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January 2020

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Two former Plymouth High School for Girls students, now studying at Plymouth College of Art, have created eye-catching posters with a vital message under Pennycomequick Railway Bridge. Pictured are (from left) Elena Brake, art technician at Plymouth High School for Girls, students Brodie Butchart and Poppy Cowan, Tom Varrall, head of art at Plymouth High School for Girls and Sharon Rines and Alex Babb from PCH Manufacturing

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Safe homes wanted for nervous kittens Gables Dogs & Cats Home in Plympton currently has several pairs of kittens looking for special homes.

Due to being so nervous and unsure of everything and everyone around them the kittens are looking for quieter homes, with adults or older children and lots of safe space where they can slowly build up trust and explore the world in their own time.

Gables have had so many litters of kittens this year and although we are nearing the end of the traditional ‘kitten season’ they still have seven pairs of kittens ready to go to new homes in pairs.

A very special kitten called Rhumba who has a life limiting condition is also looking for a safe indoor home, preferably with a veterinary professional.

General manager Claire Sparkes said: “We seriously urge anyone who owns an unneutered cat to have it neutered as soon as possible.

“This will prevent more unwanted litters being born with no homes to go to as there are only so many homes to go around. People are even struggling to give kittens away for free, so they end up being brought in to us for rehoming”.

The benefits of adopting kittens from Gables far outweigh the risk of going to a private breeder as all Gables cats are fully health checked by a vet, vaccinated, microchipped, neutered and treated for fleas and worms. Owners will also be giving an unwanted or abandoned animal a much needed loving home and supporting a local animal charity. Anyone who thinks they could offer a safe forever home to kittens please contact Gables directly.

If you would like to offer a new home to a Gables animal please call 01752 331602 or visit www.gablesfarm.org.uk to see some of the animals available for adoption or visit their site on Merafield Road, PL7 1UQ.

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Commercial photography students archive collections at The Box Students from Plymouth College of Art’s BA (Hons) Commercial Photography for Fashion, Advertising and Editorial course have collaborated with expert curators from The Box, Plymouth to photograph items from the collections of the £40 million cultural development which is set to open in spring 2020.

Guided by Curator of Art, Terah Walkup and Media Archivist, Stacey Anderson, the students were invited to a number of offsite locations to photograph over 200 museum and archival objects, resulting in the creation of more than 400 new high-resolution images. Many of them will be used in the Box’s graphic interpretation and interactive digital displays.

Many of the objects had never been photographed before and included archaeological finds, historic books, prints, paintings, ceramics, costumes, photographs, archival documents, cameras and film equipment.

Due to the challenging nature of some of the pieces, the commercial photography students had to be flexible and creative in setting up cameras, tripods and lights. Some of the objects couldn’t be physically handled or were tricky to photograph, such as artworks behind glass.

One student commented on the difficult nature of some of the objects: “One parchment was particularly challenging because it was folded and couldn’t be forced open. We had to slowly unfold the deed, as it would get damaged if handled too quickly. Every ten minutes, we would unfold it slightly more and weigh it down using archival weights.”

Terah Walkup said: “I looked forward to seeing the students each day and enjoyed their enthusiasm. They were able to capture highly detailed images of our rare books collection, which are challenging to photograph. Quality photography of collections is very important.

Not only does it document an object for research and posterity, but a truly beautiful image also captures the spirit of an artwork. The students are now a part of those objects’ stories, in addition to how visitors engage with and encounter our collections.”

Alice Conway, one of the students who took part in the project last year, said: “I’d never really looked into museum photography before, so working with The Box was an amazing opportunity to inform this period of my studies. Some of the artefacts were difficult to work with, but despite this technical challenge, myself and the team were always ready to make adjustments. Through

The students photographed thousands of items

Even the legendary Gus Honeybun came under the photographic spotlight!

Many of the items had to be handled with extreme care before being photographed

this, I was able to find an aspect of photography that I really enjoy, expanding my photographic knowledge and experience.”

Subject Leader & Senior Lecturer for BA (Hons) Commercial Photography for Fashion, Advertising & Editorial, Tim Gundry, said: “The collaboration with The Box has been a fantastic opportunity for our students. Guided by their curatorial team, the students were able to apply their skills in an exciting and culturally significant live project, providing them with invaluable professional experience. This is a highly specialised area of photography, requiring sophisticated skills in lighting, colour management and digital workflow, and the skills that the students have developed will become invaluable to them in their careers.”

“The project also provided an exciting opportunity for collaboration between our undergraduate and postgraduate students. Last year one of our MA Photography students, Nick Matthews, was exploring conservation and archival photography as part of his degree study and documented the conservation and restoration of the Royal Naval figureheads. We’re delighted to have played a part in this project with The Box and can’t wait to see how our student’s work will be used to encourage public engagement with the collections.”

The Box will be the biggest cultural and heritage centre in the South West and is also set to be the largest museum and art gallery space opening in the UK in 2020.

The Box’s Rysbrack sculpture is photographed by the students

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Award-winning firm of architects appointed to design university’s new engineering and design facility

Pony is a special guest at Plymouth wedding ceremony

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Courtney, Ben and special guest Joker the pony

A concept drawing showing how the eastern side of the new Engineering and Design facility could look Credit Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, University of Plymouth

A Dartmoor based horse sanctuary provided a special guest of honour as two dedicated long-term volunteers got married in Plymouth.

The University of Plymouth has appointed award-winning architects to design a new multi-disciplinary Engineering and Design facility on the western edge of its main campus.

The facility will involve a dedicated new-build component and refurbishment of the 1970s Babbage Building, creating more than 10,000 square metres of research and teaching space in an inspirational and innovative new home for its School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, with additional space for the School of Art, Design and Architecture.

The proposals will combine re-equipped laboratories with modern, state-of-theart resources that will enable engineering research to underpin the fourth industrial revolution, while creating the attractive environment necessary to attract and retain high-calibre staff and students.

The cutting-edge building will inspire new inter-disciplinary activities in teaching, learning and research, and nurture the innovative graduate engineers demanded by future society.

It will incorporate low carbon technologies, supporting the aims of both the University and company to achieve net zero carbon emissions and promote world-leading sustainability practices.

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBStudios) was awarded the design contract following a competitive dialogue process, managed

by RIBA Competitions, which received applications from practices across the UK. The winning concept design promised to transform the western edge of the main campus, complementing the neighbouring Marine Building and supporting the openingup of the campus to form an attractive central green space as part of the overall masterplan.

Professor Judith Petts , vice-chancellor of the University of Plymouth, said: “The vision of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios – to design outstanding buildings that inspire those who work within them – mirrors our own aspiration for this new facility.

“It also marks an exciting first step in our long-term campus masterplan, unlocking opportunities to make our whole estate more

An initial concept design showing an aerial view of how the new Engineering and Design facility could look Credit Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, University of Plymouth

inviting and inspiring for everyone connected to the University.

“This new facility will create a space where students, researchers and industry come together to develop new ideas that enable society to meet some of its most pressing global challenges.

“By encouraging innovation in engineering and design, we can be at the forefront of supporting regional and national industrial strategies, now and in the future.”

Tom Jarman, partner at Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, said: “We are proud to have won the RIBA competition for the University of Plymouth’s Engineering and Design facility with a scheme that will promote creativity, cross-disciplinary collaboration and wellbeing and is in line with our shared sustainable design goals. Our proposals

create an open and connected building that will house a wide range of teaching and workshop spaces for the engineering and architecture schools.

“The scheme retains the 1979 Babbage Building, extending it volumetrically to create a series of interlocking parts. On the upper level, terraces connect visually to the landscape and provide additional outdoor teaching spaces.

“We are looking forward to developing our plans in close consultation with the University, to deliver a new western gateway at the threshold of the University and the City of Plymouth.”

A full planning application for the new building will now be developed, and the estimated timescale for completion of the new combined facility is summer 2022.

Spending their special day at St Elizabeth’s House in Plympton, Courtney and her now husband Ben have been volunteering for Hoofbeats Equine Rehabilitation Sanctuary for 10 years. Their wedding day saw the pair joined by family and friends, including many of the charity’s dedicated volunteers.

As a less than ordinary wedding guest, the volunteers at Hoofbeats joined together to bring Courtney’s Hoofbeats pony Joker, who she has been caring for for over a decade, to take part in the celebrations too.

As a thank you for Courtney and Ben’s dedication to volunteering for the local sanctuary, founder Sharon Vieira transported Joker to the wedding venue, where the couple were able to include the pony in their photos.

As the sanctuary is completely reliant on donations, it was not the charity itself but the volunteers that allowed the plan to run smoothly, with Hoofbeats’ founder Sharon offering her horse box free of charge to transport Joker to the venue.

Stopping at a local pub to be fed an apple or two by staff and customers, Joker took everything in his stride, including his grand appearance. Later posing for photos complete with flowers to match the bridal party’s, Joker completed the day and the moment had both the couple and many of the wedding guests in tears.

With lots of Hoofbeats volunteers in attendance, Sharon said: “The day gave a sense of what a great team we make. Being a volunteer at Hoofbeats is like being part of one big family, and it was lovely to all come together to mark the occasion – one of the team members was even Courtney’s bridesmaid after the pair met at the sanctuary many years ago!”

