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February 2020

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Green light for Civic Developers Urban Splash have been given planning approval to convert Plymouth’s Civic Centre into flats, offices, retail and leisure space

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Plymouth MP Luke Pollard appointed as Shadow Environment Secretary Plymouth MP Luke Pollard has been promoted to Shadow Environment Secretary.

Appeal for orphaned puppies

Gables Dogs & Cats Home recently took in a very heavily pregnant five year old labrador cross after she was neglected and given up by her owner.

She was named Sundae and it was clear she would give birth imminently so deputy manager Ruth Rickard took her home to keep a close eye on her.

However with no sign of the puppies after 72 hours, Sundae was taken to Gables vets Filham Park for a check-up and scan. During the scan it was found that the puppies’ heart beats had slowed down, so it was agreed that an emergency Caesarean was needed to save both the mum and puppies.

The vets discovered she was carrying an incredible 12 puppies. Sadly three of the puppies were still born and during the operation there were complications as a large blood clot was discovered.

The rest of the puppies were fighting for their lives but not doing very well. During the recovery from this operation Sundae suddenly went downhill. She desperately needed a blood transfusion so the vet took blood from his own dog and Gables raced to the vets with a greyhound called Gary so he could donate blood.

Sadly despite everyone’s best efforts two more puppies and then Sundae tragically lost their fight for life. It was a heart-breaking and devastating end for all involved.

The seven remaining puppies were now orphans and needed one to one 24 hour care. Ruth took the puppies home and started the difficult and tiring process of hand rearing them. Sadly two puppies were not strong enough and within the first few hours they passed away.

The five remaining puppies have fought to stay alive every day so far and seem to be doing well, but they are not out of the woods yet.

Ruth said: “We were absolutely devastated to lose Sundae along with so many of her puppies as we were sure she would prove to be a wonderful mother. Sadly that task has now fallen to me.

“Thankfully the puppies are doing well so far, but I have a secret favourite in the little runt of the litter. She is such a real fighter and if she is as strong as I think she is, I am going to name her after her mother.”

This story highlights the dangers of breeding pets intentionally or unintentionally as things can go wrong so quickly due to complications.

It is thought that it will cost Gables around £1,200 for the caesarean and emergency care Sundae and the pups received, the specialist milk the puppies now need, the antibiotics to fight infections and their continued 24 hour care.

Gables are appealing for local people to make a contribution to their campaign for the puppies at www.virginmoneygiving.com/ fund/5orphanedpuppies to donate online. If Gables is lucky enough to raise more money than is needed it will go towards helping the other animals in their care.

As part of the post-election reshuffle Luke has replaced Sue Hayman who lost her seat in the General Election.

Luke said: “The climate crisis affecting our planet cannot be ignored. As Shadow Environment Secretary, I’ll be calling for the action that is required to cut carbon, protect habitats and wildlife and ensure we maintain the high environmental and animal welfare standards as the UK leaves the EU. “I was proud to be one of the first MPs to call for Parliament to declare a climate emergency. The declaration of a climate emergency means we all need to look again at the way our country is run and take different decisions to cut carbon - I have and Government needs to as well.

“With wildfires raging in Australia, global temperature records being broken, species being lost, more people suffering from poor air quality and our imminent exit from the EU, there is no more important role in Parliament for the South West than this.

“I want to pay tribute to Sue Hayman, David Drew, Sandy Martin and Jenny Chapman who all made huge contributions to the Shadow Environment Team and sadly all lost their seats in the General Election.

“As a Plymouth MP, I am proud that I’ll have a larger platform to raise the issues that matter most to people in Plymouth. I will do all I can to ensure

that the views of Plymouth and the South West are being heard in Westminster from my new position in the Shadow Cabinet. Of course, it will be up to a new leader of the Labour Party to decide what will happen after March, but it is important that the Environment Bill, the Agriculture Bill and the Fisheries Bill are properly scrutinised and amended, to reflect the urgency of action required to address the climate emergency and get us ready

for the rocky road ahead as we leave the European Union.”

Parliament is expected to start scrutiny of the Environment Bill, the Fisheries Bill and Agriculture Bill in the next few weeks.

Combined with changes being proposed to animal welfare legislation and regulation Defra could have more legislative business than any other Whitehall department.

Dartmoor Zoo’s ‘otterly inseparable’ pair welcome four new pups…and now local businesses have the chance to name them Dartmoor Zoo has welcomed four healthy otter pups to its community.

The zoo is now calling on local businesses to come forward and sponsor a pup to help name the babies and contribute towards the new enclosure which will accommodate the otter family.

Parents Jasmin and Matty, Dartmoor Zoo’s resident Asian small-clawed otters, welcomed the four baby otters in October 2019 and have since been spending precious time bonding as a new family.

The vets confirmed that all four otters, three male and one female, are all happy and at a healthy weight. New mum Jasmin was born at Tamar Otter Sanctuary and arrived at Dartmoor Zoo in June 2017. She was joined by Matty from Newquay zoo in early 2019.

As a monogamous pair, their relationship has flourished over the past six months and they are now widely recognised as the cutest couple at the zoo. Before parenthood, they spent most of their time playing with the pebbles they loved. In fact, they both have a favourite pebble that they will keep for the rest of their lives.

Asian small-clawed otters are found in Southern India, Southern China, Southeast Asia, Indonesia and the Philippines in the wild. Mostly found in rivers, small streams, marshes, mangroves, rice paddies and coastlines, many otters suffer the consequences of pollution causing a decline in fish species, which is their key source of food.

In the last 30 years, pollution has caused this particular breed of otters to decline by 30%, with them now being considered vulnerable on the ICUCN red list.

Coral Jonas, deputy CEO, commented: “We are delighted to announce the arrival of four healthy baby otters to our community. It’s been wonderful watching Jasmin and Matty grow as parents and settle in at Dartmoor Zoo as a family of six.

One of the new pups

“The pair have become inseparable over the last six months, so it was no surprise when they started building a love nest and not coming out for their feeding time, even though we know they love eating and seeing members of the public! The weeks went by and as Jasmine got plumper, the keepers kept a close eye on the new couple, anticipating the pups’ arrival. It wasn’t too long before we started to hear tiny squeaks coming from the otter house. We couldn’t be happier!

“Here at Dartmoor Zoo our priority is to educate and inspire the general public about wildlife conservation and improve captive animal management by providing a safe environment for animals under threat in the wild. This is particularly prominent in this case as we’ve successfully bred four Asian small-clawed otters despite their vulnerability in the wild.”

Local businesses can sponsor one of Dartmoor

Zoo’s baby otters, which will include picking their name. Sponsoring an otter provides worthy funds to build the otter family a brand-new home by their pond and making sure their enclosure is suitable for the four new arrivals and parents, Jasmin and Matty.

If you would like to sponsor an otter, please contact Julie Cater: Julie.cater@dartmoorzoo. co.uk, 01752837645. Two businesses have already come forward to sponsor an otter each. Both Thomas Westcott Chartered Accountants and Otter Brewery have come forward to donate and support the young Dartmoor Zoo otter Family. The Otter Brewery have named their baby otter Tarka, after their legendary premium lager. Thomas Westcott Chartered Accountants will also be naming an otter in the upcoming weeks.

To find out more about Dartmoor Zoo visit www.dartmoorzoo.org.uk.

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Civic Centre will be transformed into flats, retail and leisure space

Residents must sign up for garden waste collections this year

Developer Urban Splash has won approval to revamp Plymouth’s Civic Centre – more than four years after it bought the Grade II-listed post-war landmark.

Residents in Plymouth are being asked to sign up for garden waste collections in 2020.

The proposal, by Gillespie Yunnie Architects, will see the 14-storey former council headquarters converted into 144 one and two-bedroom flats with the ground floors of the lower blocks providing about 4,600 square metres of office, retail and leisure space.

Unanimously approved by Plymouth City Council planners, the scheme will open up the ground floor, making it ‘an active public space filled with outside seating for cafés, bars and restaurants’ and reuse the existing landscaped pools, while creating new pedestrian connections through the scheme from the Theatre Royal and Civic Square.

Gillespie Yunnie Architects previously worked with Urban Splash on its transformation of the city’s Royal William Yard, which won the 2014 AJ Small Projects Sustainability Prize.

The Devon-based practice landed the Civic Centre job in 2015 shortly after the developer signed a deal with Plymouth City Council to buy the empty 1961 block for just £1. Designed

by Hector JW Stirling, the 15-storey post-war building was handed a Grade II listing in 2007, effectively saving it from demolition by the local authority, which had earmarked the site for redevelopment. At the time, the listing caused controversy, with the council claiming it would threaten its ambitious city-centre masterplan.

The council said it would cost about £30 million for it to restore the building and had therefore decided to move out and sell the property.

The former Civic Centre sits at the southern end of the area which formed the focus of Patrick Abercrombie’s famous Plan for Plymouth, an ambitious plan to rebuild the centre after the devastating Second World War bombing of the city.

Gillespie Yunnie’s proposals for the landmark went out to consultation in June

As announced in October, the service is changing to ensure that it is more efficient and the Council is now encouraging residents to register to continue to receive the service.

Collections will still be free and fortnightly, running from April to October. All the usual trimmings, clippings, twigs and branches up to 7cm wide that are currently collected will still be picked up. Any big branches, rubble or soil will still have to be taken to one of the household recycling centres.

Online registration is quick and easy using a computer, tablet or smart phone. Free computers are available for anyone to use in libraries across the city.

In order for collections to start in April, residents are urged to ensure they’ve registered by the end of February.

Garden waste can also be taken to the Household Waste Recycling Centres or compost at home. The council has teamed up with GetComposting.com to provide Plymouth residents with reduced cost compost bins.

Councillor Sue Dann, Cabinet Member for Environment and Street Scene, said: “This new system will help to make garden waste collection much more efficient and will deliver a much better service for residents.

“We know from the data we have that only half of residents used the service last year so when people register for their collection, we’ll be able to plan our rounds to send crews to the right parts of the city.

“This will help to reduce fuel emissions saving time, money and crucially, will reduce our carbon footprint.”

Register now at www.plymouth.gov.uk/ gardenwaste 2018 and were submitted early last year.

The Twentieth Century Society had objected to the proposed new façades, warning that the proposed floor-to-ceiling windows, smaller granite panels and bronzecoloured frames would cause ’substantial

harm to the building’s architectural and historic significance’. However, Historic England had supported the application, saying any harm to the block was outweighed by the benefits of bringing it back into use and conserving it.

Plymouth student’s role in remake of Worzel Gummidge A Plymouth College of Art student was given a unique opportunity to work with an award-winning production designer on BBC’s recent Worzel Gummidge remake.

Third-year BA (Hons) Film & Screen Arts student Ellie Stoten seized the opportunity to work Ed Turner last year as a production assistant on Worzel Gummidge.

Ed Turner is known for his work on BBC’s Merlin and Poldark and most recently worked on Years and Years, a Russell T Davies six-part series commissioned for BBC One and HBO. Ed visited Plymouth College of Art in 2019 to host a talk on

a day in the life of a production designer and art director, as well as presenting a professional

workshop for the BA (Hons) Film & Screen Arts students on how to get into the industry.

It was this talk that encouraged Ellie to approach Ed about an industry placement.

After exchanging email addresses, Ellie was invited to work on Worzel Gummidge.

Written, directed by and starring Mackenzie Crook as Worzel Gummidge, other cast members included Sir Michael Palin and Zoe Wanamaker. The show was aired at Christmas.

Ellie said: “Working on Worzel Gummidge was amazing. I gained

first-hand experience on how an art team works on a mainstream production and learnt a lot of practical skills to do with propmaking that I will be able to take into my third year, adding to my own film projects.

“It was also the first time I’d ever been on a real set, which was extremely exciting. Being in that professional environment made everything feel more tangible, as I was seeing the process happen with my own eyes.

“Without Plymouth College of Art, I would never have known I had a love for production design.

I’m really lucky to have mentors who have pushed me and aided me in my journey.

“I have created sets that I would never have thought possible, and of which I’m really proud. I’ve been able to explore so many different mediums and formats, finding what I’m most passionate about.

“I’ve always felt very supported, with full backing from the lecturers, which is encouraging and motivating. So far, it’s been a very fulfilling and enjoyable experience.”

Lions’ Ladies quiz night boost for special school

Plymouth Lions’ Ladies held a successful Quiz Evening at the Royal British Legion Club in Crownhill to raise funds for a specialist piece of equipment for Woodlands Special School.

The Scoot (pictured below) enables children with physical disabilities to move around freely and join in play with other children outside.

A total of 19 teams took part and the incredible sum of £710 was raised. This will enable Woodlands to purchase one Scoot and will provide a good start towards the funding of a second Scoot, which would be ideal so children can interact with each other while out to play.

The quizmaster for the event was Phil Bees, who put together a very challenging and enjoyable programme of quiz categories in addition to a music round, dingbats and a picture round. Phil gave his time freely as the quiz was for charity, and he enjoys doing it.

Many thanks to him.

The evening was organised and run

by Kathy Turvey and Pam Greenwood, who are grateful for all the help and support they received.

They will be happy to hold another similar event in the future.

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Out and About Your guide to events in the local community and beyond

Plymouth Railway Circle Various dates All meetings take place at St Edward’s Church Hall, Home Park Avenue, Peverell starting at 7.30pm.

Admission charge £1 (members), £2 (visitors). Visitors are very welcome.

Feb 3: Richard Jones: 50 years with Heritage Railways.

Richard reflects on the railways with which he has served through a photographic and narrated journey.

His presentations reflect his vast experience in professional service to some of the smaller and larger heritage railways. Digital presentation.

Exhibition by Paul Winter Jan 14 to Jan 28 Devonport Guildhall. Inspiring sci-fi and fantasy art exhibition by stroke survivor Paul Winter. The exhibition will remain open 9am-3pm Monday to Friday and 9am-1pm Saturdays until January 28.

