Lifestyle

A Plymouth marketing and advertising agency has donated an egg-stra special gift to the city’s food bank in the run up to Easter. Rather than buying Easter eggs, the nine employees at Sigma Marketing and Advertising based in Cremyll Street, decided to hold a collection. They raised £50 and decided to donate it to Plymouth Foodbank, based in Manor Street, Stonehouse. The money will go towards...

A new easy read guide to methods of contraception and information on local Sexual Health Services has been created for people who have a learning disability.

The guide has been developed for those working with people who have a learning disability to help initial discussions before referring on to a specialist service for further advice.

The information is presented in...

Staff from Devon Carers will be working hard over the next three months to highlight the issues that face carers and the support available for them.

A local awareness-raising campaign will focus on identifying carers who might benefit from a Carers Health and Wellbeing Check.

Matthew Byrne, Manager of Devon Carers said:

“We are delighted that Devon Carers has been...

A recently launched Public Health campaign asks smokers to give up smoking for the people they care about.

The ‘be there tomorrow’ campaign is aimed at smokers who want to increase their life expectancy for their friends and families, by quitting smoking.

Valentine’s Day and Easter provided people with the chance to send quit smoking e-cards to their loved ones, containing...