She added: “We were so pleased to be able to help bring an extra special touch to the wedding. It was only right that Joker was able to be a part of the big day and we wanted to also repay all the hard work Courtney and Ben have done for us over the years.”

To find out more about Hoofbeats and to donate towards the charity’s work, please visit: www.facebook.com/teamhoof or www. hoofbeats.org.uk

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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.

Dec 16: The Mills Railway Year 2019. Our annual celebration of the year’s railway events, as always presented by Bernard who continues to enthuse with this year’s travels, and with his camera reminds us to observe the local as well as national railway scene.

Jan 6: Barry Jones: ‘Westcountry Blues’. Devon and Cornwall railways with a focus on the Rail Blue era of the late 70s and early 80s - also including some topical updates. A digital presentation.

Christmas Concert Dec 14 Music of the Night Choral Foundation at Stoke Damerel Church at 7.30pm. tickers £5 on the door or in advance at www.ticketsource.co.uk/MOTN or call 01752 564847.

Christmas Fair Dec 15 YMCA Plymouth, Honicknowle Lane from 10am to 2pm.

Craft and gift stalls, Santa’s Grotto, inflatables, food and drink. Free entry, free parking and free canvas bag for first 50 entrants. Stalls for sellers available from £15. Contact Stacy on 01752 201918.

Table Top Sale Dec 15 Tothill Community Centre at the end of Knighton Road, St Judes from 10am to 1pm. Admission 50p, refreshments available. Jewellery, make up, cards, home made items and lots more. Money raised for picnic tables in Tothill Park next summer.

Christmas Fair Dec 15 Plymouth Guildhall from 11.30am to 3pm organised by Frog Fest Events. Festive stalls, food and refreshment.

Festive mini golf for children, Wishy Washy magician from 2pm to 3pm, face printing and inflatable Snowglobe. Free entry - first 50 children through the doors will receive a gift.

Real Ale Festival Dec 16 to 23 The London Inn, Plympton St Maurice. Interesting ales, snacks and more. Christmas Quiz on Dec 16; Jam Session Dec 17 (bring your own instrument or use ours and have fun); Christmas Carols on Dec 18, including Christmas Draw.

Plymouth Area Police Choir Dec 18 Methodist Central Hall, Plymouth. Grand Christmas Concert with the children of Montpelier School and young people of The Legacy Choir. Tickets. Contact Rod Fowler 01752 339788.

Plymouth Broadway Organ & Keyboard club Dec 18 Featuring Chris Powell, a former resident organist at Blackpool Tower Ballroom. Don’t be late if you want a lovely evening of live musical entertainment.

Broadway Community Centre, Plymstock at 7.15 pm.

Admission £5 including tea/coffee (and mince pie as it’s Christmas). Free parking. All welcome. 01752 706712.

Christmas Carols & Grotto in Devonport Park Dec 20 Annual carol service around the Bandstand in Devonport Park along with Santa’s Grotto for the first time. Children will be given a special gift from Santa plus a reindeer hunt through the park for with prizes for the lucky children who find them! Extras include raffle, mulled wine and cake in the cafe, tombola, bric-a-brac, kids rides, sweet and cake stalls, games, hot food, craft stalls and much more. Tickets £3 per child, adults free. The price includes Reindeer hunt, Grotto entry and raffle entry. Grotto open 3.30pm to 4.30pm and 5pm to 6pm. To pre book email us on Plymouthdevonportpark@gmail.com or search Plymouth Devonport Park events on Facebook.

Celebrate Christmas Dec 20 Carol service in aid of the Primrose Foundation at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Plymouth at 7pm. Featuring the Stanborough Chorus, conducted by Christopher

Not to be missed

Plymouth Christmas Market Nov 28 to Dec 19 Head to the Piazza in the city centre and browse to your heart’s content! More than 50 traders from across the South West will be selling their wares in traditional wooden cabins, festooned with fairy lights. Pick up unique gifts for friends and family, with everything from handmade jewellery and artwork to sweet treats and liqueurs to choose from.

Warm up with a mulled wine from the Bavarian Bar, tuck into festive food from one of the many street food stands and snap a festival selfie in front of the giant illuminated bauble. With entertainment including gospel choirs and vintage vocalists, your visit to the Christmas market will certainly put you in the festive spirit!

Penguins: A LEGO® Brick Trail Nov 30 to Jan 5 The LEGO® brick penguins are returning to Plymouth The penguins are back, spreading their Christmas magic over the city! Join in the festive family fun trail and seek out all 20 life size LEGO brick penguins which will be hidden in shops and businesses around the city centre. Start your adventure to find the names of all 19 Rockhoppers and one special Emperor Penguin. You could win fantastic prizes, including a weekend family trip to LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort courtesy of Plymouth Citycoach, or a Penguin Feeding Experience at Living Coasts for four people! Look out for special offers and discounts on the shop window stickers of the participating shops and businesses.

Polar Bear Explorer Dec 1 to 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!

Plymouth Christmas Market

Wonder Nights Dec 12 to Jan 5 Mount Edgcumbe. Amazing light shows, themed Wonderlands, mulled wine and even a surprise appearance from Father Christmas will all be at Mount Edgcumbe this festive season. The stunning formal gardens at Mount Edgcumbe will once again be illuminated as part of this after dark Christmas adventure. The visitors’ journey starts with a special effects show - journey beyond a secret door and find yourself in an enchanted grove adorned with over 25,000 fairy lights and the soothing sounds of a garden alive with life!

Don’t miss the all new show - Finding Wonderland.

Fletcher with guests from the Plymouth Philharmonic Choir and the choirs of Holy Cross Catholic Primary School and The Cathedral School of St Mary. For more information contact Madeleine Matthews on 01752 975217.

week Wire Art course for £20. Explore joining and embellishing wire to create decorative and sculptural art. Booking essential e-mail westdevonartworkshops@gmail.com or call 07724 153381. Details www.westdevonartworkshops.co.uk

ABBA Gold Dec 21 Plymouth Guildhall. Tickets from www.tickx.co.uk/ abba-gold-tickets

Plymouth Green Book Club Jan 6 Discussion on Who Owns England by Guy Shrubsole.

From secret military islands to tunnels deep beneath London, Shrubsole unearths truths concealed since the Domesday Book about who is really in charge of this country – at a time when Brexit is meant to be returning sovereignty to the people. Room 003, Babbage Building Plymouth University 6.30pm to 8pm.

Father Christmas Winter Wonderland Until Dec 24 Tamar View Nurseries, Saltash. Visit Father Christmas in his Winter wonderland. With an extra special new surprise this year, a visit will be magical. Book tickets in advance by calling 01752 847366.

Manor Street Market Dec 28 Union Corner 10am to 2pm. Bric-a-brac bargains, quirky performances, crafts, music, joy and food. To book tables or for more information call 01752 229608.

Plymouth Broadway Organ & Keyboard Club Jan 15 With guest organist Andrew Varley from Hampshire who plays for clubs and festivals throughout the UK. Come along and enjoy an evening of musical entertainment in Broadway Community Centre, Plymstock at 7.15pm. Admission £5 including tea/ coffee. Free parking. All welcome. 01752 706712.

Firestone Freezer Jan 1 Plymouth’s popular New Year’s Day swim in aid of charity. Location Stonehouse Lawn Tennis Club, Firestone Bay, Devil’s Point. In aid of Horizons, the Plymouth sailing charity and Surfers Against Sewage.

To register go to www.firestonefreezer.co.uk

RSPB Plymouth Talk Jan 15 Talk by Paul Freestone, Devon and Cornwall Police Wildlife Crime officer. 7.30pm at Trinity United Reform Church, Tor Lane, Hartley, Plymouth PL3 5NY. Entrance £4, refreshments.

Art For All Jan 6, 13, 20 and 27 Chaddlewood Farm Community Centre from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. Mark arts and make new friends. Four

Global Book Club Plymouth Jan 15 Discussion on Mary Robinson’s Climate Justice - a man-made problem with a feminist solution. Free

Discover a spectacle like no other as you’re literally surrounded by an unforgettable kaleidoscope of colourful lights, lasers, special effects and a soundtrack overflowing with emotion. For more information, visit wondernights.co.uk Gin’s & Fin’s Feb 29 National Marine Aquarium. Dozens of local and regional gins to be sampled, food, live music and singers, specialist talks, goody bag include gin glass, eco companies selling their products - even mermaids in the aquarium tanks! Cost £20 including £5 donation to Ocean Conservation Trust. Tickets from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/73854965189 event, all welcome. 7pm to 8.30pm at Rolle Building Room 102, Plymouth University.

Wassail & Family Ceilidh Jan 18 Stiltskin Creative Arts and Theatre Company, Devonport Park. Dress up as tree sprites, faeries and elves (optional for parents!) and meet the Jack Frost.

Wassail the trees around The Spellbound Wood and then join the family ceilidh. Bring pots, pans and musical instruments to help wake up our apple trees, welly boots and a pair of dancing shoes. Licensed bar serving hot spiced cider. Tickets available at https:// tinyurl.com/WASSAIL2020 Mum2mum Market Jan 25 Harewood House, Plympton from 10am to 12 noon.