Burns Night Dinner Jan 25 In aid of the Lord Mayor’s charities at the Plympton Conservative Club. Two course dinner followed by tea, coffee and port at £25 per head. Raffle and auction.

For tickets and info contact Organiser Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Terri Beer at terri.beer@plymouth.co.uk or by phone on 07919284531 or 01752 343402.

Mum2Mum Market Jan 25 Baby and children’s nearly new sale at Harewood House, Plympton from 10am to 12 noon. Buy top quality preloved baby and children’s toys, clothes, books and equipment for a fraction of the high street price. Admission £2, children free.

Carlton Big Band Jan 26, Feb 23, Mar 29 Duke of Cornwall Hotel, 12.30pm to 2.30pm. Advance tickets available from The Duke of Cornwall or on the door.

Murder Mystery Night Jan 31 Boringdon Hall Hotel. Releasing your inner super sleuth, you will piece together the clues, interrogate potential suspects and solve the crimes. Begins at 7pm, leading into a succulent three-course à la carte dinner with coffee. £57 per person.

Twilight Tales Jan 31 Soapbox Children’s Theatre, Devonport Park. A fun evening for children who love stories up to the age of 10. Enjoy a before bedtime snack of toast and warm milk and snuggle up to a story telling performance from our house story-teller. Why not wear your pyjamas so you are all ready for bed when you get home? This is a parent and child session and each story has a different theme. Tickets from www.stiltskin. org.uk Mark Thomas Feb 1 Comedian Mark Thomas brings his 50 Things About Us show to the Red House Theatre, Plymouth. Doors/ Bar 7pm, show 8pm. Details and tickets at www. comicalentertainment.com City College Plymouth Open Day Feb 1 Kings Road, Plymouth from 10am to 1pm. There’s a lot to think about when deciding what career path to take. Whether you’re thinking about starting an apprenticeship, want to find out more about career specific routes, or fancy returning to work, the Open Day is a great chance to receive free, impartial advice and guidance about your options and the different levels of funding and other support available. Tour the facilities, chat to staff and find out what local employers are looking for in future employees.

Fiction Reading: Painter to the King Feb 4 Levinsky Gallery, University of Plymouth 7pm to 8.30pm. Amy Sackville is a British award-winning fiction writer and teacher of creative writing at the University of Kent. Her most recent book Painter to the King, was published in 2018. The story of painter

Not to be missed

Polar Bear Explorer Until March 1 Set off on an exciting journey across Plymouth’s waterfront this winter, in search of the 20 polar bear cubs hidden in businesses from the Barbican to Royal William Yard. Download your trail map from the Visit Plymouth website or pick it up from a participating business. Learn lots about climate change along the way and by finding the cubs, you’ll be in with a chance of winning some brilliant prizes!

Gins & Fins Feb 29 National Marine Aquarium. Dozens of local and regional gins to be sampled, food, live music and singers, specialist talks, goody bag including gin glass, eco companies selling their products - even mermaids in the aquarium tanks! Cost £20 including £5 donation to Ocean Conservation Trust. Tickets include admission to the National Marine Aquarium which means the attraction can be enjoyed by adults without having the children around.

Tickets can be purchased from www.eventbrite. co.uk/e/73854965189 Jon Culshaw Mar 14 Comedian, impressionist and star of BBC Radio 4’s Dead Ringer’s, Jon Culshaw, accompanied by legendary comedy producer and author Bill Dare, bring their acclaimed show, The Great British Take Off to the Red House, Theatre, Millbay. An evening of unscripted, spontaneous comedy and conversation as politicians, sports personalities and celebrities are all up for a roasting. Jon reveals the secrets of mimicry, and together with Bill he also reveals some of the mishaps and mayhem of life behind the scenes in television and on the celebrity circuit.

Doors open 7pm, show at 8pm. Details and tickets from www.comicalentertainment.com Diego Velázquez, from his arrival at the court of King Philip IV of Spain, to his death 38 years and scores of paintings later. Amy will be reading from this widely acclaimed novel and will discuss its themes. For tickets and information call 01752 585050.

Plymouth Flower Club Feb 7 Trinity Church Hall, Torr Lane, Hartley, Plymouth starting at 1.45pm. Sue Griffiths, will be giving a demonstration entitled Do Roses Grow On You? Guests are welcome at a charge of £7 per person. Further details from Sue on 01752 265242.

Plympton Fuchsia and Geranium Group Feb 11 Meetings take place in the Main Hall at Harewood House in Plympton at 7.30pm and generally lasting for a couple of hours. Guests are always made most welcome and reasonably priced refreshments are available half way through the meeting. There is also a raffle.

Dino-Saw Feb 12 to 14 Soapbox Children’s Theatre, Devonport Park. Join baby Dino on an adventure: an immersive theatre show for babies, toddlers and woddlers from Stiltskin Theatre Company at the award winning children’s theatre, The Soapbox. Suitable for six months+ and their big people! 11.30am and 1.30pm. Bookings and details at www.stiltskin.org.uk Soup and Sweet Lunch Feb 15 Organised by the Friends of Ford Park Cemetery from 12 noon to 2.30pm. Tickets from the Cemetery Office (weekdays only) on Plymouth 665442.

Elephants Feb 19 to 22 A sharp black comedy with a tender heart presented by the Samaritans Theatre Company at the Red House

Plymouth Bike Night Mar 19 The first bike night of 2020 on Plymouth Hoe, starting at 5.45pm. All proceeds to local charities.

Men’s Day Out Mar 28 Plymouth’s biggest and best Men’s Day Out is back for 2020! Join hundreds of men on the move, supporting St Luke’s and helping us to be there for more families who need us at the toughest of times. Starting and finishing at Plymouth Albion RFC, the walk kicks off at 10am and follows a planned route taking in some of Plymouth’s most famous Theatre, Plymouth School of Creative Arts in Millbay.

Evenings 7.30pm, tickets £11, concessions £10, students £6; Saturday matinee 2.30pm tickets £9. Call the Box Office on 01752 291309. Not suitable for children under 14.

Plymouth Broadway Organ & Keyboard Club Feb 19 Guest player is Steve Hubble from Dorset – so come and listen to some good live music.

Broadway Community Centre, Plymstock 7.15pm.

Admission £5 including tea/coffee. Free parking. All welcome. For details call 01752 706712.

Annual Art Exhibition Feb 20 to 22 Trinity United Reformed Church’s 31st annual exhibition. Artists welcome to submit work. Open from 10am to 5.30pm on Thursday and Friday and 10am to 3pm Saturday. Entrance 50p per person with refreshments available throughout the day.

Hot lunches will be available from 12 noon to 2pm.

All artists are welcome. Exhibit form and details at www. trinityurcplymouth.org.uk. Details from Jill 01752 249337 or Bernie 01752 297482.

Plymouth Area Police Choir Feb 21 St Bartholomew’s Church, Yealmpton at 7.30pm. In conjunction with “Girl’s Night Out Choir.” In aid of 1st Brixton and Yealmpton Scouts. For details contact Bob Sheldrake 01752 406995.

Wind in The Willows Mar 11 to 14 Presented by the award Winning Sounds Musical Theatre Company at Devonport Playhouse. A riotous new musical comedy, a timeless story of woodland adventure, hi- jinks, villainy and true friendship.

Appealing to all ages with its catchy tunes, charming characterisation of the infamous Mr Toad and friends in their encounters with the devious Wild Wooders.

Book online www.ticketsource.co.uk/sounds or call 07395159955.

sights, including the Barbican and Plymouth Hoe waterfront. Walkers then return to Albion’s ground in time to see their not-to-be-missed clash with their Richmond rivals. Registration is still £32, which covers the logistical costs including t-shirt, pasty, pint and entry to the rugby match - it’s the additional money raised through sponsorship that makes the real difference to patient care in the community. Places at this popular event are always in big demand, so beat the scrum and register as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. For details or to register visit www.stlukes-hospice.org. uk/mensdayout/ CIVIC Feb 20 to 22 Presented by Barbican Theatre’s FUSE Diverse Dance at the Melville Building, Royal William Yard. A riotous stomp through the stories of Plymouth, its people and the Civic Centre. Showcasing a mix of dance, new writing, old film footage and stories from people like you. Tickets from www.barbicantheatre.co.uk Simon Evans Mar 5 Simon, one of the stars of Live at the Apollo and Mock the Week brings his new show to the Red House Theatre, Millbay. Doors open 7pm, show at 8pm. Details and tickets from www.comicalentertainment.com Women’s World Day of Prayer Mar 6 Mount Gould Methodist Church, doors open 10am, service starts at 10.30am and finishes 12 noon. ( The bus service 23 and 24 from the City Centre stop very close to the church entrance ). The service this year is set by the women of Zimbabwe with the message “Rise!Take up your mat and walk.“ Living Sustainably in a Modern World Mar 14 Emmanuel Church, Mannamead 11am to 5pm. A day of talks, workshops and stalls to discuss and debate how we can live sustainably in a modern world. Tickets from www.eventbrite.co.uk Table Top and Crafts sale Mar 14 Kings Tamerton Community Centre 10am until 2pm.

Refreshments available, £5 per table. To book a table ring 01752 298178 or 07955 962213.

Samaritans Annual Literary Event Mar 19 Kitley House Hotel from 9am to 6pm. .Motivational literary event at which five different speakers and authors talk about their books and their journey

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Get on board the Mayflower 400 commemoration!

Mayflower 400 is a year-long national and international commemorative programme marking the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s historic voyage from Plymouth to America.

The 12 month programme in Plymouth includes

wide ranging events from largescale public art installations, cultural exhibitions and live shows to community dance performances, theatre, creative works and sports.

Many events will be free and there’s something for everyone. Signature events and highlights in 2020 include: Mayflower 400 Community Sparks Throughout 2020 Community workshops, events, music, theatre, dance and storytelling throughout the year.

Mayflower 400 Get Active Programme January – December In association with Argyle Community Trust, the programme offers people the chance to try a new sport or activity throughout the Mayflower 400 year to help them stay active with a different focus each month including fitness classes, football, netball, rugby, hockey and more.

Plymouth Trails February With 2020 marking the 400th year since the sailing of the Mayflower, the Mayflower Trail guides visitors around Plymouth’s historic Barbican and gives a glimpse of Plymouth in 1620, stopping at historic properties and streets.

The trails will launch in February 2020, with events bringing the route to life through the year.

For the full experience, download the interactive Plymouth Trails app and choose from the three core self-guided trails – Mayflower, Hoe or City Centre, with more to come from our trail partners.

The Plymouth Trails app will be available to download for free on both Apple and Android devices via mayflower400uk.org/app Some Call It Home March 24-25 Created by Music Director Robert Taub, Some Call It Home is a moving orchestral and visual experience. An ensemble comprised of musicians from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra will play this new piece of work by two internationally recognised composers: Jonathan Dawe and Jane O’Leary (a direct descendant of a Mayflower passenger) Mayflower Sports Week March 21-29 In association with Plymouth Argyle, Plymouth Albion and Plymouth Raiders, celebrate all that is professional sport in Plymouth. Home fixtures will feature community activity and themed workshops.

Plymouth Philharmonic Choir April 5 Plymouth Philharmonic Choir’s 50th season begins with a performance of Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony at Plymouth Guildhall.

The work evokes the great power of the oceans and the choir will be joined by soprano Catherine Hamilton and baritone Julian Rippon. Parry’s Blest Pair of Sirens and Elgar’s Sea Pictures complete the programme.

Special Olympics Mayflower 400 Games April 3-5 Hosted by Special Olympics Plymouth & District (SOPD) at Plymouth Life Centre. Athletes from other Special Olympic groups including America, the Netherlands and the rest of Great Britain, will take part in a range of sports.

Mayflower Ocean Festival Week May 4-10 A week of ocean activity. Watch the start of the OSTAR and TWOSTAR yacht races or enjoy family fun at Pirates Weekend Plymouth, the shanty festival and at a range of other exciting events.

Marking the end of the week, Pirates Weekend Plymouth returns for 2020. This award winning family friendly event will see an array of Pirate themed activities across the historic Barbican and Sutton Harbour, including tall ships, pirate activities and fun for all the family.

Opening of The Box May 16 Plymouth’s flagship cultural visitor attraction, whose opening programme includes the national commemorative exhibition, ‘Mayflower 400: Legend & Legacy’.

University of Plymouth Choral Society May 23 The first of four classical concerts led by Plymouth Music Accord, the University of Plymouth Choral Society will perform The Mayflower Pilgrims – a cantata about the Atlantic crossing by Clive Jenkins. It will take place at St Andrew’s Minster.

Plymouth and District Organists’ Association June 3 The second in a series of classical concerts for Mayflower 400 will take place at St Andrew’s Minster with an organ recital by Richard Line, plus premières of works by Plymouth composer Clive Jenkins and Harvard University organist Carson Cooman.

Plymouth Symphony Orchestra June 17 The third in a series of classical concerts for Mayflower 400 in Plymouth presents an allAmerican programme featuring pianist Joanna MacGregor in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue by Plymouth Symphony Orchestra in the historic surrounds of the Plymouth Guildhall.

This Land June 16-20 Theatre Royal Plymouth’s first ever transatlantic community production. Directed by Alan Lane, This

Land is performed by a 150 strong community cast – 120 citizens from Plymouth and 30 members of the Wampanoag Tribe from Massachusetts, USA. Elizabethan House July The Elizabethan House on New Street is undergoing a major restoration. Built just before 1600, it is the best example of an Elizabethan merchant’s house in Plymouth, and is one of few buildings from the time of the Mayflower still standing today.

