Don't forget our next POP Thursday
19th November 10-3pm
Themes to be covered in November POP Thursday:
Environment and Climate change
State of the Sector and Plymouth Plan
Early Help Gateway
PCC Equality Objectives for 2016
as well as
Actions and updates from our conference pledges.
Please bring food to share.

We will be returning to the council rooms for this month's event, and will also be supporting "The Big Buzz" event which is being held in the lower Guildhall opposite.
Look out for our detailed agenda early next week.

The Toolkits of the 8 localilties across the city have been launched.
POP has copies of the toolkits and can make copies available for you to use when speaking to people who use your services or are involved in your organisations. There are copies of the toolkits in every library and POP is taking them around the city to enable people to drop-in to pick up copies, use them and leave comments,
for dates of these drop-ins see here. 
As a thank you for every piece of group feedback there is a £50 reward!
Let Wendy know when you are planning on holding your meeting and we will organise your payment upon receipt of your feedback
To find out more about part 2 of the Plymouth Plan visit PCC's website

This month our Sector success is Pregnancy Crisis Care who have had a great October after announcing they are now able to employ a paid counsellor at the centre one day a week for the next year and then
The Plymouth Drake Foundation awarding them the “Spirit of Community Award 2015” at their recent Celebration and Awards evening!


Pregnancy Crisis Care (Plymouth & SE Cornwall) is a small, local charity, and has been delivering free, confidential counselling to hundreds of women in the city since February 2008.  Their service offers support and impartial, sensitive counselling to people affected by unexpected pregnancy, termination, the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, and new-born death. 
The team said "We are delighted and honoured that the Plymouth Drake Foundation has chosen us for this Award and would like to thank their Trustees for nominating and voting for us. Their support encourages us to ‘keep on keeping on’ and to continue to provide this much needed and valuable service.     
For more information on the services they provide you can visit their website or call
01752 246788

To make an online donation to the work of the Centre, please visit:  http://localgiving.com/charity/plymouthpregcc

Come and design the economy you want!
If you are passionate about making Whitleigh a more vibrant place to live, and have ideas to make your neighbourhood a place where you would want to spend your time in and enjoy life – this event is for you. See Flyer here

Devonport Soup
Devonport SOUP is Plymouth’s first micro granting dinner.
It’s about bringing people together, having fun and supporting projects that benefit Devonport, Plymouth and the wider community.
SOUP is a brilliant way to redevelop, reorganise and reimagine where you live – the projects that get funded are up to you! See Flyer here

Arts Resources
Plymouth Culture are busy building a new resource website for creative practitioners in Plymouth.  It aims to be a one-stop-shop where everyone in the arts can access useful and essential information such as:
  * marketing advice   * funding information
  *   access to internships and apprenticeships
  *   business planning advice * specialist workshops *legal advice
Give them your input on what's needed here

Barne Barton Neighbourhood plan
Barne Barton neighbourhood forum would value your thoughts on how their Proposed Neighbourhood Plan may impact on you or your service users. The draft Plan will be available from Monday 19th October 2015 at www.tamarview.co.uk and hard copies will be available at Tamar View Community Centre and St Budeaux Library.
See the invitation to attend a public event here.
 

Nominate a Local Green Space in Plymouth

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) gives communities the opportunity to protect green areas through the new Local Green Space (LGS) designation. LGS confers the same level of protection as Green Belt land. Nominations from the public will be invited between 28 September 2015 and 8 January 2016. For more info click here

The one-day ‘Leadership in Running Fitness’ course: Offered by PCC as part of "This Girl Can" project. Sat 28 November at Eggbuckland Community College. For more info or to book a place email

Best Practice Briefing : Legal Highs (New Psychoactive Substances): Hosted by:Plymouth Safeguarding Children Board. Guest Speakers:Harbour Drug & Alcohol Services. The briefings will be delivered as a series of 3-hour sessions. Contact 307535 for further information and to book your place.

Plymouth Plan Consultation Workshops: These 2 1/2 hour workshops will be running across the city over the next 8 weeks to help people use the toolkits, provide feedback and also arrange their own consultation meetings. Find your local event here

Project Development: Saturday, 14 November 10:00 to 13:00: Training content includes Design, putting ideas in to action, life stages of a project and delivery.

First Steps to Funding: Wednesday, 18 November 14:00 to 16:00: Join our experienced trainer for an introduction to navigating your first funding applications, these are run in small groups allowing plenty of time for 1-1 help and advice

Dementia Awareness Training: Tuesday, 1 December 13:00 to 14:00: The session will take around an hour and will equip you with essential knowledge to be able to support any one living with Dementia that you come in to contact with in the community and will also offer your organisation the opportunity to join the list of companies certified as "Dementia Friendly"

Finance training: Tuesday, 8 December 10:00 to 12:00: Finance Training – Come and learn what Your Community Group, Charity or Social Enterprise needs to know. Run by Dan O’Toole from Plymouth Community Healthcare

First Steps to funding: Wednesday, 10th December 17:30 to 19:30: Join our experienced trainer for an introduction to navigating your first funding applications, these are run in small groups allowing plenty of time for 1-1 help and advice

Project Management: Friday, 11 December 09:30 to 12:30: Training content includes Staying on Track, Building evidence, finance and budgets, challenges and problem solving  and much more