Mum2mum Markets are award winning indoor nearly new sales (as seen on Dragon’s Den!). This sale is a sell out for the stalls already, so there will be over 20 stalls packed with nearly new bargains for you! With top brands in great condition, get all you need for your little ones. From nursery equipment, pushchairs, baby/children’s clothes, toys, books (and everything in between)... all for a fraction of their high street prices, potentially saving you a fortune!

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.

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Make sure your festive fragrances aren’t fake

Christmas shoppers are being warned to buy the real deal rather than fake perfume after Plymouth City Council’s Trading Standards seized goods which could be dodgy.

Raids over the last few weeks in addresses across the city have brought in a haul of counterfeit cosmetics and bottles of fragrance, labelled as designer brands like Chanel, Giorgio Armani and Miss Dior.

The products are currently being tested but as they were found with £250,000 of smuggled and fake fags and tobacco, trading standards officers believe they are fake.

Counterfeit make-up often contains high levels of potentially dangerous substances, as seen in a case taken by Plymouth Trading Standards in 2017. On that occasion, fake lipstick was found to contain over 300 times the permitted safe levels of lead.

Plymouth Trading Standards manager Alex Fry said: “While we are still carrying out testing, we have our suspicions because of how they were found. Fake perfumes could contain high levels of chemicals that can cause nasty reactions when sprayed onto the skin.

“Counterfeiters have no concern for safety or who the products are sold to.

Their only interest is cheap profit. The livelihoods of local Plymouth shopkeepers are threatened – they cannot compete with sellers of fake goods” With Christmas around the corner, Alex has put some top tips together. Look out for the 4 ‘P’s.

Place: Always buy from a reputable stockist (including internet sites and platforms) or duty free outlet.

Price: If a deal looks too good to be true, it most probably is.

Packaging: Look out for poor quality labelling, including spelling mistakes and poor grammar.

Product: Look out for fake versions of well-known brands and be wary of unusual brand names you haven’t seen before.

Also check the following: Look for specific words which might suggest the product is only a copy, such as ‘similar to.’

When buying online check the website to make sure it is a licensed seller and that the product description actually states that it is an original.

Don’t provide your bank details until you’ve checked the seller has procedures to protect your information and has a secure online payment system.

If you have an app on your mobile that scans bar codes, scan it and see if it’s listed as the correct product.

He’s also reminding shoppers about the ‘Real-Deal’ charter which is seeing its 10th anniversary this week. The Real Deal ‘Fake Free Markets’ Charter reassures consumers that they can expect to buy only genuine brands and quality goods when they shop at any local market displaying the ‘Real Deal’ logo.

Plymouth City Council introduced the Real Deal Charter at Plymouth Market in 2014. Look out for the Real Deal logo on online buy and sell groups, www. realdealmarkets.co.uk Anyone aware of someone selling counterfeit or illegal goods should report it to Trading Standards via the Citizens Advice Consumer Service on 03454040506.

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Sailors get ‘Elleva Fit’

All local businesses, voluntary groups, and individuals organisations and groups are invited to post their job vacancies in our Community Job Shop feature.

This must be for part-time and voluntary jobs only and should contain no more than 50 words, including contact details. All you have to do is send the details via e-mail to info@cornerstonevision.com Deadline for each issue is first Monday of the month prior.

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The Wyvern Centre at HMS Drake proved popular with its annual ‘Elleva Fit’ event, sponsored by Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity and Contact Coffee, in Devonport.

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

Billed as a Ultra-Cross-fit Style event, it attracted 76 competitors across 18 teams and more than 100 spectators from the Naval Base and Dockyard.

Teams of up to four battled it out to prove their fitness against a series of exercises, that were assessed by independent adjudicators. Up against the clock, they were each given 40 minutes to lift, push and pull during a measured cardo-vascular workout that took no prisoners!

The winners came from those teams who got furthest down the list of exercises.

“We were really pleased with the uptake of people across the Naval Base,” said Royal Naval physical training instructor Jo Collin, who organised this year’s event.

“Coming just before the Christmas break, it was great to see so many people come along for the challenge. There was a whole range of competitors, from complete novices to seasoned veterans of Cross-Fit and Ultra-Fit competitions, who gave their best. Overall it was very successful: 76 people working out over two hours, was pretty good”

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Tree-mendous event supports NSPCC The NSPCC’s annual Festival of Trees event in Plymouth proved quite a Christmas showstopper at the Theatre Royal.

Visitors and passers-by have been treated to a display of 25 individually decorated Christmas trees and 40 garlands, by local businesses, schools and individuals who have generously sponsored them to help keep local children safe.

It’s the 23rd year that the theatre has hosted the NSPCC fundraising event, which since it started in 1997 has raised more than £200,000.

For the last few weeks this year’s sponsors have been vying to take home the title of ‘best decorated tree 2019’ as they all put the finishing touches to their individually themed trees.

The difficult decision was made by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Councillor Richard Ball and Mrs Dianne Ball, who awarded the title to Princess Yachts. Its tree had been adorned in decorations hand-made by its year apprentices.

The runner-up prize went to the tree sponsored

by Devonport Playhouse, and decorated in the theme of The Sound of Music – its spring production.

King’s School and Nursery, and the NSPCC’s Youth Participation Group were both awarded commended certificates, while NSPCC volunteers Dan Downs and photographer Nic Randall were presented with Merit Awards from the children’s charity for their long-standing and ongoing support to its Festival of Trees event.

Community fundraising manager for Plymouth, Alison Armer, said: “This is a real highlight in our fundraising calendar, and it’s with thanks to the time and support of the tree sponsors, dedicated volunteers, and Theatre Royal Plymouth who make

Photo: Nic Randall Tree festival success – back row (from left): Charlotte Jones (Princess Yachts), Clare Page (Headteacher King’s School and Nursery), Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Plymouth Councillor Richard Ball and Mrs Dianne Ball, Terry Purdy (TJ Purdy Ltd), Alison Armer (NSPCC community fundraising manager), Lesley Ann and Bruce Brunning (The Bridge at Mountbatten).

Front row (from left): Sam Doel (NSPCC’s Plymouth and West Devon Branch Chairman), Tony (Devonport Playhouse), Drew Statton (Devonport Playhouse), Zahra Metwaly (NSPCC youth participation group), Dan Downs (NSPCC volunteer), and Karan Purdy (TJ Purdy Ltd).

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Big fine for Keyham woman who dumped litter in Efford A Keyham woman has been ordered to pay over £1,500 for dumping bags of household waste on a grass verge.

Chloe Coombes, of Lorrimore Avenue in Keyham, was found guilty in her absence of littering under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 at Plymouth Magistrates Court.

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Danceathon raises vital funds for NSPCC

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Pupils who sit on the School Council at Salisbury Road Primary School planned a danceathon to raise money for the children’s charity after 485 students met the NSPCC’s Schools Service team, and mascot Buddy, when they visited to deliver ‘Speak out Stay safe’ assemblies and workshops.

The interactive and age-appropriate safeguarding sessions teach children about the different types of abuse and how to identify trusted adults they can speak to if they ever have a worry or concern.

The danceathon started with teachers, children and their parents dancing in the playground before the start of the school day, with the theme continuing throughout the day.

Year 2 pupil, Layla, sits on the School Council alongside Esther who is in Year 6.

“The danceathon was so much fun and I loved Buddy the mascot,” said Layla.

“We raised lots of money to help children who are having a bad time and learnt about the safe grown-ups we can talk to if we are worried about anything.”

The children raised a total of £1,379.62 for the children’s charity’s Schools Service.

Esther added: “I am so proud that our school has raised so much money for an important cause.“This money can

now help to protect lots of vulnerable children. I learnt so much from the workshops and can now use this information to spread awareness of the support the NSPCC can provide.”

Headteacher Ciara Moran said: “The children loved the workshops and were keen to support other local children. We are very proud of them and have been delighted to see them putting our school values of unity and respect into action.”

The NSPCC’s Schools Service programme is offered free of charge to all primary schools across the UK and the Channel Islands.

In the last academic year, almost 6,000 children attended Speak out Stay safe assemblies in 24 schools across Plymouth alone.

Visual artist brings Plymouth Zooinspired installation to Central Park

Paris-based contemporary visual artist Matthew Raw has developed a semi-permanent installation hosted in Central Park, following research into the history of Plymouth Zoo, which was once located in the park.

The installation can be found in the shelter next to The Golf Hut, on the main promenade of Central Park, and features artwork by pupils from Plymouth School of Creative Arts (PSCA).

Opened in 1962 and closed just 16 years later, Plymouth Zoo served as a quarantine centre for animals arriving in the UK from overseas. Matthew used the story of an elephant temporarily held at the zoo as a starting point for pupils of PSCA to consider ideas of migration, transience, containment within a pre- and post-Brexit landscape and the experience of quarantine, creating their designs in response. The children also had the opportunity to print the tiles themselves using facilities in Plymouth College of Art’s ceramics workshop, assisted by graduates of the college, Laura Brooks and Ben Kew. A total of 50 designs that the students produced during this period have become motifs for a series of ceramic tiles that have been installed as public art near the zoo’s former home in Central Park, as well as featuring in Matthew’s recent solo exhibition in The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art, ‘Tactile Change’.