With the restoration work due to complete in the summer, there will be opportunities to visit the House and learn about the architecture, archaeology and restoration. These exclusive, limited tours will commence in July 2020. Keep an eye on The Box social media channels to keep up to date with the restoration and how to book on to the tours when the work is complete.

Plymouth Philharmonic Choir July 5 The highlight of Plymouth Philharmonic Choir’s 50th anniversary year, where they present the world premiere of Plymouth-born composer Paul Foster’s The Lodestone of Love, a largescale oratorio for choir, soloists and orchestra at Plymouth Guildhall.

Settlement July 6 – August 2 Settlement is a Native American led performative encampment in which over 27 acclaimed indigenous artists from across North America will activate Pounds House and surrounding grounds in Plymouth’s Central Park. With practices ranging from performance, social engagement, installation, film, poetry, dance and immersive theatre, the wide range of contemporary Native American artists that will share their work for Settlement is unprecedented.

Daily programming will present a series of workshops, performances, installations and talks.

‘Roots Up!’ by Street Factory July 25 People across Plymouth will take part in a free, mass street dance reaching from the Barbican and the Hoe led by award-winning community dance company Street Factory in a bold and contemporary interpretation of the Mayflower story.

The 400 August This light-hearted and irreverent piece of theatre performed by renowned comedy/clowning

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theatre company Le Navet Bête at The Plymouth Athenaeum, looks at Britain’s special relationship with the USA – from 1620 through to today, following the hilarious attempts of four people trying to flee their past lives.

Flower and Quilt Festival, Plymouth September 9-16 A stunning array of flowers and quilts will be displaying in the beautiful surrounds of St Andrew’s Minster in a festival exploring the Mayflower’s voyage.

The exhibition will consider the themes of freedom, faith and personal liberty that informed the original journey and will recognise the impact on Native American communities, addressing themes of colonialism and migration both in 1620 and today.

Wampum: Stories and Shells from Native America September 1 – October 31 The ‘Stories and Shells’ exhibition is a nationally touring exhibition that will acknowledge the cultural connection to the Wampanoag people who met the Mayflower and ensured the survival of the English settlers. It will include the commissioning of a new wampum belt, made exclusively by the Wampanoag people of the Mashpee and Aquinnah nations.

Mayflower Week September 14 - 20 – including public commemoration event September 16 Marking the anniversary of the date the Mayflower sailed on 16 September, Mayflower Week will bring a programme of spectacular events to the city’s waterfront: Mayflower Ceremony September 16 This four-nation civic ceremony will see a 1,000 person choir perform a brand new piece of bespoke music which tells the story of the Mayflower in an entirely new way, along with representatives from the UK, US, Netherlands and Wampanoag.

Royal Marines Rehabilitation Triathlon September 17 Traditionally held in Lympstone but transferred to Plymouth for this extra special year, injured serving and former tri-service men and women will compete with a swim at Tinside, cycle ride and static row on Plymouth Hoe promenade.

Mayflower Muster September 19-20 An exciting two-day festival celebrating the city’s military heritage in partnership with the UK, US and Dutch Armed Forces, including live displays, interactive demonstrations and a host of fun activities for families.

Illuminate November 29-29 The closing event of the Mayflower programme and an even bigger festival of light, including a nationally commissioned piece of art connecting the national Mayflower partnership

For further information on the Mayflower 400 commemorative programme in Plymouth and a full list of events go to mayflower400uk. org/plymouth More Mayflower 400 news on page 17 Latest news from The Box on pages 12 to 14

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VOLUNTEERS Local charity Hearts Together is looking for willing volunteers with a little time to spare to help out at Derriford Hospital. If you can assist with general gardening, bed making and transport then we’d love to hear from you. The time you give to us can be totally flexible and we will cover your out of pocket expenses. Contact 01752 315900 or e-mail rachel@ heartstogether.org.uk. For more information go to www.heartstogether.org.uk ROYAL VOLUNTARY LIBRARY SERVICE Derriford Hospital needs help for the book trolley ward rounds weekdays between 10 am - 12 noon. If you are interested in the service and can spare the time, please contact Pat Hamilton on Thursdays 9.30 am - 3.30 pm on 01752 430880 for further information.

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Fine dining for a fine cause Popular Plymouth brasserie, Barbican Kitchen, is gearing up for its annual Dine & Donate event series for 2020, in support of local charity, Elder Tree Befriending.

From now until February 29, diners at the restaurant will be able to choose from a high-quality set menu, crafted by owners and celebrity chefs Chris and James Tanner, whilst also donating much needed funds to one of the South West’s most worthy causes.

Dine & Donate is now entering its fifth year at Barbican Kitchen, with over £5,000 raised for charity since the event first began in 2016. This year’s Dine and Donate gives diners a choice of one, two and three course set menu options, for both lunch and dinner.

Donation envelopes with be provided to diners at the end of their meals for contributions to the charity.

Supporting over 1,400 people over the age of 50 across Plymouth, Elder Tree Befriending provides a valuable friendship service for vulnerable and socially isolated members of the Plymouth community. Delivering over 86 innovative health and social

engagement activities, the charity provides its beneficiaries with the opportunity to form new and lasting friendships. The charity also works to help the elderly continue to live independently in their own homes, as well as supporting over 135 people who suffer from MCI and dementia related illnesses.

Chris Tanner, owner and chef at Barbican Kitchen, said: “Dine & Donate has been a great success over the past couple of years, with our diners helping us to raise over £5,000 since it began. This year we are immensely proud to support our chosen charity, Elder Tree Befriending. As an organisation that provides a network of social activities and support to those that may find themselves alone and isolated, especially at this time of year, it’s an incredibly worthy cause. We hope our diners will help us to raise even more money this year; lets make it the best Dine & Donate yet.”

Robbie Nairn, chief executive of Elder Tree Befriending, said: “This new partnership between Barbican

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Kitchen and Elder Tree Befriending is brilliant news for our beneficiaries and volunteers and we are absolutely delighted to be supported by Chris, James and the team. It has the real potential to significantly enhance our activities in support of local communities across the city and will make a real difference to some of the more socially isolated and vulnerable older people in Plymouth.”

Barbican Kitchen will also be holding a special lunch exclusively for the beneficiaries of Elder Tree Befriending. Bringing together the variety of social groups that are spread across Plymouth, the dining experience is a chance for the charity’s community to come

together and enjoy some good food, and equally good company.

Dine and Donate will run until February 29, excluding Friday February 14 Valentine’s Day. Prices and opening times are as follows: Lunch: Monday – Friday: 12 noon – 2pm and Saturday: 12 noon – 2.30pm Dinner: Monday – Friday: 6pm – 7.30pm and Saturday: 5pm – 7pm : 1 Course: £12.95, 2 Course: £15.95, 3 Course: £18.95 To reserve a table and help support Elder Tree Befriending, visit www.barbicankitchen.com or call 01752 604448.

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Plymouth residents are being asked: What do you think about where you live?

Over 8,000 questionnaires are dropping on doormats across the city as part of a randomly selected sample of Plymouth residents.

The short questionnaire is designed to find out about what people think of Plymouth, how they feel about their local area and how they feel about their life now.

The survey, which is a jointly-funded venture between Plymouth City Council and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, will give the organisations a citywide perspective, looking at views of residents across all wards and different areas of the city and between different groups of people.

This follows on from the 2018 City Survey, which was used to help make more informed decisions and better understand how people feel about Plymouth.

Councillor Leader Tudor Evans said: “I’d urge anyone who gets one of these surveys to fill it in as it will give us a snapshot of what our residents think about their city, their community as well

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“Both the council and the hospital have an important role in improving the lives of Plymouth residents and the information we gather is being used to build a better picture of how people feel about the city and where we need to consider better targeting resources.”

The aim is to repeat the survey in future years to track the city’s progress towards the vision to become one of Europe’s most vibrant waterfront cities where an outstanding quality of life is enjoyed by everyone and whether the city is working together to achieve this.

Areas covered by the survey include: Your city – perception of Plymouth and levels of volunteering across the city Your local area – feelings of belonging, feelings of safety and community involvement.

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Climate change, nature and the environment to be discussed

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Discussion will be facilitated by author Simon Lamb, who is happy to share his e-book version free of charge to students on request by e-mailing him at junglenomics@aol.com.

Simon said: “If the mass of scientific evidence is to be believed, it is no exaggeration to say that we are approaching last chance saloon; that unless the world gets its act together pretty soon it faces an era of despair and decline. But I will argue that with nature’s guidance it is not too late to turn it instead into one of hope and rejuvenation.”

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Busy year ahead for Plymouth Morris dancers

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Plymouth Morris have a busy year ahead of them as they celebrate their 50th anniversary and take part in the Mayflower 400 programme.

To mark the anniversary Plymouth Morris will be performing at a number of events in May including a 5am dance at sunrise on May 1 on The Hoe and an all-day dance on May 16 with Plymouth Reunion Morris.

Other highlights include a Mayflower 400 Morris Marine Muster between September 4 and 6 as well as hosting of the Fools and Animals Unconvention between October 23 and 25 when groups from all over the country will be taking part.

The group will be holding a 50th annual ceilidh at The Woolwell Centre at 7pm on February 29, accompanied by the Dartmoor Pixie Band. They will also take part in the Pudsey Day of Dance in Tavistock in November, when around 200 dancers will be involved.

The group have been recruiting new male and female dancers and hold regular practice sessions on Wednesdays at 7.30pm at Plymouth School of Creative Arts in Millbay.

For more information visit the website at www.plymouthmorrismen.org.uk

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These new walking routes were made possible thanks to funding support from the South Devon Coastal Local Action Group.

The funding programme was managed and administered by The Diverse Regeneration Company (DR) based in Okehampton, which, since the company formed back in 2005, has been responsible for ensuring that over £15m of public funding has been invested in a wide variety of high-quality business and community projects across the region.

Liz Abell, a director of The Diverse Regeneration Company, said: “It is always with great pleasure and a huge amount of pride that we are in a position to ensure funding is used on such diverse and important long-term projects as these. Our coastal areas are vital in terms of tourism and the enhancement of economic opportunities to the region as a whole.”

The walks, which were created by the South West Coast Path Association (SWCPA) and the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Unit, will better connect inland towns and villages to the National Trail, as well as benefitting all the businesses that rely on the hugely popular South West Coast Path as a key tourist attraction.

Julian Gray, director of the South West Coast Path Association said, “There is a real resurgence in the love of walking right now, and people are growing more and more passionate about protecting the special places we are so fortunate to have access to.

We are delighted to be able to provide this improved access in South Devon and hope that people living in the area, and those visiting will be able to reap the benefits, physically and mentally, that come with walking.”

Roger English, South Devon AONB unit manager commented: “We are thrilled to have been part of this project, which expands the opportunities for people to enjoy the special landscape of the AONB. We are celebrating our Diamond anniversary of designation in 2020 and this special landscape is our ‘Natural Health Service’ helping people feel better physically and mentally.”

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New signs will point the way to Plymouth’s Mayflower attractions

New signs will be put up along the A38 to entice more people to visit Plymouth for the Mayflower 400 year and beyond.

A total of 16 new signs are be installed early this year and will feature The Box which is due to open in the Spring, as well as some of the more familiar locations.

Councillor Mark Coker, Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Infrastructure, said: “These signs need updating - not just for Mayflower, but to reflect all the great changes that are going on in our city. The Box is nearly finished and Mayflower400 is now underway.

“This is not flashy stuff but it is important and it takes time to negotiate and deliver. We’d like to thank Highways England for helping us point people in the right direction - literally.”

Highways England manages the A38 as part of its motorway and trunk road network, and the Council has been working with them to develop and agree new signs, including a larger Welcome to Plymouth sign on the westbound approach to the city.

Some of the existing designs are in a poor condition or outdated and do not effectively promote all the attractions, including The Box, Royal William Yard, National Marine Aquarium and Mayflower Steps.

Highways England formally approved the tourism destinations for the A38 signage update - for the Mayflower Steps, The Hoe Seafront, Royal William Yard, National Marine Aquarium, The Box and Saltram as well as key facilities such as Derriford Hospital, the Park and Rides at Coypool and Milehouse, the ferry port and, of course, Plymouth Argyle The company has also assisted in surveys and vegetation clearance ahead of installation work, which, subject to weather, will start in February. Most of this work will take place at night under lane closures to reduce inconvenience to drivers.

A delegated decision is being signed this week giving the go-ahead for a Council contribution of £1.567m to be funded through corporate borrowing. The package also entails updating local signs.

Around 100 signs on the city’s road network will be replaced following a thorough review of major routes in and out of the city.

Signs will be updated and more brown tourism signs installed along key strategic routes, from the A38, the Torpoint Ferry and the A379 at Elburton. Around 500 signs will also be cleaned in the spring.

The package also includes work to improve street furniture such as seats and sign posts in and around Looe Street to help it look its best for visitors and locals enjoying the planned Mayflower trail.

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Fund raising dates for St Luke’s Hospice St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth is urging people to put their best foot forward, take a leap or even scale the world’s longest manmade structure to raise funds for the charity.

The charity has launched not just one but two of its popular flagship events, Men’s Day Out and Midnight Walk, giving people the chance to celebrate the lives of their lost loved ones while raising much-needed sponsorship that helps families make memories together when time is running short.

Men’s Day Out, is loved for the rugby, banter and camaraderie and the unity of walking together raises thousands for St Luke’s. Officially, the region’s biggest men-only sponsored event for charity is back Saturday March 28.

The event, which is Powered by IU Energy, will see guys gather for a day to remember, striding the city streets before they return to Plymouth Albion RFC for a well-earned pasty and pint and the notbe-missed clash between the home team and their Richmond rivals.

