Mount Edgcumbe Country House and Park, which is jointly run by Plymouth City and Cornwall Councils, has secured nearly £700,000 for improvements to its historic landscape and listed structures.
Natural England, the government’s adviser on the natural environment, has awarded the funding through its Higher Level Stewardship Scheme.
The scheme provides capital and revenue funding...
Nearly £1.4 million of funding has today been approved for Plymouth’s new flagship central library.
Funding confirms the move of the central library from North Hill to Taylor Maxwell House on Mayflower Street.
A currently rundown building, Taylor Maxwell House will be renovated to take in the library on the ground floors and basement and Plymouth City Council’s contact center...
Castles and forts within Plymouth’s boundaries have been getting some TLC, thanks to a grant from English Heritage.
Plymouth City Council has secured £53,115 grant funding from the conservation organisation to help stem the tide of time on some of the city’s much-loved monuments.
Work has been carried out on the landmarks – including the 1,000-year-old castle at Plympton St...
Around 60 new jobs, 22 business units, five new business hubs and three community spaces are now under starter’s orders, thanks to funding worth £1.275 million from the Council.
The hard-working members of the Four Greens Community Trust are celebrating news that the Council’s Investment Board has approved funding to transform the former Whitleigh Care Home into a headquarters and a...
Staff from Santander Plymouth Branch organised Wembury Pre School’s Christmas Bazaar raising amazing £1,233 to help purchase new equipment which will benefit the children who attend the pre-school.
This amount was then matched by the Santander Foundation taking the total to £2,466
Jo Romang – Pre School Supervisor said: "We are so grateful for this match funding which will...
Plymouth community projects and social enterprises will be able to tap into funds as part of a pioneering crowdfunding scheme launched today.
Plymouth City Council has set aside £60,000 for projects on Crowdfund Plymouth – as part of Crowdfunder Local, a nationwide initiative, launched by Crowdfunder - the UK’s leading crowdfunding platform.
Plymouth University is set to receive more than one million euros from the European Union to fund a series of international fellowships for early career researchers from overseas institutions.
University academics will mentor the fellows and oversee their work on a number of projects across robotics, geology, environmental quality, psychology, education, and early childhood education...
Devon County Council has awarded £113,000 worth of funding to Schools across Devon through its Enterprise in Schools Grant programme to help encourage entrepreneurship.
The programme is designed to help Devon’s schools create or expand educational opportunities within the areas of enterprise and innovation for both pupils and staff, and is informed by the ‘Enterprise for All’ report...
Plymouth University has received funding in excess of £1.2 million from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to support capital investment for teaching facilities in existing and proposed laboratories, at the headquarters of Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PU PSMD), Plymouth Science Park.
A social enterprise will be opening up a new shop in Devonport, thanks to support from the Council’s Social Enterprise Investment Fund.
Bikespace will be opening its first shop and will sell electric bikes – or ebikes – as well as refurbished bicycles from its cycle recycling project already based in Devonport.
An empty shop in George Street has been brought back to life in...
