Drake Circus Shopping Centre’s customers help the British Heart Foundation to Bag It. Beat It.
Drake Circus Shopping Centre’s 2015 Bag It. Beat It. stock appeal for The British Heart Foundation (BHF) launched on Wednesday 30th September when the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor John Mahony, donated the first bag of items. The items will now go on to be sold in BHF shops and help...
The latest, greatest, muddiest cycling challenge of the year is under starter’s orders as St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth makes a last call for the 2015 Tour de Moor.
Hundreds of intrepid mountain bike fans have already signed up for the leisurely 11km, intermediate 30km or a hard 52km off road cycle of mud, sweat and tears on 11 October but registration is about to close.
A major local charity is marking a decade of environmental quality. Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has held the 14001 accreditation since 2005. Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall, also parts of the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, which runs Paignton Zoo, have held the standard nearly as long.
The Trust’s Environmental Officer Pete Morgan said: “The ten year...
Paignton Zoo has teamed up with Wollen Michelmore Solicitors to hold Will Week. The event - from 5th to 10th October – is an appropriate one for the Zoo, as the charity has received many significant legacies over the years.
Paignton Zoo fundraiser Jenny Paton: “Our Ape Centre – home to gorillas and orang utans, including babies Tatau and Natalia – was built thanks to a legacy. Another...
As new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show the number of drug-related deaths in England and Wales has increased for the second year in a row, drug and alcohol treatment charity Addaction has called for the government to rethink proposed cuts to local authority health spending.
“These tragic figures paint a stark picture of the shifting landscape of drug misuse in...
Would you like to come along to a FREE event ? Be entertained by 2 comedians; rising star Gary Rapson and the amazingly funny Kernow King. There will also be a talk from two Amazing Prostate Cancer surgeons about awareness of prostate cancer and a Free Buffet. The evening entertainment compared by Natalie Cornah from BBC Spotlight. Friday 11th September from 8pm until late The Elfordleigh Sports and Country Club. Important For FREE tickets please email David on chestnut.events@nhs.net or by calling 01752 792736 Many thanks and hope you can come along.. Part of a National Lottery funded...
Around 200 local people took part in a charity karaoke event in Saltash to raise funds for research at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD) which is seeking a treatment for Huntington’s disease. The event was a huge success and raised £600 for the cause.
It was organised by Liz Fedrick, whose 23-year old niece Charly Honey was diagnosed with the...
Take £50, the brightest of the local business community and add a healthy dash of competition. Leave to raise for the month of October. Serve the much-needed funds for the local hospice charity with a garnish of surprise.
St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth is cooking up a new challenge for the area’s business whizzes with the fast and furious Accumulator Challenge.
The gorilla with wanderlust is back on home soil - for a time. PEG - Polar Explorer Gorilla - left Living Coasts in Torquay with HMS PROTECTOR, the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Vessel, for her last deployment in October 2013.
She has since travelled to a range of South, North and Central American countries, along with the Caribbean, British Virgin Islands, South Africa, South Georgia...