Meanwhile, St Luke’s is inviting ladies to turn Plymouth pink on Saturday July 11, when its popular Midnight Walk returns. This year, the much-anticipated event, which is sponsored by Nash & Co Solicitors, includes a new challenge – 20 miles for 2020 commencing at 20:20 hrs – in addition to the new 5 and 10-mile routes.

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walkers will set off from Home Park (Plymouth Argyle FC) and all will be wearing Midnight Walk’s signature bright pink t-shirts. As always, it promises to be a great night out with the girls, with many walking in memory of loved ones.

Nina Wearne, community and events fundraising manager at St Luke’s, said: “Whether you take part in Men’s Day Out or Midnight Walk as a personal challenge or to celebrate the life of someone special, please know that St Luke’s could

New wood workshop opens in Mutley A new business has opened in Plymouth that aims to provide specialist spaces for wood working and skill sharing.

The Albion Workshop CIC, which is based in Mutley Plain, is a creative facility that gives access to high quality, professional woodworking equipment.

Located in Unit 1 on Connaught Lane, The Albion Workshop was set up to give the public space for woodwork projects that they may not have at home, as well as access to tools and equipment that you wouldn’t usually find in a domestic setting.

Founded by Neil Dodd, a Plymouth based amateur luthier, The Albion Workshop began as a solution to the problems he faced when he had creative woodworking projects that he wanted to do, but no appropriate space to do them in. The idea of having a workshop and tools that could be shared with others has since grown into a business that will facilitate skill sharing and networking for the city’s community of creatives.

Neil said: “I had started building a guitar, but didn’t have the space to or the tools that I needed.

I started buying up second hand tools - some that needed refurbishing - and before long I had filled the kitchen with them. I needed space to store them and use them properly, and once I had found a space to use I decided it would be better if I could share it with others.”

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James Walsh is new president of Plymouth Law Society GA Solicitors partner James Walsh has been elected as the new president of the Plymouth Law Society for 2020. He succeeds Rachel Shoheth as president after serving as treasurer and vice-president.

solicitors in the city and surrounding areas to maintain the standards of the profession through training, sharing best practice and providing a collective voice for its members.

In accepting the role, James said: James has enjoyed a 20 year legal “I’m honoured to become president career in Plymouth having trained in such an important year for and qualified as a solicitor, after Plymouth as we celebrate Mayflower studying at St Boniface”s College 400. For my part, I’m looking and Queen Mary & Westfield College, forward to further enhancing the University of London. city’s reputation for producing high As head of GA’s asbestos and quality lawyers and legal work that industrial disease team, he is is recognised both nationally and acknowledged nationally for his James Walsh with 2019 President internationally.” specialist work in asbestos disease Rachel Shoheth Stephen Ramsden, managing claims, particularly those related partner at GA Solicitors said: “As a firm that was to mesothelioma victims. He has also developed a established in Plymouth over 200 years ago, it is great formidable reputation in industrial disease litigation, to see one of our partners, who has done so much together with securing significant damages in public to support local people in Plymouth, be involved in and employer liability cases. shaping the future of the legal profession in the city.”

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and I’m really pleased to be able to share this facility with everyone in the city’s creative sector and beyond. We want to foster both experience and innovation, allowing people to develop their own skills and share knowledge with each other.”

The Albion Workshop will offer bench space rented by the day or half day with use of all machinery included. The unit also offers separate work spaces on the first floor, with “mini studios” available to rent on a monthly basis.

Neil added: “Our shop is really well equipped, from our compact table saw to a 1954 Wadkin Disc and Bobbin Sander we have just refurbished. The studios however are perfect for small businesses or sole traders needing a place to make, or even hobbyists who have outgrown their space at home.

Anyone looking to make, mend, learn or even teach should get in touch with us to find out more.”

As well as offering a place for people to work on their own projects, the team behind The Albion Workshop will also run creative workshops, including skateboard building, due to launch in Spring 2020.

Bringing freelance art technician Ryan Curtis onto the project for technical support and carpentry advice, alongside creative director Lauren Taverner Brown, Neil also plans to collaborate with other creative businesses in the city.

He said: “Plymouth has always been a creative city, but in the last few years lots more exciting creative and cultural organisations have established themselves here, and there is a growing and vibrant community of independent businesses in the city, with lots based in and around Mutley Plain - from breweries like Roam Brewery in Peverell and Bullet Proof Brewery which will soon open on Mutley to places like The Printery - a new screenprinting studio, and Early Bird Cafe. It’s an exciting time to be part of the growing community of makers and independent businesses in Mutley.”

All members of The Albion Workshop will be required to complete an induction before using any machinery. Inductions will cost £50 which includes a two year free membership. Inductions are now available to book on February 1. Email info@ thealbionworkshop.com to book.

Anyone interested in finding out more is welcome to make an appointment to come and see the Workshop - get in touch on Instagram, Facebook or by emailing info@thealbionworkshop. com Find out more at www.TheAlbionWorkshop. com Instagram: www.instagram.com/ TheAlbionWorkshop Facebook: www.facebook.com/ TheAlbionWorkshop

not do what they do without the support from you, our kind-hearted community. Perhaps this is your first time, or maybe it’s an event you enjoy year after year; these events are a fantastic way to have loads of fun whilst making a vital difference for local families.”

For those who’d prefer to take the plunge to show their support for St Luke’s, the charity is offering the opportunity of an exhilarating skydive on Saturday March 21 sponsored by BT Local Business. The 15,000ft leap is free for those who raise a minimum of £395 in sponsorship for the charity.

Looking further ahead - a once-in-a-lifetime challenge - The Great Wall of China Trek is taking place from November 6 to 14 2021, offering participants an unforgettable adventure. Those who are interested are invited to attend an information evening on Tuesday February 11 although registration is already open.

Nina Wearne added: “As well as being a mesmerising experience hiking along one of the most famous structures in the world, this is an opportunity to soak up China’s vast variations in landscape, culture, wildlife and heritage – not to mention cuisine! It’s a fantastic way to do something different and also make a difference.”

Details of these and all St Luke’s flagship fundraising events are available at www.stlukeshospice.org.uk/get-involved

Lauren’s title bid A 17-year-old Plymouth girl is bidding to become Miss Prom UK.

Lauren Howell, who lives in Crownhill, has already experienced success in beauty pageants, having been crowned Miss Teen South Devon in last year’s Miss Teen Great Britain competition. She raised over £1,000 for charity as part of her efforts to win the title.

Lauren is currently studying Art and Psychology A levels at Plymouth High School for Girls as well as studying Business at Devonport High School for Boys.

The Miss Prom UK pageant involves public speaking, interviews, fund raising, charity awareness as well as public appearances and catwalks. The finals are held online and Lauren is currently in the top five, based on her entry form, why she wants to enter and photographs.

Lauren said: “The finals are held online and the results put on social media mainly because it is an introductory pageant set up to ease girls into pageant land. The criteria for the final judging covers publicity, charity fundraising, appearances and photogenic.

“Taking part in last year’s pageant really meant pushing my boundaries by making myself more confident in public speaking and talking to people about my story and the charity work.

“Last year I raised £1000 for Together for Short Lives, a charity that helps children in end of life care, as well as their families. I did it by organising my own charity quiz night as well as running the Plymouth Half Marathon.

“Since entering the Miss Prom UK this year I have made donations to the Foodbank many times and volunteered at events.”

Lauren said that if she wins the title she plans to share her experience by talking to school groups and highlighting the benefits of entering a prom.

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Book now at GWR.com/sleeper Only guide dogs allowed in cabins. Due to engineering works taking place 14 – 23 February 2020, the Night Riviera Sleeper will run between Plymouth and London Paddington only on these dates.

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Outside The Box - it’s all change as Tavistock Place is transformed Tavistock Place has changed beyond recognition as work on Plymouth’s awesome cultural project, The Box goes into the final furlong.

The contractors recently handed over two parts of the Box complex to the team, ready for the ‘reload’ of over two million fascinating objects to get underway early in the New Year.

Outside, what was once a back road is being transformed into a new public square with granite pavements and trees.

The arts complex is set to be the biggest cultural opening in the UK this year Plymouth’s momentous Mayflower year - and the build has involved conserving, updating and extending the former museum and library and re-imagining St Luke’s Church, as well as creating the spectacular cantilevered ‘Archive in the Sky’.

A detailed report sets out some of the benefits The Box has brought to the city before it has even opened. The figures from Willmott Dixon, the contractors, are impressive: • 79 per cent local spend for suppliers and materials • 16 apprentices employed • 1,300 waged training weeks on site • 60 new industry qualifications across the site workforce • 28 work experience placements facilitated • 11 jobs created through the National Skills Academy for Construction • 32 career events hosted, engaging with over 1,000 students • Worked with the Prince’s Trust and Supporting Women into Construction Council leader Tudor Evans said: “We have always said that the Box should be a game changer for the city and it’s brilliant to see the construction phase alone making such a difference to so many people and to our businesses.

“We made it clear in the Willmott Dixon contract that we wanted this phenomenal project to provide real life experience and examples for young people interested in developing their skills and qualifications and they have absolutely delivered.”

The report also details the challenges which have led to the team asking the council for an extra £2 million to complete the project, bringing the council’s total contribution to £22 million.

conservationists had anticipated, with the scale of the task only clear when the figures were stripped back.

Internal rot was discovered in the core of many of the figureheads. Many had to be dried out and timbers treated. In some the damage was so far gone that sections had to be cut out and replaced with new carvings.

The rot added a further £500,000 to The Box’s price tag and is one of a number items that the council is being asked to fund as the construction phase ends.

Additional work was needed on the site at North Hill, particularly strengthening the structure and condition of St Luke’s Church, which was in a far worse state than expected. Complex remedial works had to be carried out to ensure the structural integrity of the building.

Council leader Tudor Evans (centre) pictured in Tavistock Place with Paul Brookes, interim CEO of The Box (left) and Coun Ian Bowyer, shadow leader

“We have always said that The Box should be a game changer for the city and it’s brilliant to see the construction phase alone making such a difference to so many people and to our businesses” COUNCIL LEADER TUDOR EVANS

The latest approved budget for The Box is £44.452m and is made up of £40.531m capital and £3.91 million revenue.

Restoring the national collection of ships’

figureheads turned out to be much more expensive than expected. The incredible ships’ emblems - some of which date back to 1830 - proved to be more fragile than

Mayflower 400: an amazing year of events in 2020 commemorating the journey of the Mayflower.

Highlights in Plymouth include: Get Active Programme: January – December Various locations across the city

Some Call It Home: 24 – 25 March Theatre Royal Plymouth

Mayflower 400 Community Sparks: Throughout 2020 across the city

Plymouth Philharmonic Choir: 5 April Plymouth Guildhall

Mayflower 400: Legend & Legacy.

Spring The Box Mayflower Sports Week: 21 – 29 March With Plymouth Argyle, Plymouth Albion and Plymouth Raiders Mayflower 400 National Supporters and Sponsors

This Land: 16 – 20 June Theatre Royal Plymouth

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Complex negotiations with South West Water about drainage to the south of the site also led to more costs. The Council worked with the water company to install new infrastructure - drains capable of holding surface water and reducing flood risk.

The new scheme was not part of the initial capital programme and now includes work to vastly improve the public space to the south of the site.

The design timescale unfortunately did not quite tally with programme for the improvement scheme at Charles Street so final resurfacing for the Charles Street scheme was delayed slightly to enable drainage work to be carried out.

These connections are now finished and drainage work on Tavistock Place includes a new underground attenuation tank and connections to the new drainage is underway.

Councillor Evans added: “We are in the final furlong and while no-one wants to see costs go up, we are too near to the end - and the start of something quite incredible - to scale back on our ambition.

“We want this to be as brilliant as it can be.

We began demolition in January 2017 and two years later we will be beginning the reload of the city’s collections. For a project of this scale, it’s pretty good going.”

Shadow leader Ian Bowyer added: “To not give financial support at this stage would be unthinkable. This project is already changing lives in Plymouth.

“The figureheads have captured the public’s imagination and have put this city on people’s radars across the country. We need to hold our nerve.”

The latest update also confirms that the Box will open on Sundays, giving thousands of Plymouth families and holiday makers a great place to visit all year round, whatever the weather.

Galleries will open to the public six days a week, while on Mondays the venue will be reserved for school visits as well as corporate hires.

For more information visit www.theboxplymouth.com

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Opening date of May 16 announced for The Box

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The Box - Plymouth’s £44 million multidisciplinary arts and heritage museum space - will open on May 16.

Originally three separate buildings, its ground-breaking design has completely transformed, extended and combined Plymouth’s former City Museum and Art Gallery, Central Library buildings and St Luke’s Church to create a cutting-edge, interactive cultural centre with 13 new galleries and exhibition spaces, a striking elevated archive, learning and research facilities, and the first public square to be built in Plymouth since 2004.

The Box will open with 12 new exhibitions showcasing contemporary art alongside Plymouth’s rich heritage, ambitious touring exhibitions alongside the city’s permanent collections, natural history alongside maritime history, interactive exhibits, giant art installations, immersive film and photography exhibits, as well as activities for children.

The Box is moving 2,177,516 objects into the building before it opens. The heaviest is a two and half tonne ship’s figurehead, King Billy. The smallest is a feather-winged beetle, the size of a full stop.

The Box’s collections tell the stories of a nation and include the UK’s most significant collection of explorer materials, the Plymouth Bomb Book, evidencing the most destructive raids of WW2 and proof that Devon apparently invented the Cornish pasty.

The Box also holds the UK’s largest regional film and television archive (250,000 individual films), while the newest addition to its collections will be a full-scale replica of a female mammoth that has been made in Minnesota.

The Box brings together six outstanding collections, including objects from Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, archives from the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office, film and photographs from the South West Film and Television Archive and South West Image Bank, furniture, texts, Old Master drawings and art from the Cottonian Collection, and incredible animal specimens from the Plymouth Natural History Collection.

