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Further improvements to Central Park have been approved with £2.6 million worth of funding.

Patrick Nicholson, deputy leader and Cabinet member for Strategic Transport, Housing and Planning, said: “I’m really excited to see the Central Park Masterplan come to fruition.

“With the first phase ongoing, all the preparation has now been done for what I like to think of as the ‘high-ticket items’ in the park. “Central Park is so important to the city and the council aim to deliver an outstanding public sport and recreational offer which encourages people to use the park to live a more active lifestyle for

park. Plans for a new enlarged skatepark have also been unveiled. Since consultation finished, a number of concept designs for the improvements have been drawn up by appointed architects LDA Design and Erect. Meanwhile, a regular volunteers programme has started in conjunction with the Friends of Central Park. More information on the Central Park Masterplan, including the latest updates and the results of the consultation, can be found here - www.plymouth.gov.uk/ centralparkmasterplan2017

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Since the scheme was announced in April, Plymouth City Council has been consulting residents on the plans for the park and have started a programme of general improvements throughout the park. themselves and their families.” Work can now begin on exciting features such as a brand new play area and the Also included in the plans are path upgrade of the existing one, an extension upgrades, four new tennis courts, new to the skate park, a new café, and the cricket rugby, and junior football pitches transformation of the old bowling pavilion complete with improved changing facilities into a community sports hub. and improvement to drainage across the

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New campaign fights threat to Devonport-based assault ships A high level Plymouth task group has met to spearhead a campaign to stop threatened cuts to two Devonport-based amphibious assault ships. The Devonport Task Group has reconvened to protect HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark from threat of being decommissioned by the Government. There are rumours that the ships could go under a Government review of national security capabilities as part of the implementation of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review. The group, which comprises the council’s leader and shadow leader, city MPs and senior representatives

of key city organisations, agreed to set up an urgent meeting with the Defence Secretary to press the case for why the two Devonport base amphibious ships are essential to the UK’s defence. It will also lead a public campaign to lobby for maintaining the ships, which are key to Plymouth being at the Royal Navy’s centre of amphibious capability as they are co-located with the Royal Marines in the city. Councillor Ian Bowyer, leader of the Council and chair of the Task Group, said: “This issue is of huge importance to the UK’s defence capability as well as to the future of Devonport, so it is vital that we work together as a city to fend off this threat. “HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark play a key role in the

Royal Navy’s capability, enabling it to deliver the punch of the Royal Marines ashore by air and by sea, as well as humanitarian aid when needed. “As well as lobbying Westminster we will be campaigning locally to encourage people to help make the case to Whitehall. Plymouth has a strong track record of working together to help protect our armed forces and we’ll be fighting hard to prevent these ships from being scrapped.” Councillor Tudor Evans, shadow leader of the council, said: “While the Government says potential cuts to HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark is speculation, we need to treat this seriously. Senior defence figures are also very concerned by this and we must act now and we must act together.”

Work starts on £53m Bretonside scheme Construction work has started on the huge Drake Circus Leisure development at Bretonside.

centre. Plymouth is on the up.”   In the last two years British Land also acquired a slice of the city centre in New George Street and Royal Parade and is currently in further talks with the Council about how to make public spaces in and around the development sympathetic and complementary to the rest of the city centre.  The developers and their contractors have been working closely with the Council to draw up detailed project schemes to ensure public and traders suffer as little inconvenience as possible during the 20 month construction programme.

The £53 million scheme looks set to transform this key gateway entrance to Plymouth City Centre, creating hundreds of jobs as well as a new destination for both locals and visitors alike.   The scheme, which is across the road from the British Land-owned Drake Circus, is being built on the site of the former coach station. The city coach services have already been moved to a purpose-built facility in Mayflower Street which opened last year.   The new leisure development will comprise a 12 screen Cineworld Imax cinema, 15 restaurant units and 420 car park spaces.  David Pollock, development director for British Land, said: “We are delighted that the transformation of this pivotal part of the city centre can now begin. Plymouth City Council has been a proactive partner and we look forward to continuing to work with them on the development’s delivery.   “Having exchanged contracts with Cineworld, we are in advanced discussions with a number of exciting restaurant operators, many of which currently have no presence in Plymouth.”   Leader of Plymouth City Council, Councillor Ian Bowyer, said: “This is a huge moment for Plymouth. While other cities have seen developments fall by the wayside, Plymouth has attracted one of the country’s most important and consistent commercial developers.   “Not only have they invested in Drake

Bretonside launch, from left, David Pollock of British Land, Councillor Ian Bowyer, leader of Plymouth City Council and Gary Cramp from McLaren

Circus, but they are cementing their faith in our potential as a city with this project. We are a city that is open to business, open to companies and opportunities that create hundreds of jobs for the people of Plymouth.   “A lot of work has gone into getting to this point and this is a moment to be celebrated. This is a great day!”   Maclaren Construction has been appointed as the main contractor and enabling works are already underway. The scheme is set to open in autumn 2019.   The new cinema will incorporate state of the art audio and visual technology, and will have 12 screens ranging in size from 80 seats to a giant 450 seat IMAX auditoria.    The scheme will create 350 permanent jobs, a large number of temporary

New skatepark plans • continued from front page Plymouth City Council have teamed up with Freestyle Skateparks and after an initial consultation over the summer, is now ready for final feedback on the concept designs.

people putting their views forward.

Cllr Martin Leaves, Peverell Ward, said: “Having worked with previous skatepark designs in the city, I am pleased to work alongside many skateboarders in the city at the recent consultation launch, to discuss these new skatepark designs.

Plans include an extension to the existing site with a snake run, popular with skaters and BMX riders. There will also be a training bowl for those less confident riders and skaters and additional seating for spectators.

“They look fantastic and it will be great to see the next generation of skaters and BMXers using the facility. I was overwhelmed with the response at the consultation event with so many young

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“This will form an important part of the Central Park improvements and I’m delighted to have been part of the team who delivered it.”

A new area for Parkour known as free running, similar to an obstacle course, is also included in the concept designs. Once design is finalised, work is expected to start in the new year. Congratulations to Mrs Cathy Johnson who won the competition in the October edition. She wins tickets from the Barbican Theatre to see Le Navet Bete’s hilarious production of A Christmas Carol.

construction jobs and will be a huge boost to the city’s night-time offer as well as drawing people in during the day. The final piece of the legal jigsaw fell into place when the conditional offer was formally made unconditional, signalling the end of two years of complex negotiations with the company.   Steve Hughes, chief executive of Plymouth City Centre said: “This is a huge vote of confidence in the city and will give us a new contemporary attraction which will help attract more customers and visitors to our rapidly improving city

A host of key projects designed to showcase the city in 2020 are already being developed. Work has started to build ‘The Box’ – the £37 million attraction, gallery and museum complex which will become the city’s cultural centre.  Plymouth’s City Market has enjoyed a rejuvenation thanks to a multi-million makeover, demolition has been completed on three buildings which overlook Colin Campbell Court – ahead of its long-term redevelopment, a new coach station has been built in Mayflower Street, Mayflower historic trails are being planned and other public realm improvements are also being planned.    Overall investment in Plymouth in preparing for Mayflower is in the region of £175 million.

Council targets litter louts in move to clean up city

Plymouth City Council is stepping up the fight to keep the city clean.

From January 2018, additional enforcement officers will be patrolling the streets of Plymouth, with the aim of preventing littering, dog fouling, flyposting and fly-tipping offences. This work will be delivered by either an external partner or the council’s in-house team, and a value-for-money procurement exercise for the contract will be carried out shortly. The move comes as the council seeks to deliver on the Corporate Plan, which sets out a clear aim to ensure that Plymouth is a green and pleasant city. Councillor Dave Downie, Cabinet member for Safer and Stronger Communities said: “I am proud to live in this beautiful city and so keeping it clean is one of our key priorities.

“Sadly, a small minority of the population do not share this view and so we are keen to make very clear that blighting this city is not acceptable. “Having extra staff on the street will force offenders to think about their behaviours and how they affect their neighbours which will hopefully lead to a cleaner city for us all to enjoy.” Although there are currently council staff trained in the gathering and reporting of evidence, numbers are small and so proactive presence on the street is limited. This move will provide extra enforcement officers, ensuring that instead of being a reactive service, teams will be able to proactively tackle issues around the city. It is expected that enforcement officers will be treading pavements early in the new year.

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” 2 Corinthians 4:16

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Rhymetimes Central Library Every Monday and Wednesday from 11am, Every Wednesday from 2pm Crownhill Library Every Tuesday from 2.15pm Efford Library Every Tuesday from 10.30am North Prospect Library Every Tuesday from 2.15pm Peverell Library Every Monday from 2pm (booking needed 01752 305633) Every Friday from 11am (booking needed 01752 305633) Plympton Library Every Thursday from 2pm Every Saturday from 10.30am (Under 5s club) Plymstock Library Every Thursday from 2.15pm (booking needed 01752 306606) Every Saturday from 10am Devonport Library Every Saturday from 11am St Budeaux Library Every Thursday from 10am Southway Library Every Wednesday from 10am Storytimes Central Library: every Wednesday from 2pm (storytime and crafts) Gadget sessions Get tips and advice on how to make the most of iPads, tablets, smartphones, e-readers and more.  Find out how to use your library card to download free eBooks and magazines. Central Library Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2pm to 3.30pm Peverell Library Fortnightly on Thursdays 10.30 to 12 noon Plymstock Library Fourth Tuesday of the month 2-m to 3.30pm Plympton Library First Wednesday of the month 2pm to 4pm Southway Library Last Thursday of the month 2.30pm to 3.30pm Scottish Country Dancing Every Monday from 7.30 until 10 at Trinity United Reformed Church, Torr Lane Hartley. £3 an evening including a cup of tea and biscuits. We are a really friendly group and beginners are very welcome. You do not need a partner just soft shoes and a sense of humour. For further details contact Valerie on 01752 220241 or Mary on 01752 338785. Past Times Past Times group was started over 20 years ago to encourage people, especially those on their own or new to the area, to share their hobbies, knitting for charity, cross stitch, board games, quizzes or just pop in & enjoy some friendly company & a cup of tea. We also have a list of other groups, clubs & activities available in Plympton. We meet on the 4th Monday of each month, at St Mary’s Parish Centre, Market Road, Plympton 1.30pm until 3.30 pm. More details are available from the parish office Monday to Friday 9am until 1pm 01752 348525 Shotokan Karate Club Shotokan Karate club in Devonport High school for Girls on Monday and Friday evenings for all ages and grades starting at 6pm. This is an authentic Japanese art, taught in the same disciplined manner instilling personal responsibility for actions, promoting confidence and self esteem.Karate taught in this environment is deemed to be beneficial for all ages and genders. All Instructors DBS checked, safeguarding and first aid trained.Contact club secretary Steve on 07518471142 or Colin on 07968061887. Shotokan Karate Club in Eggbuckland Community college Drama studio on Wednesday evenings from 7.00 to 8.30 for all ages and grades. . An authentic Japanese art, all Instructors DBS checked, safeguarding and first aid trained. Contact Georgina on 07807184279. Children’s Shotokan Karate Class in St Budeaux parish church hall, specifically for ages 7 to 12 years old, parents can train alongside their children in a relaxed and friendly environment. All Instructors DBS checked, safeguarding and first aid trained. Saturday mornings 10am to 11am Contact Georgina on 07807184279 National Trust Plymouth Centre (NTPC) The group helps members to make even more of their NT membership and meet like minded people. During the winter months there are talks as listed: January on archaeological work at Sherford by Gareth Chaffey; February on Lawrence of Arabia by Ursula Myers; March on Crossing the Laira by Nigel Overton; April on Mrs Ronnie, the Royal Matchmaker by Janet Crawford. In addition there is usually coach events each month from April to September. Membership is only £4 or £6 for couples. For more information and application form call Russell on 01752 266608 Dartmoor Rambling Club Enjoy the countryside by walking and talking with our club. Membership is only £5 per year. You are welcome to try one or two walks before you join. As well as Dartmoor, we walk the countryside and coast. Wednesday walks are usually 8 to 10 miles and by public transport. Walks include; Dousland to Princetown, Horrabridge and Peek Hill, River Plym, Burrator, Tavistock Canal, South Brent area, Shaugh Prior and Dewer-

South West singers are invited to sing at New York’s Carnegie Hall

Director of music Marcus Alleyne and the South West Philharmonia Chorus have been invited to participate in the American premiere performance of composer Patrick Hawes ‘The Great War Symphony’ at the Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Concert Series at the Carnegie Hall in New York next year. The work has been specially written to mark the ending of the First World War and was performed on Armistice Day in November at the Royal Albert Hall. The UK premier took place exactly 100 years after the Great War ended. Dr Jonathan Griffith, artistic director and pincipal conductor for DCINY said: “The South West Philharmonia Chorus received this invitation because of the quality and high level of musicianship demonstrated by the singers as well as the exceptional personal recommendation given by Patrick Hawes.

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Marcus (left) manages a busy schedule with five other choirs, theatre companies and orchestras throughout the working week delivering over 50 public performances each year. The choir and orchestra have over 130 registered members and continues to grow under the successful management and direction of Marcus. Following several sell-out concerts the group are staging their Christmas Concert ‘Christmas in the City’ with guest soloist world-class harpist Elizabeth-Jane Baldry. The concert is at the Plymouth Guildhall on December 16 at 7.30pm. Tickets can be obtained from www.swpac. co.uk. A donation will be given to Devon Community Foundation, the nominated charity for the year 2017/18. Traditional carols and Christmas music makes the evening a must for all the family to kickstart Christmas.

“It is quite an honour just to be invited to perform in New York. These wonderful musicians not only represent a high quality of music and education but they also become ambassadors for the entire community. “This is an event of extreme pride for everybody and deserving of the community’s recognition and support.” The South West Philharmonia and Chorus was established in the autumn of 2016 by director of music stone, Spurrels Cross, also off moor! Yealmpton to Ivybridge, Anthony, Torpoint, Bere Ferrers to Ernesettle, Saltash onwards. For more information call Russell on 01752 266608. 52nd Plymouth Scouts Mondays at Lipson Young people enjoy physical and mental challenges, and help in society. Age 6-8 at 5-6pm, Age 8-10 at 5.30-7pm, Age 10-14 at 7-8.30pm. www.52ndplymouthscouts.org.uk Contact 52ndplymouthscouts@gmail.com or 07999338959 Red The Plymouth Regional Head & Neck Cancer Support Group Our group is specifically aimed at head and neck patients, their partners and/or carers. Our support group will also welcome anyone who wishes to join us for whatever reason. You don’t have to be a cancer patient to join us but those cancer patients without a support group of their own will be made especially welcome. Due to the nature of this particular disease, most of our members are from the older age group. We meet up once a month and take a trip out somewhere away from the clinical environment. We might also be able to help with transport if necessary. Please contact: Geoff Read on (01752) 563 800 or email him on: geoffnread@gmail.com Velvet Cinema Every other Wednesday. Come along and watch a Classic film, such as Casablanca or Some Like it Hot, then share your memories of the film and where you saw it over tea and cake. We aim to take you on a trip down memory lane through conversation & companionship. If this sounds just the ticket then join us every other Wednesday at 10.30am at Devonport Live Café in George Street, Devonport. For more information phone 941342. Knitting Group Wednesdays The Real Friends knitting and crochet group meets every Wednesday in the function room in Devonport Park 2pm-4pm. It’s free. If you like knitting or you just want to make new friends do come and join us. Hooe’s Place Cafe St John’s Church Hall, Hooe,. Open to all. 10.30am - 11.30am for coffee. Freshly cooked lunches from 11.45am - 1.30pm. St John’s Church open through the hall 10.30am - 2pm. The only bus now travelling to Hooe is No. 2 every 20 minutes stopping outside the church. Lunches Lunches are available at Stoke Damerel Church Paradise Road PL1 5QL on Mondays (not Bank Holiday) and Tuesdays from 12 noon to 2pm. Donations only. Soup, garlic bread, dessert, beverages. All welcome, bring friends.

Devonport Folk Music Session Second Sunday of the month 3pm-5pm. Bristol Castle, 6 Duncan St (off Duke St) Devonport, PL1 4EP. See www.flaxey-green.co.uk for details. Costa Healing Rooms Meet at Costa, New George Street, c/o Old Town Street every Wednesday 2.30pm - 4.30pm Healing Rooms Meet at Shekinah Traning Centre, 24 Stonehouse Street, Plymouth on Mondays at 7.30 - 9pm (Not bank holidays) Events at Mainstone Community Centre Beginners line dance class 6.15 pm -7.15 pm Thursday evening. Cost £4; Bingo every Wednesday night,cost £6; healthy activities hour, Monday 11 am to 12 noon. Free to all ages, all abilities. Active Steps Mondays Over 50s Movement Class run by Elder Tree at Stoke Damerel Church, Paradise Road from 11am to 12 noon. £1.50 per session. Finish up with a coffee or lunch in church after the class. All welcome. Exercises can be done seated or with support of a chair. Call 01752 227447 for more details. details. Tel. 01752 600633 Road to Recovery Group of Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting every Friday at St Matthias Church Hall, North Hill. Doors open 6.30pm. Meeting 7pm- 9pm. If you think you have a problem with alcohol, you are welcome to attend. Family, friends, health professionals etc also welcome. Contact: Matt 07766 006 153 or Jo 07918 141715. AA Helpline: 0800 9177 650 Friday Night Bingo Fridays 7:30pm at Hooe and Tunchapel Community Centre. Tea, coffee and biscuits. Weekly raffles and late raffle once a month. Why not give us a try! Contact 01752 408441 for mor details. St Budeaux Writers’ Group Fortnightly on Thursdays Meetings are held every fortnight at St Budeaux Library on Thursday evenings 5.30 to 6.30pm. For more details, email sallytenbury@yahoo.com. There are writing themes each meeting, but if there is anything that writers would like to bring to the meeting, then they can do so. Hooe & Turnchapel Ladies Group Meets at the Hooe & Turnchapel Community Centre on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Speakers on various subjects, all ladies welcome. For more information please ring Plymouth 311931.

