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Volunteers are invited dress as a superhero and take up the daunting challenge of abseiling down a building, to raise money for our children’s wards.

The Gold Dust Appeal is joining forces with Children’s Happy Hospital Fund and Derriford Children’s Cancer Services for the first Superheroes Abseil, taking place on Sunday 25th September, down Plymouth’s well known Holiday Inn.

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Carers Week is an annual awareness campaign which takes place to celebrate and recognise the vital contribution made by the UK’s 6.5 million carers. It is also a time of intensive local activity with thousands of events planned for carers across the UK.

A carer is someone who provides unpaid care and support to a family member or friend who has a disability, illness, mental health...

Fire Service training instructors from across the United Kingdom have recently attended Red One’s acclaimed Breathing Apparatus Instructor (BAI) training course at the Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service Training Academy at Plympton, Devon.

Fire Service instructors travelled from Cleveland FRS, North Yorkshire FRS and Avon FRS to join this extensive training which, in the...

A team of runners from Derriford Hospital’s Physiotherapy Department fought off tough competition from colleagues to retain the title for this year’s Staff Half Marathon Challenge Cup.

The annual tournament pits departments against each other, with the team with the best average time of their fastest five runners taking the prize. The challenge is open to all staff groups including...