‘Tactile Change’, which ran from September to November in The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art, was funded

by Arts Council England and was commissioned by The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art and The Box Plymouth (the city’s major new cultural and heritage

Artist Matthew Raw with the ceramic installation in Central Park

centre, set to open in 2020).

‘Tactile Change’ also featured ceramic prints taken from carved wooden blocks and large-scale interactive doors, with the elephant tiles forming part of the installation ‘Routemaster’; an arrangement of large-scale doors and fences deployed around the Gallery that direct and restrict the movement of visitors through the space.

Matthew said: “Working in Plymouth has been a delight, learning about the history of the city and the forces that have shaped it over the past century.

I’m fascinated by the mixture of buildings new and old, and by people’s relationships to the notion of progress in the city; the things they hope will change and the things they want to stay the

same. I’m impressed with the way things are done in Plymouth.”

Matthew’s involvement with PSCA stems from a mural project he is currently undertaking in collaboration with architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios.

Matthew said: “I’m working with architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios on my largest commission to date, part of a large mural on their new Arts & Humanities building at the University of Warwick.

“When I found out that they also worked with Plymouth College of Art on the design for Plymouth School of Creative Arts, a school with making at the epicentre of its curriculum, I knew that I wanted to work with children there for this project.”

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Mayflower 400 programme of events is offiically launched

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The Mayflower 400 programme has officially set sail!

The year-long four nation programme, involving the UK, USA, Netherlands and Wampanoag nations, will commemorate and explore the 400 year anniversary of the journey and impact of one of history’s most famous ships, The Mayflower.

The programme will feature a world class public art and cultural programme funded by, among others, £1.7 million from Arts Council England and £500,000 from the Department of Culture, Media and Sports.

Projects developed in collaboration with Wampanoag and wider Native American tribes include a Theatre Royal Plymouth production This Land; a major commission of a Wampum Belt and a contemporary art installation called Settlement in Central Park.

Commemorations will take place in 13 partner destinations across the UK and internationally in the USA and the Netherlands.

To mark the day the Mayflower set sail, a major four nations public ceremony will take place on September 16 2020 in Plymouth.

The Mayflower 400 commemoration will reflect all aspects of the story of the Pilgrim Fathers and central to the programme will be the collaboration with the Wampanoag nation, who have inhabited present day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for more than 12,000 years.

From aiding the survival of those who made the journey 400 years ago, to understanding the impact of colonisation on the Native American people, their involvement in the Mayflower narrative is critical.

The Mayflower 400 programme reflects the four key Mayflower values: freedom, humanity, imagination and future. The majority of events will be free for people to attend and enjoy.

Other highlights include: • Mayflower 400: Legend & Legacy, a flagship exhibition at The Box, Plymouth’s new multimillion pound cultural and heritage centre, which is set to open in Spring 2020.

• This Land, a major new work of international, community theatre that wrestles with the history surrounding the voyage of the Mayflower and the impact of its arrival on the shores of Massachusetts.

• Settlement, a collaborative concept between Plymouth-based collective the Conscious Sisters and Native American artist Cannupa Hanska Luger.

20 Native American artists will present and live in a radical, large-scale installation of public art in Plymouth’s Central Park.

• Mayflower Four Nations Ceremony, a civic ceremony attended by representatives from the UK, the US, the Netherlands and the Wampanoag nations, 400 years to the day the passengers left. This will be the culmination of Mayflower Week, which will also include a visit from Matthew, a replica 15th century tall ship and a spectacular gathering of military ships from the US, Netherlands and UK at Plymouth Sound for a Mayflower Muster.

Adrian Vinken, Chair of Mayflower 400, said: “The coming Mayflower 400 year will see this historic world-changing voyage commemorated at an appropriately international level. As well as simply marking the voyage of the Mayflower and her passengers, the year will also reflect the impact the resulting colonisation had on the Wampanoag Nation through a wide range of exhibitions and theatrical productions throughout 2020.

“It’s been particularly rewarding to work with our Wampanoag, American and Dutch colleagues in the co-creation of many key Mayflower 400 activities ensuring that 2020 is a genuine four nations commemoration.”

For more information and details of events visit www.mayflower400uk.org

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Bursaries worth over £38,000 awarded in latest Mayflower 400 Community Sparks funding Fifteen different community groups have secured bursaries that will bring their projects to life in the third round of funding from ‘Mayflower 400 Community Sparks’.

From music and performance, to exhibitions and events, to murals and mosaics, the projects will benefit from an overall investment of £38,473 from the scheme, which was set up to support grassroots community, arts and cultural activity in the city.

All the projects will be delivered by November 2020, connecting many of the city’s neighbourhoods with the Mayflower 400 anniversary and ensuring that a range of diverse and inclusive events are part of the Plymouth’s extensive commemorative programme.

These new awards bring the total number of projects funded by ‘Mayflower 400 Community Sparks’ to an amazing 43!

The life of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, an important figure in the early links between Plymouth and America will take centre stage in an extra-ordinary community production.

Ernesettle residents will create, act, build props and steward this performance free to local residents. The award of £5,000 will be managed by Four Greens Community Trust.

North Star Study Group has secured £3,948 for a touring educational digital resource exploring contemporary narratives around migration and home.

Hamoaze House has been given £3,000 to create a ship’s figurehead of planting and trading post activities. The trading post established in an unused part of the building will provide a place to trade stories, history and experiences as well as explore Plymouth’s maritime legacy. £3,000 will help Prime Skate Park’s Youth Forum explore skate culture through art with the aim of improving the public’s perception of skaters.

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North Prospect Community Choir received a Mayflower 400 Community Sparks bursary

reconciliation work currently being done in Canada. £3,000 will pay for an exhibition, talks and workshops about the experience of First Nations people.

Plymouth Design Forum’s (PDF) Mayflower 400x400 Design Challenge has been encouraging local artists and designers to produce artworks inspired by the Mayflower past and present. £3,000 will support PDF to produce an exhibition of the top 400 entries.

Plymouth & Devon Racial Equality Council’s Integration Group has secured £3,000 for its ‘Welcome?’ project, which will design and produce a series of garments and artefacts reflecting on colonialism and the impact it’s had on their cultures.

Plymouth Folk Roots have been awarded £2,925 for a two-day folk weekend celebrating the life of folk legend Cyril Tawney’s both as a Royal Naval seaman and a folk singer/song writer in Plymouth. The festival will coincide with the 90th anniversary of his birth on October 12, 2020.

Stoke Fun Day received a Mayflower Efford Community Network 400 Community Sparks bursary and High View School will receive £2,900. The community, led by the local school will produce a film exploring the values of Mayflower 400. Young people will examine what the themes of freedom, humanity, imagination and future means to them and their neighbourhood.

Another bursary of £2,900 will support the Signing Choir in Plymouth. Deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and hearing signers aged nine to 86 years young will learn and rehearse six songs translated from English into British Sign Language for the ‘1000 Voices Big Choir Event’ at the Mayflower 400 Ceremony on Plymouth Hoe next September.

YMCA Plymouth have secured £2,850 to host a Mayflower Mural Project for young people and residents in Honicknowle.

In partnership with Plymouth College of Art, a series of workshops for community groups will create a public mural that will be installed on a large wall overlooking the YMCA community garden.

Did you know that Turnchapel Dockyard was used by the US 29th division troops as a debarkation point for the Normandy landings in June 1944? £1,300 will go to Turnchapel History Group to produce a film celebrating 400 years of history of this little know corner of the city.

In a tradition extending back to the 1950s, the Pembroke Street estate has held streets parties. £1,000 will fund a big Mayflowerinspired get together along with creative sessions with the local youth group in the run up to the event to create fancy dress costumes and cardboard tall ships.

Artist Kate Entwistle has been awarded £900 to commemorate everyday people. Her ‘Pink Plaques’ project highlights the fun, cute and bizarre memories of Plymouth through temporary plaques located around the city.

The people of Millbay and residents of Mayflower Court will benefit from a unique garden mosaic celebrating the journey of the Mayflower and the maritime history of Plymouth. To make this happen the Abbeyfield Society has been awarded £750.

Hannah Harris, CEO, Plymouth Culture said: “The quality of applications for this round was very impressive and there’s a real energy amongst local communities to engage with the Mayflower anniversary. This made the job of selecting projects challenging but those who’ve been awarded funding represent a diverse range of proposals, all of which will respond to the Mayflower 400 commemorations in their own unique way.

“These projects will ensure that the Mayflower programme of activity reaches into every community and offer opportunities for some brilliant and meaningful engagement.”

The fourth round of funding is now open. Community grants of up to £3,000 are available with grants of £5,000 in exceptional circumstances. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2020.

More information and an application form can be downloaded from www. theboxplymouth.com/mayflower400community-sparks For help and support with your project idea contact Fiona Evans at Vital Sparks on fiona. evans@plymouth.gov.uk.

‘Mayflower 400 Community Sparks’ is a partnership between Mayflower 400, Plymouth Culture, Plymouth City Council, The Box, Plymouth and Vital Sparks.

Plymouth litter pickers inspire launch of ‘clean our patch’ group in Zimbabwe A group of community minded residents of a Zimbabwe town, inspired by Clean Our Patch’s Facebook page, will launch with their first litter pick at the end of November.

