Barne Barton

DCH supports community volunteering and families in Plymouth

As part of its continued commitment to investing in its communities DCH has provided a £15,000 grant to the One Step Beyond CIC (OSB) Play Rangers Project in Barne Barton, Plymouth.

The funding will provide opportunities this summer for DCH customers in Barne Barton, Plymouth to get involved with volunteering in their community and for families to make the most of activity sessions...

Students bring happiness and wellbeing to Barne Barton

Residents in Barne Barton, Plymouth, now have all the information they need to achieve happiness and wellbeing in their lives, thanks to an event run for Love Barne Barton by healthcare students from across Plymouth University.

The students were from a number of courses including medicine, dentistry, occupational therapy, clinical psychology, child health nursing and adult nursing....

Barne Barton gets planning

People in Barne Barton are becoming town planners and will shape development in their area for the next two decades.

Instead of the Council’s Planning Service putting together a plan and asking local people what think about it, residents have joined forces to create their own plan that will shape development in the future – whether that’s where to build homes, business premises or...

Police granted dispersal order for Barne Barton

Barne Barton is to get a new dispersal order to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.

The order for Barne Barton was requested by Devon and Cornwall Police and will cover the Halloween and Bonfire Night period. The order is the second to be applied in Plymouth in recent days alongside the one issued for the city centre and waterfront area for the same festivities and the run up to...

Plymouth toddler in fifth-floor window fall is moved to specialist care

Shantelle Clarke, the 15-month-old toddler who fell from a fifth-floor window of her home, has been moved to a specialist care unit in Bristol. She remains in a "critical but stable condition".

The girl suffered serious internal injuries after the estimated 100ft (30 metre) fall from the window of her home just off Savage Road, in the Barne Barton area of Plymouth on Saturday morning (...

It's game on for children in Barne Barton

Barne Barton is getting a new football pitch. Plymouth City Council says it is working co-operatively with the local community to support the new junior football league teams and create the pitch at Estuary Way.

Goal posts are being installed on the previously inaccessible land and a pitch is being marked out.

The Barne Barton Partnership’s Green Space Forum that includes the...

Summer fun in Barne Barton

Party in the Park, Beach Rangers and the annual music festival are just some of the events coming up in the summer calendar for Barne Barton.

Plymouth City Council is working with the Barne Barton Partnership to coordinate a full activity programme for children, young people and families.

The Party in the Park will be held on 23 July from 11am to 3.30pm at the Red Brick Field,...

Urban art brightens youth centre

Urban art to brighten youth centre walls

A group of nine young people from Barne Barton and St Budeaux are picking up paintbrushes and adding a splash of colour with a piece of urban art for their youth centre.

As the momentum around the bid to become UK City of Culture 2017 builds in Plymouth, Cornish artist Phil Harvey is sharing his expertise and helping the members of the...