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Dementia friendly shopping day in Plymouth

For people living with dementia daily tasks can become difficult or sometimes daunting. Shopping in particular can be a stressful experience for people with dementia who are often left feeling vulnerable.

Plymouth City Council in collaboration with Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance and the Healthy High Streets Group are working together to ensure Plymouth is a Dementia Friendly City...

Join the Tea Dance With A Twist at Plymouth's Drake Circus

People with dementia are being encouraged to don their dancing shoes for a special event in Plymouth.

Drake Circus shopping centre is hosting a Dementia Tea Dance on March 22, run by Plymouth Dance - the organisers of the popular Tea Dance with a Twist events.

The special dance session – which runs from 10am until 1pm – will see volunteers and dementia trained dance...

Students invited join the Circus at Drake Circus Student Night

Drake Circus, Plymouth, is holding a circus themed student shopping night on Thursday March 2 - 6-8pm - with lots of exclusive deals and discounts from top high street stores.

There will be a huge range of exclusive deals for students, like 20% off at Topshop, River Island and Footasylum - as well as a unicycle act, hulahoop acts and juggling

"Drake Circus aims to offer a high...

Help on hand to kickstart the battle of the Christmas bulge at Drake Circus

Health experts and fitness gurus will be on hand this week (January 23-26) to help the people of Plymouth get over the excesses of Christmas.

With everyone over-indulging on festive treats the battle of the yuletide bulge has begun with thousands of people throughout the South West vowing to get fit in the New Year.

Which is why the city’s premier shopping centre, Drake Circus...

Christmas Jumper day at Drake Circus a great success

Woolly reindeer, snowflakes, Christmas trees and Santa adorned hundreds of jumpers on the 3 December as shoppers donned their favourite festive pullovers for charity at Drake Circus, Plymouth raising £491.55.

The annual Christmas Jumper Day at Drake Circus on December 3 was a spectacle to behold as the normally fashionable people of Plymouth threw style out of the window to raise money...

Mummy look there’s a Snowman in Drake Circus!

The centre has been selected to trial the technology by British Land, owner of Drake Circus, as it prepares to gear up for the busy festive period.

By downloading a simple app to a smartphone or tablet, shoppers will be transported to a magical winter wonderland and asked to help friendly snowman, Freezy, and his friends overcome obstacles and find presents hidden around Drake Circus...

Join in the annual Christmas Jumper Day

The annual Christmas Jumper Day at Drake Circus on December 3 will be a spectacle to behold as the normally fashionable people of Plymouth throw style out of the window to raise money for St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth.

The more outrageous, twinkly and patterned the better as staff join shoppers in an homage to the hand-knitted jumpers once so popular as Christmas presents from mums, grans...

Santa unveils spectacular Smeaton's Tower themed grotto at Drake Circus

Santa has just revealed details of his fabulous new Christmas grotto at Drake Circus shopping centre, Plymouth which this year will feature it's very own 8 metre tall Smeaton's Tower.

The grotto's red and white lighthouse, inspired by the original iconic Plymouth landmark on Plymouth Hoe, will provide a dramatic and spectacular backdrop for Santa and his elves, as they carry out their...

British Land buys a £67m slice of Plymouth city centre

British Land, the owner of Drake Circus, has bought New George Street and Royal Parade Estate in Plymouth city centre from M&G Real Estate.

British Land has a unique opportunity to manage a broad slice of the city centre to create an even more accessible and attractive place for local people to shop, eat and be entertained. The company is now considering at length how the three...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Drake Circus

Drake Circus Shopping Centre, Plymouth has revealed its plans for Christmas - with tons of magical fun for all the family - including a special Christmas light switch on.

Christmas officially kicks off on Nov 17 at the South West's leading shopping centre, when Santa opens his Smeaton Tower style grotto and put his elves to work. As if by magic it will start snowing on Old Town Street...

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