Family Life

Latest musical adventure casts some ‘Mbira Magic’ over Museum and Art Gallery

The under-fives can experience some ‘Mbira Magic’ at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery's next ‘Adventures in Music’ event on Friday 31 May.

Following a very popular inaugural event last month, the Museum's new world and folk music programme will be treating little ones and adults to an interactive session with singer, composer and instrumentalist Chartwell Dutiro.

The mbira...

Making and musical merriment at Museum and historic houses this half term

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, the Elizabethan House and the Merchant’s House are all set for a fun half term filled with creative family activities and music.

Local folk band Tobacco Road will perform some of their favourite folk songs as visitors soak up the historic atmosphere in the Elizabethan House (2.30pm to 3.30pm on Tuesday 28 May) and the Merchant’s House (10.30am to...

Get your wellies on for this year's Bogtastic!

Don't miss your chance to get properly wet and muddy at this year's Bogtastic! event on Exmoor on Friday 31 May.

The event features fun activities for all the family and the opportunity to visit a bog restored by the Exmoor Mires Project, as well as all-weather activities including stream-dipping, dam-making, crafts, undercover exhibitions, a sawmill tour and guided walks exploring the...

Half term Stepping Stones fun in new look Rothesay Gardens play area

Families living in and around Rothesay Gardens will be clambering over piles of logs as they road test their new look play area.

The area has been given a wooden makeover and massive logs are now getting a new lease of life as monkey bars, see-saw, a climbing log tangle as well as toddler swings.

Youngsters at Shakespeare Primary and Brooke Green Centre for Learning helped...

University's Freshling Nursery celebrates 'outstanding' OFSTED report

Plymouth University’s Freshlings Nursery is celebrating after being rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted inspectors.

The nursery on campus currently provides care for 125 children under the age of five years old, whose parents are staff and students at the University.

Following the inspection in April, the facility has been rated as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted praising teaching quality...

Call for more foster carers to improve stability for children in care

Children are being moved too many times between foster families because of the need for more foster carers across the UK, the Fostering Network is warning today with the publication of new survey results.

The survey found that in the last two years three in five foster carers (61 per cent) have cared for children who have previously had two or more moves between homes. Two in five (43...

Dying Matters Awareness Week encourages people to talk about death

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is supporting Dying Matters Awareness Week (13 – 19 May) aimed at encouraging people to talk openly about dying, death and bereavement.

The Palliative Care Team will be holding a stand in the main reception of Derriford Hospital on Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 May to provide staff, patients and visitors the opportunity to find out more information about Dying...

Maritime heritage at University's Community Open House event

Plymouth’s maritime heritage is to be the main focus of this year’s Community Open House at Plymouth University.

The event will feature a range of marine related interactive activities, alongside historical maritime artefacts, to provide fun and interest for the whole family.

Being held on Saturday 18 May, it will showcase work carried out by the University’s COAST research...

Get 30% off at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park this Saturday only!

Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park, the South West’s No 1 Multi Award Winning Family Attraction is offering an exclusive 30% online discount off admission prices for this Saturday 11 May! The discount, which is available to pre-book online now, offers fun for all the family with plenty of all-weather attractions! What’s more, guests can also enjoy seven days of fun for the price of one with...

It's Plymouth Pirate Weekend for all the family

Plymouth’s historic Barbican and Sutton Harbour will come alive this weekend (25 and 26 May) as the annual Plymouth Pirate Weekend comes to town with a range of activities, prize giveaways and entertainment for visitors to enjoy.

Tall ship The Bessie Ellen, built in Plymouth in 1904, will be berthed by Cap ‘n’ Jaspers in Sutton Harbour throughout the weekend open from 10am to 4pm each...

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