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Many families once had to choose between caring for an elderly loved one in their home or the emotional upheaval of moving a relative into a traditional care home.

Caring for a loved one alone can often be a personal and professional struggle , especially when providing around the clock dementia care. Due to the emotional and physical distress of caring for an elderly relative, it can...

For five days from 4th March until 9th March, Plymouth University will play host to a stunning and exciting sculpture. ‘Heaven Sent’, a sculpture by locally based artist, Simon Ruscoe, will be unveiled in the Levinsky Building on the main campus, standing on a plinth which will be specially designed to collect donations for NSPCC. At the same time a ‘not for profit’ crowd funding campaign will...

A Dartmoor project that gets youngsters out into the great outdoors is set to get off the ground thanks to a cash influx from a Cornwall housebuilder.

Persimmon Homes Cornwall has backed Clearbrook Wild Child with a £500 donation courtesy of Community Champions, a monthly scheme that rewards up to £2,000 to charities in the region.

The project - set up earlier this year – is...

Free sports taster sessions and a range of great prizes and vouchers are just some of the ways Plymouth is supporting a campaign to encourage women and girls to take part in sport and physical activity.

This Girl Can is back for 2017, backed by Sport England and the National Lottery. Locally the campaign is being supported by Plymouth City Council’s Sports Development Unit and Active...