This rich blend of collections will enable stories of international and local significance to be told through immersive experiences and amazing objects.

Tudor Evans, leader of Plymouth City Council, said: “At the heart of The Box’s ethos is the conservation, heritage and preservation of Plymouth’s rich history and heritage.”

Nicola Moyle, head of heritage, art & film at The Box, said: “The Box will be renowned for its engaging and highly immersive exhibition programme. The programme will integrate the contemporary and the historic to bring the past to life through the present. It will showcase international visual arts and media, as well as Plymouth’s rich heritage through ambitious touring exhibitions, new commissions and the city’s permanent collections.”

Nigel Hurst, head of contemporary Art at The Box, said: “We are thrilled to be launching The Box’s opening contemporary art exhibitions, which are part of the new museum’s unique programme that gives internationally acclaimed contemporary artists the opportunity to respond to The Box’s collection and Plymouth’s social history.

The three major exhibitions in the opening programme are: • Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy will be the largest commemorative Mayflower

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Co-curated with the Wampanoag Native American Advisory Committee, it will turn history on its head.

• Making It: International contemporary art exhibition featuring newly commissioned

Nine permanent galleries will showcase The Box’s incredible collections, they include: • Figureheads: A magnificent display of 14 monumental ships’ figureheads, collectively weighing over 20 tonnes • 100 Journeys: Great explorers and their discoveries, from Drake to Scott and beyond • Mammoth: Plymouth’s incredible natural history collections featuring 1,000 pickled marine creatures and a full-size mammoth replica • Our Art: From Reynolds to Lenkiewicz: a show case of Plymouth’s art collection • Media Lab: Interactive room featuring the UK’s largest regional film and television archive • Cottonian Collection: Illuminated manuscripts, Old Master drawings and fine art • Active Archive: Public access to The Box’s huge archive containing some of the city’s most fascinating documents • Photo Album: A showcase of objects, memories and photographs from Plymouth’s past For details visit www.theboxplymouth.com Tamar, one of the ship figureheads.

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Preparations begin for Forder Valley Interchange improvements Initial preparations for road improvements at the Forder Valley (Leigham) Roundabout are now under way.

Site clearance work began on January 20 to enable final ground surveys to be carried out and get the site ready for construction work later in the year.

This will include removing trees and vegetation around the roundabout and on both sides of Forder Valley Road.

Between 80 and 100 trees will need to be removed, along with shrubs and undergrowth, with around 300 new trees being planted on and off-site to replace those lost.

Landscaping plans for the scheme will see improved planting that will better blend the verges of the highway into meadow grasslands, then into tree and shrub planting at the woodland edge before merging with the existing mature woodlands of the Forder Valley.

A more diverse range of grasses and wildflower species for the meadows will provide excellent habitats for insects and invertebrates and the woodland edge will be planted with native species of trees and shrubs, providing food and shelter for the local wildlife.

The first phase of replanting will begin next month and will include planting a section of hedgerow containing around 100 trees to help enhance a wetland area at May’s Marsh – just to the south-east of the Forder Valley Interchange site.

The new 300 trees are in addition to the 14,500 trees that will be planted as part of the neighbouring Forder Valley Link Road scheme.

The site clearance works will take around eight weeks to complete. To do this safely, some lane closures will be needed but only during off-peak hours (9.30am to 3.30pm) between Monday and Friday, with the occasional Saturday.

The lane closures will be in various locations as the works progress, starting with a one lane closure on the Delamere Road entry to the roundabout. The short merge from the roundabout onto Forder Valley Road will also be reduced to one lane.

The traffic management programme will depend on progress and the best way to keep up-to-date with the lane closures is by signing up to receive scheme updates by emailing fvlrcomms@balfourbeatty.com. You can also sign up to receive a weekly Roadworks Roundup.

The Forder Valley Interchange scheme will create extra road space and improve traffic flow, upgrading and extending the merge from the roundabout heading northbound on Forder Valley Road and providing an additional lane on the southbound approach to the roundabout.

It will relieve the congestion and queueing that currently extends back onto the roundabout and down the A38 westbound off-slip and add value to the Forder Valley Link Road. Walking and cycling facilities will also be upgraded.

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Two striking works of art commissioned by The Box Two new public art commissions by internationally acclaimed artists Antony Gormley and leading Portuguese installation artist Leonor Antunes have been announced by The Box - Plymouth’s new £40 million cultural attraction.

The two artists are the first names to be revealed from The Box’s ambitious contemporary art programme for its inaugural year in 2020. Both artists are creating works as part of the museum’s opening exhibitions that will stay in The Box’s permanent collection and provide legacy by becoming part of the fabric of the city.

Leonor Antunes is creating a remarkable fused glass design for the East Window of St Luke’s Church to be installed in February.

Antony Gormley’s imposing new public sculpture LOOK II, will be installed on the West Hoe Pier in May 2020.

Nigel Hurst, head of Contemporary Arts at The Box said: “These two commissions will not only form a key part of Making It, one of The Box’s inaugural exhibitions, but also provide the city of Plymouth with lasting legacies from the launch of The Box and Mayflower 400 commemorations. Antony Gormley’s Look II and Leonor Antunes’ window for St Luke’s Church both provide compelling reasons to

Artist Leonor Antunes and (below) her creation for St Luke’s Church

Work under way on LOOK II, Sir Antony Gormley’s new work for Plymouth

celebrate life in this unique city and to visit Plymouth.”

Sir Antony Gormley, famed for his Angel of the North creation, said: “I am delighted by the site and honoured that this work has been commissioned by Plymouth to look out over the sea that has played such an important part in forming the outward-looking character of these islands.”

Influenced particularly by female craftsmanship and creativity, Leonor Antunes’ new window is inspired by the end pages of the 1726 book Insects of Surinam by Maria Sibylla Merian, a famous German female naturalist and explorer of her time.

Sir Antony Gormley

The book is part of The Box’s historically significant Cottonian Collection. Merian was one of the first naturalists to observe and paint insects directly and is considered one of the most significant entomologists in history, and a favourite of Sir David Attenborough.

Volunteer opportunities at The Box Would you like to volunteer at The Box? The city’s brand new museum, art gallery and archive is set to open in the spring and people are being invited to get involved.

Volunteering is a great way to contribute to something you’re passionate about and gain industry experience. Three different volunteer opportunities are currently available, all of which involve providing support to The Box’s visitor facing teams.

Gallery Guides will be based in The Box’s galleries, helping visitors to interpret the exhibitions and collections on display and find their way around the building.

Archives and Research Support Volunteers

will assist visitors with their research enquiries, including helping them to access the reference library and online collections database.

Learning Volunteers will provide support to The Box’s programme of school workshops and family activities. Full training will be given for all the roles and shifts will be flexible across the seven day week.

To find out more, subscribe to The Box’s mailing list by visiting www.theboxplymouth.com, submit an email address in the newsletter sign up button at the bottom of the page and select ‘Volunteer News’ as one of their preferences.

For any other queries about volunteering email theboxvolunteering@plymouth.gov.uk

£5,000 funding boost for Mayflower exhibition The Friends of Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery (FPCMAG) have secured a £5,000 grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation.

The Foundation is a UK-based trust that supports arts, education, youth, community, health, welfare and environmental projects. Established in 1958, it donates over £70 million to a wide range of projects across the country each year.

The grant will be used to support the conservation, transportation and installation of three historic objects that will be displayed in The Box’s ‘Mayflower

400: Legend and Legacy’ exhibition. These are ‘The Departure of the Mayflower,’ a 1920 painting by artist Bernard Gribble coming from a private lender; a John Eliot bible, published in 1661, on loan from Kings College London and a drawing by artist and map-maker John White printed by the Flemish-German engraver Theodor de Bry in 1590 on loan from the National Maritime Museum.

To find out more about The Box, the ‘Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy’ exhibition visit www. theboxplymouth.com

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Empowering Parkinson’s patients at home with a new technology-based service People with Parkinson’s could see their care transformed thanks to a new service involving wearable technology.

The project, entitled ‘Parkinson’s Disease Home Based Care’ and led by University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and the University of Plymouth, will see patients use a wrist-worn device known as a Personal Kinetigraph (PKG®) as part of a new scheme to help them and a specialist team monitor their condition at home.

Developed by the Global Kinetics Corporation, the PKG monitors movement symptoms of Parkinson’s and processes them through a proprietary algorithm.

Supplemented by a questionnaire that asks patients to detail non-motor symptoms such as changes in mood, patients will wear the PKG for six-day stints, enabling them and their care team to identify and implement any required changes to therapy.

The specialist Parkinson’s team can then work remotely, ensuring that help – including calls or clinic appointments – can be offered when it is needed.

Current guidelines suggest that people with Parkinson’s should receive specialist review at least every six months, whatever the stage of their condition, usually provided by a consultant and community Parkinson’s disease nurse specialist (PDNS). But a recent audit of patient experience, conducted by the project team, found that 46% have consultant appointments delayed by more than six months, and 60% have not seen the community nurse within the last year. Some regions of the UK don’t have the specialist

The wrist-worn device known as a Personal Kinetigraph

service, and 50% of vacant PDNS posts are due to long-term sick leave or resignation.

Project manager Mathew Swabey at University Hospitals Plymouth, said: ”After two very successful training sessions with Plymouth patients we are looking towards expanding this exciting project for all Parkinson’s patients in Devon and Cornwall” The project has received £75,000 funding from The Health Foundation and £15,500 from a Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network Service Improvement Grant, and will initially be delivered to 150 patients in Plymouth city,

West Devon and East Cornwall, as a pilot. If successful, the team hopes the system could be rolled out across the UK. Another key element, and a priority for The Health Foundation, is that the service will also work better for healthcare staff, removing some of the frustrations and isolation of working in the current system, and resulting in enhanced wellbeing.

Project lead Dr Camille Carroll, consultant neurologist at University Hospitals Plymouth and associate professor at the University of Plymouth, said: “The UK prevalence of

Parkinson’s disease will increase by a fifth by 2025, so the challenges associated with the existing service puts a lot of pressure on nurses, and attending clinics is arduous for both patient and carer as it presents logistical and physical challenges that add to burden and distress.

“We want to help people with Parkinson’s to live the best lives they can for as long as they can, and this project aims to empower patients to take control of their own condition.

“The new project is designed to reduce the burden of attending hospital clinics; improve motor and non-motor Parkinson’s symptoms; ensure appropriate and timely contacts to health-care services; and result in improved quality of life for people with Parkinson’s and their carers.

“If successful, the intervention will prove a means of providing a resilient and sustainable service faced with the future demands of a condition that is increasing in prevalence and complexity.”

Parkinson’s patient John Whipps, from Looe, is taking part in the pilot and said: “Using the PKG is simple and gives the specialist an easy and quick way of monitoring my Parkinson’s disease remotely.

Hopefully the new service design will make life easier for others like myself living with the condition.”

His wife and carer Sue said: “One of the hardest things with Parkinson’s is trying to decide when your partner needs their extra doses of medication. The PKG results help take the guesswork out of that, which is really valuable for ensuring the best care possible.”

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New vision for Plymouth city centre Council budget to prioritise unveiled ahead of £400m boost

social care and tackling climate change

A new vision for Plymouth city centre has been unveiled highlighting £400m of development and the huge potential of new leisure attractions.

The vision was revealed by the Plymouth City Centre Company in a 44-page business plan covering the next five years, reflecting the confidence and ambition of the city but also addressing concerns about the changing nature of the retail environment.

Steve Hughes, chief executive of the Plymouth City Centre Company, which runs the city centre’s Business Improvement District (BID), said: “We have £400 million of investment underway in the heart of our city and that is a huge vote of confidence in Plymouth.

“Our business plan details how we can take advantage of these developments to breathe new life into a very different High Street of the future for the benefit of all our city centre businesses, residents and visitors.”

He told an audience of business managers and owners at the new Cineworld complex in The Barcode that the High Street was changing, not dying, and that the City Centre Company had pledged in the plan to work with partners to: • Deliver more homes, offices and leisure space • Attract more visitors

City Centre retailers and businesses at the BID launch

• Improve public spaces • Find new uses for empty units • Animate the streets with more events and public art The audience also heard how Mayflower 400 and the city’s new multi-million pound cultural attraction The Box, which is due to open this spring, have already attracted national and international coverage and are expected to attract several hundred thousand visitors to Plymouth.

The BID’s current five-year term comes to an end on March 31 this year and all city centre businesses now have the opportunity

to vote for it to carry on its work for another five years.

Voting starts on January 28. Mr Hughes added: “We have a track record of success in improving and investing in our city centre with events like Flavour Fest, Christmas activities and the West End Carnival, but also in providing vital services like our PARC (Plymouth Against Retail Crime) officers and trade waste collection.

“We hope businesses like our future plans - which have been shaped by them - and vote yes when their ballot papers arrive.”

The business plan can be read in full at www.citycentrebid.co.uk

How Stoke Damerel Community College’s innovative approach is putting student wellbeing at the heart of school life Stoke Damerel Community College has developed a pioneering approach to mental health awareness, which includes an in-depth study to identify and respond to issues facing students during their time at the college and after they leave.

The findings of this long-term audit are helping staff to quickly spot potential mental health concerns among students and ensure early intervention with appropriate support.

The survey began with the class of 2013. The college says that as a result, they have gained a clearer view of where and when certain anxieties and issues might arise.

Director of Student Welfare at the college, Rachel Miller, said: “This insight is invaluable in helping us to equip students while they are at the college, and for the years after they leave us to start work or higher education.”

The work is seen as particularly important within the context of the wider community. Out of the 43 neighbourhoods in Plymouth ranked in the indices of multiple deprivation, Stoke Damerel Community College serves the top four out of five neighbourhoods.

Inequalities of health are a big Rachel Miller concern.

