A group of 20 Plymouth students were thrown in at the deep end for a lesson at the National Marine Aquarium (NMA).
The students, who are all taking part in Skills Aid Plymouth (SAP) along with their learning mentors, were treated to a tour of the aquarium followed by a lesson involving a fish dissection, to discover more about the biology of the fish that are cared for by the Aquarium...
Now that the Government’s new Universal Credit scheme has been introduced the City Council is hosting a special event to explain the changes for private landlords.
Universal Credit is a single monthly payment for people in or out of work, which merges together some of the benefits and tax credits that people currently receive. Universal Credit has replaced income-based Jobseekers’...
Right Price, based in Plymouth’s Newnham Industrial Estate, has kicked off to a booming start to 2016. Sarah and Travis are now entering their fourth year of ownership, and building on the well-known Right Price name, which has been built up over nearly three decades, they have developed firm to one of the South West’s leading manufacturers and installers of windows and doors &...
The National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS) will be running an event for people who have been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (axial spondyloarthritis) (AS) in the last 18 months called AS & You.
The event will take place at Plymouth Copthorne Hotel from 6.00pm on 10 March 2016 and is completely free. Anyone who goes along is also invited to bring friends and family so...
Francis Clark’s annual Finance in the South West event, now in its 4th year running, will be taking place on Tuesday 23rd February from 08:00 to 14:00 at Exeter Racecourse. The
Seminar brings together specialists representing funding and business support available to businesses in the Heart of the South West LEP area.
This year the keynote speaker will be Radio 4 business and...
There was energy, enthusiasm and attitude aplenty last Friday as nearly 500 young athletes and volunteers from schools all over Devon gathered at the Plymouth Life Centre in the region’s biggest celebration of inclusive sport. Young people with a range of physical and learning disabilities came together to get active, try new sports and compete against one another.
The Chinese New Year will be heralded in with a series of special events at Plymouth University.
The Year of the Monkey officially begins on Monday 08 February, and a host of festivities will take place all over the world.
But before that, the party will be getting underway early with a celebration of Chinese culture being staged in the Rolle Marquee on Thursday 04 and Friday...
Plymouth now has two car parks with designated ‘Dementia Friendly’ parking spaces which are thought to be the first of their kind in the UK.
Following consultation with carers who expressed frustration about the difficulties they face in parking and accessing the city centre, Plymouth City Council’s parking unit has introduced some new dementia accessible parking spaces in two of its...
Plymouth University’s adult nursing students have been congratulated by Health Education England (HEE) for their pioneering methods of wider patient engagement.
Ruth Auton, Senior Policy Nurse from HEE, visited the University earlier this month to learn more about initiatives including Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) – a national first that was set up in collaboration with...
A film inspired by folklore and an abandoned hovel in North Devon has been selected as the winner of an inaugural film competition.
Rasher / memory landscape is the brainchild of James W. Norton, and will be shown at an event in May after securing the 2016 Peninsula Arts Film Commission.
An experienced filmmaker, James has previously worked on projects for the Old Royal Naval...
