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Quiz Night in aid of Cancer Research

Charity Quiz Fundraiser in aid of Cancer Research UK.

Categories include Keirans Music, Sport, Entertainment, Audio, Strange but True, Multiple Choice and more.

Quiz Entry Fee £2, there will also be a raffle £1 per strip join your quiz master David from 8pm. This event is run by DGB Events. Contact 07790333508

Family Disco

A night of fun to be had for all be they Members or not. Enjoy a drink, dance the night away and bring all the kids with you (no babysitter/taxi fees).

Members FREE, Non-Members £1 per adult all proceeds go to Doctors Surgery Fund. Accompanied children only.

Tell your Friends / Relatives or Colleagues as this is an open evening when membership is not required and all are welcome. Share it on your timeline for your friends.

Crimebeat grants available for Devon groups

Applications are now open for groups in Devon to apply for grants of up to £3000.

Grassroots Grants up to £500, Connection Grants up to £1000 and Action Grants up to £3000 are available for projects that can prove they will have a positive impact on vulnerable young people and will help cut crime, especially anti social behaviour, substance abuse or school absenteeism.

Funding...

Marine Academy hosts Summer Showcase

Marine Academy Plymouth is inviting people of all ages to their first-ever Super Summer Showcase on Friday 26th June to celebrate the start of summer and the impending summer holidays.

The event, which will take place at Marine Academy Plymouth’s campus in St Budeaux, will see a variety of events and activities including a food market, live music, performances from students and...

Volunteers wanted to help sort donations for fire victims

Around 1,000 bags of donations have been collected and are waiting to be sorted through and distributed to the families affected by the Clowance Street fire.

Since the fire, kind hearted members of the public have literally been flooding Devonport with donations to the families affected, some of whom have lost everything in the blaze.

Devonport based community groups along with...

Crowdfunder launches Community Shares

Crowdfunder, the UK’s No 1 crowdfunding platform, is set to revolutionise UK community funding as it launches its first community share offer in partnership with The Community Share Company.

The Community Shares Company has worked on some of the most-high profile British community share offers to date including Hastings Pier, the first ever UK charity to issue community shares....

Holbefun 2015

Join in the family fun at the annual Holbefun event at Battisborough Cross, just above Mothecombe beach. This free event promises family fun, full of entertainment, activities, music, world food and laughter. The day is centred around a fun competitive team assault course for both children and adults called The Gauntlet.

http://holbeton.devon.sch.uk/holbefun-2015/

Spring Fare will hit musical note

Come along to a Spring Fair with a musical theme being staged in North Prospect on Saturday (April 18) and herald the season with sound.

The event, organised by Plymouth Community Homes (PCH), hopes to encourage new visitors to the neighbourhood, highlight musical opportunities in the city and showcase some of the opportunities now available in North Prospect as it undergoes...

New contracts awarded to improve home care

New contracts have been awarded to improve care for people in Plymouthwho require care at home.

Plymouth City Council is working together with NHS Northern, Eastern, Western (NEW) Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to drive up standards in domiciliary care.

Under the new contracts, which incorporate home care, rapid response, dementia support and integration with health...

Plymouth prepares for new Care Act

Residents in Plymouth who need care and support will be affected by changes in Government legislation.

The Care Act 2014, which comes into effect in April 2015, brings new duties for local authorities, along with new rights for both service users and carers.

Under the Care Act, people will be entitled to an assessment for their care and support needs, as will their carers. In...

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