The Director of Public Health’s annual report for Plymouth in 2016 showed that Stonehouse, Devonport and Stoke had significantly higher rates of poor mental health, self-harm and suicide. Some 11,000 residents are affected by mental health issues (40% of these are young people), 47% of which are from the area the school serves.

Mrs Miller said: “Our audit of wellbeing covers the full school career from Year 7 to Year 13, so we are able to track wellbeing. Where we can, we also follow that on after students leave, through community response.

The college was therefore aware that a number of lives were lost among our former male students within a

few years of transitioning from school. We also know that other former students had either left higher education or their work because of emotional and mental health issues. So we needed to look at how we could help and build resilience.”

She added: “From our survey, we have been able to identify what some of the major problems are - these include parental mental illness, caring responsibilities and addictions. By identifying potential issues, we can ensure early intervention, which is the key. It has also enabled us to bring in new initiatives to make our students better prepared when they leave, so we are providing them with the tools for them to move on and progress. This is a sustainable, long-term approach.”

Training plays a big part in early intervention at the college. Every member of staff has regular mental health awareness training, including training in Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), and the pastoral team and 20-strong welfare team undergo additional training to become a trauma-informed school. The college has also supported two staff to gain CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) degrees on day release, and three staff members have had specialist ‘STORM’ suicide prevention and self-injury safeguarding training.

Lara Sinclair, Vocational Qualifications Manager at the college, said: “This is such an important time in the students’ lives, and it can also be a time of challenges - transition to higher education or to work is a big challenge.

“But what if, at the same time, they are under pressure to contribute financially at home once they are 16, but they want to stay on in education? What

if they help with younger siblings, which affects their ability to attend college? The cost of university is a massive cause of anxiety, and personal relationships are another issue at this age. Sometimes, young people will fall out with their families and end up leaving the family home. So then, they face the issue of homelessness.”

The college has hosted regular Mental Health First Aid training sessions for two years. The college’s mental health work is featured with a full chapter in a book to be published soon, Mental Illness in a Parent and Building Children’s Resilience. The chapter, written by Stoke Damerel Community College Principal Anita Frier, outlines the school’s trauma-informed practice; its close work with agencies such as health providers, police and the NSPCC; and the co-locating of the school nursing service and Barnado’s on the school site. It also looks at how the college has created a culture and a ‘whole curriculum’ approach through special assemblies and tutorials, mentors for individual support, curriculum enrichment and dementia awareness.

Miss Frier said: “Our ‘Who Cares?’ project developed and piloted by the college - is a great example of our innovative approach. All our Year 8 students undertake the project over a period of six weeks. It includes films of dramas written and performed by our students, acting out some of the scenarios faced by young carers who live with someone with a mental illness. The project has now been shared nationally.

“Through ‘Who Cares?’, we have become a Mental Health Aware school. It has become embedded in our culture and is something we - staff and students - are very proud of.”

And Mrs Miller added: “We have developed a caring approach around mental ill health, which says that it’s good to discuss how we feel. Our student peer listeners are right at the heart of this and play a hugely important role in supporting younger students.

“Because supporting mental illness is such a priority here, the college has ring-fenced the welfare team budget. Students need to feel safe and secure every child really does matter.”

Plymouth City Council is investing more on vital care services over the next year despite having to find more than £12 million through savings, additional income and grant income changes to balance its books for 2020/21.

An extra £5 million funding is being allocated to meeting the rising demand and cost of protecting vulnerable children in Plymouth and more than £4 million to meet extra costs for adult social care.

More funding is also being allocated towards keeping the city clean and helping tackle climate change.

The council is also continuing to deliver an ambitious £93 million capital investment programme to support the local economy, safeguarding and creating thousands of jobs.

It includes the replacement of much of the council’s fleet with more environmentally friendly vehicles to help reduce the Council’s carbon footprint. This includes investing in more than 50 electric vehicles and installing charging points around the city.

A report to the Cabinet says the costs for providing social care for adults and vulnerable children continues to rise.

These costs include the need to pay those who provide social care services with a living wage and meeting the rising demand for complex care support. This minimum wage is increasing to £8.67 an hour from April 2020, which is further to the increase to £8.21 an hour last year.

It says the council faces continued uncertainty in future funding due to delays in the Government announcing the local government funding settlement and is having to assume that the revenue support grant funding it receives from the Government will continue to decline.

In 2010/11 it received £123 million a year in revenue support grant. For this coming year it will receive £9.7 million and it is likely to receive none in following year.

There is also no confirmation on the future funding the Council has relied on in recent years, including the New Homes Bonus, paid to local authorities delivering housing growth.

However, the Council has been successful in growing the size of the city and the number of households contributing to Council Tax with an extra 682 houses.

The report says the council has continued to make savings and has only accepted additional costs in the budget in exceptional circumstances, with the assumption that departments absorb increased cost of service demand and inflation through proactive management action and efficiencies.

No decision about Council Tax levels have been made yet though the Government is assuming authorities will partially cover the increased costs of supporting older and vulnerable residents through a two per cent precept on bills.

The council is due to set its budget and Council Tax levels on February 24.

Councillor Mark Lowry, Cabinet Member for Finance, said: “We’ve lost a huge proportion of our funding in recent years due to the Government cutting our revenue support grant, equating to around 60p in every pound.

Imagine losing this much from your household income.”

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American expats team up to launch Plymouth Postcard Project marking Mayflower 400 Two American-born Plymouth residents, Bobby Inman – a Plymouth based barber from Tennessee with a passion for Plymouth and its history, and Matt Thomas – a painter and curator from Seattle who is co-owner of RAAY, are looking for postcards from Plymouths across the world to showcase in the Plymouth Connection Postcard Collection.

The postcard project, to be launched as an exhibition as part of the Mayflower 400 commemorations at RAAY (Royal Adelaide Art and Yoga) - the former Royal Adelaide Arms pub in Stonehouse, aims to create a sense of connection between the Royal Adelaide Arms as it was and RAAY as it now is (an art gallery and yoga studio) During the 1980s and 1990s, over 250 postcards were sent to the Royal Adelaide Arms pub from friends, family and pub regulars - many of whom were sailors and naval personnel, and postcards were received from all over the world – Scandinavia, Egypt, the USA, New Zealand, Portugal – even some that had been sent from ships. Many of these postcards at one time would have been pinned to the cork walls in the bar of the pub.

Re-igniting the tradition of people sending postcards and the connection the pub has with this holiday and travelling pastime, project coordinators Bobby Inman and Matt Thomas of RAAY, aim to display hundreds of postcards from various Plymouths across the world.

They also hope to display handmade postcards that depict

individual people’s memories of what ‘their’ Plymouth means to them.

Project co-ordinator Matt Thomas said: “Around the time we were first cataloguing and digitising the RAAY postcards, Bobby was exploring online all the places around the world named Plymouth, and when we put the two things together, the idea for the Plymouth Connection Postcard Collection was born.”

With over 25 years in Plymouth between them, Bobby and Matt are hoping to gather new stories and memories and develop links with as many of the Plymouths across the world through the Plymouth Connection Postcard Collection and being part of the Mayflower 400 commemorative year.

To be part of the exhibition, simply send your Plymouth postcard or handmade postcard to Plymouth Connection Postcard Collection, RAAY, 9 Adelaide St, Plymouth PL1 3JE or email PlymouthPostcards@gmail.com All postcards submitted to the exhibit will be displayed in the gallery and will be on show during late spring 2020 as part of the Mayflower 400 year of events. Cards will be added to the show as they arrive, so they can be sent throughout the year.

The Plymouth Connection Postcard Collection received funding from Mayflower 400 Community Sparks - a partnership between Mayflower 400, Plymouth Culture, Plymouth City Council, The Box, Plymouth and Vital Sparks supported by Arts Council England.

Getting the Mayflower Trail in train Brass totems telling the fascinating story of Plymouth and its incredible Mayflower connections could soon be installed along a trail in and around the Barbican.

A planning application has been submitted to install nine 1.8 metre high monoliths at key locations, each with their own incredible story.

The trail is one of the key projects to mark Mayflower 400 and is designed to give visitors and local residents a glimpse of Plymouth in 1620, stopping at historic properties and streets.

If the monoliths are granted permission, they could be installed in the next few months.

The trail starts at the Mayflower Steps and as well as the physical

totems, a children’s activity pack is planned as well as school resources.

Deputy leader Peter Smith said: “This is the hardware for the trails.

People will be able to walk around our amazing Barbican and read all about it!

Clearly this is a historic area, so the monoliths have been designed to take this into account.”

Buildings earmarked to have a totem nearby include: Prysten House, St Andrew’s Minster, West Pier, Plymouth Fish Market, The Parade, and 94, Vauxhall Street As well as these physical installations, there will be an interactive Plymouth Trails app with self-guided trails around the city. The Plymouth Trails app will be available to download for free on both Apple and Android devices.

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The wonder of unconditional love THE

By Dave Simpson, Station Manager of Cross Rhythms Plymouth

Experience At the time of writing this my wife is pregnant with our first child. Anyone who has been through a pregnancy will know it is a unique and profound process.

I can remember when my wife first found out she was pregnant. We were both so excited and amazed that we would soon be welcoming our child into the world.

For many women the first few weeks and months of a pregnancy can be difficult with many getting bouts of morning sickness and other effects. Thankfully my wife didn’t experience any of this which, combined with the fact that it takes a little while for any bump to show, left her thinking am I really pregnant? Is this really happening?

After all, all we had to go on was a line on a plastic pregnancy test!

As things progressed a bump started to appear and, in what seemed like no time at all, she could feel the little one moving around. A bizarre experience I’m sure when it first happened!

Gradually as baby grew I could feel him or her (we still don’t yet know what we’re having!) kick and move around by placing my hand on the bump.

It is remarkable the deep sense of connection I felt from these tiny movements

and I know my wife feels the same.

We both have such an immense love for the little one despite having not yet seen them, held them or heard their voice.

I think it is the closest I have ever felt to genuine unconditional love.

Unconditional love is sadly all too rare in the world we live in. We can often derive our value from what we do, how successful we are in terms of money, our job and life accomplishments.

There can so often be an underlying sense that we are only lovable and Dave Simpson valuable based on what we bring to the table.

You may have had a difficult upbringing or hard life experiences that have reinforced this in your life.

To be honest even though I had incredible

parents who expressed unconditional love towards me I know I can so easily turn to my own efforts, work and performance to try and prove my worth to others and try to gain affection. It is a very human trait and yet one which is ultimately tiring and unfulfilling.

It is not to say that taking pride in work and accomplishing things in life is a problem but when these things form our underlying value as people it is a weak foundation for life.

There is a significant scripture which you may well have come across which talks of God’s connection to us as humans.

It reads; “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”

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As I embark on becoming a parent I know that the love I have for my child is not based on anything they can do for me.

I already love them now before they have even been born.

In other words this child is loved purely because they exist.

That is the reality for each of us too. We are God’s children loved purely because we are here.

The more I consider this truth it changes so much in my life. It changes how I see myself and others, what I do and how and why I do it.

Initially it may seem as though unconditional love is a free pass to do what you want with no regard for the consequences. Although this could not be further from the truth.

The more I know how much God loves me the more I want to do the things that please him. The more I know how valuable I am the more I want to do the things that are good for me. The more I know how valuable other people are the more I want to treat them well and extend the love I receive with others.

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Objections to Central Park ponds plan Plans by Plymouth City Council to deal with drainage issues in Central Park have been received as a damp squib.

Original plans to create a large lake have been replaced by proposals to create two smaller ponds along with extensive landscaping and viewing options.

A number of individuals as well as the Friends of Central Park have formally objected to the plan on the basis that it is principally focused on solving the problems caused by broken gutters and blocked gullies.

Andrew Young, chair of the Friends, commented: “It fails to consider the more significant issues which are preventing the park as a whole from realising its full potential and, indeed, will add to future difficulties in that respect.”

The scheme will continue the new swale below the Home Park football ground and make two more ponds at Barn Park. The new southern pond will be on the right going up Jubilee Row and the northern pond will be between the football pitch banks and Coronation Avenue.

The Friends of Central Park have objected to the scheme. They say it cannot be maintained and there are better ways to stop the flooding caused by broken gutters and blocked gullies.

They refer to the long-standing desire for a lake and say the planned scheme will make that very unlikely in the future.

Plymouth City Council’s Natural Infrastructure Team have stressed the benefits that the scheme will bring for biodiversity as well as solving the drainage problems.

Comments on the planning application reference 19/02038/FUL have to be received

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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.

Storytime Mondays, 11am - 11.30am Songs and nursery rhymes for babies and toddlers.

Story times for the under 5s.

Memory Café Mondays, 10am - 12pm Drop in for a reminiscence, arts and crafts, singing or to see a friendly face and have a cuppa.

Family History Help Desk Mondays, 2.30pm - 4.30pm Drop in for help and advice with tracing your family tree.

Work Club Tuesdays, 10am - 12pm Thursdays, 10am - 12pm Get help with searching for jobs, CVs, basic IT skills, interviews and more.

Gadget Drop In Tuesdays, 2pm - 3.30pm 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.

Feel Better with a Book Tuesdays, Wednesdays 2pm - 3.30pm Enjoy the power of great novels, stories and poems read aloud in a small friendly group.

Chatterbooks First and third Wednesday of the month Chatterbooks are reading groups for children aged 8 and 12.

Hello World - Coding and Making Thursdays, 4pm - 5pm After school club for anyone interested in coding and digital making. For 8 to 13 year olds.

IT for Beginners Fridays, 2pm - 3pm, 3.30pm - 4.30pm Aimed at beginners, find out what you can do online by signing up to ‘Learn My Way’. Staff will be on hand to help.

Dungeons and Dragons Thursdays 5pm-7pm. Join our weekly Dungeons and Dragons table top game session. Suitable for anyone over the age of 7yrs.