In August, Clean Our Patch were contacted

by Pardon Maguta from Chimanimani, Zimbabwe.

Clean Our Patch co-founder El Clarke said: “Pardon informed us that he had been following our work for a while and was so inspired that he wanted to start a Clean Our Patch initiative in Chimanimani.

“I am impressed and moved by the clean ups that you are doing in your country. You are inspiring the world. You are changing the globe,” said Pardon Maguta.

Pardon informed COP of the massive devastation that his region was experiencing after Cyclone Isai struck in March. Pardon highlighted not just structural devastation but the massive amount of plastic pollution that was stirred up by the cyclone.

“We have massive pollution after Cyclone Isai destroyed properties. The council don’t seem to know what to do so I want to gather volunteers to clean our environment,” said Pardon.

After much advice from the Clean Our Patch team and hard work on the part of Pardon, he has managed to gain community and council engagement in his hometown.

Pardon spoke to his local councillor and highlighted the urgency and importance of a clean up campaign in the area. He sourced a company that have agreed to donate bags for collecting the rubbish and has arranged a collection service from the council.

Clean Our Patch co-founder Ash Samuels said: “We are proud and humbled to support this community in their aims and goals in creating a safe and clean environment for their future generations and are looking forward to their first clean up being held on November 29.

“Clean Our Patch began as couple of people with the aim of cleaning up our street - to be inspiring another individual in Africa to launch his own group is incredible!

The Clean Our Patch movement’s gone global! We are hopeful that this can spread wide and far and give people the knowledge and understanding to maintain a clean and safe environment for all of our futures.”

WHO ARE CLEAN OUR PATCH?

Clean Our Patch is a Plymouth based community litter picking initiative that has taken the city by storm. Founded in March 2018, the group have collected over 6500 bags of litter across the city amounting to just over 65 tonnes.

Since beginning its war on litter, Clean Our Patch have successfully founded 20 groups across the city, recruiting 30 ambassadors who lead teams of volunteers in their communities on monthly litter picks.

This has resulted in litter picks running every single week across the city, clearing all types of terrain from pavements, hedges, drains and embankments, in parks and also along the coast.

To find out more, get involved or to create a Clean Our Patch group in your community, get in touch via www.facebook.com/ CleanOurPatch, twitter @cleanourpatch or by email at cleanourpatch@hotmail.com

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Talented art students spread a positive message Two students from Plymouth College of Art have had their ambitious art project installed under the Pennycomequick Railway Bridge.

Promising to brighten up a little bit of Plymouth and promote mental health awareness, students Poppy Cowan and Brodie Butchart recently had six of their bright and positive posters installed under the bridge.

Working with Plymouth City Council and with permission by Network Rail, the posters by the two UAL Foundation Diploma in Art & Design students from Plymouth College of Art will be passed daily by thousands of people on their daily commutes to work, university and school. The large posters radiate happiness, with bright illustrative work accompanied by messages of well-being and positivity.

Poppy explained: “The idea for decorating the railway bridge came as I was walking home from school. I’m often lost in negative thoughts or zoned out while walking as the walk has become dull and repetitive and I feel others may feel the same way.

“This led me to think of a way to add a bit of excitement and colour to my regular route home.

The bridge underside is a dull and uninspiring part of my journey, but it has a lot of potential as thousands of commuters pass underneath each day by car and on foot. The aim of this project is to liven up this area and bring a bit of good energy into people’s daily lives.”

Thanks to generous support from PCH Manufacturing and a massively successful crowdfunding campaign, Poppy and Brodie managed to raise the funds needed to install the posters for everyone in the community to benefit from.

“This project is about being who you are and being proud of it,” said Brodie, “it’s about creating a realistic and honest environment and a message of mental health awareness that doesn’t just focus on the illnesses, but more directly on the people affected.

“We want to acknowledge that whilst there has been a big push for mental health awareness lately, it’s not normalised yet and is still a taboo topic for many people.”

Both Poppy and Brodie are previous students of Plymouth High School for Girls, who are now undertaking a Foundation Diploma in Art & Design at Plymouth College of Art. They are excited by the idea that this project could make a real difference.

Brodie explains: “This project opens up the bridge for other artists to use in the future and promotes

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local artists creating art for our spaces and community.”

Spreading messages of positivity is something that Poppy and Brodie have both focused on in their art. Brodie painted murals in the Plymouth

High School for Girls’ Sixth Form Common Room to brighten the room and promote happiness.

Poppy had plenty of success with another previous project, spreading positivity as far as she could: “Initially I made handmade badges of

Christmas gifts for Barnardo’s children centres Over 100 deserving children under the age of five in Plymouth will be getting Christmas gifts thanks to Plymouth Soroptimists.

Members of the international women’s group have given over 100 individually wrapped books, dozens of toys and a cheque for £100 to Barnardo’s children’s centres. Staff at the Plymouth Barnardo’s centres will ensure that the gifts are distributed to pre-school children of the families they support and who might otherwise not have a present to unwrap on Christmas day.

This year Plymouth Soroptimists are also supporting the Love in a Box charity which sends Christmas gifts for children in orphanages and hospitals in Moldova. Over 40 shoe boxes were wrapped and filled with hats, gloves, scarves, toiletries and toys which were donated

by Soroptimists and their friends.

Plymouth Soroptimist Lorraine Gillings said: “Christmas can be a difficult time for some families and our members are always keen to bring some cheer during this season. As well as Barnardo’s and children in Moldova, we will also be giving a pile of toys to the Salvation Army for under privileged children in Plymouth.”

Soroptimist International is the world’s leading international women’s organisation including having two representatives on the UN Council.

Membership offers the opportunity to work with like-minded women locally, nationally and internationally, focusing on building a better world for women and children. If you would like to find out more visit www.plymsorop.org.uk, www.sigbi.org or call 01752 774401.

happy characters with positive affirmations and distributed them around Plymouth, requesting that whoever finds them takes them on their journey with them. Amazingly, they travelled far and wide, reaching Thailand, Australia and all across Europe.

I received some amazing pictures and lovely comments saying how pleased and happy people were to find the badge.”

Madalaine Blyth, course leader for Foundation Diploma in Art & Design at Plymouth College of Art’s Pre-Degree centre said, “Poppy and Brodie’s work is a fantastic example of students getting actively engaged in their community and making a difference to their city through socially-minded art.

It’s wonderful to see young creatives in Plymouth take ownership of their city through meaningful projects such as this, supported through their schools to think bigger than the art studio.

“The team at Plymouth High School for Girls have supported and encouraged Poppy and Brodie throughout the project and should be congratulated for their hard work. It is through dedicated and engaged art teachers that the next generation of young artists will change the world for the better.

“Since joining us on the Foundation Diploma, Poppy and Brodie have continued to develop work which addresses community needs, such as exploring Social Justice at the Tate Britain, participating in the Plymouth Art Weekender in September and most recently having their work, developed in response to ideas of home and belonging, displayed in Los Angeles as part of a project with OTIS College. We cannot wait to see what is next for them both!”

Tom Varrall, head of art at Plymouth High School for Girls, has seen the project from its conception: “I am very excited at the prospect of having such a bold and beautiful collection of images up in what was a dingy and bleak part of our city.

“They will send a message of positivity, conceived in an A level Art lesson, from the confines of education, out to the community beyond, and to the people of Plymouth.

“Thanks to hard work and determination, what started out as an ‘imagine if…’ conversation is now becoming a reality and the pair are over the moon.

Brodie and Poppy are amazing young people - they are daring, sensitive and positive in the face of the challenging world they are growing into, they are willing to take risks to bring us all closer together.

“I have learnt a lot from working with them and wish them the best of luck in their futures.”

Capita employees based at the Money Centre in Plymouth have joined forces with Andys Man Club, a charity providing mental health support to men, following the tragic suicide of a colleague.

It is a sad fact that suicide is now the biggest killer of young men in the UK, with over 4,500 male suicides a year, highlighting the need to support mental health.

By reaching out to Andys Man Club, over 40 male colleagues joined two sessions run by the charity to remind them that #itsokaytotalk - the impact has been so positive that more sessions have been arranged and will be replicated at offices in Leek, Staffordshire.

Employees in Plymouth used a company-wide, international competition to raise awareness of men’s mental health and the work of the charity. They produced a moving video that captured the ethos of the company’s values and demonstrated how the team in Plymouth is helping to create better outcomes. Their video entry went on to win the competition and the team donated their £500 prize to Andys Mans Club.

Craig Harrison, lead facilitator Andys Man Club, Plymouth said: “I would like to say a massive thank you on behalf of Andys Man Club

Plymouth employees join forces with Andys Man Club to provide mental health support for the very generous donation towards our cause. The money will be used to open up even more groups around the country to reach that one man who may need our support, and this continues to be our goal.

“We were delighted with the turnout for the recent sessions in Plymouth where we gave an insight into how Andys Man Club supports men’s mental health, and the story behind our charity.”

Matthew Phippen, an IT delivery manager who produced the video, said: “As a company, we take health and wellbeing very seriously. The response from colleagues to our work with Andys Mans Club has been overwhelming - to get 40 male colleagues attending these sessions was fantastic. If it helps just one person to realise its ok to talk and get support, then we have succeeded.”

