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Local women's charity looking for Social Workers to join their journey

Do you want to join an ambitious, growing charity in Plymouth? Experienced and passionate social workers are needed to join the award-winning local women’s charity, Trevi.

Trevi has launched a recruitment drive to get more staff on board to deliver its vital services across Plymouth and beyond. The campaign aims to recruit experienced social workers to support families and their...

Plymouth Ice Rink works with Plymouth Together Fund

This Easter holiday Plymouth Ice Rink, based at Plymouth Pavilions will be hosting a fundraising event called ‘Skate Together’ on Friday 22nd April 2022. Proceeds from this event will be donated to local charity Plymouth Together Fund.

The Plymouth Together Fund is a local charity founded to support Keyham, and surrounding communities, in the wake of the tragic shooting that took...

Have your say on proposed extension of multi-use trail

A public consultation is underway on proposals to complete a missing link of a multi-use trail near to the A386 north of Plymouth. Devon County Council is developing plans for a new multi-use trail between the Clearbrook Leat car park and Roborough. The existing Drake’s Trail offers a high quality and well used multi-use route from Tavistock, through Yelverton to the Clearbrook Leat car park...

Plymouth Science Park welcomes renewable energy innovators Eco-Plug to the park

Sustainability and innovation are at the heart of Plymouth Science Park’s ethos, and this month the Park is delighted to welcome renewable energy specialists, Eco-Plug , to the community of forward-thinking businesses based at the Park.

Eco-Plug, one of the UK’s first online solar stores offers a range of solar options to customers. The firm was established by renewable energy...

Drake Circus’ guide to Mother’s Day 2022

Mother’s Day falls on Sunday 27th March this year, which means it’s almost time to show some love and appreciation to the mother figure in your life.

Whether you’re looking for things to do for Mother’s Day, or you’re on the hunt for the best Mother’s Day gift ideas, their special day starts here at Drake Circus and The Barcode.

Plan the perfect Mother’s Day at Drake Circus and...

Plymouth businesses warned about new scam: Malicious USB drives turning up in the post

Businesses in Plymouth are being warned of a brand new scam where cyber criminals are using very old fashioned methods.

Normally criminals try to hack into a business’s systems through the internet – often by breaking into someone’s email, or looking for weak passwords.

But security researchers have spotted that one criminal gang is now posting out USB drives.

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New exhibition at The Box offers fresh responses to the Mayflower

A new exhibition which has just opened at The Box, Plymouth showcases new responses to the Mayflower story and highlights how some of our most historic craft practices have endured across the centuries.

‘Another Crossing – Artists Revisit the Mayflower Voyage’ is a transatlantic collaboration between Plymouth College of Art, The Box and the Fuller Craft Museum in Massachusetts. This...

Local women's charity and family centre celebrates Ofsted achievement

Trevi, the leading women's charity in Devon, are delighted to announce that their Daffodil Family Centre has been awarded a 'Good' Ofsted Rating on its very first inspection.

The Daffodil Family Centre, which opened its doors in early 2020, is a national parenting assessment centre based in Plymouth. It offers a strength-based parenting assessment that aims to support the parent to...

How we can help protect our memories

PLYMOUTH people are being warned about the dangers of taking their hearing for granted.

As World Hearing Day (March 3) approaches, research shows that many people don’t look after their hearing health, so the British Association for Music Therapy and Specsavers have teamed up to encourage people to take steps to protect their hearing.

A third of people in the South West say...

Community grants available for Plymouth’s armed forces charities

Charities and organisations serving the garrison city of Plymouth have the chance to share in more than £45,000 of funding this April, May and June.

Groups supporting serving personnel, veterans and their families across the city are being invited to take part in a dedicated round of Tesco’s community grant scheme.

The initiative, partnership with community charity...

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