Plymouth City Council is using national Private Fostering Week (6-10 July) as an opportunity to appeal to people across the city to notify them if they’re involved in a Private Fostering Arrangement.
The week, which launches today, is designed to make people more aware of and give more details on private fostering arrangements. When a child is looked after by someone other than a...
Plymouth City Council apprentices are launching a Big Purple Day on Friday 3 July to raise money for the Epilepsy Society.
They're asking everyone to dress in purple on Friday or tweet a selfie with their purple beard photo and help raise money via their Just Giving page at justgiving.com/teams/BAC15.
Organising the fundraising is part of the Brathay Challenge, the national...
A question and answer session all about recycling in Plymouth is taking place this Thursday on the Council Facebook as part of Recycling Week.
People will be able to post a question about what can and can’t be recycled and waste staff will aim to answer them either on the day or within 24 hours.
With Plymouth’s new material recycling facility now operational and Recycling Week...
A Plymouth couple is urging others to keep an eye on elderly family members after their 84-year old brother fell prey to a series of scams.
The retired couple from Peverell were shocked when they visited their brother’s home elsewhere in the city while he was in hospital and found hundreds of goods purchased in order to enter various prize draws as well as draw mailing invoices....
The City Council is investing a further £43 million in creating jobs, supporting new homes, better schools and making Plymouth a better place to live.
The additional funding is outlined in a report on the Council’s outturn position for the last financial year to be considered by the Cabinet on 9 June.
It shows that last year the Council delivered a total of £52.8m investment in...
A team of apprentices from Plymouth City Council took a huge leap towards becoming the Brathay national apprentice team of the year last week.
At the House of Commons, the Council’s team of dynamic young apprentices were announced as one of eight teams (out of an original 47) to make it through to the final.
This would be a huge achievement on its own, but the delighted team...
As the City Council continues to drive forward growth in the city a huge amount of investment has been going on to make sure Plymouth’s schools are fit for the future.
Just under £53 million has now been invested in improving the quality of Plymouth’s schools to to keep up with the growing population, the investment in schools has not only been able to improve them, it has also created...
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery’s early self-portrait by famous 18th century portrait artist Sir Joshua Reynolds has revealed a hidden secret during conservation treatment.
The painting, which dates from about 1746, was acquired last year along with a sketchbook filled with drawings that Reynolds made while visiting Italy in the early 1750s.
The countdown is on for the new bin collection days which will start on 19 January.
Thousands of Christmas cards were delivered just before the festive season got underway to let people know what days their bins will be collected as part of a major reorganisation of the city’s rubbish and recycling rounds.
Stickers are being put on bins across the city as another way of...