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Bravery awards for Plymouth-based sailors Two sailors from Plymouth frigate HMS Argyll have been recognised for their bravery in saving all 27 crew of a blazing transporter ship in the Bay of Biscay.

Leading Seaman David Groves and Able Seaman Alex Harvey spent at least four hours in towering seas as they struggled to rescue every man aboard stricken car/container ship Grande America in March.

The frigate – on her way home to Plymouth after nine months away in the Asia-Pacific region – responded to a mayday from the 28,000-tonne merchant ship about 150 miles southwest of Brest.

Despite a swell of six to seven metres – at the absolute limit of safe boat operations – the two sailors volunteered to enter the water in their eight-metre-long craft and attempt to save the Grande America’s crew.

“One minute you could see a ship on fire, the next it was hidden by a wall of water. And the closer we got, the more engulfed we were in the smoke,” said 29-year-old David, from Taunton.

Leading Seaman David Groves

HMS Argyll’s sea boat pushing the container ship’s lifeboat during the dramatic rescue

Alex added: “It was rough – very rough and as we got near to the ship, it turned out to be a lot worse than we’d imagined it.”

When the pair reached the merchant ship they faced a lengthy wait as the crew struggled to launch the lifeboat – the Grande America’s high side and rough weather ruled out climbing down the ladder and into Argyll’s boat.

When the lifeboat eventually launched, it hit the water with such force that it left the vessel impossible to manoeuvre.

Nevertheless, David managed to bring his boat nose-to-nose with the lifeboat. With Alex on the bow judging the right moment as the two craft moved up and down, four of the merchant crew jumped from a small hatch into Argyll’s boat.

“When the first guy jumped I had to grab him to prevent him going overboard. I thought to myself: This is a bit hairy,” said the 25-year-old from Hull.

Next the pair tried towing the lifeboat, but the line parted in the heavy sea. Finally they decided on nudging the boat towards the frigate “like a bumper car, or pinball” said David.

It took an interminable amount of time to ‘bump’ the lifeboat the half mile to HMS Argyll – and then they had to pin it against the frigate’s side so the Grande America’s crew could climb the scrambling net if they had the strength – or be hauled up in a hoist.

“They were cold, tired, suffering from the effects of fire, smoke, shock and they’d been bobbing around in the sea for a couple of hours – they were exhausted,” added David, now serving at HMS Raleigh in Torpoint.

He receives the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for his actions on the night of March 10-11; Alex, who has joined new patrol ship HMS Trent in Glasgow as her boat’s coxswain, will be presented with the Queen’s

Commendation for Bravery.

“We could have called the rescue off given the conditions – but why would we when there are lives at stake,” said Alex, who’s been in the Royal Navy for five years.

“It was absolutely a worthwhile experience, something to be proud of and a good way to finish our deployment, but I never thought an award would come out of it. It’s a bit surreal.”

David, who’s due to tie the knot with his fiancée Leanne Barratt in September, has previous experience of rescues – a sunken fishing boat in the Channel and saving migrants in the Mediterranean while serving aboard HMS Enterprise.

“It is always good to be recognised for the work you do, but at the end of the day this is what we’re trained for. That all kicked in on the night,” he added.

“We saw the crew the next day and they were really grateful for what we’d done for them. That was as much recognition as we’d expected.”

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By Chris Cole, Founder of Cross Rhythms Charity

Experience Many of us celebrate His birth at Christmas and at the beginning of every New Year we at Cross Rhythms endeavour to start this column off with a focus on the Person of Jesus Christ. Both divine and human, Jesus is the Cornerstone and Foundation of the Christian faith.

According to Pew Research Agency, as of 2010 there were just under 2.2 billion Christians around the world, or about one-in-three (31.4%) of all people worldwide. This makes Christianity the world’s largest religion. The world’s Christian population is expected to grow to 2.9 billion by 2050.

Christendom, or structured Christianity in the West, is challenged as it endeavours to adapt to social changes since World War 2, but global Christianity continues to grow. However, there are some encouraging signs of new life in the church in the west especially amongst the younger generation.

According to ancient scripture (the Bible); historic tradition, history itself and the belief of orthodox biblical Christianity through the ages, Jesus Christ is the focus of global Christianity. Christ lives in the heart and experience of those who believe who He is with

lives confirmed by the Holy Spirit.

C.S. Lewis wrote that there are only three options of opinion open to us when we consider the claims Jesus makes about himself: madman, liar or Son of God...

For Christians, Jesus is the one and only Son of God, He has existed with the Father and the Holy Spirit for all eternity, and He came to earth as a man 2,000 years ago in the mysterious act we call the incarnation – quite literally, Heaven invaded Earth.

But who is Jesus to you and me?

A couple of hundred years ago, Napoleon Bonaparte had this to say: “I know men and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere Chris Cole man… Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires… upon force. Jesus Christ founded His empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him.” In 1926 Dr James Francis wrote the following: “Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty. Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher.

He never owned a home. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family. He never went to college. He never put His foot inside a big city.

“He never travelled two hundred miles from the place He was born. He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but Himself...

“While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against him. His friends ran away. One of them denied Him. He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed upon a cross between two thieves.

“While He was dying His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth – His coat. When He was dead, He was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

“Nineteen long centuries have come and gone, and today He is a centrepiece of the human race and leader of the column of progress.

“I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, all the navies that were ever built; all the parliaments that ever sat and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth

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as powerfully as has that one solitary life.”

The foundation of the Christian faith is that Jesus Christ has existed for all time and beyond time. He created us and the world we live in.

‘Gentle Jesus meek and mild’ He may be, but He is also ‘tougher than hell’ and he defeated death, rising again to life to empower men, women and children with grace to carry on where he left off.

He enables us to defeat fear with love in the power of His Holy Spirit. He sits now, ‘the lamb Who was slain’ on a throne beside his Father’s in heaven and his Father has given Him charge of everything that He has reclaimed with His own life.

He has promised He will one day return to bring His peace and the rule of righteous Love in the world. Prophetic scripture confirms this.

This is who Jesus is, for me, and I believe it’s who the Bible says He is... what about you?

When Pontius Pilate stood before Jesus and asked Him ‘what is truth?’ it is ironic that Pilate was standing before Absolute Truth Himself and didn’t realise it.

From all at Cross Rhythms, have a powerful and influential 2020 especially in these challenging times.

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Lottery boost for Read Easy Plymouth group

Local community group Read Easy Plymouth is celebrating after being awarded £6,000 in National Lottery funding to support its work teaching local adults to learn to read, or to improve their reading skills.

The group will use the cash to recruit and train more volunteer coaches, provide reading books and other literacy resources for the coaching sessions, and publicise their work more widely within the local community.

Read Easy Plymouth, which is affiliated to national charity Read Easy UK, has been running since April this year, and is staffed by a small team of volunteers. Read Easy recruits and trains volunteer reading coaches, who work on a one-toone basis with adult readers, giving them regular, free and confidential coaching twice a week.

There is no time limit – every reader starts at the beginning with book 1 and moves at their own pace.

The one-to-one nature of the coaching helps the readers to grow in confidence over time. As they progress through the five reading books, they are awarded certificates to mark their success.

Read Easy Plymouth currently has 14 reader and coach pairs meeting regularly in libraries, community and health centres in and around the city. The group would like to express its gratitude to these organisations for their invaluable support in providing these essential spaces, where readers can feel comfortable, relaxed and able to focus on their reading sessions.

The new funding will allow Read Easy Plymouth to recruit more coaches, put them through the Read Easy in-house training, and match them with more readers. The impact on the lives of adults who learn to read with Read Easy is huge and, in the words of many who have successfully tackled the challenge, life changing. Adults who struggle to read are five times more likely to be unemployed and four times more likely to experience long-term unemployment.

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Your guide to community events in your area Central Library Rhymetime Mondays, 11am - 11.30am Thursdays, 2pm - 2.30pm Songs and nursery rhymes for babies and toddlers.

Lions support for Special Olympics

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

Story times for the under 5s.

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.

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+

The Lions Club of Plymouth have presented a cheque for £600 to support the Special Olympics Team Plymouth and District. The money was raised at a golf day at Staddon Heights Golf Club and will help fund a Commemorative Event for Mayflower 400 at Plymouth Life Centre and other venues in April. Lion President George Poad is pictured presenting the cheque to Kirsty Bisgrove, the South West Regional Manager of Allied Care who represent the Special Olympics Team Plymouth and District.

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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.

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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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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.

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.

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

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.

Road, Plymouth. Mondays 6.30pm beginners class with step by step instruction. 7.45pm sequence dance. Fridays at 7.30pm for sequence dance.

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.

Pennycross Sequence Dance Club Meets at the Holy Family Church Hall, Beacon Park

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.

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

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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.

Leading figure in dementia care and research wins coveted national award Ian Sherriff, Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia at the University of Plymouth has won a National Dementia Friendly Award from the Alzheimer’s Society.

The winners were announced at an awards ceremony in London hosted by Sun journalist and Loose Women panellist, Jane Moore.

Ian was one of three finalists in the category Outstanding Contribution of the Year. This judge’s choice award is for an individual, team or organisation that has made an outstanding contribution to the lives of those affected by dementia, based on nominations in the other award categories.

