Councillor Penberthy (Cabinet Member for Housing, Cooperative Development and Communities) made the following announcements:

a)     A thank-you was extended to all organisations and individuals involved in the successful operation of Remembrance Day – a wide array of organisations assisted ranging Schools to small and large businesses such as Babcock and Brown;

b)    Plymouth was awarded £600,000 by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government following the public disorder which occurred in Plymouth during August;

c)     Of this grant, £510, 000 is designated for revenue and £90,000 is designated for capital expenditure;

d)    20 Applications for use of the awarded money were received from the Community totalling a request for £1.4 million, which passed funds available by 137%;

                                   I.         Pride in Place were allocated £90,114, 15% of the budget

                                 II.         Children, Young People in Schools received £77400, 13%

                                III.         Community Cohesion received £389, 874, 65% of the budget

                               IV.         Community Events received £29, 000, 5% of the budget

                                 V.         Recovery Costs were 14, 000 or 2% of the budget

e)     The majority of the successful applicants were small voluntary sector organisations with the background of delivering services in Plymouth and the offer of the grant was subject to their compliance of the conditions of the grant as well as agreed key outcomes and milestones;

f)      Work would be conducted collaboratively between the PCC and organisations in receipt of grants in order to maximise the impact of the fund;

g)     A panel of Plymouth City Council employees had made recommendations of a Small Community Grants Programme totalling £46, 000. This had been accepted by the Cabinet and the funds purpose was to promote community cohesion in the city.

Councillor Laing (Cabinet Member for Children's Social Care, Culture and Communication) made the following announcements:

h)    The Box Autumn Season had opened on 19 October 2024 and was centred around the theme “Land, Sea and Sky”;

i)      Exhibitions included the works of JMW Turner as well as contemporary artist Ingrid Pollard, a shortlisted candidate for the Turner Prize in 2022, and Vija Celmins;

j)      There were additionally new films from Paul Rooney marking the 200^th anniversary of Devonport;

k)     A timely installation from Osman Yousef called “When Will We Be Good Enough” was on display;

l)      The “You Can Do It Awards” had taken place on 7 November to award care leavers.

Councillor Haydon (Cabinet Member for Community Safety, Libraries, Events, Cemeteries and Crematoria) made the following announcements:

m)   Bonfire Night celebrations had occurred, with an estimated attendance of 24, 000;

n)    Anti-Social Behaviour Week would run between 18 and 24 November and was intended to highlight actions for those experiencing anti-social behaviour and how to support victims;

o)    Plymouth Libraries had successfully received £5,000 from Arts Council England to run a project titled “Lets Read Together” which provided  books for Early Year Settings;

p)    The Christmas Lights would be switched on the Thursday evening 14 November and the Barbican Lights would be switched on Saturday 16 November.

Sally Cresswell (Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Apprenticeships) made the following announcement:

q)    The Dolly Parton Imagination Library was functioning in Devonport Ward and St Peter and the Waterfront Ward and would be gifting books to parents and young children.

Councillor Dann (Cabinet Member for Customer Services, Sport, Leisure & HR, and OD) made the following announcement:

r)     Plymouth Active Leisure had developed a referred eight-week programme for people with a wide range of health issues to devise tailored support on health journeys;

s)     Various members of the Cabinet were trialling this programme and would act as advocates

Councillor Aspinall (Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care) made the following announcements:

t)     The week commencing 18 November was “Adult Safeguarding Week” – a national event dedicated to reminding people of their safeguarding responsibilities.