000

Devon & Somerset Freemasons give £13,000 to help improving lives in Plymouth

During this time of increased pressure on services and charities the Devonshire Freemasons have tried to support as many good causes as possible, one of those selected is “Improving Lives Plymouth” and a grant of £8000 was given to them this week by the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF) and the Freemasons of Devonshire when Peter Keaty and Reuben Ayres representing the Freemasons met up...

£800,000 available to Plymouth social enterprises

Social enterprises across Plymouth are being invited to apply for a share of a £800,000 pot of loans and grants to help their business flourish.

Plymouth City Council is launching another round of its innovative Social Enterprise Investment Fund and the successful bidders will be able to join a growing rank of organisations who have received capital investment to turn cracking ideas...

Plymouth Argyle 2 Exeter City 0: Match report

The good ship Pilgrim made rare progress into relatively uncharted waters as they won the 101st Devon Expressway Derby to advance into the area quarter-finals of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy.

Young guns Hiram Boateng and man-of-the-match Craig Tanner scored goals worthy of Argyle’s landmark 5,000th first-team match to maintain the Pilgrims’ delightful start to life under Derek Adams...

Minister highlights "national shame" of the "forgotten million" chronically lonely

Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health, has made a speech highlighting what he will describe as the "national shame" of statistics that suggest that more than 800,000 people in the UK are "chronically lonely".

In a speech to the National Children's and Adults Services conference on Friday 18 October, Mr Hunt, whose wife is Chinese, contrasted the "reverence and respect for...