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• continued from page 4 Carol Concert Dec 9 Presented by the South West Chamber Choir at Stoke Damerel Church at 7pm. The choir, a group of some 25 voices, was formed in 1995 and has a wide-ranging repertoire of small-scale choral music including Elizabethan madrigals, Renaissance polyphony, Bach motets, sacred music by English and continental composers from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century, romantic partsongs, and works by contemporary composers. Much of the repertoire is sung unaccompanied. Tickets £8 can be obtained from Marilyn, 01752 564847. A buffet supper follows for those wishing to eat following the concert, pre-booked tickets £5. Christmas Sweets Dec 9 Presented by the Music of the Night Choral Foundation at Plymouth Methodist Central Hall at 7.30pm. Guests Plymouth Youth Concert Band. Tickets available on the door or from 01752 365580. Proceeds in aid of Epilepsy Action. Christmas Fayre Dec 9 Onward House Community Centre, 55, Greenbank Road, Plymouth 12 noon to 4pm. Details 07722 308462. Tamar Concert Choir Dec 14 Presenting Christmas songs and carols at the Pilgrim United Reform Church on St Levan Road. Tickets available at the door priced £5 to include mince pies and mulled wine. Begins at 7.30pm. Plymouth Area Police Choir Dec 15 Methodist Central Hall, Plymouth. Christmas Concert with Montpelier Primary School. 7.30pm. Christmas in the City Dec 16 Christmas Concert with Southwest Philharmonia & Chorus featuring guest soloist world-renowned Harpist, ElizabethJane Baldry, at Plymouth Guildhall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10 available from www.swpac.co.uk or call 07891001969. Cabaret Berlin Jan 24 Presented by the Playwriters Organisation in their minitheatre at The Noah’s Ark in Courtney Street, off Royal Parade. Music, singing, burlesque dancing, satire all set in 1930s Berlin. Tickets from 01752 786777.

Plymouth Die-Cast Model Collectors Club First Wednesday of the month A club for anyone interested in or a collector of old toys, Dinky, Corgi, Tinplate etc. The September meeting will be the Club’s 25th Anniversary. Meetings are quite informal, any club business is discussed along with a good gossip over a cup of tea or coffee. The meetings are held at the Wolseley Trust Community Building, Wolseley Close, Plymouth from 7pm - 9pm . New members are always made very welcome with no charge for a first visit. For further details or information please contact Paul Simmons, telephone 01752 846250, or check out the Club web site www.plymouthdiecastclub.com. Messy Church Last Saturday of the month Stoke Community Church (Methodist) from 10am to midday. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free cooked lunch for everyone including adults. Lots of fun making lots of craft items. For information contact Derek Perry on 07760 127867 Plymouth Dance Academy Dance classes for children and adults in Ballet, Modern, Tap, Ballroom and Latin. Branches including Southway, Stoke, Mannamead, Plympton, Ivybridge and Totnes. Wedding dance lesson and Parties also available. For further info please email info@plymouthdanceacademy.co.uk. Call 01752 221049. Web: www.plymouthdanceacademy.co.uk Stoke Christian Centre events Memory Cafe second and fourth Mondays of month from 2pm. If you have a relative or friend, with memory loss or dementia, then we would love you to come & join us. The café is very informal and includes music, art and other activities. Contact: Rev Alison Richardson on 01752 562982 Pizza Praise (contemporary) and Bible Study for teenagers at 7pm every Saturday evening. Contemporary Worship for everyone with the Worship Band at 6.30pm on every fourth Sunday of each month. Plymouth Musical Activities Club Thursdays Youth music group for nine to 18 year olds. Meet at Courtlands School Eggbuckland (term time). Staffed by volunteers and teach guitars, keyboards, drums, singing and flutes and clarinets. We support local events and twice a year hold concerts in the Devonport Playhouse. The children are only charged £1 per week. www.plymouthmac.co.uk. Book Stall, Social Call Second Saturday of month Join in the games and fun at Plymouth Unitarian Church, Notte Street. Books, tea, coffee and cake for sale. 2pm to 4pm. Proceeds to support the local Samaritans and the Smile train, an overseasd medical charity, repairing hair lips and cleft palates. Table Top Sales Second Saturday in the Month (not January) Plymstock Community Centre: Vintage, Collectables and Craft 9am to 2pm. These table top sales are held in Plymstock Community Centre (top of Plymstock Broadway Car Park). A friendly and welcoming atmosphere prevails and there is something for everyone from antiques to knitted gloves and hats to books and records and jewellery. We hope to bring something new each month. Entry is 20p per person but children are free. There is a selection of hot and cold refreshments. Enquiries to Paula 01752 342321

Busy December for Crownhill Methodists

Dancing Duo Fortnightly Saturdays With Henry and Jeannie at Elm Community Centre in Estover (near Asda) for ballroom, Latin and sequence, old time and more. Time 7.45pm to 10.45pm free parking. Entry £6. Bring your own drinks and and snacks.

Crownhill Methodist Church has a busy programme of activities and events during December. It starts on December 1 when the church will be open from 5.30pm for hot drinks and mince pies as part of the ‘Christmas in Crownhill’ evening event. The following morning there is a coffee morning at 10.30am in aid of Little Bridge House.

Kreative Kidz Tuesdays Crafts, Science and cookery- age 6 months - preschool 12.30pm to 2pm. £5 or £4 if booked in four week blocks. To book email: info:wkuk.org Unit 34 Scott Business Park, Beacon Park Road, Plymouth.

On Sunday December 3 there is an Advent Carol Service starting at 10.30am, followed on December 6 with a Salvation Army concert at 7.15pm. Community Carols by Candlelight takes place on December 17 at 4pm, followed by carol singing in the village in aid of Action for Children on December 23, starting at 9am. Festive services start on December 24 with a Family Christingle Service at 3pm, with a Communion Services at 11.20pm. The Christmas Day service is at 10.30am.

Krafty Kidz Tuesdays Childrens activity workshops from ages 5 to 16. Cooker, crafts and STEM activities. £5 per session includes materials. 5.30pm to 7pm.To book email: info:wkuk.org Unit 34 Scott Business Park, Beacon Park Road, Plymouth. Wk’d Wednesdays Adults activity workshops activities range from crafts, cooking, woodworking, furniture up cycling, sewing. £10 per session includes materials. Accompanied children welcome. To book email: info:wkuk.org. Every Wednesday 6pm to 8pm Unit 34 Scott Business Park, Beacon Park Road, Plymouth. Fun Fitness Sessions Various dates In the gym and in the park for children, teenagers, families and pram fitness. Call Fizz for more details 07976568477 Fizz Fitness Gym 180 Albert Rd, Plymouth PL2 1AL Pensioners & Fifty Plus Action Group If you are more than fifty years old and live in the Plymouth area we invite you to come to our regular meetings and meet some new friends. On the second Friday of each month we have free

Le Bavet Bete return with their version of ‘A Christmas Carol’

Plymouth’s favourite funny foursome return with a family friendly version of A Christmas Carol.

After the sell-out successes of The Jungle Book, Robin Hood & His Merry Men, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Barbican Theatre and Le Navet Bete are excited to present their latest co-produced Christmas show, a joyful, comic re-telling of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from December 14 to January 7. This will be their biggest and most spectacular co-production with the funny foursome to date. The inimitable Le Navet Bete are back for their seventh Christmas in Plymouth with their hilarious and unique version of the greatest Christmas ghost story ever told, coproduced with Barbican Theatre. A festive physical comedy treat for the whole family featuring all the much loved Dickensian characters plus a few extra for good measure – it is Christmas after all! A Christmas Carol will be performed at Plymouth’s much loved and larger Plymouth Athenaeum. This follows the hugely successful 10 performance run of Le Navet Bete’s Dracula: The Bloody Truth at the theatre earlier this year; the first theatrical performance on its stage since it was mothballed in 2009. A further reason for moving the Christmas show to The Plymouth

Athenaeum was due to last year’s The Jungle Book selling out so quickly, with extensive waiting lists and many left disappointed. The Plymouth Athenaeum has a larger 332 capacity, which is more than double that of the Barbican Theatre, so we hope that everyone who wants to see the show this year can! Sheila Snellgrove, Barbican Theatre’s chief executive said: “Le Navet Bete and Barbican Theatre’s Christmas productions have become an institution for theatre audiences in Plymouth as evidenced by the increase in audience numbers year on year. Following our very successful run of Dracula at The Plymouth Athenaeum this April and sell out Christmas shows over the past few years, we are excited about reaching even more new audiences with our Christmas production at this

meetings and invite MPs, local councillors, local businesses, anyone able to speak on issues that affect older people, to come and talk to us. These meetings are held in the Wolseley Trust Community Building (next to Sheila’s Café in Wolseley Road, behind the Co-op just down from Milehouse traffic lights going towards St Budeaux. These meetings start 10.30am and end at 1pm, many buses stop outside the Co-op and if you come by car parking is usually available. We also have regular social meetings and would like to advise everyone that these will now be held at the Oak Villa Sports & Social Club in Ferndale Road, Plymouth (PL2 2EL) just down the road from Weston Mill Cemetery. The No 13 Target Travel bus stops quite near it, and there is a large car park virtually next door to the hall. These meetings are from 2pm to 4pm and we supply a very good buffet and as with all of our meetings we do have a raffle. Members of our group have free access but non-members will be asked to pay £2. Anyone intending to come regularly to these meetings would find it more economical to pay the £12 single £20 double annual membership fee, and would also be eligible to take advantage of our subsidised taxi scheme (£2 each way). Members are also able to enjoy our regular meetings when we have short mat bowls, darts and other activities, and come to the two meals out every year. So anyone looking for good company and interesting meetings and would like more information please contact the Secretary Mrs Margaret Williams 01752 350498 / email tomag42@hotmail.co.uk Performance Training (5-25s) Barbican Theatre’s dance and theatre workshops enable young people to build their confidence and learn new skills and techniques alongside professionals. Visit www.barbicantheatre. co.uk or call 01752 267131. St Budeaux Square Club Meets last Wednesday each month. All events are 11am to 3pm with full three course meal entertainment & discussions. Entrance fee £5 all in open to senior citizens of St Budeaux to join phone 01752 365246 Community Cafe Every Thursday in term time Stoke Damerel Church, Paradise Road between 10.30am and 2pm Community cafe run by learning support students of City College Plymouth, serving tea, coffee and cakes baked and prepared by the students.

wonderful larger theatre.” A total of 32 performances will be held at The Plymouth Athenaeum from 14 December 14 to January 7 (including matinee and evening performances). Ttickets are £16 and £14 for concessions (under 16s, over 60s, students and disabled). There is also a family ticket at just £50 (for two full and two under 16s). Group saver discount also available: buy 10 tickets get one free.(additional booking fees apply) Buy a Christmas Carol tickets 24 hours a day on at www. barbicantheatre.co.uk, in person at the Barbican Theatre (11am-6pm Monday to Friday) or by calling 01752 267131 (11am-6pm Monday to Friday). A Christmas Carol is sponsored by Plymouth Marjon University.

Sandy’s Plymtones Mondays Fun choir for men and women. Chaddlewood Farm Community Centre (near the Co-op), Glen Road, Plympton. 2-4pm No auditions, no need to read music - just good humour and enthusiasm needed. Contact Sandy on 336953 or 07737 461431. Baby and Toddler Group Friday mornings in term time St Pancras Church, Honicknowle Lane, Pennycross. The group runs from 10.00 until 11.30am every Friday during term-time in the church lounge. There is a large selection of toys, a craft table and the session concludes with nursery rhymes and action songs. A charge of £1.50 for one adult and accompanying child/ children and £1.00 for extra adults covers all refreshments and craft materials. We hold occasional Tabletop Sales in the church hall to support the Children’s Hospice Southwest. St Pancras Playtime Thursdays St Pancras Church, Honicknowle Lane, Pennycross. 10am to 11.30am term time only. An activity morning for pre-school children and their carers. Lots of fun, craft, messy play, singing and dancing. £1.50 per session which includes a healthy snack for the children and tea/coffee for adults. Snack ‘N’ Chat Tuesdays Friendship group for the bereaved and those who live alone. From 10.30am to 12.30pm in the Coffee Corner in the Minster Church of St Andrew in the city centre. A community project run by two trained Counsellors and two trained listeners. Come and enjoy coffee, tea and home made cake and talk through how things are for you. Only 50p per session. Circle Dance Thursdays Yealmpton Circle Dance Group. Yealmpton Community Centre, Stray Park, PL8 2HF. 7.30pm-9.30pm. A variety of dance styles from gentle and expressive to lively and joyful. Traditional and contemporary world music. Good for mind, body and spirit. Clearly taught and easy to learn. No partner needed. Friendly and fun. 01752 880196 for details.

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Plymouth Citybus and Cornwall Go Bus launch contactless payment Contactless payments are now available on all Plymouth Citybus services including those operating in East Cornwall under the Cornwall Go Bus banner.

Multiple tickets can be purchased in one contactless transaction as long as the total amounts to £30 or less. This means that tickets including day-rider, week and grouprider for example can all be purchased on board using contactless.

not to use the bus is that they don’t carry cash or are afraid they do not have the correct change. From now on passengers won’t need to carry cash to board our buses. Contactless also makes boarding faster, so we hope to see a direct improvement in boarding times.”

Buses are accepting contactless payment methods including bPay, Apple Pay, Android Pay, Visa and MasterCard. Customers can simply ask the driver for a ticket or multiple tickets and instead of paying with cash, use a method of contactless payment.

Plymouth Citybus is the only operator in Plymouth and the first in Devon to offer contactless as an on bus payment method. The payment method has been introduced after an extensive trial period on new ticket machines, which were installed across the Citybus fleet in October.

Contactless card payment is just one of the recent improvements to the service offered by Plymouth Citybus who in October 2017 was named ‘Medium Bus Operator of the Year’ at the routeone Awards and was highly commended as ‘Bus Operator of the Year’ at the National Transport Awards.

Leader of the Plymouth Council, Ian Bowyer, and Plymouth Citybus managing director, Richard Stevens, formally launched contactless on board one of the new Citybus fleet in November.

Richard Stevens, Managing Director, Plymouth Citybus, said: “This is a big step forward for us in removing the barriers to bus travel. “We find that a common reason people choose

Plymouth City Council leader Ian Bowyer and Citybus managing director Richard Stevens launch the new cardless payments scheme. Photo: Roy Perring

Christmas workshop at Ford Park A special workshop on how to make Christmas wreaths is being held at Ford Park Cemetery, where the team start making their festive wreaths from November 27 onwards. All enquiries for either the ordering of wreaths, or for further details of the workshop, please contact the office at Ford Park on Plymouth 665442 (weekdays only) 10 am to 3pm. On Thursday December 7 Ford Park is holding its annual carol service. The Marine Academy Primary School

choir under the leadership of Mr Clennel-White will be performing. The service is to be held in the Victorian Chapel from 6.30pm. Refreshments will be served after the service in the Visitor Centre. Tickets cost £5 (to include refreshments) and are available in advance from the Cemetery Office (weekdays only) on Plymouth 665442. Ford Park Cemetery’s staff and volunteers invite local residents to join them for hot drinks and mince pies from 2pm onwards in the Visitor Centre on Saturday December 9 for the Friends of Ford Park’s Grand Christmas Raffle, which will be drawn at 3pm.

Church celebrates 175th anniversary In 2018 a Plymouth church celebrates a remarkable story of survival as it marks its 175th anniversary.

Revd Tim Buckley, Vicar of St Michael’s said: “Many of the people who grew up at St Michael’s or married there have moved away. We need the help of local media to help find them.

Built as the poor man’s church in 1843, St Michael’s in Albert Road was destroyed by bombing in 1941. Rebuilt and re-opened in 1953 after the war, the second St Michael’s became unusable because of the poor quality of the building work.

“We want to invite them back to share their memories, tell us where they are now, and help us plan for the next 175 years.”

The third St Michael’s opened in 2009 and next year the church is holding a number of events to mark its anniversary.

St Michael’s can be contacted through its church website stbarnacles.wordpress.com (or Google St Barnacles) or at the Facebook page of St Michael’s & St Barnabas, Devonport.

Park for £1 and go Christmas shopping in the city centre Late night shoppers can park for just £1 from 3pm at Plymouth’s Western Approach car park in the run-up to Christmas. The City Council is providing discounted parking every Thursday night to get folk into the festive spirit and encourage them to see what the city centre’s West End shops have on offer. The deal began in November to coincide with the city’s Christmas lights switch-on and the start of festive activities in the city centre. With the special rate applying from 3pm families can head into the city centre straight from school to stock up on those Christmas goodies and join in the fun and entertainment. Councillor Steve Ricketts, Cabinet Member for Transport and Housing Delivery, said: “Thursdays are a big night for retailers in the run-up to Christmas and we hope this great offer will encourage shoppers into some of our smaller, independent shops.” Steve Hughes, chief executive of the Plymouth City Centre Company, said: “This is great news for Christmas shoppers and our traders, especially those in the West End where we have so many great independent stores offering something different. “We also hope shoppers will come and have a look at the newly refurbished market which is earning a growing reputation as a place to meet, eat and drink and browse the many new and traditional stalls.” Plymouth is being turned into a Winter Wonderland this Christmas, with log cabin style stalls, real snow, reindeer, fabulous lights and decorations and even a Santa-driven train. Shoppers and visitors can grab a mulled wine at the Christmas Market, wander the streets of the Barbican with Ebenezer Scrooge or hunt around the city centre and waterfront with two festive family trails. See www.visitplymouth.co.uk for more details.

