Staff from Santander Plymouth Branch attended Honicknowle play group’s Christmas fair and raised an amazing £967.70 which will help the play group run their Summer Play Scheme.
This amount was then matched by the Santander Foundation taking the total to £1935.40
Denise Taylor, Play Care Manager said: "The money raised will help us to provide a play scheme which will run...
A group of 12 Plymouth students got to spend the day with staff at one of Plymouth’s biggest motor dealerships, Vospers. The family run business spent time helping the students learn all about the motor industry as part of city’s Skills Aid Plymouth scheme.
Skills Aid Plymouth (SAP) was launched earlier this year to give some of Plymouth’s young people extra support. The students got...
Work to refurbish Plymouth’s disused Laira Rail Bridge has now reached the halfway point.
The £3.5 million scheme, funded through the Department for Transport’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund, will see the former rail bridge restored and converted into a new walking and cycling route over the River Plym.
Built in 1887, Laira Rail Bridge stopped carrying passenger trains in...
Plans for improving traffic flow in the Derriford area have taken a major step forward with the selection of a preferred transport scheme for Derriford Roundabout and the William Prance Road junction.
The Derriford Transport Scheme is part of a ‘master plan’ of highway improvements that will help unlock development and deliver 9,000 new jobs and 3,000 new homes in the north of the city...
Organisations from across the Devon and Cornwall are celebrating after receiving awards from Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg’s small grants scheme.
In total, 25 groups have been awarded over £90,000 in the first round of grants.
The judging panel, which included an independent member representing Cornwall volunteer services forum, considered 171 applications and drew up...
Developed by Plymouth City Council and its highways contractor Amey in partnership with First Great Western and Network Rail, the scheme aims to better connect the train station with the city centre and has been part-funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) and Sustrans, the national walking and cycling charity.
Improvements include new footways between North Road East and the...
Residents in Plymouth have almost two weeks remaining to have their say on changes to the local Council Tax Support scheme.
Plymouth City Council has suggested reducing the financial burden on many families in the city by reducing the minimum amount of Council Tax they are required to pay from 25 per cent to 20 per cent from April 2014.