Teen Review Book Group First Thursday of the month 4.15pm-5.15pm. Join our monthly book group Teen Review aimed at 13yrs+ Lego Club Saturdays 9am-11am. We supply the Lego, you supply the imagination and building skills.

Adult Coding Group First Saturday of each month 2pm-3pm. The monthly adult coding groupat Central Library is a place where you can come to learn more about coding and programming languages by working through online courses such as FreeCodeCamp and Codecademy with the support of volunteers and your peers. Make friends with fellow learners and help one another as you go through your coding journey! Bring your own laptop/device - no booking required.

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Plymouth Bereavement Counselling Service has received a boost from the local Lions Club.

George Poad, president of Plymouth Lions Club presented a cheque for £250 to Tracy Dixon of the Counselling Service.

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The service provides counselling from therapists with specialist knowledge and Fridays, 11am - 11.30am Songs and nursery rhymes for babies and toddlers.

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Craft Group Thursdays 10am-12noon. Join us for our weekly craft group. Meet new people who enjoy a chat.

Book Group First Thursday of the month 2pm-3pm. Meet up to talk about what you’ve been reading. Each month they’ll be a different book to read and discuss.

Peverell Power Hour Wednesdays 2.30pm-3.30pm. Join us for trivia quizzes, board games and discussion over coffee or tea in good company.

Storytime Wednesdays 4pm-4.30pm. Join us for our storytime session aimed at children aged 4-8yrs.

Swapalot Last Saturday of each month 11am-12. Come along to the Findalot trading card swap session!

Efford Library Rhymetime Tuesdays, 2.15pm - 2.30pm Songs and nursery rhymes for babies and toddlers.

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Book Club Monthly, third Wednesday of the month Meet up to talk about what you’ve been reading. Each month there will be a different book to read and discuss.

Coffee Morning Fridays 10.30am-12noon. Join us for a coffee and a chat and find out moreabout the resources on offer at the library.

Lego Club Tuesdays, 3.30pm - 4.30pm The Lego is supplied, you supply the imagination and building skills. For ages 5+. Booking required.

Community Drop In A new community drop in session at Onward House 55 Greenbank Road Plymouth PL4 8PE, Thursdays 1-30 to 4 pm starting from 3rd May 2018. to include community information and creative activities All enquiries tel 07722308462.

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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.

experience. It assists people who are experiencing ‘complex grief’ and also those people who have suffered a traumatic bereavement. This may include the death of a child, violent death, suicide or an unexpected/sudden death. Traumatic loss and complex grief can have a profound effect and can prevent people from being able to function normally. Sometimes they may see no hope for the future. Pictured (from left) are Lion Roy Russell, Tracy Dixon and Lion President George Poad. from 11am to 3pm. Gift stall available. Visitors welcome to join in the craft making or just go along and visit. The club meets throughout the year.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 £3 each night. Details Dave Crawford 01752 215179.

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.

For information contact Frank and Janice Stanley on 01752 881557.

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.

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 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, and a 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 Stonehouse History Group Third Saturday of the month Meet from 10am to 1pm at Oasis Café, Manor Street, Stonehouse. Meetings include walks, workshops, guest speakers, films and presentations and much more. Every month will be different. Please consider coming along and joining us and to help establish the membership of the group. Tea and Coffee will be available. For more information visit www.facebook. com/100HomesStonehouse/ Painting Drop-in Sessions Fridays Practice watercolour and acrylic painting at informal and friendly drop-in sessions from 2pm-4pm. Union Corner on Union St. Contact: Robert Turner on 07597 267421.

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Tamar Valley Country and Line Dance Club Last Sunday of month New club at Hyde Park Social Club 7pm to 10pm.

There is always a live act of country music, lovely floor, really friendly club, great atmosphere, bar available. Please note May event is on May 19. £7 on the door phone Yvonne 07885254042 for more details 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.

Waterfront Writers Second Friday of month Meet 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 more information.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Keep Fit Classes Wednesdays 10.15am - 11.15am and 6pm - 7pm Hyde Park Social Club.

KFA registered, insured, low fees.Details 01752 672685.

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 Weekly Bingo Thursdays Tothill Community Centre, Knighton Road, St Jude’s 7pm.

Entrance £1. Tea and biscuits 20p. Draw tickets on sale.

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.

Modern Sequence Dancing Tuesdays and Wednesdays Sequence dancing for all.

Further details 01752 493311.

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.

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Local litter hero Oleta Forde has spoken about her time as a Keep Britain Tidy #LitterHeroes Ambassador, and what she’s managed to achieve so far for Plymouth.

Oleta applied to be a part of the unique environmental charity programme because of her passion for cleaning up and fighting the blight on our community that is litter pollution. Oleta decided to enroll for the programme because, in her own words: “At the time I had recently started my community volunteer group, Plymouth Beach Clean, encouraging people to clean our coastline and protect our ocean. I became a #LitterHeroes Ambassador because I knew I would be stronger being supported by Keep Britain Tidy, pushing me to continue to encourage those in my community to care for our environment.”

Having been a #LitterHeroes Ambassador for 17 months, Oleta feels that being a part of the programme has really helped to improve the litter issue in Plymouth. We asked Oleta what has been the highlight of her time as one of Keep Britain Tidy’s #LitterHeroes Ambassadors.

“Last June, I was thrilled to be invited to the Palace of Westminster with other #LitterHeroes Ambassadors to celebrate the Great British Spring Clean. This opportunity to meet with other Ambassadors from across the country and celebrate everyone’s achievements, not only over the month of the Great British Spring Clean, but also over the last year since becoming #LitterHeroes Ambassadors.”

Oleta explained what people can do to help. “To support my role as a #LitterHeroes Ambassador and bring change in our community, I would like to ask people to spread the word about Plymouth Beach Clean.

“People may be refusing, reducing, reusing and recycling waste but there is still litter in the ocean washing up on our shores every day with the tide. We offer a simple way to get involved in Sequence Dancing for All Saturdays St Gabriel’s Church Hall, Hyde Park Peverell, 7.30pm to 10pm. With tea and biscuits. Everyone welcome.

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.

Beavers, Cubs and Scouts Thursdays Tavy Lodge Scout Centre, off Lisson Grove, 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.

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.

Biblical Hebrew Language Classes Thursdays Reviving the passion in Biblical texts at Engage, St Levan Rd, Milehouse, at 7pm. Entrance by donation.

Contact kehila@beit-ezra.org.il Coffee Morning Last Saturday of the month Emmanuel Church Annex, Mannamead Road. There is a coffee morning with yummy cakes and preserves on the last Saturday of every month. Funds are raised for Christian charities. All are welcome. The church is easily accessible by bus.

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

Reading Group Third Tuesday of month.

Like reading? Like to share your views on books?

We are a small friendly group who meet at the Hub in St Judes Church every month at 10.30am for approximately one hour to discuss chosen books and swap other reading experiences. All new members will receive a very warm welcome with free tea or coffee and biscuits.

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

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

Litter Ambassador Oleta Forde

protecting our ocean.”

If you would like to know more about Oleta’s progress as a #LitterHeroes Ambassador, you can find out about what she’s up to via her website www.plymouthbeachclean. co.uk and on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ plymouthbeachclean), Twitter (twitter.com/ plymbeachclean/) and Instagram (www. instagram.com/plymouthbeachclean).

The Keep Britain Tidy #LitterHeroes Ambassador programme – developed to create a network of volunteers across the country - is made possible thanks to the support of players of People’s Postcode Lottery. There are now more than 250 #LitterHeroes Ambassadors who are working with the charity and in their local available. Anyone interested in joining us please contact Pat King on 240560 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.

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.

Tothill Bowls Short Mat Bowls Meets at the large hall, Tothill Park on Knighton Road, St Judes. Tuesday afternoons 2pm to 4pm, and Thursday mornings 10am to 12noon. Always looking for new male and female bowlers of any standard. Beginners welcome and tuition given. £2.50 per session. For further details contact Tony, Club Secretary on 01752 707475.

Coffee Morning Last Saturday of month Emmanuel Church Annex, Mannamead Road. With yummy cakes and preserves. Funds are raised for Christian charities. All are welcome. The church is easily accessible by bus. There is no coffee morning in December.

Toddler Tunes Mondays Emmanuel Church Mannamead from 1.30pm to 3pm.

0-5 years with their parents or carers. Play, chat, action songs and refreshments. £1 per family.

Pop Up Pilates Plymouth 11th Scout Hut, Peverell PL3 4PD. Mondays 1.30pm - 2.30pm Mixed Pilates. Tuesdays 6.30pm 7.15pm Pilates Buddy Family Class, 7.30pm - 8.30pm Mixed Pilates. Wednesdays 7.30pm - 8.30pm Men only class. Thursdays 12.30pm - 1.30pm and 6.30pm -

communities – inspiring and supporting new and existing #LitterHeroes to take action, and helping clean up our country together.

Keep Britain Tidy’s chief executive Allison Ogden-Newton said: “While we should all care for the environment on our doorstep, there are some people who go above and beyond – supporting and inspiring others with their passion and infectious enthusiasm.

“That’s why we are delighted that Oleta is supporting our cause as a #LitterHeroes Ambassador. Thanks to support from the players of People’s Postcode Lottery, we are now able to give a helping hand to some of these amazing individuals as they inspire others and take action to clean up our country.”

7.30pm Mixed Pilates. All classes are pay as you go. For more information call Sarah on 07866 188085 or visit popuppilates.me.uk 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.

Plymouth Astor WI Group Fourth Tuesday of each month Trinity United Reformed Church on Tor Lane, Hartley, Plymouth from 7pm until 9pm. Variety of speakers/ events at meetings with coffee, tea and cakes made by the Members. Come and join us. For details call 01752 227159 or email plymouthastor@devonwi.org.uk Mums and Babies Tuesdays in term time 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.

Plymouth Inter Varsity Club (IVC) Part of a national network of similar clubs across the UK - most cities and large towns have an IVC branch.

It promotes social and cultural events, with events organised by its members for its members, including pub nights, meals out, theatre visits, film nights, parties, book club, pub lunches and country walks. Prospective new members of all ages are always welcome, with current membership age 50+. For more information visit the national IVC website at www.ivc.org or the Plymouth IVC website by typing ‘plymouth ivc’ Plymouth Philatelic Society.

Meet at St Edwards Hall, Home Park Avenue, Peverell on the first Wednesday of each month from 7 to 9pm. Events include displays from local and visiting speakers, an annual auction and competition nights.

At some meetings there will be a dealer present. Visit www.plymouthphilatelicsociety.co.uk for details or contact David on 01752402981.

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22 February 2020 COMMUNITY DIRECTORY • COMMUNITY DIRECTORY • COMMUNITY DIRECTORY • COMMUNITY DIRECTORY • continued from previous page Country Dance Plymouth Meet on Tuesdays, 8pm -10pm in Trinity United Reformed Church Hall, Torr Lane, Hartley. Wide range of country dances, from the 17th century to the present day, beginners are most welcome and partners not needed, good exercise for the body and mind. Please call 07866980752 for more details.

RASC / RCT Association (Plymouth Branch) Branch meeting times have again been changed, the start time will now be at 7.30pm on a Wednesday evening (bi-monthly). The first meeting in 2020 will be the AGM on January 15 (7.30pm) at the Army Reserve Centre as normal. The Corps Annual Dinner will be held at Boringdon Park Golf Club, Plympton on January 31 (7pm for 7.30pm).

Fishing Club Local club have salmon, sea trout and brown trout fishing memberships available on Rivers Plym and Tavy. Contact 07866 315195 or see website searching for Plymouth and District Freshwater Angling Association.

Ford Park Cemetery Gardening Club Third Sunday of the month The Club meets outside the Visitor Centre at 11.30am and is always looking for new members. If you have a few hours spare, why not go along and join them.

Devon Family History Society Fourth Tuesday of month Come along to our meetings and hear interesting and varied talks. Occasionally, we hold members evening where people can give a resume on their family history.

If anyone is hitting a brick wall, members will offer advice on how to resolve it. Meetings take place at Sturgeon Hall, Mutley Plain, (parking is free),starting at 7.30pm. Light refreshments are available. Any queries on membership or meetings please contact markparkman@icloud.com My Health, My Way Various dates Free four week courses running throughout 2019/20.

Helps participants develop knowledge, skills and confidence to self-manage the challenges of living with a health condition. Workshops are delivered by volunteers who are also living with a long-term health condition themselves. For more details contact Lorraine Grave at Improving Lives Plymouth on 01752 201892 or visit www.improvinglivesplymouth.org.uk Rambling The Plymouth branch of the National Ramblers welcomes new members on any of its extensive programme of walks. Details from the website plymouthramblers.org.uk. A less extensive programme is offered by the local Dartmoor Rambling Club, including Wednesday walks using only public transport. Phone John Skinner on 01752674230 to be s ent a printed programme. Both groups love meeting new people and enjoying a chat as we walk through interesting places on seacoast, moor and river valley etc.

RSPB Plymouth Local Group We hold regular walks and coach trips throughout the year and talks on birds/wildlife from September to March, so if interested in birds please have a look at our website for programme details. Google RSPB Plymouth. New members always welcome.

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Plymouth History Festival returns in May Plymouth History Festival will take place between May 8 and May 31 this year.

The popular annual celebration of the city’s heritage has been running for eight years.

It’s coordinated by The Box and supported by Plymouth City Council and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Since the History Festival started in 2013 thousands of residents and visitors have taken part in hundreds of events, learning and discovering more about Plymouth’s history through talks, guided walks and tours, performances, family activities, exhibitions and displays.

Celebrating Plymouth is always the central theme. In 2020 the programme will also connect with the city’s Mayflower 400 commemorations.