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News in Brief... COATS IN THE WARDROBE Benbow Street Chippy, located at 5 Benbow Street Stoke, is having a Narnia moment this Christmas, asking customers to bring along their old winter coats to the shop so they can be distributed to rough sleepers via a homeless charity. Male and Female coats in good condition gratefully received. Telephone 01752 561558 lunch times or after 4pm for more information. STOKE INN HOSTING FOLK FOR ALL Following the sudden closure of The Bristol Castle, Devonport Folk Music have moved venues to the Stoke Inn, Devonport Road, Stoke Village. The November session will be on Thursday 30 November at 7.30pm. The room is the function room which is out in the garden area through the back of the pub. Food is available at the pub; there is a great menu on the website www. stokeinnplymouth.co.uk, and the session will take place in the function room, so no need to be shy whilst singing your heart out! There is a free car park in the village on Church Street, just around the corner from the pub, which is minutes away from the train station and on a regular bus route (number 32 and 34). Everyone is welcome to this free, uplifting experience, sharing songs that connect us to our history, past present and future. DON’T BE ON YOUR OWN UNLESS YOU WANT TO Stoke Christian Centre is wide open to everyone in the community. They are serving a Christmas Lunch on Christmas Day for those without any plans. It’s completely free of charge to come along but donations of food are welcome.Places need to be booked by calling 607188. They also hold a teenage bible study every Saturday at 7pm, a Sunday Service at 11am, Messy Church every month on a Saturday morning, where young children and adults can get creative, make mess, and have fun and a contemporary praise time on Sunday evenings at 6.30pm. Please call the church office on 607188 for more information. SLEEPING BEAUTY BY STUDENTS Plymouth University’s Musical Theatre Group (MTG) is putting on its first ever pantomime, Sleeping Beauty. Written and directed by local director Sam Pomeroy, Sleeping Beauty follows Muddles, Nurse Nelly, the enchantress and Prince William as they attempt to save Princess Beauty and the Kingdom from Carabosse’s Evil Plan. With musical direction from Thomas Dunn, choreography by Jessica Emmett and a Cast full of passionate university students, this is sure to be one of the highlights of Plymouth’s Christmas Season. The show is at the Davy Building and will run nightly from November 29 to December 2, from 7.30pm, with a matinee on Saturday at 2.30pm. Tickets are available online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/ELMLKD or for more information please contact secretary@ musicaltheatregroup.com CAMERA CLUB LAUNCHED Stoke Village Camera Club - Starting on Tuesday November 28 at 6.30pm and running fortnightly from then on. - Stoke Christian Centre, Plymouth. - Tel Laurie on 07399 513 726 or visit www.stokevillagecameraclub. co.uk

Meet new friends and do new things at U3A The U3A is a great place to meet people and find new things to do for those retired or semi-retired. On the second Thursday of each month Moors Edge U3Ameet in the Woolwell Centre at 2,30pm. Most months there is an interesting speaker and the meetings finish with a cuppa and biscuits. To learn more visit Moor’s Edge Facebook page and the website at https://u3asites.org.uk/moorsedge/home Forthcoming meetings at the Woolwell Centre at 2.30pm: December 14 Christmas Party; January 11 Stephen Fryer - History of RAF Harrowbeer; February 8 Mike Date - Devon Air Ambulance.

REGULAR EVENTS • REGULAR EVENTS • REGULAR EVENTS • REGULAR EVENTS • continued from page 6 RASC/RCT/RLC Association Next meeting November 8 at the Army Reserve Centre, Brest Road Derriford at 7.30pm. All ex-Corps members welcome to attend. Mayflower Offshore Rowing Club Various dates We meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 5.30pm and Sunday mornings at 9.30am at Richmond Walk Devonport. We row out to sea, in The Sound and up the Tamar & Plym rivers. Ages from 14 and all abilities welcome. We run learn to row sessions. Contact secretarymorc@hotmail.co.uk or Jeff Keast 07865 228800. Dance Yourself Fit Every Friday morning 10.30 to 11.30 at St. Budeaux Community Centre.If you want to get fitter or simply love to dance, come along and join our friendly class.for details contact Jackie 01752 950306 Solaris Yoga Enjoy vital relaxation, strengthening and toning muscles. Pregnancy yoga, mum and baby yoga and adult yoga held at Plymouth Swallows, St Andrew’s Cross, Church of the Holy Spirit Southway, Crownhill Fort and Jump. Please call Shilpa on 0771 1899 530 for times of classes. Plymouth & District Koi Keepers Society First Wednesday of the month If you are interested in koi keeping, or thinking of building a pond and want to learn more, then why not come along to one of our meetings. We have guest speakers, presentations, visits to club member’s ponds before finishing the evening back at the clubhouse. At the weekends trips are arranged to visit other koi club’s ponds and koi shows and these are excellent days out. Meet at 7.30 pm in the lounge of the Tamar View Community Centre, Miers Close, Barne Barton, Plymouth. New members always welcome. For more details of club activities please visit www.plymouthanddistrictkoikeeperssociety.org or ring Sandra Crocker on 01752 210118. Regular events at St Budeaux Baptist Church Tuesday 1pm to 3pm Senior Friendly Club 5pm to 6.15pm Noughts & Crosses primary age children’s club; Wednesday 7pm to 9pm craft group; Thursday 11am to 1pm lunch club once a month afterwards fellowship time; Fridays 9.30am to 11.30am Jelly Tots toddler and parent group. Sundays 10.30am Service & Explorers for children monthly family service. Port of Plymouth Canoe Association Mondays , Thursdays and Saturdays May until September. Offering various introductory, taster and child ( 8-11 ) sessions throughout the spring and summer. For more information please contact Tracy Jones 01752 510653 email intro@ppca-club.org.uk or visit www.ppca-canoe-club. org.uk Special Olympics Plymouth and District The Special Olympics Plymouth and District at YMCA Kitto centre on Wednesday evenings from 6pm to 8pm £15 membership £2 each week. Plymouth Pisces Swimming Club for all Disabilities Sundays 11.15am to 1.15pm at Plymouth Life Centre. Adults £2.50 per session, children £2 per session. Under 5s free. Annual membership £5. Community Clubs at William Sutton Memorial Hall, Shelley Way St Budeaux Gardening group Mondays 10.30am to 1pm open to all to come and enjoy some gardening on the grounds of the hall. Free coached football sessions for young people aged 7 to 18 years old on Wednesdays 4.30pm to 6.30pm. Ready2Work Work Club open to all. Fridays: 1pm to 4pm ZUMBA for the More Mature Zumba for over 50’s (low impact). Every Monday afternoon 2pm to 3pm, at Pennycross Methodist Church, Pridham Lane, Peverell. Call in any Monday for a free taster, or call Elaine Foster 0779 1778671. Tots Time - St. Jude’s Mondays during term-time From 9.30 to 11.30 in the Upper Hall at St Jude’s Church on Beaumont Road, babies and toddlers are welcome with their carers at £1.50 per session. Tots Time provides toys, craft, snacks, drinks, singing, etc. For more details phone 078604573727. Plymouth Children’s Theatre Workshop Saturdays A theatre company for children and young people aged 6 to18. Try your hand at performing, set design and construction, costumes and props, stage make up and much more. St Bartholomew’s Church Saturdays 1 till 4. Tots 3 - 5 years 12 till 1. www.plymouthchildrenstheatreworkshop.co.uk or 07760467857 or see our Facebook page Pray Plymouth Every Wednesday morning Organised by Churches Together in Plymouth from 7am to 8am at Open Doors Language School, 14-15 ,Woodland Terrace Lane, Greenbank, Plymouth. Breakfast from 8am to 9am. Details 01752 249187.

Run for Hannahs in the Santa Fun Run Hannahs has been chosen by the organisers of the Plymouth Santa Fun Run as one of two beneficiary charities. Organised by Saltram Rotary Club, the event takes place on Sunday December 10.

Hannahs are recruiting people to take part in the Plymouth Santa Fun Run which will raise money for both Hannahs and Jeremiah’s Journey. Every year hundreds of runners take part and raise a lot of money for local charities. Runners of all ages run through Plymouth city centre and join in the festive fun. The run is 4k

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with a 2.5k run for children and every runner is given a free Santa suit to keep. Hannahs head of fundraising Hayley Dann said: “We are delighted to be selected as one of the charities to benefit from Plymouth’s Santa Fun

Plymouth Community Choir Monday Evenings Meet at Salvation Army Congress Hall, Armada Way, Plymouth from 7pm to 9pm. New members are welcome, just come along for a free taster session at the beginning of the term, or contact the choir leader. Terms are 12 weeks long and we sing a variety of music such as gospel, contemporary, sacred, world folk, pop, funky bass lines etc. No previous experience is necessary and you don’t need to be able to read music as we learn ‘by ear’ and repetition. Come and give us a try and see what you think! Our choir leader is Sarah Pennington and she can be contacted on 01392 437792 or by email plymouthcommunitychoir@gmail. com We look forward to seeing you! Highbury Trust Highbury Disco Tuesdays and Fridays subs £2 each week. St Budeaux disco £2 each week on Thursday evenings 6.30pm to 9.30pm at St Budeaux Community Centre. Community Dance Classes Exim have weekly Toddle Together dance classes on Mondays at Plymouth School of Creative Arts on Mondays from 9am to 9.45am. Parent/carer toddler sessions open to all ages crawling to four years. £3.50. Children’s contemporary dance (6-10 years) Thursdays in term time at Plymouth School of Creative Arts 4.30pm to 5.30pm. £4.50 per class. Adult just for fun contemporary dance at the same venue 6pm to 7pm Thursdays. £4.50 per class. Also Spaceshot dance classes every Wednesday at St Aidan’s Church, Ernesettle every Wednesday from 6pm to 8pm. A mixture of street dance, fitness and contemporary. Free. Details e-mail Kerrie at kerrie@ eximdance.org.uk Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Every Monday Compton Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Group for young people aged 14 to 23 years. Meet 7.30pm at Compton Methodist Church. Details 01752 706056. Breathe Easy Plymouth First Tuesday of the month Breathe Easy Plymouth, a local support group for anyone with a lung condition, their carers or anyone interested in supporting the group, meets regularly at Tothill Community Centre at 1.30 pm on the first Tuesday of each month. Entry is free and there is tea and coffee with biscuits, then usually a speaker. All are welcome. For more details phone Anne on 01752 402310 or Christine on 01752 220919 Arrows Kids Club Thursdays Held at Plymouth Methodist Central Hall every Thursday in term time. 6.30pm-8pm for all children aged 7-11 years. (Please note the Drake Circus Mall opposite the church is open till 8pm on Thursdays.) Games, Craft, tuck shop, Bible stories .. lots of fun. Only 50p per week. Coffee Morning and Book Stall Thursdays Crownhill Methodist Church hall from 10am to 11.30am. Join us for a cup of tea or coffee, biscuit and a chat. All welcome. For details ring Carroll on Plymouth 960746. Aden Veterans Calling all Aden Veterans. Did you know that the Aden Veterans Plymouth Branch meets every fourth Tuesday of the month at the RAOB Club in North Hill at 7.30pm. Why not go along and meet like-minded people.

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Lipson Lions Junior Hockey Club Training every Wednesday 6pm until 7pm at Lipson Community College. Currently need players of all age groups and ability particularly girls. Age groups 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. First two visits are free. Go along and try it. Details from Samantha on 0790 555 2318. Pennycross Sequence Dance Club Meets at the Holy Family Church Hall, Beacon Park Road, Plymouth. Mondays 6.30pm beginners class with step by step instruction. 7.45pm sequence dance. Fridays at 7.30pm for sequence dance. Baby & Toddler Group Every Friday Lipson Vale Primary School between 9.15am and 10.30am. New families welcome. Please call Kate Timothy or Elaine Bromhead on 01752 224801. Mini Dance Machine Thursdays At Rees Youth Centre, Mudge Way, Plympton. Modern fun disco dance group for children. 4.15pm - 5pm for ages 4 to 6; 5pm - 6pm ages 6 to 10. £2 per session. Call Lisa 07896 105 479. Friendly Luncheon Club Tuesdays & Fridays Tuesday 12.30pm & Fridays 1pm each week. For details and bookings call 01752 606317. Tothill Daytime Sequence Dancers Wednesdays Tothill Daytime Sequence Dancers meet at the Tothill Community Centre, Knighton Road, St Judes, Plymouth Sequence Tea Dance 2pm to 4pm. Everyone welcome. Tothill Sequence Dance Club Saturdays Up to date dances at Tothill Community Centre every Saturday from 7.30pm to 10pm. Leaders Peter and Dorothy Wheatley. Admission £3. Contact Bill 01752 667484, Sue 01752 651004 or Dorothy 01752 260193. Lunch Club Tuesdays and Fridays An invitation to lunch at Welcome Hall Centre, Fore Street, Devonport. 12.30pm Tuesdays, 1pm Fridays. Friendly company. For details or to make a lunch appointment call 606317. Boxing Classes Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays Carl’s boxing stable has opened a new gym in Colebrook training for all ages to compete or just get fit. 7pm to 8pm. Details from Carl on 07837 920150. Country Music Venue First Friday every other month At the Aggie ‘Opry’. Agaton Club, St Budeaux. Top country acts being booked. Details 01752 362240. Plymouth Play Association For hire of resources for play, recycling scrapstore and arts and crafts. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Saturday 10am-2pm, Thursday 10am-7pm. Details 01752 256633.

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runners this year – we can’t wait to see all the red santas together including many of our own young people who are supported by our charity thanks to this amazing event.”

Navy figureheads moved for their new lease of life Two spectacular figureheads which formerly adorned the bows of naval warships are on their way towards starting a new lease of life in Plymouth’s exciting new cultural and heritage attraction, The Box. The famous ‘King Billy’ and ‘Topaze‘ sculptures have been selected from the Heritage Centre’s figurehead gallery for a special pilot project. They will now undergo some vital analysis work before being restored. The results of the analysis will also help inform how 12 additional figureheads are restored so they can also be displayed in the main entrance of The Box when it opens in 2020. Warrant Officer Mark Portman said: “The figureheads are a popular highlight with visitors to the Heritage Centre, but their colourful exteriors are not original and the

paintwork hides possible internal decay, a multitude of repairs and layers of paintwork. “In order to restore them to their original condition we need to use scientific techniques such as X-ray and sonic investigation methods. These will identity what fillers, fibreglass and paint have been used over generations of care and repair. Backed up by research this will enable us to ensure we use the best and most appropriate restoration and conservation methods to preserve them for the years to come.’’ Councillor Glenn Jordan, Plymouth City Council cabinet member for culture said: “The figureheads are more than just wooden sculptures; they’re iconic symbols of the history of the city and the Royal Navy. They’re also fantastic representations of the craftsmanship and skill of the sculptors who made them.

On the move...The King Billy figurehead is dismantled in readiness for its removal

“Right from the start when we were developing our

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original concepts for The Box we wanted to have a ‘flotilla’ of figureheads suspended from the ceiling of the new entrance. Now ‘King Billy’ and ‘Topaze’ have been moved so this important analysis work can take place – it’s a huge step towards realising this ambition - and a wonderful opportunity for us to work in partnership with the Naval Heritage Centre.” ‘Topaze’ was made for HMS Topaze, an 1850s wooden 51-gun warship, who’s crew in 1868 removed two statues from Easter Island, which now reside in the collections of the British Museum. ‘King Billy’ is a standing figure of William IV and was originally the figurehead on the 120gun warship HMS Royal William, which served for many years as guard ship at Devonport. A glass fibre replica of ‘King Billy’ stands inside the Devonport Dockyard wall at Mutton Cove, on the banks for the River Tamar – still keeping eye on Naval traffic.

said: “We’re extremely proud of our naval heritage collection and welcome the professional investigation and restoration of the figureheads that will now take place. Although we’re sad to see ‘Topaze’ and ‘King Billy’ go we are still open as usual with a number of fascinating objects and exhibitions on display. We‘re looking forward to seeing the figureheads on display in The Box and excited about the wider public access and greater awareness of Plymouth’s naval heritage this will bring.’’

The Devonport Naval Heritage Centre is managed by the Royal Navy. A new curator has recently been appointed by the National Museum Royal Navy to oversee the Devonport collection together with a large team of dedicated volunteers. Volunteer John Williams, guide and exhibition organiser

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Turning the spotlight on child neglect in Plymouth People in Plymouth are being encouraged to spot the signs of child neglect at the earliest opportunity so families can get the help they need quickly. Neglect is the ongoing failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or psychological needs, and the most common form of child abuse across the UK. We know that some parents could be struggling and want to ask for help or advice, but don’t know where to turn. It is important all the children who need help and support get it as quickly as possible before problems get worse and they are harmed; however research shows that many people do not act on their concerns because they worry about being wrong. The Neglect Matters campaign aims to help people recognise the signs of child neglect and have the confidence to share any concerns, no matter how small, to the localised NSPCC Helpline number of 0808 800 5000. The Helpline team are available 24/7 via phone and online for free and people can contact us anonymously if they wish. The Helpline now has access to a wealth of local information, allowing a greater level of Plymouth-focused signposting than ever before. Everyone in Plymouth has a role to play in protecting children and young people from neglect. It may be nothing, but it could be something: every child deserves to be protected.

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Youngsters from the Business club took over Column Bake House’s stall at last years Christmas Market. Right: Students attending a Power to Change workshop at the Real Ideas Organisation

DANDELION POP IS PUTTING YOUNGSTERS ON MAP ‘I’d love to start a business!’ ‘It’s given me confidence!’ ‘We are tomorrows business leaders!’ These were quotes straight from the mouths of children who are part of a business club at a local primary school in Plymouth. For several years College Road Primary School in Plymouth has been running a student-led business club. The headteacher, Jim Wallace, is very forward thinking and makes sure that the children are in the driving seat. They have to come up with the ideas, content, marketing, and the plan. They learn about decision-making as a team and finances. The teachers, Real Ideas Organisation (RIO) and local businesses are supporting them. Over the last few months they have been preparing the creation of a community interest company called Dandelion Pop. With the help of local

business owners and RIO, they created a new concept and a new logo.

and plan these events in partnership with College Road Primary School.

Dandelion Pop will solve local issues, create jobs, teach students about entrepreneurship, and provide opportunities and vision for the community. The idea is to establish a series of fun and vibrant events that have a fixed format. They always include something for people to learn, a place for children to play and local, high quality food.

