A share of £100,000 is up for grabs as part of a new community energy competition launched today by Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Edward Davey.
Community groups and other eligible organisations across England are invited to apply for the funding to develop innovative energy-saving ideas that could help slash energy bills.
The Mount Batten Watersports and Activities Centre celebrated its 15th anniversary at the weekend.
Opened in 1999, the not-for-profit Mount Batten Centre is one of the largest activity centres in the UK.
The centre has welcomed thousands through its doors over the last 15 years and has trained, educated and provided lots of fun and laughter on both water and on land.
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has begun a consultation process which will see communities across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly set their own list of restorative sanctions for low level offences.
Mr Hogg is asking individuals and organisations across the peninsula to take part in the survey on a new Government initiative, the Community Remedy, which will give victims...
NHS healthcare commissioners in Devon want to hear from the public after they published a proposed framework to ensure services are right for the future.
The publication of the report, ‘Integrated, personal and sustainable; community services for the 21st century’ comes after 12-months of discussions with public, clinical and professional communities about what patients really need....
Plymouth is set to invest just over £11 million into six new contracts to provide much-loved community-based services for 0-five year olds from children’s centres across the city.
A report to Cabinet yeseterday explained how this investment will prompt new working arrangements that will mean more joined up services with health and other providers so that families with young children...
Devon Community Foundation has awarded £60,000 of Comic Relief funding to two organisations in Plymouth.
The grants have been awarded to Plymouth Pregnancy Crisis Centre, which will use its £30,000 to fund a baby loss support project working with parents who have suffered the loss of their child and are dealing with often crippling emotions, and Special Olympics Plymouth and District...
On the 5th of October the streets of Truro came alive with the sound of drums as children and adults alike performed in the Samba Festival. I spent the day with Launceston Community Primary School who put on two wonderful performances despite reduced numbers. This group of 8-11 year olds are well known in Launceston itself and they had decided to share their Samba with a wider audience....
Nominations for the prestigious Queen's Award for Voluntary Service close on 30 September 2013.
People are being urged to nominate community groups and volunteers who have made a genuine difference to their local area, the Cabinet Office announced today, in the last call for 2014 nominations for The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service .
Established local businessman and owner of the Sutton Road HiQ Plymouth, Bob Saunders has set off on a charitable journey that will see him take on the famous Monte Carlo or Bust rally. In a bid to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Care, Bob will drive over 1,000 miles, visit three different countries and do it all in a V-reg Citroen Belingo.
An exciting find in a cupboard at Sparkwell School has prompted a nationwide search to find the pupils of yesteryear and help celebrate the launch of the new school.
Sparkwell All Saints Primary, which is being created under the free school legislation, is to be officially opened on 29 August after initial refurbishments to the old building have been made.