Ian is a leading figure in dementia care and research nationally and internationally and a longstanding Alzheimer’s Society volunteer.

He has established a dementia friendly community and sits on and chairs various boards, committees and groups that support and involve people affected by dementia.

He is Chair of the Prime

Minister’s Rural Dementia Group (2015 to date), and a member of the Prime Minister’s Dementia Friendly Communities Challenge Group (2013 to date), chairing the South West and South of England group. Internationally, as Chair of the Dementia Air Transport Group (2016-2020), he has worked with the Civil Aviation Authority, the aviation industry and people with dementia to introduce new CAA guidelines (2016) currently being implemented by all UK airports and airlines to assist passengers with hidden disabilities.

His work also includes the Academic Dementia Global Group, which sees dementia teams from across the world meet up via video link to share ideas, challenges and best practice to improve the provision of dementia care.

Ian said: “Winning the Outstanding Contribution Award feels very humbling and also reflects a team effort really of everyone I’ve worked with across the globe. I’m just the front piece for the work that is going on at the

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.

Sequenced Dance Saturdays St Gabriels Church Hall, Hyde Park 7.30pm to 10pm

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 Rainbow Group Tuesdays The group meets at Mount Gould Church from 4.45pm to 5.45pm for girls aged from five to six and a half. For more information contact 07913697767 Sequence Dancing for All Saturdays St Gabriel’s Church Hall, Hyde Park Peverell, 7.30pm to 10pm. With tea and biscuits. Everyone welcome.

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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.

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.

Goulden Girls Stitchers A patch work and quilting group who meet at Mount Gould Methodist Church on Thursday mornings from 10am to 12 noon. We are a friendly group of ladies who share our knowledge and skills. Help and advice available. Anyone interested in joining us please contact Pat King on 240560 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

University of Plymouth’s Ian Sherriff pictured with (from left) Alzheimer’s Society CEO Jeremy Hughes, Sun journalist and Loose Women panellist Jane Moore and Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador Scott Mitchell, husband of Barbara Windsor

University of Plymouth but also around the country and around the world. Alzheimer’s Society, since its birth, has marched forward on the knowledge and experience of people with dementia and their carers and where the Society is today is amazing, especially when you think it was started by four people sitting around a kitchen table.”

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.

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.

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 7.30pm Mixed Pilates. All classes are pay as you go. For more information call Sarah on 07866 188085 or visit popuppilates.me.uk 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 and tea and cakes made by the members. Next meeting is October 22 at 7pm. We look forward to seeing you there. For details

Dementia is the 21st century’s biggest killer. Someone develops the condition every three minutes - but too many face it alone. Alzheimer’s Society’s 2019 Dementia Friendly Awards recognise, celebrate and promote the inspirational achievements of those uniting to make a real difference to people living with dementia.

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.

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.

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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.

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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 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) 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.

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 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.

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.

Details of other city-wide community groups can now be viewed online at www plymouthchronicle.co.uk This move ensures the Chronicle can continue to publish local stories relevant to the communities it is serving. Organisations wishing to update their details or submit a new entry should send the information to info@cornerstonevision.com

Barbican Theatre’s chief executive, Sheila Snellgrove, will be stepping down in 2020 after 39 years with the company.

During Sheila’s time with the company, Barbican Theatre has become a central part of the city’s cultural offer. Over the past 39 years the company has grown from a touring Theatre In Education company with no base to a regular producer of accessible high-quality performance and training, both at its main premises on the Barbican and in various locations across the city.

Sheila trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and has worked in theatre and education as an actor, director and producer and teacher.

She is a director of Plymouth Culture and Plymouth & Devon Racial Equality Council and served on Plymouth Fairness Commission, reporting on how to make the City a fairer place for all its citizens.

Sheila said: “Plymouth is my city and I

will always be passionate about it. I feel honoured to have been able to support young people’s creativity through my work at Barbican Theatre and to champion local artists by giving them work, opportunities and a reason to stay. We have always been more than just a theatre and embraced key issues of public concern through our outreach and education programmes - I believe this is the future of theatre and I am excited to see how the Barbican continues to grow and thrive.

“I am passionate about the work we do in the city to embrace cultural diversity, and I am proud to have played my part in bringing people together to listen, share and connect worlds.”

Matt Hall, Chair of Trustees said: “Sheila is an amazing cultural leader and, after 4 decades of establishing and developing Barbican Theatre, we will miss her very much. Her integrity, strength

and determination are second to none and these qualities have enabled her to carve out countless opportunities for new artists and new voices to be heard in the city. This is a really exciting time for the next generation of artistic leaders to both continue Sheila’s outstanding work and shape the cultural landscape of tomorrow.”

Sheila leaves Barbican Theatre in a strong position as it enters its next phase with ongoing support from Arts Council England, Plymouth City Council and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation amongst others. She has been instrumental in developing Plymouth Cultural Education Partnership which has recently received £1m for work in Plymouth schools.

Barbican Theatre is now looking for an ambitious and dynamic leader who Sheila will hand over to in early 2020 and who will continue to take the company from strength to strength.

Veterans make designs on festive fundraising for Help for Heroes Veterans Nick Martin and Mark Humphreys from Plymouth have been selected by Help for Heroes to hone their creative skills and help design a new range of products. Funds raised from the sale of the merchandise will enable the charity to support other wounded and sick veterans and their families.

Veteran Nick was a stores accountant with the Royal Navy and spent most of his time at sea. He saw action in the Falklands Campaign, being on the Atlantic Conveyor when she was hit. This is the reason why, having struggled with PTSD since that time, he ended up contacting Help for Heroes many years later.

He said that art has been hugely beneficial to him as part of his recovery, helping him to relax, focus his mind and manage his PTSD. “Art just takes me away from everyday trouble and strife and I can sit and draw and sketch and paint for six, seven, eight hours and while I’m doing that I don’t have flashbacks, I don’t have any dark thoughts, I’m not entering places I don’t want to go. It’s just really, really relaxing, “ said Nick.

Help for Heroes has used one of Nick’s paintings for a women’s t-shirt and set of tea towels. He said he was proud to see the final result.

“Seeing my artwork on a product for the very first time was just really emotional. It just looks stunning.

It’s just incredible to think that somebody has seen something that I have done which I think of as a scribble or a scrawl and produced something so, so beautiful.”

Keen photographer and former infantryman Mark joined the Army at the age of 15. He undertook many

Nick Martin with one of the t-shirts

tours around the world, before being medically discharged after 16 years of Service. He says he had many years of good health before suffering a series of mini strokes, including ‘one big one’.

Mark uses photography as a device to focus his mind: “Photography is my escape from reality, it keeps my mind focussed on now, this moment in time and not in the past. Each image is a new life experience for me. I am very proud and humbled for my image to be

used as a Help for Heroes Christmas card.”

Help for Heroes supports anyone who is wounded or becomes ill as a result of their Service. However, recovery from physical or psychological injury takes time and there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach. Some may benefit from a physical programme, such as sports recovery. However, others, like Nick and Mark, may find creativity eases the daily struggle of living with pain, depression, anxiety or PTSD. Art and design can provide the peace and quiet that they crave, while others find it therapeutic as it helps them to express emotions without words, process complex feelings and find relief.

In October, Help for Heroes revealed that injury has forced almost 40,000 men and women to leave the military over the past 20 years. Over 25% of these have been since the end of the war in Afghanistan, despite the British Armed Forces not being engaged in active conflict during this period. The number of service personnel whose lives have been derailed by injury grows every day.

To see the full Help for Heroes catalogue, which includes a great selection of clothing, Christmas cards and decorations and homeware, visit https://shop. helpforheroes.org.uk.

All of the profits from the sale of the items goes to Help for Heroes, providing much needed funds that will enable the charity to support our wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women and their families. Help for Heroes offers support throughout the year from its Recovery Centre in Plymouth and community locations across the South West. To get support or give support visit www.helpforheroes.org.uk.

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Plymouth taking steps to improve dental health

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Tooth decay among children is a concern for parents and health professionals. It causes pain, discomfort, tooth loss and time off school. More children aged between five and nine years old have a general anaesthetic for tooth extraction than for any other reason.

The good news is that it’s preventable.

Painful, broken and missing teeth can have a negative impact on speech development, food choices, social interaction, readiness for school and the child’s ability to thrive. Having visibly decayed or missing teeth can be a disadvantage for people trying to get a job or promotion.

Tooth decay affects pre-school and school-aged children, and their families: during 2016/17 there were 713 children and young people, aged 16 and under, who had teeth removed under general anaesthetic.

That is a serious matter for a child. It takes, on average, five days for children to fully recover and return to school. Assuming that those operations were performed during term time this would mean 3,565 days, or almost 10 years, of missed education across Plymouth, during just one year.

And parents and carers need to take time out of work to look after children in recovery - a problem for them, their families and the local economy. So, in case anyone was in any doubt, children’s oral health is a big deal!

This problem is being addressed in Plymouth in a variety of ways at the level of prevention, including the Open Wide and Step Inside initiative, which is an oral health education programme designed for four to seven year olds; and supervised tooth brushing, which has been piloted in some schools and proven to be highly effective.

“Over ten years we have proven that most of these problems in children’s oral health are preventable, if we can give them access to good advice and education about how to care for their teeth,” said Dr Rob Witton, Director of the Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise.