Funds can be pledged at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/dandelionpop

They have already secured some funding through National Lottery, Awards for All to set up Dandelion Pop as a CIC and get them started, but they are calling on the Crowd (for the first time) to help raise £2000.

Investigating the idea of ‘home’ this fun workshop is perfect for parents as well as children and is sure to get everyone telling stories, moving and exploring what it means to be a good neighbour in Plymouth today.

The funds will be used to set up and run five events throughout 2018, pay for marketing expertise through our partners to advertise these events to the local community, allow us to produce marketing material, such as leaflets, banners and flags, and employ a member of the community to help organise

£5 will get you two hours of fun and something delicious to eat! (per person) Call 01752 567660 or e-mail smuldoon@collegeroad.plymouth.sch.uk

The first event will happen on December 9 at College Road Primary School. Beyond Face has created a session called ‘A Good Neighbour’ for the first Dandelion Pop event to explore neighbourly relationships through storytelling, drama and movement.

To keep informed like Dandelion Pop’s Facebook page and follow @ DandelionPop on Twitter.

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Cycle Recycle sells its bikes to the public, and is in high demand at this time of year with people looking for affordable presents for children as well as the good adult bikes Cycle Recycle always has in stock. Bikes are donated by

other companies, the police and the public, and the team turns them back into good condition to sell on. Almost everything in the shop is under £50 pounds. Bargains are often to be had, so it’s well worth popping in or giving them a call on 01752 565997 –

they even had a unicycle recently! Cycle Re-Cycle team members receive training in customer service, finance and administration as well as learning mechanical skills. Bike Space in Devonport have been giving Antony extensive training in how to fix bikes, meaning that

Funds have been raised to purchase three large raised planters from Eco Land Management, an environmental co-operative based in Gunnislake. Michelle Quintrell, spokesperson from the project, said, “The support for our much loved park to date has been truly heart-warming. We have fundraised for a disabled picnic bench, and these flower beds have been on our ‘to do’ list for some time, so it’s great to finally have them on site”.

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Pam Hemstead, chief executive of the Michael Batt Foundation said: “Cycle Re-Cycle provides team members with the opportunity to develop new skills and to contribute to their local community by providing renovated bikes at an affordable price.’

Victoria Park Christmas event The Victoria Park Community Project has been busy fundraising to help beautify a local green space.

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the quality of work is first class. As well as selling to the public, Cycle Recycle are always happy to receive old bikes from the public, as what cannot be fixed can always be broken down into spares. They also have a good collection of spare parts available to buy at great prices.

“We now have to find funds for about three tonnes of top soil and compost to fill the substantial planters so we can plant in them as soon as possible. Anyone - or business able to help with this appeal is kindly asked to contact Michelle direct on 07718935690 This is just the beginning of improvements to our local park. To raise

funds for more we will be holding various events throughout the year. The Victoria Park Community Group will host its annual Christmas event on December 8 from 2pm-6pm at the Park Pavillion Café where there will be a live nativity, torchlight carols and a warm welcome. A ‘reverse’ Father Christmas will be accepting gifts instead of handing them out - pet food for the Woodside Animal Welfare Trust and the human variety for Plymouth Food Bank. Children are being asked to decorate gold, frankinscence, and myrrh themed gifts, with a prize for the best one. And there will be a special prize for the best decorated mobility scooter, wheelchair, zimmer frame crutches or walking stick. Donations will be gratefully received, either for Woodside, Plymouth Food Bank, or to be sold to raise funds for the park; or members of the public can pay £5 to sell from their own gazebo or stall.

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Crackerjack, it’s a collectors delight A recent addition to Stoke’s Albert Road Collection of Shops is Steve’s Collectables. Easily found just a little way up the hill from RC Everything and a little way down from the Dockyard Records store it’s in an area that is slowly becoming a place for enthusiasts of all kinds to shop. Steve Lamerton opened the shop less than six months ago but he says he is pleased that it is beginning to establish itself quite nicely, in fact he’s already looking around to find a second shop. Like his father before him, Steve had a job in the Dockyard but fancied a shop full of collectables. “Dad had an antiques shop in Millbridge so it was a natural move for me to look at a collectables shop” said Steve. An avid collector himself, Steve knows collectors around the city so word of mouth is attracting the more serious customer to the door although there are plenty of inexpensive pocket money treats for children of all ages. What are collectables and who buys them? Steve has a good selection of the most popular ranges, in the main collected by

men. There are Dinky Toys, Matchbox miniatures, Corgi models and of course Hornby Railways. Slightly more contemporary a great selection of Star Wars items. Also on offer a selection of stamps and special covers. Comics, or as collectors would call them ‘graphic novels’ are in stock with Marvel being the most sought after. But Steve’s Collectables isn’t just a shop for men. “The Royal Doulton figurines are very popular with the ladies”, Steve confides.

The Jewish Burial Ground off Lambhay Hill has been granted Grade II listed status as a result of an application made by Plymouth City Council. The burial ground is accessible only through a black door in an anonymous Barbican wall, but it is one of the earliest Jewish burial grounds surviving in England and the earliest outside London. It also been listed in recognition of its well-recorded history, both in the form of paper records as well as the high degree of survival of original 18th and 19th Century material. The burial ground was originally created in a garden by a member of the community, and then expanded

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Looking around there are teddy bears that have stood the test of time together with a lot of Ty bears and creatures for children. There’s even a Coronation Coach model. It is a bit of an Aladdin’s Cave at present but there are surprises to be found. Steve’s been busy shopping around on Ebay where he buys and sells himself for all kinds of items. “I’ve been buying in for Christmas,” he says “and even have stocking filler gifts from as little as a pound”.

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Albert Road is a little off the beaten track but street parking is relatively easy nearby and the area is well served by buses. Hopefully Steve will be supplying collectors well into the future. “It’s a hobby that’s grown into a business” said an optimistic Steve.

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Hope beyond our wildest dreams... By Ian Pilkington Trustee, Cross Rhythms Plymouth Christmas at Cross Rhythms is probably the same as Christmas anywhere else – we all get increasingly excited, usually from Thanksgiving Day onwards. Our programmes start to have a couple of Christmas songs, here and there, and build up until we’re playing entire shows full of Christmas Carols, and Christmas flavoured songs from every genre of music in our library. Our little microwave is already producing hot mince pies; Langage Farm will double their profits as our small team imbibes a disproportionately large amount of clotted and double cream, and there will generally be more mirth and goodwill than usual (and we’re quite a happy lot anyway). Our presenters will have fun along with their listeners, with the levels of general mayhem in the Breakfast and

Afternoon Shows increasing along with the anticipation of this most special time of the year.

So much for the fun and games of Christmas – all good, and just what everyone needs in the middle of Winter. But it’s about more than that. The true message of the Christian festival of Christmas is one of hope beyond our wildest dreams, the story of God himself coming to us to restore us to his Love – but it’s also the story of the birth of a baby, born in socially unacceptable circumstances, whose parents were forced to flee their home for a few years because of persecution from the rulers of their own country. (Ring any bells?) When they eventually returned, the stigma of how people back home perceived Jesus’ parentage would be an undercurrent for the rest of their lives (Mary was, after all, pregnant before she was married and people heard rumours that she even had the temerity to say it was somehow God who was involved). Joseph, for those who did not believe the story, would be seen in the culture of his day as a cuckold, a man whose wife cheated on him. And as for Jesus … well, later in life the leaders of the religious sect known as the Pharisees made snide references to what they thought of his parental line.

And yet … for two thousand years, millions (if not billions) of people have discovered that when they simply believe and trust what the Bible says about Jesus - the Son of God who became a man and lived among us they find peace, hope and an eternity of joy; and grace to love others and make a difference while we’re here in this mortal body. It sounds ludicrously simple, too simple – ‘just believe, and receive God’s gift’, but that’s clearly the message of Christmas. If you cannot get to one of the many wonderful church services or carol concerts, you can tune into Cross Rhythms anytime of day, any day of the week, and hear songs that are filled with a message of hope. You may also hear presenters who are filled with mince pies and cream - please forgive them over the next few weeks if they seem ridiculously happy, because in this season, they have good reason.

Listen to Cross Rhythms programmes 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year on 96.3FM or online at www.crossrhythms.co.uk/ plymouth. Also, download Cross Rhythms Plymouth app from Google Play and the Apple app store.

Christmas Services across Plymouth Beacon Park Baptist Church 11 Peverell Park Road PL3 4LR 17th December 6.30pm Carol Service 24th December 10.30am and 6.30pm as usual. Tel: 01752 227 009 www.beaconparkbaptistchurch.org Christ Church , Estover, PL6 8UE, 4th December, Community Carol Service, 6pm; 18th December, Crib Service, 10.30 am; 24th December Midnight Communion, 11.30pm. Tel 01752 780830 www.christchurch-estover.org.uk Derriford URC, Powisland Drive, Derriford 17th December 10.30am Nativity; 7pm Carols by Candlelight 18th December 12 noon Christmas Lunch Club Christmas Day 10am Family Service. All Welcome! Devonport Community Baptist Church 11th December Cider and Carols Lounge Pub, Stoke 7pm start 17th December Café Church Welcome Hall, Fore Street, Devonport 11 am Start, Café Style Church 24th December Carols by Candlelight Welcome Hall, Fore Street, Devonport 6.30pm start Crownhill Methodist Church at 3, Crownhill Road Welcomes everyone to their special Christmas events. These are listed in the What’s On columns and on our website www.crownhillmethodist.org.uk Efford Christian Fellowship, 20 Torridge Way. 15th December at 7pm Carols with Children’s Nativity 17th December at 7pm Carols by Candlelight Coffee and Mince Pies after both services. Emmanuel Church, 1, Compton Ave, Mannamead PL3 5BZ 17th December 6.30pm Carol Service. 24th December 2315 Mid-night Communion Service 25th December 1030 Family Christmas Communion Service Keyham Methodist, 45 Admiralty Street, Keyham PL2 2BR 24 December, 4pm Family Carol Service. Further information from kmcc.church@yahoo.co.uk, tel: 01752 211200 Morice Baptist Church Ham Drive PL2 2NJ 14th December 7.30pm “Nine Lessons” Free Christmas Concert 17th December 10.45am Messy Church 6.30pm Candlelight Carol Service 12

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Pilgrim URC, St Levan Road, PL2 3AE, 17th December Nativity Service 10.30am 24th December United Service with Romanian Church of Plymouth 10.30am. Come and join the celebration! website pilgrimchurchplymouth.org.uk

St Maurice Church, Church Road, Plympton PL7 1LP 24th December 4pm Christingle Service (Family friendly service), 11.30pm Midnight Mass; Christmas Day 10am Sung Mass. Tel 01752 348525 www. plymptonstmauricechurch.co.uk

Plymouth Central Hall, Drake Circus, PL1 1BA 17th December 3pm, Family ‘Messy Christmas’ Service and Outdoor Nativity with Carols. 24th December 7pm, traditional Carol Service. Christmas Day 11am Family Worship.

Salisbury Road Baptist Church, Plymouth PL4 8SX 17th December 6.30 pm carols by candlelight. 24th December family service at 10.30am and Holy Communion at 11.30pm. Christmas Day worship at 10.30 am. Details at www.salisburyroadbaptistchurch.co.uk

Plymstock Chapel, Church Road, PL9 8TT 17th December. 11am Christmas Carol Service, refreshments from 10.30am and 6pm Carols by Candlelight. 24th December Christmas Eve Family service 11am www.plymstockchapel.co.uk fb Plymstock chapel RCCG Overcomers House, Davie Hall, Clifton Place PL4 8HY Sundays 10.30am Worship Service 8th December 8pm Gospel Variety Night; 31st December 10pm Crossover Service 07469 882470 www. rccgovercomershouseplymouth.com St Mary’s Church, Market Road, Plympton PL7 1QW 20th December 7.30pm Parish Carol Service 24th December 4pm Crib service Christmas Day 10am Parish Eucharist. Tel 01752 348525 www.plymptonchurch.co.uk St Matthias, North Hill, PL4 8HF 10th December 6pm Carol Service 17th December 10am Family Carols 24th December 6pm Acoustic Carols 25th December 10am Christmas Day Service. Email: info@stmplymouth.org.uk, www.stmplymouth.org.uk

Stoke Christian Centre Devonport Road, Stoke, Plymouth, PL3 4DS 22nd December 7pm MBC Harmony Band in aid of Children’s Charity CHHF 24th December 11pm Carol Service Christmas Day Service 10.30am. 1pm Christmas Lunch for people home alone. Please book your place on 01752 607188 Stoke Damerel Church and St Aubyns Christmas Services and Events 24th December, 25th December and 31st December. Stoke Damerel Church Paradise Road PL1 5QL, St Aubyn’s Church, Chapel Street, PL1 4GL. See our advert opposite for more details. The Minster Church of St Andrew. Royal Parade. PL1 2AD. Tel 01752 661414. 17th December, 6.30pm. Carols by Candlelight 24th December, 11.15pm Midnight Communion 25th December, 8am and 10am Family Communion. Transforming Plymouth Together Dementia Friendly Carol Service at St Pauls, Stonehouse, Durnford Street, Plymouth, PL1 3QR. 12th December, 3pm-4pm. Disabled Parking available – contact us for further information. Tel. 07710096210 Email Chris@ transformingplymouthtogether.org.uk Trinity United Reformed Church, Torr Lane, Plymouth, PL3 5ST 24th December 11am Nativity Service, 6pm Carol Service, 11pm Midnight Communion Service; Christmas Day 10.30am Christmas Morning Family Service Tel: 01752 662255 trinityurcplymouth.org.uk

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God’s special gift for us all By Revd Chris Clewer Chairman, Churches Together in Plymouth

Plymouth Central Hall Drake Circus, PL1 1BA We warmly welcome you this Christmas to our services and other events for all the family as we celebrate this special time of year.

It’s come to that time of year, when we look harder around the shops (and internet) for those special presents for our ‘special people.’

Devonport Community Baptist Church, meeting at the Welcome Hall, Fore Street, Devonport

When we appreciate the pretty Christmas lights brightening homes and streets; and when we wonder how we’ll get through another ‘festive season’ without putting on too much weight. At the same time there are 120 churches across Plymouth preparing their own special events – for their ‘special people’. Advent services, Nativity plays, Candlelit Carols, Midnight Communion, Family celebrations. And all because God did something VERY special – He sent His own Son into the world on that first Christmas, 2,017 years ago.

We would love to welcome you this Christmas, in the season of Hope, Joy and Peace!

This was such a life-changing, history making event that we have recognised it ever since, whenever we write our 2017AD date! Anno Domini (in the Year of Our Lord) – for in that year, 0AD, God stepped into our world, and into our darkness - to ‘bring a great light’ (Isaiah 9v2).

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This was the special light of God, a light of truth, wisdom and indeed, Salvation. A light that shines not into our eyes, but into our hearts, that brightens not our homes, but our lives, a light that lasts not for a season, but for a life-time and one that carries the extra label ‘everlasting’. For as John 3v16 says, ‘God so loved the world, that He sent His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life’. A gift not just for our time, but also our eternity! It is the most hope-filled glorious present ever, but as with every good present, it not only had to be delivered, but it also has to be received. For God says in John 1v12, ‘to all who receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God’. So we, the 120 churches across this great city, invite you, to come and find out more about this special gift from our Heavenly Father – because the special person this Christmas – is YOU! For more information visit www.ctip.org.uk

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Work begins on theatre’s giant bronze sculpture Cultural leaders behind the plan to create a giant bronze sculpture in Plymouth have come face-to-face with her in foam form as work gets underway.

Children at two Plymouth nurseries have been pulling out all the stops for Children in Need this year.

Craftsmen have begun the lengthy process of cutting, moulding and casting ‘Bianca’, as she is commonly know, in to what will become a unique and striking piece of public art for the city.

The Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-Schools in Fort View, Crownhill and Springhill Green, Pennycross got together to hold a special treasure hunt at Jump soft play in Plymouth. The children were delighted when Pudsey himself made an appearance to thank them for their fundraising efforts.

Around 150 individual sections will be cast in bronze and then welded together to create the eye-catching sculpture depicting a dynamic and powerful woman. The finished sculpture will measure seven-metres (23ft) tall and nine-metres (30ft) wide and is scheduled to take up residence outside the Theatre Royal Plymouth in late 2018/early 2019.

Bev Driffield from Mama Bear’s Day Nursery said: “We are great supporters of Children in Need every year and each one of our nurseries is taking part in their own unique activities to raise money for the charity.

Cornish-born artist Joseph Hillier was commissioned by the Theatre to create the dramatic sculpture to complete its £7.5million regeneration project. Plans were approved by Plymouth City Council in February and work on the project began last month. Joseph and Adrian Vinken OBE, chief executive of Theatre Royal Plymouth, recently visited three factories involved in creating the sculpture to see Plymouth’s new resident taking shape. First stop was Bakers Patterns Ltd in Telford where ‘Bianca’s’ face was carved from a giant block of polyurethane foam in order to make a mould. John Baker, company owner and managing director, said that Joseph’s 360-degree Computer Aided Design (CAD) of ‘Bianca’ was broken down into more manageable sections before each part is then carved into foam using a giant machine with a jumbo drill bit revolving at 7,000 times a minute. The foam sections are then glued together to create larger chunks, which are then hand sanded to ensure the perfect finish. John said: “Essentially we programme our cutting machine to carve out a design into blocks of polyurethane foam. It’s a bit like carving the contours of a map. We are so excited to be working on this project because of the sheer enormity of it, and because it is a piece of public art which

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Sculptor Joseph Hillier and Theatre Royal’s Adrian Vinken (right) with the cast of what will be the statue’s face

will become a part of people’s daily lives.” As he watched Bianca’s face slowly take shape in the foam, Joseph said: “It is really exciting to see Bianca emerging at last in real material having previously been a tentative model on a screen.” As Bianca’s face was given a final clearance check, Adrian appeared visibly taken aback by the result. He said: “We always knew we wanted this piece to be really big but it is only when you come here and see a small section of it, and see the excitement and pride in the guys working on it here, that it starts to really dawn on you just what a big undertaking the project is and how many people are involved in bringing it into reality. It’s a bit overwhelming really.” Each finished foam section is then carefully transported to Liverpool where Castle Fine Arts Foundry create silicon moulds. These are then taken to the company’s foundry in the tiny Welsh village of Llanrhaeadr, where the bronze casting process begins. Chris Butler, managing director of Castle Fine Arts

Foundry, said: “It is our job to turn the foam pattern into bronze. First we make a silicon rubber mould to take a negative version of the pattern, which is then handpainted with layers of wax. “A shell of ceramic is built around the wax. This is fired in a kiln, which burns off the wax but leaves behind a hard ceramic surround.” Ingots of bronze are then heated to 1200 degrees C before the molten metal is poured into the new ceramic moulds. Chris added: “When we break away the shell, we’re left with a bronze version of the original pattern. This process will continue over the next seven months before the individual panels of bronze will be fabricated together to create the final sculpture. “It really is fantastic to see, bit by bit, this amazing structure slowly come to life.” As Bianca takes shape over the next few months, Theatre bosses will be exploring how to bring this iconic piece of public art from Wales to her new home in Plymouth in time for the official unveiling sometime next winter.

