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When Love Becomes Advocacy

As Carers Week prompts conversations about supporting unpaid carers, I’ve found myself reflecting on something that has touched both my professional and personal life recently: advocacy.

And more specifically, what it feels like when advocacy is not a professional role, but something...

Fantastic amount raised for Alzheimer's Society

The charity team at Otter Nurseries handed over a cheque for almost £3,500, giving a welcome boost to charity of the year 2015, Alzheimer’s Society.

Throughout the year, staff and customers at the popular garden centre in Brixton raised funds through a series of events including; raffles, donations from a woodturning display, a Fuchsia show put on by the British Fuchsia Society and...

University to host two-day celebration ahead of Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year will be heralded in with a series of special events at Plymouth University.

The Year of the Monkey officially begins on Monday 08 February, and a host of festivities will take place all over the world.

But before that, the party will be getting underway early with a celebration of Chinese culture being staged in the Rolle Marquee on Thursday 04 and Friday...

Plymouth ‘Dementia Friendly’ car park spaces thought to be first in UK

Plymouth now has two car parks with designated ‘Dementia Friendly’ parking spaces which are thought to be the first of their kind in the UK.

Following consultation with carers who expressed frustration about the difficulties they face in parking and accessing the city centre, Plymouth City Council’s parking unit has introduced some new dementia accessible parking spaces in two of its...

Nursing students receive national recognition

Plymouth University’s adult nursing students have been congratulated by Health Education England (HEE) for their pioneering methods of wider patient engagement.

Ruth Auton, Senior Policy Nurse from HEE, visited the University earlier this month to learn more about initiatives including Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) – a national first that was set up in collaboration with...

Cultural investigation of lost communities wins inaugural Peninsula Arts Film Commission

A film inspired by folklore and an abandoned hovel in North Devon has been selected as the winner of an inaugural film competition.

Rasher / memory landscape is the brainchild of James W. Norton, and will be shown at an event in May after securing the 2016 Peninsula Arts Film Commission.

An experienced filmmaker, James has previously worked on projects for the Old Royal Naval...

Alcohol and pocket money given up for Gold Dust

The family of a young boy who has been cared for in our children’s wards is saying thank you by helping to raise money for the Gold Dust Appeal.

Sarah and Matt Geoffrey are taking part in the New Year challenge: Give it up for Gold Dust, by giving up alcohol for January because their one-year-old son Dylan has received care at Derriford Hospital several times. Their daughter Eloise has...

BBC Devon presenter Tony Beard dies

Much-loved BBC Radio Radio Devon presenter Tony Beard has died, it was announced today.

Tony told his listeners that he had been diagnosed with bladder cancer in April last year.

A former Dartmoor farmer Mr Beard, 79, had been a presenter for about 35 years.

He was known to listeners as the "Wag from Widecombe".

Listener Gwen Ottery was among the first to post a...

First look inside Plymouth’s new Central Library

The design company working on the fit-out of Plymouth’s new Central Library have released images showing what the interior will look like.

thedesignconcept have been working with the Council and Claremont Interiors, who are refurbishing the building, to create a more modern and flexible space in the heart of the city centre.

Located on the corner of Armada Way and Mayflower...

Big banner unveiled for 366 Cancer Challenge

A giant, 366 Cancer Challenge appeal banner has been unveiled outside Derriford Hospital.

The Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Doctor John Mahoney, attended the unveiling along with Apprentice candidate Charleine Wain, patients, members of the singing group Hot Mustard and a crew from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, who want to show their support.

The Challenge aims to raise...

Ten people took their own lives in SW prisons in 2015

Ten people took their own lives in prisons in the South West during 2015 as the suicide rate behind bars remained at an alarmingly high level, figures seen by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal.

They were among a total of 29 people who died in the region’s prisons last year, according to data published by the Ministry of Justice.

Four people took their own lives in...

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