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‘ARNI’ arrives in Plymouth

Last week, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust was host to the first Advanced Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant (ARNI) course in the South-West. This new national course has been developed through the Resuscitation Council with the support of BLISS – the parent and baby charity.

The course is aimed at nurses, nurse practitioners and doctors who provide care to sick babies in a hospital...

HellermannTyton supports CLIC Sargent

HellermannTyton, the cable management specialists, has raised £4,800 for CLIC Sargent, a cancer support charity for young people.

A combination of events across 2015, which included a 24 hour row-a-thon and a 10k run, has seen the company’s employees raise the significant amount.

Barry Phelps, UK Product Manager at HellermannTyton, said: “Having a charity to support is very...

Alcohol and pocket money given up for Gold Dust

The family of a young boy who has been cared for in our children’s wards is saying thank you by helping to raise money for the Gold Dust Appeal.

Sarah and Matt Geoffrey are taking part in the New Year challenge: Give it up for Gold Dust, by giving up alcohol for January because their one-year-old son Dylan has received care at Derriford Hospital several times. Their daughter Eloise has...

Charity ambassadors come together for first time with an official tour

Broadcaster Judi Spiers, two-star Michelin Chef Michael Caines MBE and Business Consultant Chris Lorimer were welcomed by staff at WESC Foundation, a school and college for young people and adults with visual impairment. The three newly appointed Ambassadors for WESC Foundation came together for the first time, with an official tour of the charity’s facilities to learn more about the services...

500,000 people in SW cutting back on winter essentials to pay rent or mortgage

The New Year may not be very happy for hundreds of thousands of people in the South West, as research by Shelter reveals a fifth of rent or mortgage payers in the region are cutting back on winter heating and clothing to meet their housing payments. This is the equivalent to 500,000 people.

The study by housing and homelessness charity Shelter and YouGov shows the strain people in the...

Gold Dust Appeal reaches £25k milestone

The Gold Dust Appeal, aimed at transforming Plymouth children’s wards, has hit the £25,000.00 milestone – an impressive quarter of the way to its target. And now we are asking for your help with the next step – Give it up for Gold Dust in January.

The Gold Dust Appeal aims to raise £100,000 to create bright, exciting and welcoming wards for local children and young people at Plymouth...

Theatre visit signals Happy Days for Plymouth school

The children of a Plymouth school have something to celebrate after being gifted a theatre performance by Happy Days Children’s Charity, a national charity that is helping local children with a variety of special needs with day trips and holidays.

On 14th January 2016, children from Cann Bridge School will be treated to a performance of Peter Pan when the M&M Productions traveling...

Plymouth firm makes festive donation to foodbank

A Plymouth elearning company has donated eight boxes of festive food to Plymouth Foodbank in time for Christmas.

Sponge UK, based at Plymouth Science Park, paid a visit to the foodbank at Manor Street, Stonehouse on Thursday, December 17 to drop off the boxes crammed with seasonal items such as mince pies, gravy granules and stuffing mix to help towards creating Christmas dinner packs...

Debt still a real problem in Plymouth

Many Plymouth residents are still facing a daily struggle with debt despite the UK’s gradual economic recovery and a fall in the number of people seeking advice, a leading debt charity has warned.

Figures released today by StepChange Debt Charity show that 804 people in the Plymouth area called its helpline for advice in the first half of 2015 with average debts of £11,358. After they...

Ditch the drink for Cancer Research UK

MEN and women across the South West are being challenged to ban the booze in January to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

The charity is launching Dryathlon for the New Year and urging people the region to sign up now before the festive season gets into full swing.

Dryathlon is Cancer Research UK’s popular fundraising campaign that invites social drinkers to take a month-...

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