“It’s a great event for the children to get involved in and, of course, a fantastic cause to support. Last year we raised almost £6000 so we’re hoping to get to that fantastic figure again.“ The family-run Mama Bear’s Day Nurseries provide care for children from three months to five years. There are now 23 settings across Bristol, Somerset and Devon all of which will be raising money for Children in Need. For more information on Mama Bear’s Day Nursery visit www.mamabear.co.uk or call 0117 9582065.

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• REGULAR EVENTS • REGULAR EVENTS • REGULAR EVENTS • REGULAR EVENTS • REGULAR EVENTS • • continued from page 8 Plymouth Shakespeare Society Meets twice a month from September to May at the Burgess Hall (behind the Unitarian Church) Notte Street, Plymouth from 2.30 - 4.30 p.m. Everyone welcome. Further details call 257764. Twins, Triplets or more Support group held on a Tuesday morning 10am-12pm at Surestart Children’s Centre, 25 Manor Street, Stonehouse, (Tel 208650) or a Friday morning 10am -12pm at Sir John Hunt School, Whitleigh. An informal group open to all mums and expectant mums. A great chance to meet other mums and dads in the same situation. Karate Club Mondays For those aged 11 years and over at Trinity United Reform Church, Tor Lane, Hartley between 6pm and 7.15pm. Details 07967 313285. Trinity Art Group Thursdays We are a small group of experienced artists who enjoy meeting and sharing our talents. We meet every week (ring for dates) at Trinity URC, Tor Lane, Hartley from 7pm to 9pm. If you are a beginner and would like to explore the enjoyable pastime of painting in watercolour or acrylics we could offer some assistance. We also welcome all levels of proficiency as our aim is to enjoy our time painting with time to socialise over a cup of tea or coffee and a biscuit, all for £2.50 each night. Details Dave Crawford 01752 215179 Plymouth Dog Training Club meets at St Edward’s Church Hall, Eggbuckland on Wednesday evenings. For details call 01752 350788. Coffee mornings Last Wednesday of the month Run by the Highbury Trust Community Support Service, Outland Road between 10.30am and 12.30pm. All members of the public welcome to attend. For details 01752 753711 Plymouth Skywatch Meet at St Budeaux Parish Church Hall every third Friday of the month at 7.30pm. The meeting usually consists of highlights of the night sky for the following month followed by a talk on an astronomy-related subject. There is a break in between with tea and coffee available. Plymouth Croquet Club Hartley Park Reservoir, Mannamead Road. New members welcome. Equipment and tuition available. For further information contact Plymouth 666801. Plymouth Karate Academy Various dates Based in Faraday Mill Cattedown the club is managed by Sensei Stuart Hick (4thDan), Sensei Jon Eaton (3rdDan) and Senpai Luke Irving (2ndDan). With more than 45 years combined experience all of the instructors are DBS checked, and teach Shotokan karate. With many advantages to learning karate, instructors teach traditional skills and Self-Defence with genuine applications to modern day situations. Students often say that they feel self-confident; have increased discipline, improved fitness levels and co-ordination. But above all, they all agree its great value for money, fun and a fantastic way to meet new friends no matter what age you are. Tuesday / Thursday Kids only Karate class 6.15- 7pm; Tuesday/Thursday Adult Beginners - Intermediate - Advanced from 7pm onwards ; Saturday Morning class Kids Karate class 10am onwards. For more info: Stuart Hick 07970379268 or stuart.hick@ plymouthkarateacademy.co.uk Keep Fit Classes Wednesdays Jackie Hamlin’s ladies keep fit class Wednesdays 10.15am - 11.15am or 6pm - 7pm at Hyde Park Social Club KFA registered, insured, low fees. Contact Jackie on 01752 672685. All proceeds to Alzheimer’s Society. Plymouth Radio Club Second Tuesday of every month. The Plymouth Radio Club meets second Tuesday of every month at the Weston Mill Oak Villa social Club, Situated in Ferndale Road, Weston Mill, Plymouth. Commencing 7.30 pm. For all licenced Radio Amateurs and anyone interested in amateur radio. For those wishing to obtain a licence, email pippa117@hotmail.co.uk or telephone 07815542477. Waterfront Writers Fridays Meet every Friday during term time at The Swarthmore Education Centre, Mutley Plain 1pm to 3pm. Anyone who wishes to share or listen to poetry and prose is welcome. Visit www.waterfrontwriters.org.uk for details. Whist Drive Tuesdays and Wendesdays Kings Tamerton Community Centre want adults of all ages to come and join us in a game of whist. Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons at 1.30pm start, also The first Sunday in every month at 2pm start. Entrance is £1.50,which includes tea, coffee,and

Major transatlantic races to be featured in 2020 Two major transatlantic yacht races will be taking place in 2020, the Royal Western Yacht Club has announced. The next OSTAR, the original singlehanded transatlantic race, and the TWOSTAR, for two handed yachts will celebrate 60 years of shorthanded racing by the Royal Western Yacht Club. The OSTAR, conceived by Cockleshell hero Blondie Hasler, was first run in 1960 when it was won by Francis Chichester later knighted for his exploits. I n 1964 the second race was won by Frenchman Eric Tabarly, awarded the Legion d’Honneur by President de Gaulle, who ignited a love of oceanic shorthanded sailing amongst the French. There have been many copies of the OSTAR but none have outlived the original race which has been run by the Royal Western Yacht Club continuously for 60 years. The TWOSTAR, the two handed equivalent of the OSTAR, was first sailed in 1981 and has continued

with only a short break in the early 2000s. Neil Dunkley, race director, commented: “The races attract two types of sailors: firstly those with a passion for short handed racing with a lifelong ambition to tackle this extremely challenging race for their own personal satisfaction; secondly those who wish to use the event as a stepping stone toward a professional short handed sailing career. “Either way, you need to be tough, extremely well prepared both

biscuits. We are a friendly crowd and would like to see some new faces. City Bus No 16 stops right out side the community centre. Call Brenda on 350145 for more details. Monthly Soup lunch for all the community Last Wednesday of the month Lovely homemade soup, cake, tea & coffee all for £3 at the St Budeaux Church Community Hall, The Green, off Crownhill Road, Higher St Budeaux. from 12.15 - 2 p.m. A warm welcome awaits all those who come. Have a go at the quiz if you want, browse the jigsaw library or just enjoy the company. Eddystone Model Flying Club Provide help and free instruction for flying radio control fixed wing. Members fly 24/7 weather permitting. New members are welcome as well as experienced fliers. For details visit www. eddystonemfc.net or phone Dave on 07941 040633 or Mike on 01752 403124. Community Activities Various dates Evening events at Keyham Community Sports Hall, Drake Primary School, Saltash Road. Monday: Karate classes suitable for children/families and adults. 5pm to 8pm; Tuesday: Keep fit classes. Making exercise fun and easy to do. 6.15pm to 7.15pm; Wednesday: Yoga classes. Beginners/intermediate - first tester session free. 7pm to 8.30pm. The Community Sports Hall has spaces available for hire, for further information contact Roy Burt Sports Development Coordinator at the school on 01752 567649. Laira Youth Brass Band Thursdays The City’s premier youth brass band meets at Woodford Methodist Church (next to the school) on Thursdays from 7.15 to 8.45 pm. Open to all youngsters from age eight upwards. Contact Tony Hollick on 01752 216784 for details. Plymouth Numismatic Society Third Tuesday each month 7:30pm Coin collection and study can be an absorbing and rewarding pastime. New members are welcomed to informal meetings to share interest and knowledge of coins, providing the opportunity to give talks and presentations on any aspect of numismatics. This can range from studies of coins in historical, cultural or artistic context, to acquisitions, valuations and investment. Or members can just listen, learn and enjoy the company. Contact Bryan on 01752 480394 for more details and current location of meetings.

mentally and physically with a yacht that can withstand a month of upwind sailing in the north Atlantic. Two challenges confront the sailors – getting to the start line and completing the race.” The races conform to the Corinthian ethos envisaged by Hasler, who saw the races as being sailor against the weather, into the prevailing North Atlantic winds and currents, as much as against the other boats. Especially true this year which saw the worst weather since the 1976 race.

Time Out Second and fourth Wednesday A group for individuals who are lonely and isolated. Come for a chat and make new friends. Plymstock United Church, 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month, from 1.30pm - 3.30pm. Refreshments £1. Contact Lin: 07818 254527. Plym Ramblers First and third Sunday in the month A well established walking organisation offering regular walks by experienced leaders all within 20 miles of Plymouth. The group meets every first and third Sunday in the month and also hold interesting social events. For details contact the secretary on 344048 or the chairman on 405132. Plym Ramblers have now published their walking book “On the beaten track 4” the fourth book in a popular series of local walks. Plymouth Inter Varsity Club We are looking for lively, interesting people who want variety in their social lives and would like to mix with others in a friendly, local social group run by its members, for its members. We enjoy a wide range of activities eg meals out, cycling, themed party nights, walking, canoeing, theatre, reading group and weekends away. Want to know more? You can go to our website www.plymouthivc.org , look at what we do and complete an enquiry or contact us direct on 07542 125575. Celtic Music with a Twist Every First Thursday Kitty O’Hanlon’s, 9pm. Three Strand Minstrels play lively Celtic acoustic music at Kitty O’Hanlon’s. Woodside Animal Welfare Trust Elfordleigh Your local sanctuary for most types of unwanted domestic pets. Good homes always needed - have a look at lovely animals, and what we do on www.woodsidesanctuary.org.uk. We don’t destroy any animal unless it’s beyond veterinary help or dangerous and we have special units for elderly residents. Please don’t allow your pet to breed, ask us for friendly advice, or about our spay and neuter scheme for owners on benefit instead. Tel 01752 347503. The Boys Brigade Various dates For more information visit www.plymouth.boys-brigade.org. uk. 1st Plymouth - Salisbury Road Baptist Church (Fridays); 2nd Plymouth - Ridgeway Methodist Church (Mondays); 4th Plymouth - St Jude’s Church Halls (Wednesdays); 5th Plymouth - Mount Gould Methodist Church (Fridays); 7th Plymouth Pennycross Methodist Church (Fridays); 8th Plymouth - Ford

Baptist Church (Wednesdays). New members welcome. Age groups: Anchor Boys (5 to 7); Juniors (8-11) and Company Section (12-18). The Boys Brigade can help your church in its mission to children and young people. Contact the development team at plymouth.battalion@tiscali.co.uk or call 01579 346218. 5th Plymouth Company Boys’ Brigade and Girls Association We meet at Mount Gould Methodist Church, term time, and are looking to recruit both boys and girls aged 5-8yrs (6pm-7pm), 8-11yrs (6.30-8pm) and 11-18yrs (6.30-9pm). Our programme is very varied and includes craftwork, cookery, games, computer work, interactive challenges, sports competitions, sponsored fundraising and much more plus the year ending event summer camp(8yrs+). Many of the skills learnt here can help prepare them for adult life. Interested - then come along to the church on Friday or contact Hugh Porter, 01752 667513, or email porterbb@blueyonder.co.uk for further information 7th Plymouth Company Boys’ Brigade and Girls’ Association Fridays We meet at Pennycross Methodist Church in term time, Anchors (5-8 years) between 6.15pm and 7.15pm; Juniors (8-11 years) from 6.30pm to 8.30pm and Seniors (12-18 years) between 7pm and 9.45pm. There is a full programme of activities including crafts, games, drama, music, cookery, interactive challenges, national sport competitions and much more. The year culminates in a week-long summer camp. Our programme enables youngsters to learn many various skills and prepares them for adult life. Simply go along on Fridays to find out more or visit http//:7plymouth.boys-brigade.org.uk Mini Matts Parents & Toddler Group Mondays St Matthias Church Hall on the corner of Clifton Street & Bedford Park. 1.30pm to 3pm £1 per family per session. (during term time). Tennis Club Mannamead Tennis Club, Eggbuckland Rd welcomes new members. 4 hard courts and 2 grass courts. Coaching available. Contact info@mannamead.org.uk or phone 773652. Plymouth Cycling Touring Club Meet Sundays for a leisure cycle ride. For our latest rides list and meet time/place see www.plymouthctc.co.uk or contact Graham Black 01752 606650 or Andy Prideaux 01752 345170 for more information. Clog dancing Thursdays A fun way to exercise! The Plymouth Maids clog dancers are a small, friendly group of women who welcome new members. From the beginning of October to the end of April we practice at St Bartholomew’s Church Hall, opposite the Life Centre, on Thursdays 8 - 9.45pm. During the summer we dance out on Thursday evenings at various pubs and other venues in and around Plymouth. We also dance at occasional folk festivals and days of dance. No previous dance experience is needed, just a sense of rhythm. Come along and give it a try. For details contact Shirley on 01752 407676. Plymouth West Country Embroiderers Various dates Started in 1972. A friendly group of enthusiastic needleworkers who enjoy sharing their knowledge and expertise with others. Trainees (age 8-15) meet first Saturday each month from 11am to 3pm. Adults meet on second Thursday and fourth Saturday each month from 10.30am. We welcome experts and beginners of all ages. Contact Mary 01752 200047 for details. Pennycross Friendship Group Thursdays The group meet every Thursday at 2pm in the Pennycross Methodist Church, Pridham Lane off Beauchamp Road, Peverell. Interesting speakers and outings. New members always welcome. For details 01752 362099. Plymouth Philatelic Society First Wednesday of every month St. Edwards Hall, Home Park Avenue, Peverell from 7pm to 9pm. For details contact Martin on 01752 781252 or David on 01752 402981. Modern Sequence Dancing Tuesdays and Wednesdays Sequence dancing for all. Further details 01752 493311. Plymouth Marjon Hockey Club Hockey for all ages and abilities from age 5 through to 60+ with weekly coaching and regular matches based at the University of St Mark & St John. Tuesdays & Thursdays 5-6pm age 7-11 boys and girls. Girls age 10+ and senior ladies Tuesday evening. Men’s Club training Wednesday 7.15-9pm. Boys age 10+ and senior men Thursday evening. Sunday mornings boys and girls aged 5 to 14 years. For more information visit www. pmhc.co.uk The Plymouth and District Advanced Motorists Group Monthly meetings on the third Monday of each month at the

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• REGULAR EVENTS • REGULAR EVENTS • REGULAR EVENTS • REGULAR EVENTS • REGULAR EVENTS • • continued from page 16 United Reformed Church Hall, Powisland Drive, Derriford. The meeting begins at 7.30p.m. with doors opening at seven. Guest speaker each month. Details 01752 405926 Buddhist meditation classes Weekday lunchtime meditations 12.15pm - 12.45pm, Wednesday evenings - Introduction to meditation class - 7.30pm - 8.30pm, Thursday evenings - 7.30pm - 9.30pm Meditation - The Art Of Positive Thinking, Sunday mornings 11.30am - 12.30pm Find Inner Peace, Sunday mornings - Children’s classes - 10.30am - 11.15am. Held at Ashoka Kadampa Buddhist Centre, 33 Sutherland Road, Plymouth. Tel 01752 224137 www.meditationinplymouth.org Mums and Babies Tuesdays Mums and Babies is a support group for mums with babies from birth to eight months old. Come and meet other new mums and enjoy being spoilt by our sympathetic leaders with tea, coffee, biscuits and a listening ear. £2 a session. We meet at Hope Baptist Church Hall, Peverell Corner, Plymouth from 1pm to 2.30pm. For more information ring the church office on 01752 708090. Al-Anon Family Groups Are you concerned about someone’s drinking? A fellowship to help families and friends of alcoholics. Local meetings. Confidential Helpline 020 7403 088 www.al-anonuk.org.uk Rainbows Fridays 1st Devonport Rainbows, Salvation Army, Haddington Road, Stoke Every Friday 6- 7pm Call 01752 405027 for details. Keep Fit Classes Wednesdays 10.15am - 11.15am and 6pm - 7pm Hyde Park Social Club. KFA registered, insured, low fees.Details 01752 672685. Parent & Babies and Toddler Group Tuesdays and Fridays Come and join us, meet new friends during term time at Crownhill Methodist Church Hall, 10am- 11.30am. Booking recommended as places are limited. Call Anne 07791332503. Sequenced Dance Saturdays St Gabriels Church Hall, Hyde Park 7.30pm to 10pm Toddler Group Thursdays Plymouth Christian Centre 9.30am to 11 am, term time only £1.50 per family. Contact Liz Crudgington on 661019 for details or see the www.plymouthchristiancentre.org Ballroom & Social Sequence Dancing Various dates Plymstock Community Centre every Tuesday afternoon 2pm until 4pm and every other Saturday from 7.30pm until 10.30pm. Details 01752 251313 or 01752 668017. Weekly Bingo Thursdays Tothill Community Centre, Knighton Road, St Jude’s 7pm. Entrance £1. Tea and biscuits 20p. Draw tickets on sale. Club Focus Camera Club Mondays Meets at the Future Inn, William Prance Road, Plymouth. Meets every Monday from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. Contact Membership Secretary 01752 231139 Website www.clubfocusplymouth.co.uk Plymouth Woodturners Third Friday of the month Meet at Pilgrim Church, St Levan Road at 7.30pm. Also demonstrate and sell at Otter Nurseries, Brixton, the first weekend of every month. New members always welcome, just turn up on the night. Plymouth Striders Running Club Twice weekly Meet at Widewell School, Lulworth Drive, Widewell (behind The George at Roborough). Mondays and Thursdays 6.30pm. Over 16 years and all abilities welcome. For info contact widewellstriders@yahoo.com or check out our website www. widewellstriders.co.uk Watercolour Group Every Friday 10am to 12 noon at Onward House, 55 Greenbank Road, Plymouth. To join this friendly group just come along or ring the group leader Ray on 01 752 300633 for more information. Plymouth Magic Circle Every second Thursday We are a small friendly Magic Club who meets every second Thursday at The Walrus, Athenaeum Street, Plymouth from 7pm to 9pm. All budding magicians are welcome to join us. For details call Ian Marley on 07979 655018.

