Plymouth’s key community interest company Real Ideas is hosting a month-long set of Thoughtful Festive events and experiences all set to enchant, inspire, educate and charm adults and children of all ages. And as part of the programme, the team has brought Devonport’s magnificent Grade II listed Market Hall back to its roots with the first actual market being held in the vast atrium in over...
Heart Research UK has granted over £9,000 to Plymouth-based Exim Dance Company for their new programme, which promotes healthy lifestyles and builds confidence through the use of dance. This project targets marginalised young people aged 5-18 (up to 25 years with disabilities) and women aged over 18. Exim Dance want to provide high-quality dance and wellbeing opportunities in deprived areas...
Plymouth McDonald’s franchisee David Wynne and his Saltash restaurant have partnered with Saltash United Juniors F.C. to help fund kits for the club’s U15s team for the upcoming season.
David and his restaurants have been supporting grassroots football in our community as part of McDonald’s ongoing partnership with the FA. McDonald’s has worked with the Home Nations Football...
Plymouth Science Park is supporting emerging tech businesses in the region by providing access to a newly renovated co-working space. The modern co-working space and break-out areas proved popular in the wake of the pandemic as more small businesses looked for flexible office space to accommodate hybrid working.
Hybrid working is a type of flexible working where an employee splits...
Staff and volunteers at the Home Park vaccination centre are pulling out all the stops to make sure no-one misses out on their booster vaccination.
The Home Park team recorded their best-ever day for vaccinations on Monday 13 December, giving 3,108 jabs at the Argyle stadium and a further 359 at Mutley Baptist Church. The previous highest number of vaccinations in any given day was 2...
Devon residents joined MP Luke Pollard and former Devon and Cornwall deputy chief constable Paul Netherton in Plymouth tonight for a high-profile debate on hunting with dogs.
Organised by leading national animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports, the event aimed to highlight the impact this so-called sport – which was supposedly outlawed after the introduction of the...
With more than 60 places to shop, eat and be merry this Christmas and over 1,270 parking spaces - get planning your perfect festive day out at Drake Circus and The Barcode.
Whether you’re planning some Christmas family fun, a day of Christmas shopping with friends or a winter get together with loved ones – your inspiration starts here.
Plymouth’s Real Ideas serves up an extensive programme including Tim Peake, Christmas crafting and local business-focussed festive markets for one and all
The festive season is in full swing and across both of their beautiful Plymouth venues, the city’s Real Ideas team has been working hard to create a programme of festive events and experiences that will enchant, inspire, educate and charm...
Since it first launched in September 2020, The Box has cemented its status as one of the UK’s leading cultural institutions showcasing an extensive collection of art, natural and maritime history and extraordinary archives from film to photography. It has welcomed more than 125,000 visitors and appointed Victoria Pomery OBE (Founding Director of Turner Contemporary in Margate) as its new...
Virgin Media O2 has today added thousands of homes in Plymouth to its gigabit network, connecting areas in and round the city to broadband speeds 14 times faster than the local average.
Virgin Media’s next-generation Gig1 broadband service, with average download speeds of 1,130Mbps, is the fastest available from any of the major broadband providers. It is the UK’s largest gigabit...