“We’re now looking for a fairly small amount of funding from NHS England, which will help us make a significant improvement in local children’s oral health.”

Over the next few months, The Chronicle will feature some of the local initiatives that are improving children’s oral health, including Plymouth Dental Social Enterprise, Plymouth’s pioneering dental school, working with public health and Plymouth City Council to provide greater access to oral health care for everyone.

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Listed below is an easy to use guide to accessing oral health care in Plymouth – if you have any concerns about your child’s teeth, you can contact the one nearest you for advice or an appointment.

Plymouth Dental Access Centre Seventrees Clinic, 1a Baring Street, Greenbank, Plymouth, PL4 8NF • Accepts children for routine dental care • Accepts adults for emergency dental care • Open from Monday to Friday from 8.45pm to 5pm • Appointments can be made by contacting 01752 434664 • There is a waiting list for an initial consultation, however if a person is in pain they are seen the next working day – whenever possible • Standard NHS charges apply unless evidence of exemption is provided.

Devonport Dental Education Facility Damerel Close, Madden Road, Devonport, Plymouth, PL1 4JZ • Accepts children and adults for routine NHS dental care • Operates term-time only, Monday to Friday from 9am to 4.30pm • Appointments can be made by contacting 0345 155 8109 • Treatment is free as it is provided by dental students supervised by qualified dentists who are responsible for overseeing the patient’s treatment plan • A triage system operates to ensure patients are suitable to be treated by supervised students.

Derriford Dental Education Facility Tamar Science Park, Research Way, Plymouth, PL6 8BT • Accepts children and adults for routine NHS dental care • Operates term-time only, Monday to Friday from 9am to 4.30pm • Appointments can be made by contacting 0345 155 8109 • Treatment is free as it is provided by dental students supervised by qualified dentists who are responsible for overseeing the patient’s treatment plan • A triage system operates to ensure patients are suitable to be treated by supervised students.

Emergency dental treatment • Can be accessed by contacting NHS 111 • The service is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week by a team of fully trained advisers.

• They will ask questions to assess symptoms and, depending on the situation, will then give self-care advice, connect you to a nurse, emergency dentist or GP, book you a face-to-face appointment, send an ambulance directly (if necessary), or direct you to the local service that can help you best with your concern.

NHS Devon Dental Helpline • Gives advice to people in Devon and Cornwall on where to find an NHS dentist • Gives advice on how to access dental care in an emergency • Adds people to the dental waiting list if there are no NHS dental practices in the area currently accepting new NHS patients • Can be contacted on 03330 063 300 or accessdentalhelpline@nhs.net

Further information is available from www.nhs.uk

Age UK Plymouth 01752 256020 Adoption UK 0844 848 7900 Al-Anon Family Groups 020 7403 088 Alcoholics Anonymous 0800 917 7650 Carers UK 020 7378 4999 Childline 0800 1111 Christians Against Poverty (Debt Advice) 0800 328 0006 Crossline Listening Service 01752 666777 Cruse Bereavement Care 0870 1671677 Devon & Cornwall Food Association 07410 977598 Disability & Information Advice Line 01302 310123 Drug Addicts Anonymous: Helpline 07818260811 Money Advice Plymouth (Debt Advice) 01752 208126 NSPCC Child Protection Helpline 0808 8005000 National Missing Persons Helpline 0500 700700 NHS Direct 0845 4647 National Domestic Violence Helpline 0808 2000247 Money Advice Plymouth (Debt Advice) 01752 208126 Osteoporosis Support Group 075958 500314 Overeaters Anonymous 07000 784 985 Parentline Plus 0808 8002222 Relateline 0845 1304010 Samaritans 116 123 Talk to Frank 0800 776600 Shelterline 0808 8004444 Stroke Helpline 0303 3033 100 West Country Landlords Assn 01752 242980

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RAC Green Flag Rail Travel, national enquiries Plymouth Citybus National Express Coaches Brittany Ferries Cremyll Ferry Torpoint Ferry Tourist Information Passport Office, National Helpline

08000 828282 0800 400600 08457 484950 01752 662271 08717 818181 08705 360360 01752 822105 01752 812233 01752 266030 0870 5210410

Entertainment Theatre Royal 01752 267222 Barbican Theatre 01752 267131 Devonport Playhouse 01752 606507 Plymouth Athenaeum Theatre 01752 266079 Plymouth Pavilions 01752 936363 Plymouth Pavilions Ticket Store 03337 727727 Reel Cinema 01752 225553 Vue Cinema 0345 308 4620 Tourist Information 01752 306330 National Trust Saltram 01752 333500 Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery 01752 304774 Plymouth Arts Centre 01752 206114

Leisure Plymouth Life Centre 01752 606900 Brickfields Recreation Ground 01752 563320 Manadon Football Dev’ment Centre 01752 201918 Plympton Swimming Pool 0870 300 0020 Plymouth Pavilions 0845 146 1460 Megabowl, Coxside 0871 5501010 Tourist Information 01752 306330 The Beckly Centre, Plymstock 01752 484433

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0870 9000100 0870 6004242

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20 January 2020

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Local community groups share a bumper payout of over £200,000 from the Co-op

By Karen Pilkington Thousands of colleagues across Co-op Food and Funeralcare, and Member Pioneers (including me) came together with local community causes across the country on Saturday November 23 to celebrate the incredible work they do in their areas, every day, in a truly Co-op way.

The Big Co-op Payout celebrated the huge £17.3m that members raised nationally for local causes through the latest round of the Co-op Local Community Fund.

The combined energy of the individual causes, Co-op Member Pioneers and store colleagues on social media put The Big Coop Payout on the map – they were the top trending retailer on Twitter over the weekend in the UK thanks to sharing stories using #MakingADifference.

In Plymouth over £208,000 was given to 45 local community groups, charities, schools, sports and childrens organisations.

A total of 46 Co-op Food stores and Funeralcares are divided up into 15 different groups across the city who decide each year on three organisations to support from November to the following October each year.

Sparkwell Scouts, Grow for Good South West and Friends of Yealmstone Farm School received a total of £17,512 between them from Chaddlewood Store.

Ridgeway Methodists, Glen Park PTA, and Friends of St Mary’s School shared a total of £20,184 from Ridgeway Co-op, Plympton Petrol and Plympton Funeralcare.

Newton Ferrers Primary, Wembury Pre school and Elburton Primary received £18,078 from stores at Elburton and Staddiscombe.

CHIL Plymouth, East End Development and Hooe Primary School between them received £9,714 from Embankment Road Co-op and Plymstock Funeralcare.

Plymouth Amateur Rowing Club and Open Hearts Open Borders received £8,025 from Salisbury Road and Beaumont Road stores.

Plymouth Dance, Cognivity Coaching and the Plymouth Communities Befriending Consortium received £8,799 from Hoegate Street, Regent Street and Exeter Street Funeralcare.

Plymouth Heartbeat, Argyle Community Trust and the YMCA received £12,049 from stores in Efford and Higher Compton.

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Plymouth Heartbeat received over £4,000 thanks to the Compton store

1st Keyham Scouts received over £11,200 thanks to stores in Wolseley Road, Stoke Village, Wilton Street, St George’s Terrace and Beacon Park

Heartswell, Austin Farm Academy and St Edwards School PTA received £10,703 from stores in Frogmore and St Austin.

The ninth and 21st Scouts, Plymouth Deaf Association and Mutley Greenbank Trust received £4,696 from the Mutley Plain Co-op while Central Park Allotments, Trinity URC Big Build and Improving Lives received £5,131 from the Peverell Store.

Music Zone, Stiltskin Theatre and Pembroke Street Estate Management Board received £15,875 from stores on Duke Street and Albert

Road and Devonport Funeralcare.

First Keyham Scouts, Plymouth Mariner Baseball and Snap Dragons between them received £32,664 from Wolseley Road, Stoke Village, Beacon Park, St George’s Terrace and Wilton Street stores.

Dash of Silver, Affinity Community Theatre and Little Owls Preschool shared £12,847 from stores and funeralcare in St Budeaux, and Barne Barton.

Crownhill Village Networking Group, Widey Court Preschool and Beach Schools SW

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between them received £6,730 from Crownhill food and funeralcare.

Ernesettle Community School, Southway Community Group and BASICS Devon received £25,220 from stores in Ernesettle, Southway and Whitleigh.

Shoppers who use a Co-op Membership card can choose a cause to support, or the money they spend in a certain store is split between three local causes. One per cent of the total of members’ shopping on Co-op selected branded goods (including purchases from Funeralcare) is donated by the Co-op back to the chosen organisations.

This year the Co-op has emailed members to let them know all about how much has been given to local causes. Tens of thousands more members have selected a cause from the new round for 2019-2020. If you haven’t done already, make a choice by visiting the websit www.coop.co.uk/local-causes with the details from the membership card or sign up to become a member first either at the same website or in store.

New causes for each of the groups of stores were chosen in the autumn from applications put in last April, so here’s looking towards another great payout supporting all those fabulous groups of people doing great things in our city in 2020.

Plymouth, never knew there was so much in it!

Plymouth Music Zone, Pembroke Street Estate Management and Soapbox Theatre all received over £5,000 thanks to Devonport stores

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