Step in the right direction! If you fancy a walk on the moors, in the countryside or on the coast, then a new book just published, has everything you need. Plym Ramblers, which is a walking club based in Plymouth, has just produced a book entitled On the Beaten Track 4. As the name implies, this is the fourth book in the series of popular walks, easily accessed from Plymouth. There are 25 walks in this well presented book and the distances covered vary between four and eight miles. Each walk has step by step directions and an informative map, as well as plenty of photographs and illustrations. On the Beaten Track 4 is an attractive publication with some interesting and unusual features. As well as illustrations and photographs, there are a variety of cartoons dotted about and the special ‘points of interest’ section provides some entertaining and informative details about each walk, which should appeal to everyone. The book was written by Brian Steele (chairman of the Plym Ramblers) and he was assisted in this task by Chris and Dave Bishop who provided the points of interest information and members of the Plym Ramblers and others who checked all the walks for accuracy. This means that we can be confident that the route descriptions should be ok for a few years to come. Brian, in describing the book, stressed that its purpose is to encourage people to take up walking as a hobby/ pastime. It is particularly useful for families and friends, Prince Rock Dog Training Club Puppies to adult classes, obedience training, socialisation. St James the Less Church Hall, Ham Drive; on Monday and Tuesday evenings, from 7.15pm. More details phone 01752 772411. Plymouth Hockey Club Sundays Plymouth Hockey Club is the oldest junior club in the city and has recently achieved the highest award for organisation and safeguarding. The club is operated by parents for all children and young people. The club trains every Sunday between 10am - 1pm at Bull Point ATP. The club cater for young people from 4-16 years and no previous experience is required. The first 6 weeks are free to new members and everyone who trains gets to play. For more information, please see the website at www.plymouthhockeyclub.org.uk or contact Rob on 07861 250682. Plymouth Clarion Choir (Male Voice) Tuesdays Rehearsals between 7.30pm and 9.30pm at Crownhill Methodist Church Hall. Seeking to fill vacancies in all sections. For details call Darell Jago on 01752 266434. This year is the choir’s centenary. Community Herb Clinic Tuesdays 1-3pm Onward House, Greenbank Road. Walk-in for free general health advice or phone for appointments. Herbal medicine can be used in the treatment of any medical condition in an effective, integrated (and affordable) way to suit you. Details Sara Hills 01752 872960 www.herbs-work.co.uk Off Key Singing Group Mondays For people who love to sing in the shower! Mondays 5.50pm to 6.50pm at Derriford Health & Leisure Centre, function room. Girl Guide Hut in Plympton 10.30am to 11.30am. Call 07770 683 314 for more info. Jelly Tots Baby & Toddler Group Fridays 9.30am to 11 am at St Budeaux Baptist Church (during Term Time). £1.50 per Family www.stbudeauxbaptist.org.uk Plymouth Writers Circle Tuesdays Do you have a problem with plotting or characterisation. The Plymouth Writers Circle meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from 10am to 12 noon at the Plymstock Community Centre (except in the summer holidays).

Line Dancing Tuesday Evenings. All levels, from beginner to advanced. 99 per cent country music. Very friendly club. Pennycross Methodist Church Hall, Beauchamp Rd Peverell Tel: Mike 07854 699683.

and more importantly, it is a healthy and enjoyable form of exercise. The leaders of Plym Ramblers will be providing a series of walks in the near future aimed at introducing people to the pleasures and health benefits of walking.

Watercolour Art Sessions for Adults Thursdays Beginner and experienced artists welcome. Chaddlewood Farm Community Centre Thursdays 10am to 12 noon. The Burrator Inn, Dousland, nr Yelverton Tuesdays 10am to 12 noon. Easy car parking at both venues. For more information call Janet: Mobile: 07742 983311

The publication of the book has been supported with a grant from Tesco and this reinforces the value put upon the health aspects of walking in the countryside

Tai Chi Beginners Classes Various dates Established in Plymouth since 1995. A friendly group covering all aspects of Tai Chi training for health and well being. Tai Chi is a gentle way to exercise and build strength. For those more keen, it is a complete form of body and mind martial arts system from ancient China suitable for all ages 5 to 95! To get more information, please drop into the class held every Tuesday 6.45pm at Mount Street Primary School, Greenbank, or any other class advertised on www.wutan-plymouth.co.uk. Tel. 07949 839088

The other main feature of this book is that the entire net proceeds from its sale will be donated to four local charities. These are: St Lukes Hospice, Dame Hannah Rogers Trust, Gables Dogs and Cats Home and Age UK Plymouth.

Plymouth School of Aikido Non-profit well-respected community based Martial Arts club founded over 35 years ago. Classes at Woodview Learning Campus (off Lancaster Gardens, Whitleigh) on Mondays and Coombe Dean School, Elburton, Plymstock on Fridays. Times: 7- 8pm Juniors, 7-9pm Adults. Aikido is a Japanese Martial Art suitable for both Men and Women learning and working together. Enjoyable interesting, useful, physical, family-friendly activity with Child Safeguarded/DBS Nationally qualified Instructors leading to recognised gradings appropriate for students of all ages 7yrs to 70yrs. Fees with concessions; excellent value. Quality equipment including clothing available for purchase at non-profit prices. Checkout www.plymouthaikido.co.uk or Facebook Page. Contact Tre or David Worsley 403325, or Phil Smith 219355 for more information.

Copies of the book can be obtained from Age UK Plymouth Centres at Astor Drive, Mount Gould & Age UK Centre, Memory Lane ( rear of Plymstock Broadway car park). Church Road Pharmacy. Plymstock. Gables Dogs and Cats home Merafield Road. Plympton, Dame Hannah Rogers charity shops in Plymouth at Embankment Road, Transit Way, Marlborough Street, Leypark Drive, Victoria Road St Budeaux, Fore Street Saltash, Fore Street and Woodland Road Ivybridge and Also the gift shop at Seale Hayne Newton Abbot. Old Post Office Underwood Road Plympton, Eggbuckland Post Office and other outlets in the South Hams and Tavistock

Beit Ezra Saturdays A Messianic Fellowship, meets on a Saturday (Shabbat) at Engage, St Levan Road, Milehouse, Plymouth PL2 3BG from 4pm to 6pm. Contact: 01752 922014

Copies of On the Beaten Track 4 can also be ordered by sending a cheque for £7.50. (This includes post and packing) payable to ‘Plym Ramblers Book a/c’ to P R Walk Book. 33, Reddicliff Road. Plymstock, PL9 9NF.

Make A Difference, Plymouth Fridays in term time Support group for parents or carers in Plymouth of children with disabilities or special additional needs either diagnosed or still going through the process. From 10am at Tamar View Community Resource Centre Barne Barton. Open to any parent or carer who can get to us. For further information please visit Make a Difference Plymouth on Facebook or call Kerry on 07599996389.

South West Chamber Choir Wednesdays Marjon Chapel 7.30 to 9.30 pm. We are a friendly auditioned choir of 25 to 30 singers specialising in unaccompanied singing, with a programme of madrigals, partsongs and sacred works. We give four concerts annually as well as a weekend of sung services at a cathedral each July. A reasonable standard of sight-reading is needed to join. We welcome enquiries. www.swcchoir.org.uk

The Filling Station, Yelverton Every fourth Friday Top up spiritually: we are not a church but an informal way of expressing the Christian faith at monthly meetings. Everybody is welcome. Meet at Yelverton Golf Club Golf Links Rd, Yelverton at 7.30pm. For details visit www.thefillingstation.org.uk or contact Les and Di Wood 01822 854877.

Fitness and fun touch rugby Wednesdays Central Park Rugby Pitches 6.45pm-7.45pm OPM Rugby is the official Touch Rugby club for Plymouth. Come along and enjoy a great welcome. No rugby experience required. Have fun, get fit and make new friends. More details phone Ernie on 07809 209571 or www.opmrugby.com.

Adult Children of Alcoholics Meetings Tuesdays 6pm – 7.15pm. St Barnabas Church, The Lounge (enter by separate entrance to left of surgery), St Barnabas Terrace, Pennycomequick, Plymouth PL1 5NN. Visit the website at www. adultchildrenofalcoholics.co.uk. National Phone 01590 610 936.

Coffee Afternoon Thursdays Mainstone Community Centre hold a weekly coffee afternoon every Thursday at 2pm

Penlee Local Art and Craft Group Wednesdays Meet at the Diggin It Meeting Room at Penlle from 12 noon until 2pm. All welcome. This is a group for all levels of artistic or craftworkers to make friends and socialise, exchange ideas and perhaps even organise local exhibitions. Small contribution to room hire needed depending on numbers. Please telephone Teresa if you are interested on 07955 476727.

Regular events at Oasis, Stonehouse Monday and Tuesday Basic Computer course 9.30am to 11.30am free; Tuesday Art for all: try out a new skill 10am to 12 noon Tuesday Coffee morning; Thursday morning Spreadsheets and other computer skills; Thursday 10am to 12 noon art group; Thursday 2.30pm to 4.30pm Brush up on English; Friday afternoon 1.30pm to 4pm Job Club; First Friday of the month 4.30pm to 6pm Messy Church.

Plymouth Lymphoma Support Group Second Thursday of the month The Plymouth Lymphoma Support Group aims to offer friendship and support to anyone who is affected by Lymphoma (Hodgkins or Non Hodgkins Disease), whether patient (past or present), carer, family member or friend, and meets on the second Thursday of each month at the Derriford Health and Wellbeing Centre from 3pm to 4.30 pm. For more information, please call Pam on 01752 785094 or Scott on 01752 661035

Devonport Park Community Choir Mondays A friendly mixed group of singers meets at St Aubyn’s Church, Chapel Street, Devonport, Oct-Apr. Please check Dec meetings. every Monday evening from 6-7.30pm. Cost is £3 per session. No previous experience necessary. For more details telephone 318087.

Harbour Centre Recovery Café Fridays Female-focused social group for those in recovery from drugs and alcohol. Tea, coffee, regular activities promoting independence, empowerment and positive social/support networks in recovery. Child-friendly.11am-2pm at Unit 2, 1st Floor, Hyde Park House, Mutley Plain. For more information and support to attend please contact Lynn McKenzie (Harbour Drug and Alcohol Services) on 01752 434299 or email lynn.mckenzie1@nhs.net

Guitar Classes Guitar lessons for children aged from 6 - 12 years. Taught in small groups of 2 or 3. Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 3.45 or 4.30pm Fridays at 4pm Saturdays between 9.30 - 4pm For more details Tel: 01752 216456. Classes held in the Woodford area. Carers Support Group Last Monday of the month Are you a carer? Would you like somewhere to go for advice & info, to relax & unwind with other Carers? Come to our drop in session at St Budeaux Community Centre 10am- 12 noon on the last Monday of the month.

Singing 4 Fun Thursdays 2pm - 3.30pm We welcome new members. St Pauls Church, Torridge Way, Efford from 2pm to 3.30pm. For details call Janette 07854 850830.

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mixed ages and ability groups for young people with additional needs; Saturdays and Sundays 10.30am to 3.30pm weekend activity groups for mixed age and ability groups of children and young people with special needs offering good range of social and group opportunities; school holidays weekdays 10.30am to 3.30pm holiday playscheme activity sessions for small friendship groups of children and young people with special needs. For details call 01752 484433 or 07780 662391.

Rainbow Singers Saturdays Come and join our happy band of rainbow singers sharing singing, fellowship and prayer. We meet at St Gabriel’s Church at 10.15 am most Saturdays. For more information please call 01752 262600 Plymouth Musical Activities Club Thursdays A music group for young people aged 9-18 supported by volunteer staff members. At Pmac we teach flute, clarinet, drums, keyboards, singing and guitar. Meet every Thursday at Courtlands School in Eggbuckland from 7.15pm to 9.15pm. The charge is just £1 a week and people of all abilities are welcome. The group plays at lots of different venues and events throughout the year such as Devonport Playhouse, Lord Mayor’s day, Eden Project and many more. If you are interested in joining please call our treasurer Angela fuller on 01752 773482 or check out the Pmac website www.plymouthmac.co.uk Soundhouse Brass and Soundhouse Youth Brass Academy Thursdays Want to play with one of the finest Brass Bands in Devon then why not come along and give us a try. We also have a thriving Youth Band for younger players which is supported by Plymouth Youth Music Service. Both groups practice at The Soundhouse, Torbridge High School, Estover on Thursday evenings (Juniors 6p.m. to 7.30p.m. and Seniors 7.30-9.45p.m) Come along any evening, visit our website www.soundhousebrass.co.uk or ring Alan 01752844108 (Senior Band) or Garry 0744618977 (Youth Band) for further details. Rainbow Group Tuesdays The group meets at Mount Gould Church from 4.45pm to 5.45pm for girls aged from five to six and a half. For more information contact 07913697767 Sequence Dancing for All Saturdays St Gabriel’s Church Hall, Hyde Park Peverell, 7.30pm to 10pm. With tea and biscuits. Everyone welcome. Yankee Yoga Various days All abilities yoga classes set to sweet tunes. Tuesdays 5pm @ The Art of Dance (Mutley Plain) 8pm @ Coombe Dean School; Plymstock/Elburton; Wednesdays 6pm @ Merlin Fitness (Crownhill); Fridays 7.30pm Special Class - Yoga for Athletes @ Taurus Gym (Mutley Plain); Saturdays 10am Special Class:Yoga Sculpt @ Merlin Fitness (Crownhill). Contact Emily on 07478 257080 Sounds Musical Theatre Company Wednesdays Founded in 1911, we are a friendly, diverse group of people who love Musical Theatre and produce two shows a year. In March/April we perform our annual full musical production, with a musical revue in October. Rehearsals are every Wednesday 7.30pm to 9.30pm in Oreston Methodist Church Hall, Plymstock Road, Oreston. Visit www.soundsmusicaltheatrecompany.co.uk for more information. Plymouth Meet Up Group First Tuesday of the month A social group for people with disabilities. Meets at Igrow Workspace 25 Phoenix Street from 4pm to 7pm for a chat and games and a short walk to the nearby Mount Pleasant pub for a meal. £2 for members and £3 for non-members. For more information call David on 017523 268777. Central Park Dog Walkers Association Daily Meet at 10am and 2pm every day at the Golf Cafe near Plymouth Life Centre. Very friendly and informal. For help and advice for all ages. The Plymouth & District Egyptology Society First Saturday of the month We are a society of some 50 members whose passion is all things related to Ancient Egypt. Between the months of September of one year to May of the next, we meet on the first Saturday of each of those months, including Day Schools, and long weekend visits to UK and European cities to view Museum Egyptology Exhibitions, enjoying the local sights etc. The Society meets at the The Quaker House on Mutley Plain. Timings 2 pm until 4.30 pm for a normal lecture. Contact Details: janis.naylor@aol.co.uk Beavers, Cubs and Scouts Thursdays Tavy Lodge Scout Centre, off LissonGrove, Mutley. Contact 01752 666706 or 9th21stplymouthscoutgroup@gmail.com 5-6pm Beavers; 6.15-7.30pm Cubs; 7.45 - 9.15pm Scouts. Open to young people from the ages of 6 to 14. Come along and join the winter adventures. Bumps & Babes Group Fridays Make new friends with other parents and parents-to-be. A weekly group welcoming all parents, parents-to-be and carers held in Crownhill. Organised by NCT Plymouth and West Devon branch. Refreshments, chat and toys. £1 donation to the NCT Charity. More information Sally Hall 07702 738757 Self defence classes Small but well-respected martial arts club. Classes most nights of the week at St Mary the Virgin Church, Federation Road, Laira. Classes for children and adults. For details visit www. budosocietymusashi.co.uk or call 07742 834366. Plymstock & District Art Society (PANDAS) Pandas is a small friendly group of amateur painters meeting for two hours (7.30-9.30pm) every Wednesday fortnight at the Radford Family Centre, Plymstock. Members paint and draw in all media and enjoy occasional demonstrations and models. We are not 18

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The Pythagorean Society First Friday of the month held at Plymouth Natural Health & Healing Centre, Outland Road, PL2 3PY. 7 pm – 9 pm. We have a different topic each month with a guest speaker, covering a wide range of esoteric subjects. Please see our website for details www.pythagoreansociety.wordpress.net or email mail@ pythagoreansociety.net Emmanuel Tea Break Fridays New members welcome to join our club for mainly over 60’s, meeting at Emmanuel Church Hall, Mannamead, on Fridays at 2pm. A varied programme of indoor activities and occasional trips out. For more details call Richard on 707894.

Improving play at Miller Way

Over 70 local children and adults joined council staff to celebrate the official opening of a new play park in Estover.