During the opening weekend the 75th anniversary of VE Day, Pirates Weekend Plymouth and the start of historic yacht race, the OSTAR Original Single-Handed Transatlantic Race will take place.

Later in the month people will be able to see the start of The Imagination Museum: Mayflower 400’ - a series of inspiring performances that use movement, text and music to explore the Mayflower’s historic journey.

Local organisations, societies and individuals can now submit their entries for the programme - especially for events that will take place from May 11 onwards.

To submit an event either request, complete and return a booking form via museumevents@ plymouth.gov.uk or send through the title, Plymouth Morris Meet on Wednesdays at 7.30pm at Plymouth School of Creative Arts, Millbay, Plymouth (the big red building near the entrance to Brittany Ferries). We are now inviting male and female dancers to join us in time for the Mayflower 400 commemoration in 2020. See website for more details www.plymouthmorrismen. org.uk. All welcome.

Rambling The Plymouth branch of the National Ramblers welcomes new members on any of its extensive programme of walks. Details from the website plymouthramblers.org.uk. A less extensive programme is offered by the local Dartmoor Rambling Club, including Wednesday walks using only public transport. Phone John Skinner on 01752674230 to be sent a printed programme. Both groups love meeting new people and enjoying a chat as we walk through interesting places on seacoast, moor and river valley etc.

RASC/RCT Association (Plymouth Branch) Bi-monthly branch meetings take place at the Army Reserve Centre, Brest Road, Derriford on March 11, May 13, July 8, September 9 and November 11 starting at 7.30pm. The annual general meeting will be on January 13 2021 at the same venue. The Corps Annual Dinner will be held in late January 2021. The Branch needs

date(s), start and finish times, venue address, booking information, contact details and event description. The deadline for submissions is midnight on January 31.

Councillor Peter Smith, Deputy Leader said: “The History Festival has been a big success each year and we’re hoping 2020 will be the best yet.

We’d love some of the events to connect with Mayflower 400 and other related themes such as journeys, democracy, legacy, imagination, humanity and cross-cultural collaboration. your support, please make the effort to take part and help keep the Branch alive.

RAF Association (Plymouth Branch) Dates of branch meetings for 2019 are as follows: Oct 23 and Nov 27. Meetings are held at held at Raffles Club, Ermington Terrace, Mutley, Plymouth and start at 10.30am. Other dates for future events include: Sunday Sept 15 at 11am for ‘Battle of Britain’ Service at St Andrew’s Minster, Royal Parade (all welcome); Saturday December 14 at 12 noon, annual Christmas lunch at Raffles Club. We look forward to meeting members old and new. Please try to come along to these meetings and show support to your Branch and the committee and help to keep the branch alive!

RSPB Plymouth Local Group We hold regular walks and coach trips throughout the year and talks on birds/wildlife from September to March, so if interested in birds please have a look at our website for programme details. Google RSPB Plymouth. New members always welcome.

Woodside Animal Welfare Trust 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

Tops Day Nurseries advice on babywearing and childcare Tops Day Nurseries in Plymouth have been working closely with babywearing consultant, Kizzy, from Babywearing South West.

Babywearing is becoming increasingly more common in the UK with many parents choosing to ‘wear’ their babies to help them settle and also as an alternative to a pushchair.

As a group of day nurseries, Tops Day Nurseries are finding that more and more children are used to being carried at home, and therefore are expecting the same 1:1 care in the nursery environment. On a legal 1:3 / 1:4 ratio this can be particularly challenging for the staff team and distressing for the young child.

Children’s physical, neurological and psychological development is nurtured through positive relationships and strong attachment. The use of slings/carriers

enables caregivers to meet the individual needs of a child, while providing a safe and secure environment, building those positive relationships and attachments, whilst also continuing to be able to complete other tasks at the same time.

Tops Day Nurseries are dedicated to ensuring colleagues are able to utilise a number of training opportunities, therefore all new and existing colleagues will have all necessary training provided to use the Babywearing carriers.

Carrying using a sling has many benefits for both the wearer and the child, however it can be overwhelming to choose the right one as well as learning how to carry in a comfortable and safe manner.

Tops Day Nurseries in Plymouth are in Bretonside, Devonport, Efford, Prince Rock and Stonehouse.

“There are other important anniversaries in 2020 that could provide food for thought too, including 75 years since the end of the Second World War, 80 years since the Battle of Britain and 125 years since the National Trust was founded. It will be great to see what everyone comes up with.”

A festival website will go live shortly. In the meantime stay up-to-date with news about the festival on Facebook and Twitter. 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. Based in Elfordleigh. Tel 01752 347503.

Flamenco Dance Lessons Thursdays Lessons for beginners but more experienced dancers are welcome Plymouth School of Creative Arts (dance studio) 6-7pm Beginners - for adults and children. Learn the basics. 7-8pm Open Level - all abilities welcome and wishing to progress their Flamenco technique. For details contact Mercedes on 07848836630.

MS Society Third Thursday of the month at Colebrook Community Centre, Peacock Meadow, Plympton, Plymouth between 11am - 1pm. Refreshments and usually a guest speaker. MS sufferers and their carers are all welcome.

Pensioners & Fifty Plus Action Group Fridays If you are at least 50 years old living in the Plymouth area and looking for somewhere to go, we invite you to come to our regular monthly meetings, currently held at the Oak Villa Sports Club, Ferndale Road, Plymouth, PL2 2EL from 2pm to 4pm. At least once a month there is a social meeting with live music and a buffet, costing just £2. Also free monthly darts and target bowls meetings, there is no charge to come to these meetings. All these meetings are from 2pm to 4pm, and is always on a Friday. Also monthly lunches at local restaurants and hotels. So anyone looking for good company and somewhere to go , can just come to one of the meetings or contact Margaret Williams on 01752 350498.

Plymouth Striders Running Club Mondays and Thursdays Meet at the Woolwell Centre, Darklane, Woolwell, Plymouth, PL6 7TR from 6.30pm to 8pm. Friendly club offering all running abilities, over 16s welcome. Details visit www.plymouthstriders.co.uk

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Details of other city-wide community groups can now be viewed online at www plymouthchronicle.co.uk Organisations wishing to update their details or submit a new entry should send the information to info@cornerstonevision.com

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On track with a new track!

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The athletics track at Brickfields is being relaid so that the city’s athletes can keep on running!

New Commanding Officer for HMS Northumberland Devonport Type 23 frigate HMS Northumberland has a new Commanding Officer. He is Commander Thom Hobbs, who took over at the end of last year and is looking forward to a busy year ahead for the ship.

“Having served for over 20 years in the Royal Navy, it is a tremendous privilege and a great honour to take Command of HMS Northumberland. The ship’s company have worked incredibly hard over the past year, with a deployment as part of the UK Carrier Strike Group to the USA a particular highlight.

“2020 will be another challenging but exciting year for us all and I have no doubt that the team will rise to every challenge and continue to deliver as they have done through 2019.”

The 400-metre track surface has reached the end of its life span and has deteriorated over the last few years, with cracks appearing. The track attracts over 18,500 runners a year with significant use from schools, the universities, and MOD. It is also home to the City of Plymouth Athletics Club and the Armada Network (representing 11 local running clubs) frequently hire it.

Council leader Tudor Evans has fired the starting gun for the project by allocating nearly £600,000 for the project within the council’s capital programme.

He said: “If we don’t do the work, the track will be unusable. A city of this size needs an all-weather athletics track and field facility.

“This is not just for the super-fit club runners and athletes.

This facility is about making sure we have somewhere for our

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Deputy leader Pete Smith and Julian Egan, contracts manager at Everyone Active with some rather worn out track.

young people to try out sports and get into habits that will last a life time.

“We are trying to improve people’s

health across the city and providing decent facilities that people want to use is pretty important.”

The work, which is

expected to last for three months, needs to be carried out when the ground is free of frost.

Plymouth scientists lead report highlighting effects of climate change on UK’s plankton Marine scientists in Plymouth have led a major study highlighting the effects of climate change on the plankton populations in UK seas.

Published as part of a wide-ranging report by the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP), it shows there have been extensive changes in plankton ecosystems around the British Isles over the last 60 years.

It says climate variability and ocean warming have had negative impacts on plankton production, biodiversity and species distributions, which have in turn affected fisheries production and other marine life such as seabirds.

The study was written by worldleading researchers from the University of Plymouth, Marine Biological Association (MBA) and Plymouth Marine Laboratory, along with colleagues at Marine Scotland Science and the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science.

It forms part of the MCCIP Report Card 2020, which summarises 26 individual, peer-reviewed scientific reports to provide detailed evidence of observed and projected climate change impacts and identify emerging issues and knowledge gaps.

Among the key factors highlighted in the plankton report are: • There has been a shift in the distribution of many plankton and fish species around the planet • The North Sea populations of previously dominant and important zooplankton species – a major food source for fish, shrimp and whales have declined in biomass by 70% since the 1960s • Species with warmer-water affinities are

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moving northwards to replace the species, but are not as numerically abundant • The decline of the European cod stocks due to

been a northerly movement of some warmer water plankton in the North-east Atlantic and a similar retreat of colder water plankton.

“Future warming is likely to alter the geographical distribution of plankton abundance and these changes may place additional stress on already depleted fish stocks, as well as having consequences for mammal and seabird populations.”

Dr Angus Atkinson, senior plankton ecologist at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, commented: “This report documents the profound changes in the plankton that have occurred over the last 50 years. While we know that these are related to our warming climate, it is only by building on our UK network of time series data that we can Continuous plankton recorder being prepared understand the exact mechanisms behind the

by Dr Clare Ostle for deployment changes observed.”

The MCCIP Report Card 2020 highlights overfishing may have been exacerbated by climate the current and future impacts of climate warming and climate-induced changes in plankton change on UK seas, dependent industries and production society, and features contributions from more • Future warming is likely to alter the than 150 scientists at over 50 leading research geographical distribution of primary and organisations across the UK. secondary open ocean (pelagic) production, It shows that climate impacts for UK coasts affecting ecosystem services such as oxygen and seas are varied and far-reaching, supporting production and the removal of carbon dioxide findings reported at a global level by the from the atmosphere Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Professor Martin Edwards, a senior scientist at in their Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing the MBA and Professor of Ocean Ecology at the Climate report last year.

University of Plymouth, led the report on plankton.

The information is crucial to not only help He said: “There have been extensive changes develop adaptation measures and management in plankton ecosystems around the British Isles actions to support vulnerable marine life and over the last 60 years, mainly driven by climate habitats, but also to help UK industries and variability and ocean warming. wider society prepare for and adapt to these far“For example, during the last 50 years there has reaching marine climate impacts.

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Play park funding gets big boost Further funding for several city play areas is being celebrated.

The second phase of Plymouth City Council’s Improving Outdoor Play programme, originally announced in 2018, promised that 38 Plymouth play parks would be refurbished.

With 26 either complete or ready to start and eight in consultation and planning, the project has received further funding of £318,000 in external funding.

This additional income means that a number of parks will or have already benefited from a higher spec upgrade than originally envisaged.

One of the play areas that will benefit is Bernice Terrace in Lipson, where council leader Tudor Evans and deputy leader Pete Smith went to lend a hand with the refurb.

Councillor Smith said: “This is a project that matters to people in all parts of the city so I’m delighted by the extra funding. I’ve followed the programme with interest since the beginning and I can’t wait to see children enjoying the new facilities.”

Details of the projects and the sources of funding are: • Section 106 funding will go towards sites at Redwood Drive, Victoria Park and Honicknowle Green • A grant from the Ministry for Homes, Community and Local Government will help fund Bladder Meadow, How Street, Carlton Terrace and Strand Street • The Postcode Lottery have contributed a grant towards improvements at Milford Lane • Local charity Whitleigh Big Local made a significant contribution towards Lancaster Gardens • Babcock put money towards improvements at Teat’s Hill.

In all, the council looks after and maintains over 130 play areas across the city.

To find details of the play areas go to www. plymouth.gov.uk/parksnatureandgreenspaces/ findplayground

Efford & Lipson ward Councillor Brian Vincent, Council leader Tudor Evans and deputy leader Pete Smith help to install a roundabout at Bernice Terrace

Brave Ellie skydives for St Luke’s Hospice Ellie Naughton - terrified of heights

A seventeen-year-old girl from Plympton is terrified of heights - but that is not stopping her from jumping out of a plane at 15,000ft to raise money for St Luke’s Hospice.

Ellie Naughton, who is a sixth former at Scott Medical and Healthcare College in Stoke, has been a volunteer at the hospice for the past 18 months and has seen at first hand the work it does in caring for people who are living with a life-limiting illness. She also has personal experience of loss, having recently lost an auntie to cancer.

In March, she will be doing a skydive in Exeter to raise hundreds of pounds for the charity: “I really don’t like heights, but maybe this will cure my fear!” said Ellie.

“St Luke’s is such a good cause. Noone really knows what they do until they

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actually go there and see the difference they make for families.”

Ellie volunteers once a week at the hospice, chatting with patients and learning from staff. On her fundraising page, she writes: “Volunteering at St Luke’s Hospice has given me the opportunity to work with amazing staff members at the hospice and care for the most inspirational individuals.

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did one, he’d do it again, too.”

Ellie hopes to go to the University of Plymouth next year to study Paramedic Science: “But if that doesn’t work out, then I would like to work in the field of end-of-life care.”

Scott Medical and Healthcare College is a small and specialist state school in Stoke, where students can learn specialisms and experience work placements alongside the core curriculum. Headteacher Martyn Cox said: “We are all very proud of Ellie for the voluntary work she does at St Luke’s, and for having the courage to do a skydive.

“We encourage our students to play a positive role in our community, and this is a great example.”

You can support Ellie by visiting her donation page at https://leapforstlukes. everydayhero.com/uk/ellie

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