A volunteer scheme in Plymouth which has improved access to healthy fruit and vegetables and saved local people thousands on their energy bills has been shortlisted for a national award.
The Our Plymouth pilot scheme is a finalist in the Best Community and Neighbourhood Initiative category for the APSE Service Awards 2016, which takes place in Londonderry on 8 September, and will be up...
Alzheimer’s Society is urging families to spend time together tackling the biggest health issue of our time, by joining the Plymouth Memory Walk on 8 October to raise money for a world without dementia.
The charity is encouraging residents to rally around family of all ages – from grandparents to grandchildren - and take part in the event, which is being held in association with HSBC...
GLOBAL online game craze Pokemon Go! has appeared at Plymouth Science Park.
The game is a free location-based reality game which allows players to capture, battle and train ‘virual’ Pokemon who appear throughout the real world.
It hasn’t even been released in the UK yet but one of the locations where you can find Pokemon is in the car park of the Plymouth Science Park.
Did you know that if you are caring for a child under 16 (or 18 if they have a disability) who is not your child, and you are not an immediate relative, this may be a Private Fostering arrangement?
During Private Fostering week, Monday 4 to Friday 11 July Plymouth City Council is encouraging anyone who knows about a child or young person living away from their immediate family for 28...
GO! (Great Opportunities Together) has been shortlisted as a finalist for for ‘Best New Charity’ in the Charity Times Awards and also the ‘Community Award’.
The charity was shortlisted for the work of its volunteer choir and orchestra in the South West and the work of the GO! Clubs in the South East.
GO! was registered in November 2014 with a vision to create great...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a road rage incident which lead to an assault and criminal damage on Crownhill Road, Plymouth between 4.45pm and 5.20pm on Wednesday 29th June.
The victims were travelling in a red Renault people carrier with their two young children from St Budeaux towards Transit Way when a dark blue Mercedes car pulled out in front of them at the Ernsettle...
The Devon Environmental Business Initiative (DEBI) Awards are now open for entry.
The awards are open to any organisation of any size in the Devon region, and encompass business, community and education.
All entrants need to do is show how their organisation is committed to operating in environmentally friendly ways, whether through day to day operations or a specific green...
A new service has been launched for South West businesses.
South West Growth Service has been formed by independent and experienced business consultants Chris Lorimer, Andrew Southall and Katharine Bourke.
The business provide core services such as Business strategy development, specialist support in sales and marketing, operation, raising finances, maintaining momentum, and HR...
Local social enterprise, Plymouth Energy Community (PEC) has been awarded more than £460,000 to continue pioneering community work to prevent fuel poverty in the city.
The project, Warm and Well, will take place over four years and will reach 3,500 households that have health conditions, physical and learning disability or mental health needs, to minimise the causes and symptoms of...