The park at Miller Way has been fitted with new and refurbished equipment with a dedicated, fenced area for toddlers. Meanwhile, a brand new BMX dirt track has been installed. Hands Up For Plymouth Play, a project led by Plymouth City Council, hosted the event with colleagues from Youth Services and laid on a barbeque, free bike maintenance with Plymotion, painting and much, much more to celebrate the opening of the new facility.

Councillor Patrick Nicholson, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Strategic Transport, Housing and Planning, said: “I’m delighted to see the park at Miller Way fully open. “We have a very clear policy to provide high quality play spaces within 400m of people’s homes and it’s so great to see children enjoying themselves during the half-term holiday. “It’s so important that children have great places to play outdoors and access to nature. We know that when they do, they become fitter and leaner, develop stronger immune systems, have more active imaginations, lower stress levels, play more creatively and have greater respect for

a teaching class but help each other and have programme of themed evenings. Each year our annual exhibition takes place in Plymstock Library. New members are always given a warm welcome so please contact Mike on 794281. Lets Work It Out! Mondays Weekly drop-in at the Efford Youth and Community Centre (Blandford Road PL3 6HU). Friendly help and support for all ages and abilities in a relaxed environment Mondays 2-5pm. Basic computer skills, job searching and CV/application writing, voluntary/work placements and training courses, benefits advice and free tea and coffee! Starting March 14. To find out more call Becky on 07933916513 or email letsworkitout@mail.com Stay & Play Toddler Group Wednesday mornings during term time St Mary’s Church Pre-School, St Mary’s Church Parish Centre, Market Road, Plympton. 9.15am to 11.15am. Group is run by friendly and experienced early years practitioners from St Mary’s Church pre-school that was given an overall Outstanding outcome by Ofsted (July 2011). New and expectant parents welcome. A one-off donation per week to cover costs of £1.50 per adults (children under 12 months) £2 per adult (children over 12 months). Includes refreshments. Telephone 01752 348525 or RAF Association (Plymouth Branch) The association is hoping again this year to try and increase the membership of the RAFA. This means by approaching ex members of the RAF and serving members. If any of you know of relatives or friends who may wish to join please get in touch, we would be happy to see you. Branch Committee meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday, of every month, instead of evening meeting as previous. They will now be held at 10.30am, at Raffles Club, Ermington Terrace, Mutley Plain Plymouth (once a person joins RAFA, the facilities of the club are open to them on the production of their membership card ). The Club officially opens at 12 noon so it is proposed that members meet the branch committee and friends for a chat over a drink from 11.30am or even to stay at raffles, which serve a good lunch at reasonable prices (give it a try, come and meet us). The new meeting dates and time are 25 Oct, 22 Nov (10.30am).Annual Christmas lunch will be held at Raffles Club on Saturday 16 December (12.30pm for 1pm). Cost £17 for 3 courses plus entertainment and raffle. Advise secretary by October 31 latest (tel 07939897076) For further information and should a member of the RAF Family wish to see a befriender for a chat etc in the home please contact the secretary on 07939897076. Next year is the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Air Force and many events will be held throughout the country and our region. Dates to watch out for in Plymouth will be between 09-16 September 2018. Watch this space!

themselves and others.”

Miller Way is just one of a number of parks to benefit from the pledge to invest announced in May, which has since been branded Hands Up For Plymouth Play. As part of evidence gathering for the Joint Local Plan, the council carried out an assessment of all of its play spaces across the city with 29 out of 126 outdoor play spaces rated as poor or very poor, according to Play England’s quality rating. Whilst these sites will be targeted for improvement with the addition of new features to include natural play, there are also plans to develop play areas where there are gaps in provision.

The Arts Society South Devon We are part of The Arts Society, the national association, and have over 250 members. We hold monthly evening lectures on a wide range of Arts topics, occasional morning lectures, Study Days, Tours, Visits and Concert visits. We would be pleased to welcome some new members and introductory guest visits are available. Visit www.southdevondfas.org.uk for programme information and other details. Plymouth U3A Second Monday of the month If you are retired, looking for new interests and to make new friends, then come along to the next monthly meeting of the Plymouth U3a and listen to our speaker. We meet at The Holiday Inn from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Coffee available on arrival and an option to stay for a reasonably priced two course lunch in the restaurant. U3A (University of the 3rd Age) is organised and run by volunteers, there are over 60 groups to find out about and maybe join, creating opportunities for continuation of learning. A non member can attend as a visitor, further information can be obtained via the welcome and promotions desk on the day, or in advance by telephoning 01752 563551, joining on the day is also an option. We look forward to meeting you. Moors Edge U3A Second Thursday of the month New members welcome. Meets at the Woolwell Centre PL6 7TR. Guest speakers and a variety of social events. Growing number of interest groups including bridge for beginners, wine tasting, weekenders, jazz, Spanish, art appreciation and still more to start. Socially, we will be enjoying ‘High Tea’ at Yelverton Golf Club and our date for Xmas Lunch has been set for December 15. Details of our Groups etc can be found on the Moors Edge website, Facebook and reminders are now put on Streetlife. Plymouth Fishkeepers Society First and Second Wednesday of the Month. 8pm at the Hyde Park Social Club If you are interested in the hobby of keeping tropical fish and want to learn more, then why not come along to one of our meetings. Interests among members are diverse, and there is without doubt someone in the society who can answer questions covering most aspects of the hobby.The society caters for newcomers to people who have been in the hobby for a long time. Just bought your first fish tank? Then Plymouth Fishkeepers Society is the place for you. Beckly Centre Regular events at the Beckly Centre at Mayers Way, Hooe Road, Plymstock include: Mondays 7pm to 9.30pm adult social group with a variety of activities including crafts, life skills, cooking quizzes bingo and outings; Thursdays 7pm to 9pm youth group providing social activities in a small friendship

Reading Group Third Tuesday of the month Like reading? Like to share your views on books? We are a small friendly group who meet at Tothill Community Centre on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 10.30am for approximately 1 hour to discuss chosen books and swap other reading experiences. All new members will receive a very warm welcome. Please ring 01752 513197 for details. Dartmoor Gliding Friendly Flying on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, weather permitting. Call 07873 483001 for details or Google Dartmoor Flying. Goulden Girls Stitchers A patch work and quilting group who meet at Mount Gould Methodist Church on Thursday mornings. from 10am to 12 noon. We are a friendly group of ladies who share our knowledge and skills. Help and advice available. Anyone interested in joining us please contact Pat King on 240560 Fun Club Fridays in term time Fun filled club for primary school aged children from 6.30pm to 7.30pm at Plymstock Chapel, Church Road, Plymstock. Games, crafts, stories, songs, tuck shop etc. 50p entrance. Friday Night Bingo Fridays 7.30pm At Hooe and Turnchapel Community Centre. Tea, coffee & biscuits.Weekly raffles and meat raffle once a month. Why not give us a try! Contact 01752 408441 for more details. Plymouth Handball Club Thursdays Between 6pm and 7pm at Plymouth Life Centre. Come and play an Olympic sport. A fun/recreational session for adults 18+. All levels and abilities welcome. Session is £2 (1st session free) Contact Lee 07414677003, Facebook Plymouth Handball Club, email plymouthhandballclub@hotmail.com Bingo Night Wednesdays Mainstone Community Centre with eyes down at 7.30pm. Eight page book plus one flyer costs only £6. Raffle every week and tea or coffee, or if you prefer something stronger there is a bar. SING Every Thursday in school term times Plymouth Community Choir at Pomphlett. Great songs, lovely people and loads of fun! Do you want to sing with us? We meet on Thursdays 7.15pm-9pm at Pomphlett Methodist Church Centre (just behind Morrisons in Plymstock). We sing songs at the soul funky/ world music end of the spectrum. Visit www.singdevon.com. Or ring Pete Scott on 07896 276577. First session free! Book online or by phone. Regular events at Plymouth Unitarian Church, Notte Street. First Wednesday of every month 1pm to 2 pm Quiet time in conjunction with Plymouth Centre for Faiths and Cultural Diversity. Speaker monthly and tranquil music. Oasis of calm on the second, third and fourth Wednesdays 1pm--1 45 pm Tranquil music and time for quiet reflection. Mindfulness at lunchtime first Tuesday of every month. Arrive at 12.30 pm bring food to share for lunch at 1 pm. Whitleigh: Tea, Toast and Timebanking Wednesdays 10-12. Four Greens Community Trust Hub, 15 The Green, Whitleigh. Share a cuppa and a chat with local people. Everyone welcome. 01752 395131 Whitleigh: Mini Allotment Group. Alternate Wednesdays 12-1pm. Four Greens Community Trust Hub, 15 The Green, Whitleigh. Come and potter in our little garden. No experience necessary. 01752 395131 Friendship Club Alternate Wednesdays For the over 55s at King’s Tamerton Community Centre. Meet new friends, bingo, raffle, tea and biscuits, and every month from May until September a trip to the coast. For further information ring Ida 01752 368841.

Pilates Class Mondays and Fridays Wesley Hall, Pennycross Mondays 6pm to 7pm Fridays 10am to 11am. £5 session need to bring a mat other equipment provided. Contact to book on 07401090025 or email tracywilmot@hotmail.co.uk

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New sponsorship deal will help drive golf programme in schools A new sponsorship deal looks set to help more Plymouth schoolchildren get into the swing of golf. Plymouth-based training provider Skills Group has donated £1,000 to Plymouth Junior Golf Academy. The money will go towards replacing old and tired equipment, buy ‘player of the week trophies’ and extend the Academy’s reach to local youngsters. Founded in 2015 by professional golfer Sam Stephens, Plymouth Junior Golf Academy runs free taster sessions in schools across the city. In the last two years ‘The School of Golf’ programme has offered after-school training to more than 5,000 youngsters across 26 primary schools in and around Plymouth. Plymouth Junior Golf Academy also runs 12-week-long programmes at Plymouth Golf Centre where more than 100 young members attend to develop their skills with tips from PGA (Professional Golfers’ Association) experts.

Sam said: “Our schools programme is the lifeblood of our Academy, 80 per cent of the children attending the Academy have come through this programme, the vast majority having never played golf before.”

deliver at Plymouth Golf Centre.”

“There have been so many success stories through the scheme but it is the children from deprived backgrounds who are now members of local golf clubs which we are most proud of.”

He said: “I think it’s very important for children to get the opportunity to try all sports if possible. Golf is a great sport as you can play individually and also as part of a team. It is also good exercise and teaches you many skills.

Welcoming the sponsorship by Skills Group, Sam added: “This money is very important to us. It has allowed us to update old and tired equipment, buy some nice items such as, player of the week trophies and just generally improve our offering to young people. “Golf is a fantastic sport for children to play. As well as being outside in the fresh air and learning a new skill, golf has a unique standing amongst other sports with the skills-for-life it encourages. These include honesty, respect, cooperation, perseverance and teamwork. We promote these values and morals in every session we

Plymouth professional golfer Scott Drummond is an ambassador for Skills Group and welcomed the sponsorship of Plymouth Junior Golf Academy.

“Golf has come along way in the last few years, it is now much more accessible, with easier access to golf courses and driving ranges. Giving children the opportunity to get into the sport through school is a great way to get the game out there to more youngsters and is a fun environment as they are with their peers.

Scott Drummond (left) and Sam Stephens (right)

Mark Boulting, managing director of Skills Group, said: “We are delighted to support the provision of golf for local youngsters. Providing children with direct access to sports that they may not otherwise have the opportunity to try is a great way of broadening their life experiences.”

“Skills Group’s support of Plymouth Junior Academy is a really positive action that will hopefully enable the academy to reach more local children and support them with better equipment in the years to come.”

New life-saving equipment installed on The Hoe David Wells, HeartSWell South West Trustee, said: “We are very pleased to be able to donate this piece of equipment to the Liner Lookout Café.

A new defibrillator has been installed at the Liner Lookout Café on Plymouth Hoe, providing life-saving access to support the safety of the general public.

“Hopefully it will never be needed, but having a defibrillator located in a location as busy as the Hoe is essential and can be the saving grace in an emergency situation.”

The initiative to install the defibrillator device, supported by Plymouth Waterfront Partnership (PWP) and Plymouth City Council, was started by Liner Lookout Café owners Ann and David Morrish. A defibrillator is a machine which restarts the heart in the event of a cardiac arrest and if used correctly can save lives.

With support from Plymouth City Council, the Plymouth Waterfront Partnership has worked with the Liner Lookout Café to provide clear signage to make the public aware of this potentially life-saving piece of equipment.

On taking possession of the life-saving Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) machine, provided by the charity HeartSWell South West, Ann and David Morrish said: “With events happening all year round on Plymouth Hoe, and as a popular tourist hotspot in the city, it makes sense for a defibrillator to be available for public access should the unthinkable happen.

Sarah Gibson, chief executive for the Plymouth Waterfront Partnership said: “We’re delighted the Liner Lookout Café and HeartSWell have teamed up to provide a defibrillator on The Hoe. This iconic location within Plymouth’s Waterfront area attracts thousands of visitors every year. To have this lifesaving equipment available and clearly signed is an important addition to the area.”

“The commitment to raising awareness of this equipment to the public is a first for the city and we’d like to thank HeartSWell South West, Plymouth Waterfront Partnership and Plymouth City Council for supporting this activity.”

To be able to continue to provide this piece of lifesaving equipment, HeartSWell rely heavily on fundraising activities and donations from the public. Find out more at heartswell.org.uk

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Stiltskin’s Soapbox Children’s Theatre lifts Abercrombie Award A unique children’s theatre and a housing scheme to help veterans learn construction skills as well as have somewhere to live, were two of the projects to win in this year’s Abercrombie Awards. Plymouth’s best loved buildings – and the people who helped create them – where in the spotlight for the city’s Abercrombie Awards 2017. The awards, which are organised by Plymouth City Council every three years, are designed to celebrate the new buildings and spaces that have helped make Plymouth the city it is today. Stiltskin’s Soapbox Children’s theatre was chosen by the public to win the People of Plymouth award with over 1,000 votes cast. They also received a Highly Commended from the judges in the Best Community Project category. The regeneration of North Prospect was given the Judges Special Award for its role in transforming the city. The Nelson Project, a development born from a vision to deliver a flagship housing scheme, was made overall winner of the Abercrombie Award for demonstrating design excellence and innovation. Councillor Patrick Nicholson, Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Strategic Transport, Housing and Planning said: “All these projects have helped change the lives of people here in Plymouth. “The standard and variety of work to create places for businesses and homes and the amount of effort to involve as many local people as possible has been great to see. All these projects are bringing jobs and opportunities and a sense of pride into Plymouth.” Paul Barnard, assistant director for Strategic Planning and Infrastructure at Plymouth City Council added: “It’s fantastic to step outside the planning process and look at everything that has been achieved over the last three years. “Incredible buildings have sprung up, homes and streets that have changed the fortunes of an entire neighbourhood have been created and amazing spaces have been cultivated for local people to enjoy. The Abercrombie Awards celebrate the people and organisations who have made this happen.” There were over 60 entries over the eight main categories, with the three special awards above given on the night.

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Other award winners are: • Best Smaller Development – The Nelson Project • Best Conversion or Conservation Project – Mount Wise Phase 2 Development • Best Public Space – Quadrant Quay • Best Community Project – Union Corner • Best Commercial Project – 1 Research Way, Plymouth Science Park • Best Green Project – Derriford Park Community Orchard • Best New Housing Project – Riverview Extra Care Scheme • Best New Building – The Genesis building There were also projects that were Highly Commended in each category, to see the full list visit www.plymouth.gov.uk/ planningandbuildingcontrol/abercrombieawards2017/ abercrombieawards2017winners

People of Plymouth Award (Winner) and best community project (Highly commended): Iain and Jacqueline Slade of Stiltskin’s Soapbox Children’s Theatre

Olivia’s 12 day marathon challenge Olivia Hill, a dietetics student at Plymouth University and enthusiastic blogger, took up running a year ago as a means of keeping fit whilst living in Hong Kong.

“Almost everyone is capable, and I wanted to create a race to show people this and perhaps spark a new love or hobby of running. A marathon is a distance, a challenge, not a race, and this virtual challenge will have you completing that ‘impossible’ distance.”

She is now addicted to running and all it has to offer and will be taking part in the 2018 London Marathon to raise money for Variety, the Children’s Charity.

The 12 days of Christmas has been chosen for the challenge because the festive period is typically a time of increased food intake and lowered levels of physical exercise. This in turn causes people to feel sluggish and set unrealistic New Year’s resolutions.

To encourage more people to take up running, Olivia and partner Dominic have created a new marathon, accessible to almost everyone called the Twelve Day Marathon. This will be kick starting with the 12 Days of Christmas Marathon during which participants can complete the 26.2 miles over 12 days, however they wish. “We accept joggers, walkers, runners and skippers! It is a virtual challenge, so it can be completed anywhere!” said Olivia. “Once participants have completed their distance, they receive a themed marathon medal, so they can prove and show off their new achievement.” Olivia, whose Instagram account @thenutritiousrunner has already attracted over 1500 followers, continues to explain why this is a challenge for everyone and anyone. “So many of my friends always say to me ‘I wish I could run a marathon’ and I have always replied ‘but you can.’ It is only the belief in yourself that is lacking!

The challenge runs from December 25 to January 5, to carry participants through to the New Year and then hopefully onwards as they get the same buzz for running that Olivia did when she started. Any profits will go to Variety, the Children’s Charity, which raises money for sick, disabled and disadvantaged children. She hopes to raise enough funds to help them buy wheelchairs and specialist equipment. As an added bonus to raising money for a great cause and getting fitter in the process, finishers will also receive an ‘awesome marathon finishers medal’. To register, or find out more, visit the newly launched website www.twelvedaymarathon.org, or visit @ twelvedaymarathon and @thenutritiousrunner on Instagram. Entrants will need to be signed up by the deadline of December 3.

