Plymouth

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...

John Partridge and Samantha Womack star in Theatre Royal Plymouth’s Pantomime, Dick Whittington

Theatre Royal Plymouth have announced that television and musical theatre stars John Partridge and Samantha Womack will headline in the spectacular family pantomime, Dick Whittington, joining returning comedy legend Andy Ford in this year’s must-see show from Friday 14 December.

John Partridge leads the cast as the dastardly rodent, King Rat. No stranger to the stage, John made his...

Talented new head chef for The Dome

The Dome have recently appointed Dan Weaver as the Head Chef, Dan will be charge of an all new and very talented kitchen brigade, including Lee Eccles, the Sous Chef.

Dan has previously been the Head Chef at The Mission and The Dock, both in Plymouth, and so brings a successful record with him to The Dome where he has already introduced a brand-new menu and is overseeing some really...

‘Britain’s Ocean City’ leads the fight against single-use plastic cups

Plymouth … aka ‘Britain's Ocean City’. So it’s only fitting that it's here, where people are coming together to lead the campaign to do something about ocean plastics.

Plymouth is among the first places in the UK to have a universal, re-usable cup, recyclable cup that can be used at participating outlets city-wide. Some of the city’s biggest employers are also getting on board by...

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