Plymouth

Summer Holiday The Musical heads to Plymouth

The brand new feel-good stage musical Summer Holiday is touring the UK and the famous red double-decker bus will be stopping at Theatre Royal Plymouth from Tuesday 26 - Saturday 30 June.

Summer Holiday tells the story of Don and his friends as they journey together in a red double-decker bus through Paris, the Alps, Italy and Greece. Along the way they pick up a girl singing group and...

Plymouth baby swimming teachers prepare for charity skydive

Two brave baby swimming teachers from Turtle Tots Plymouth & West Devon will be swapping their swimsuits for jumpsuits on 10th June, as they plan to jump out of a plane and sky dive 15,000 feet in aid of Plymouth's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) parental accommodation campaign 'Keep Me Close'.

Turtle Tots already donate a percentage of their class fees to ‘Keep Me Close’ and...

Plymouth animal charity opens its first onsite spaying clinics

A Plymouth animal welfare charity has realised its life-long ambition to open a dedicated onsite spaying clinic for animals in its care.

More than £30,000 in grant funding and donations has been raised by Woodside Animal Welfare Trust to convert a disused building into a dedicated spaying facility at the charity’s base in Elfordleigh near Plymouth.

Every year Woodside rehomes...

Devon-based charity Veterans with Dogs commits to Armed Forces Covenant

Local Devon-based charity, Veterans With Dogs, has signed the Armed Forces Covenant, witnessed by Johnny Mercer, MP for Plymouth Moor View.

The Armed Forces Covenant focusses on helping members of the armed forces community have the same access to government and commercial services and products as any other citizen.

Veterans With Dogs is the first UK registered charity to train...

Tesco offers summer food aid to community groups

Charities and community groups in Plymouth are being invited to receive free surplus food from Tesco this summer.

Across the UK the supermarket donates hundreds of thousands of meals to good causes each week as part of its Community Food Connection scheme, run in conjunction with food charity FareShare.

Community Food Connection enables 7,000 charities and community groups to...

Plympton St Maurice pub shortlisted in Ei Group Awards for Excellence

The Brook Inn at Plympton St Maurice has been shortlisted in the BEST COMMUNITY HUB category at the Ei Group Awards for Excellence.

This year’s inaugural Ei Group Awards for Excellence aims to recognise the achievements of all types of Ei Group’s operators from all around the country. The awards will highlight the accomplishments of some of the most innovative and successful publicans...

Art, Design and Architecture Graduate Show 2018

Immerse yourself in a celebration of highly creative talent and enterprise; the culmination of study and practice at the University of Plymouth

This year’s Graduate Show is an inspiring exhibition of work from nearly 500 final year students across the University of Plymouth School of Art, Design and Architecture. It showcases the impressive creativity, innovation and talent of our students across a wide spectrum of disciplines, from architecture and design, to media and photography. The Graduate Show provides a platform for students to present their work publicly as budding...

Series of events planned to mark Dementia Action Week

A range of activities are taking place in Plymouth to mark Dementia Action Week 2018.

Organisations such as Plymouth City Council, Drake Circus, Improving Lives Plymouth, Age UK Plymouth, Moments Café and Community Hub and Derriford Hospital are taking part in events throughout the week to raise awareness of dementia and to encourage individuals and organisations to take action that...

Beth Little from Plymouth to represent UK at European Scout event in the Netherlands

Beth Little from Plymouth is set to represent the UK at the European Scouting event, Roverway 2018, in the Netherlands. Roverway is an incredible once in a lifetime opportunity. Roverway is a gathering of Scouts and Guides aged 16 – 22 from across Europe and will be held in the Netherlands from 21st July to 2nd August.

Beth, aged 18, said “I have been to Iceland in 2014 and Denmark in...

TLC Thursdays at The Brook Inn

The Brook Inn at Plympton St Maurice is introducing a new weekly get-together for people in the local area who live alone, are feeling lonely or simply would like to meet more people.

Each Thursday afternoon (starting Thursday May 17th) from 3.30pm - 4.30pm, we’ll be offering a cuppa and a friendly venue to chat.... and it’s absolutely FREE.

TLC Thursdays were inspired when...

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