronauts is a madcap story that sheds light on advancing technology and brings us face to face with big syringes and a tiny submarine.
Charities in Plymouth are going to work with the City Council in a more joined up way to help vulnerable people such as the homeless, those with mental illness and other complex needs.
Plymouth City Council will be awarding a £7 million contract to an alliance of local charities to provide services to people with complex needs (homelessness, drug or alcohol misuse, mental illness and...
More than 48,000 square metres of footways and roads have been given a new lease of life as part of our repair programme for this year, with even more sites set to benefit between now and April.
Thirty-eight footways and 62 roads will be resurfaced by the end of March and extra sites are being added to the programme thanks to an additional cash injection of £450,000 from the Department...
A film dedicated to the people of Plymouth and the city’s growing community business sector has been launched.
The uplifting footage, produced by independent trust Power to Change, highlights some of the people, places and ideas behind the city’s dynamic alternative economy.
The short film features a range of projects from across the city, including Street Factory, a dance...
A new blue plaque honouring a pioneering female medic has been unveiled on the University of Plymouth’s campus.
Dr Rosa Bale was born in Barnstaple in 1864. She became Plymouth’s first female doctor, and possibly the first one west of Bristol, in either 1895 or 1896, having qualified at the London School of Medicine for Women in 1892.