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Local and national charities received over £400,000 from Britain’s Ocean City running series This year saw over 7,000 runners take to Plymouth’s closed-roads in the Plymouth 10k and the Britain’s Ocean City Half Marathon which raised over £400,000 for charity. Participants raised money for a range of local and national charities including the The Shark Trust, Jeremiahs Journey, Age UK and St Luke’s Hospice. The Britain’s Ocean City Half Marathon will return on the May 20 at Plymouth Hoe. Registration for the race is already open. Alongside the main event, there will also be a charity mascot race and the Wessex RFCA Corporate and Services Challenge where teams compete to win £250 for their chosen charity. David Williams, director of RunPlymouth said: “We are delighted with the impact the Plymouth 10k and Britain’s Ocean City Half Marathon have had on charity fundraising. We hope that our events in 2018 will be even bigger and better for all involved, from runners and charities alike”. Peter Ward, Community Fundraising, St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth said: “Over 40 participants ran and raised money for St Luke’s at the Britain’s Ocean City Half Marathon 2017. St Luke’s runners have raised an incredible amount which is so important to running of the crucial service our end of life care teams provide.” More information can be found: www.runplymouth.co.uk

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of practitioners working in this niche area. STEP is the global professional association for practitioners specialising in family inheritance and succession planning, both in regards to contentious and non-contentious matters. Anna and Angelo are the only solicitors in Plymouth to be listed under the banner of contentious trusts and estates. Speaking of her full membership, Anna commented: “We have seen a significant increase in the demand for wills, inheritance and trust disputes and GA Solicitors is one of only a handful of firms across Devon and Cornwall to have a specialist team working within this area. “It takes a lot of work to gain these accreditations and Angelo and I have had to demonstrate a huge amount of experience in this specialist area. Clients can instruct GA Solicitors on any contentious

matter and be confident that they will get expert legal advice in what is often a very complex area.” Stephen Ramsden, managing partner of GA Solicitors, added: “There are very few firms across Devon and Cornwall who are able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge and expertise in this specialist area. It is testament to the hard work and dedication of Anna and Angelo that they have been awarded these accreditations and it is very well deserved. The feedback from clients is more than positive and the results they achieve speak for themselves.” With more than 200 years of heritage, GA Solicitors is a multisector Plymouth law firm with 74 members of staff, offering guidance across seven specialist departments: business; family; employment; dispute resolution; wills, trusts & probate; conveyancing and personal injury.

MONEY MA££ERS with STEVE CAREY

Christmas Cheer! The world seems less full of Christmas Cheer than ever. UK interest rates have just gone up for the first time in a decade, and despite more people being in work than ever before, wages are being held back by a chronic lack of productivity. All of which suggests that there’s much less money to go around this year than in previous years. An antidote Necessity is the mother of invention, according to the old proverb, so if you are short of cash, you need to get creative. Here’s a few ideas, but add your own. First steps Work out how much you can afford to spend without borrowing any money (I know, the old ‘budget’ chestnut again, but it works). Make a list of all the people for whom you would like to buy presents. Then, make a note of their favourite pastimes/occupations/ music next to their name. Start your research Are you able to construct a similar present from the raw materials? For example, do you have a relative who would love an album of family photos? You can design one online, and this may mean more to them, than simply buying a shop bought one, as you can add

your own labels and text. If they like antiques, or antiquelooking items, could you find something in a cheaper retailer than you were planning? Charity shops are a great source of ‘old fashioned’ items, and retro style is all the rage at the moment (or so I’m told by those who know about these things!) Talk to your friends; I have many friends who are amazingly talented. If you don’t feel able to make presents yourself, perhaps you could ask a friend, or work alongside them. ‘Mates rates’ are far cheaper than shop prices.

Saving small amounts on nonChristmas items can help you afford the most expensive time of year. (Giving up one latte a week will save you over £100 a year at average prices; imagine cutting out five lattes a week!)

It may save a lot of time and effort if you can work out how people feel most loved; after all, you give presents because you want them to know how much they mean to you. It could be that someone on your list prefers time with you, more than presents. If so, can you find an event you could attend together, you can build some shared memories and spend time with them.

You could, with the agreement of the other person, stop sending presents for this year (or permanently).

Even if they cannot help with the actual making of presents, they may have seen ideas that you think are perfect. There’s no shame in swapping ideas. Making it affordable Of course, not all of us are creative and/or imaginative (that is certainly me), so we may have to go down the traditional present-buying route.

It has been reported that presents often cost far more than the value placed on them by the recipient, so a mutual agreement to avoid this “economic inefficiency” might prove beneficial to both families. Do it despite The doom and gloom should not stop you from enjoying time with friends and family. Whether you follow the Christian faith, or not, I wish you a very enjoyable peaceful, and prudently budgeted Christmas! Steve Carey, Numbers UK Ltd 01752 226084 www.numbersukltd.com

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memorial roses. Someone who has experience in caring for roses would be preferred. For further details please contact the Cemetery office (weekdays only) on Plymouth 665442. WORK FROM HOME - Mel’s Magic makeup team are looking for individuals who would like to earn some extra money selling a well known brand Avon ,we are offering £300 worth of products for free. Hours to suit, discounts on your favourite brand, great commission. Why not become a representative or sales leader today you don’t even have to go door to door and you have your own personal on line shop please contact Mel 07950006144 for more information on this great opportunity. VOLUNTEERS WANTED - Home-Start in Plymouth need volunteers to help young parents deal with sleepless nights, teething, toddler tantrums etc. All you need is parenting experience, listening skills and the desire to support other parents going through a tough time. Volunteers receive initial free training and once matched to a family visit them once a week for a couple of hours. Meet new people and build your CV. Next training course starts soon. Expenses paid. Interested? Call 01752 249740. VOLUNTEERS WANTED - Royal Voluntary Library Service Derriford Hospital needs help for the book trolley ward rounds on weekdays between 10am and 12pm, If you are interested in the service and can spare the time, please contact Pat Hamiliton Thursdays 9.30am to 3.30pm on 01752 792857 for further

information. VOLUNTEER – required to assist/accompany disabled lady, either to drive her to school to collect daughter; driving/accompany her to gym/swimming; accompany her on walks ives Hartley. One or two afternoons per week. Ring Liz on 01752 656 136 CLEANERS - If you have previous experience and references and preferably a car and DBS (Police Check), we have clients who will appreciate you. Choose how many hours you want to work and build them up around your own or your family’s requirements. You can do regular or occasional jobs or both – it’s up to you. Earn £8.50 an hour for regular weekly or fortnightly cleans with the same clients and £10 an hour for one-off cleans. You can earn £11,000 per annum after expenses without paying tax and you’ll pay NI of £2.85 per week if you earn more than £6,025 per annum. Paying NI is important as it counts towards your pension and maternity leave benefits. Please call 01752 395900 to apply. You can also apply online www.cleanersrus.co.uk BAR ASSISTANT - A vacancy has arisen at the Bridge-End Club, St Budeaux for a Bar Assistant. 20 Hours per week over a 7 day period. Previous experience is essential.Six month probationary period applies. Applications to be sent via email to Mrs Kelly Wright Club Secretary bridge.end.club@gmail.com SUPPORT WORKER - The Candle Trust are looking for a Support Worker with the following qualities and skills: Understands the needs of people with

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Better futures Providing support and opportunities for adults with learning disabilities

Improving Lives Plymouth’s Better Futures service, offers a unique style of service, providing a flexible day opportunity for adults with learning disabilities. It’s members can use it as a base to form friendships, get help and advice on day to day issues and develop the skills to become more independent. The flexible drop-in style membership scheme enables people to choose when to attend unlike traditional day services. Nikki Hornsby, Better Futures manager said: “People with learning disabilities can find social interaction difficult and need a place where they can meet their peers to socialise in a place where they feel safe and supported. “Many people find it hard to make friends and form relationships and find mainstream services frightening and therefore become isolated. Better Futures, offers a friendly and relaxed environment where people are supported to engage with others and enjoy interesting activities.” Better Futures offers a wide range of weekly

activities including craft, numeracy, IT and creative literacy.

It’s so important to have friends and to feel that our lives are meaningful”.

Sarah Lawrence, Better Future’s Assistant manager said: “A really popular activity is cookery and we support our members to make basic meals incorporating healthy ingredients and reducing the amount of sugar and fat wherever we can. People can rely heavily on fast food and convenience products and we hope to encourage people to have a go at making their own meals at home by suggesting easy to follow recipes. We do of course offer fun cookery as well and our members love to make a Christmas cake each year.

At Better Futures, staff and volunteers are always on hand to offer support and advice on a wide range of day to day issues and will signpost people for specialised help and support where appropriate.

Cathy Russell who has supported members at Better futures for several years says “Our ladies group has really helped our ladies learn about how to look after their health, stay safe and manage relationships and we also have fun chatting about make-up, clothes and fun things to do.

The number of deaths and injuries on our roads increases significantly as the evenings draw in and the weather deteriorates, with pedestrian and vehicle collisions peaking in October and November. Last winter 345 people were involved in collisions on the city’s roads.

Ian’s key projects across the region have included the regeneration of Padstow’s Waterfront, including Rick Stein’s Cookery School and his St. Petroc’s Hotel, and RYA Portland House - a training and accommodation facility built for the GB sailing squad competing in the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Following Ian’s retirement, the South West architecture firm will continue to be led by fellow directors Marc Nash and Phil Burgess, supported by associates Bob McDonald, Dale Beeson and Patrick Deigan.

Recent high profile ADG projects include the Gaia Spa at Boringdon Hall Hotel, the ongoing delivery of the master plan for the regeneration of Mount Wise and the new £13million STEM Centre at City College Plymouth.

ADG employs a team of 21 at its offices in Plymouth and works with clients across the South West, as well as nationally and internationally.

ADG director Marc Nash said: “On behalf of the senior management team I would like to thank Ian for everything he has done to make ADG the successful firm it is today. It is unusual for business partners to have such a long working relationship and I think that has helped to give ADG a really solid foundation.”

Plymouth’s Be Safe, Be Seen campaign raises awareness of the dangers and reminds everyone, particularly those on their school journeys, to make sure they can be easily spotted on the roads. The council’s road safety team is visiting schools to promote the campaign to children and parents, delivering reflective stickers to place on school bags or coats and offering advice on staying safe.

Councillor Steve Ricketts, Cabinet Member for Transport and Housing Delivery, said: “There will always be an increased risk as the nights draw in and visibility worsens and the peak time for a collision is during the evening rush hour – between 4pm and 6pm. We’re running this campaign to make sure everyone can be seen on the road and that we all make an extra

Over the last 32 years, the team has been behind a number of major projects in Plymouth and the South West. Ian’s projects have included the new Plymouth Fish Market for Sutton Harbour Company, The Sherwell Centre on North Hill for the University of Plymouth, The Plymouth Foyer in Stonehouse for DCH, the Azure Apartments on the Hoe, Berkeley Square and Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry, Derriford.

ADG director Phil Burgess added: “Ian has been an excellent leader, particularly in helping to keep ADG stable during recessions. The senior management team is now extremely well positioned to take the firm forward to its next phase. With a number of major projects underway, this is a very exciting time for ADG as we build on the successes of the last three decades and continue in our journey.”

Nikki added: “I like to think that we not only offer a safe place for people with learning disabilities to come and spend time with others but also provide a preventative service. Seeing people regularly enables us to see when they are for example becoming unwell or are self- neglecting or getting into debt. By offering help and support at an early stage we can help people before they reach crisis and can refer people to other specialist services. This intervention can minimise the stress and anxiety people face, and provide assurance that staff are always here to listen to them and help them”. If you or someone you know are interested in becoming a member, please call our team on Tel: 01752 776775 and have a look on our website for more information. www. improvinglivesplymouth.org.uk.

Ian Potts (right) with fellow directors Phil Burgess and Marc Nash

Stagecoach announces changes to Route 1 Service in Plymouth Stagecoach has confirmed it will be introducing an alteration to its route 1 service to improve access to Plymouth Railway Station from November 26.

Be safe, be seen this winter The clocks have gone back, the days are getting shorter and darker, wetter and colder conditions are starting to set in – which means pedestrians and cyclists are less visible to motorists.

The Architects Design Group has announced the retirement of Ian Potts, one of its three founders and directors. Ian has confirmed that he will retire from his directorship at the end of 2017.

Three Plymouth School of Architecture graduates, Marc Nash and Phil Burgess joined Ian Potts, to found ADG in 1985.

“We made 21 cakes with people last year and they each had the opportunity to design and decorate them in their own style. People get a real sense of achievement from such an activity and can’t wait to show off their cakes to their families.”

Plymouth City Council is teaming up with Radio Plymouth and SWH Group to remind all road users to ‘Be Safe, Be Seen’ during the autumn and winter months.

Ian Potts retires from the Architects Design Group

effort to look out for each other this winter.”

Be Safe, Be Seen and follow these tips when walking and cycling: • Make sure you’re visible to other road users and pedestrians • Keep away from the kerb • Wear bright or fluorescent clothing in daylight or poor light • Wear reflective clothing at night; it shows up in car headlights. Fluorescent clothing is not as visible after dark • Always use lights when cycling in the dark, in the rain or if the weather is overcast – white lights at the front and red at the rear. • Make sure your lights are working – it is illegal to ride on the road with no lights in the dark.

The alteration is in response to customer suggestions and will see buses from Tavistock serving North Road East instead of North Hill, providing a much closer connection to Plymouth Railway Station. Customers who wish to travel from the station towards Tavistock will also need to board the in-bound service and then remain on the bus as it goes via the city centre and Plymouth University before heading back to Tavistock. The route change will apply to all journeys on the service, effectively doubling the frequency to the station when compared to the original X1 service. It will also provide connections in the evenings and on Sundays for the very first time, create a new link between Mutley Plain and the Station and further enhance the number of buses running directly from Derriford

Hospital to the Station. Robert Williams, commercial director for Stagecoach South West commented: “I’d like to thank all the members of the public who took the time to make constructive suggestions on how to improve our service and better meet their needs. Whilst we can’t accommodate everybody’s request, I hope that this change will improve the service for the majority of people in the area.” Stagecoach has also announced the trial of a Sunday Park & Ride service operating on the five Sundays before Christmas. Buses will run from the George Junction and Milehouse (100/101) sites from just after 9am with the last service leaving the city centre at 5.30pm. There will also be an improved frequency on Saturday journeys on Coypool Park & Ride (200) however this will remain closed on Sundays. New timetables will shortly be available in print and at www.stagecoachbus.com. For journey planning on the move and day and 1 week mobile tickets, download the Stagecoach Bus app free from the App and Play stores.

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£13 million STEM Centre of Excellence officially opened City College Plymouth’s Regional Centre of Excellence for STEM has been officially opened with an exclusive tour and ribbon cutting ceremony.

The £13million state-of-the-art facility, which has been shortlisted for the Best New Building at this year’s Abercrombie Awards, provides a flexible learning environment that simulates ‘real work’ scenarios with industry-standard workshops, science and sport laboratories and media studios. It is equipped with hightech resources to support a broader and more relevant STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) curriculum. Plymouth City Council leader, Ian Bowyer, and Chris Garcia, chief executive of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, joined City College’s Principal and Chief Executive, Phil Davies and Chair of Governors, Nick Holman, for a ribbon cutting ceremony and the unveiling of a plaque marking the building’s official opening. Representatives from those involved in the project, including the Architects Design Group and Kier Construction Ltd, were also in attendance. Phil Davies, principal and chief executive of City College, said: “It is with a sense of real accomplishment that we mark the official opening of the College’s new Regional Centre of Excellence for STEM. This £13million facility is the greatest investment in skills training in Plymouth for many years. “It is the college’s direct response to the skills shortages that have been identified in the region’s economic strategies and planning over the past decade. With a greater emphasis on STEM skills, the college is now perfectly placed to support young people and businesses who need the next generation of students to be equipped with STEM-related skills and knowledge. “I extend my thanks to our funders, the Heart of the

South West Local Enterprise Partnership, Plymouth City Council and the Regional Growth Fund, and to all of our employer partners for making this Regional Centre of Excellence a reality.” Chris Garcia said: “I’m delighted to see the new STEM Centre opening at City College Plymouth. This was one of our first Growth Deal projects to get off the ground in 2015, helped by our funding of £5.43m. “In the early days of the LEP we recognised that our area’s labour market would benefit from a significant injection of skills in the subjects of science, technology, engineering and maths to meet the demands of the growing economy.

“This new centre offers students state-of-the-art facilities to encourage young people to take up STEM subjects and enable those already in work to upskill and take on higher value careers.” Council leader Ian Bowyer unveils the plaque to mark the opening of the STEM Centre

Plymouth to host firework championships until 2029 Plymouth City Council and The Event Services Association (TESA) are set to sign a contract that will see the British Firework Championships remain in Plymouth for a further 12 years.

viewing point for the best firework companies in the country to wow the crowds with their dazzling displays in the skies above Plymouth Sound.

The spectacular two-day event, which celebrated its 21st anniversary in August, has been held on Plymouth Hoe ever since it began in 1997 and attracts more than 100,000 visitors from all over the country and beyond every year, generating around £4 million of income for the local economy.

Councillor Glenn Jordan, Cabinet Member for Culture, said: “Plymouth – Britain’s Ocean City – is the perfect venue for the British Firework Championships. We’ve built a great relationship with TESA and we’re over the moon that they want to hold the event in Plymouth for another 12 years. The event just goes from strength to strength and we’re really looking forward to seeing it grow even further in the build-up to Mayflower 2020 and beyond.”

It is one of the main highlights of the city’s events calendar, with Plymouth Hoe providing a fantastic

The new contract will give the council greater control over the commercial aspects and provide wider scope to

grow the event. Potential opportunities include additional days, more family-friendly entertainment and bigger stage shows alongside text voting. TESA director Jim Winship said: “Plymouth provides a brilliant amphitheatre for the championships and we are delighted that our partnership with the city is to continue for another 12 years. “Over the past 21 years the event has grown in popularity and we look forward to continuing to work closely with the Council to further develop the event and provide an annual pyrotechnic spectacle over Plymouth Sound.” The next British Firework Championships will take place on Wednesday August 8 and 9 2018.

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