Councillor Kate Taylor, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care made the following announcement:

·         Last week saw the launch of the culinary care cookbook, a collaboration between Plymouth City Council, City College Plymouth and Plymouth College of Art. The book brings together a selection of favourite recipes, offering choice and variety and acting as a resource library for care homes.

Councillor Haydon, Cabinet Member for Customer Focus and Community Safety made the following announcements:

·         A consultation has been launched regarding Public Space Protection Orders to tackle alcohol related antisocial behaviour. The proposal is not a ban on consuming alcohol outside in the city but to tackle antisocial behaviour and keep residents safe;

·         The Best Bar None awards take place tomorrow evening with awards being given to establishments for being safe places to drink. All of these establishments took part in the Purple Flag Award.

·         The new crematorium will be situated on 7.1 hectares of space next to the Drake Memorial Park Cemetery. This new development has yet to be named and suggestions are welcome to be sent to the bereavement team; the site is due to open in summer 2021.

Councillor Lowry, Cabinet Member for Finance made the following announcements:

·         There are currently 450 CCTV cameras in Plymouth and investment in these continues, particularly in housing estates and anti-social behaviour hotspots. Recently a number of additional cameras have been installed both to tackle anti-social behaviour and to monitor traffic flow.

Councillor Dann, Cabinet Member for Environment and Street Scene made the following announcements:

·         Attendance at a recent International Air Quality Summit saw the importance of urgent action to eliminate air pollution highlighted as a national priority. Since a Climate Emergency was called by the Council actions have already been underway such as the replacement of our fleet to electric vehicles; improved pedestrian access and cycle lanes will be a priority going forward;

·         The Plymouth Waterfront Partnership has received a special recognition award for their work on the elimination of single use plastics.

Councillor Coker, Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Infrastructure made the following announcements:

·         Plymouth City Council has been shortlisted for the People’s Award for Transport Planning for the Plymotion initiative – 13 per cent of those residents engaged with by the programme are now cycling where they wouldn’t have before and 22 per cent are leaving their car at home. Plymotion have also engaged with 2300 employees in 44 workplaces to talk to them about sustainable travel. Free bus travel has also been negotiated, working with Jobcentre Plus this has supported people to attend interviews, with over 50 now landing new employment.

Councillor Jon Taylor, Cabinet Member for Education, Transformation and Skills made the following announcements:

·         The procurement tender for the full fibre network will go to tender this week, this is an important investment in the city’s infrastructure;

·          The Customer Advocacy Service will be launched in December - this service will assist those individuals who cannot access digital services. The service will also act as a signpost to offer help and support to those who could access digital services with the right support and training;

·         There has been some positive news on school funding with removal of the gains cap. However, a report from the National Education Union predicts that the vast majority of constituencies will see schools with less funding in 2020 than they had in 2015. Cabinet will receive a report once further detail is known - a select committee has also been established;

·         There is still concern over funding for maintained nurseries given the vital role they play, a report will be taken to Full Council in due course.

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

·         In respect of the award nominations, Plan for Homes 3 is currently underway; 5563 new homes were delivered in 5 years under phase one and two, 1529 of which were affordable homes;

·         The topping out ceremony at Millbay took place last week at the Abbeyfield site, this scheme will provide specialist homes for older people with a wealth of onsite facilities, especially for those living with dementia;

·         Planning permission has been granted for five socially rented bungalows with planning permission for a further five submitted. These homes will help local older people to downsize to homes that meet their needs and remain in the community;

·         The Make a Change campaign has been launched and 14 referrals have already been received from people reporting rough sleepers. The ‘Tap to Give’ points are also in operation for donations to nominated homeless charities in Plymouth;

·         The numbers of people in temporary accommodation has reduced from 170 to 148 and as this point there are no children living in Bed and Breakfast accommodation;

·         As part of the work on co-operatives, Plymouth Arts Centre will be screening a special showing of the Rochdale Pioneers this week and It’s a Wonderful Life in December.

·         The Social Enterprise Festival will take place during the latter part of November.

·         Crowdfund Plymouth has secured a global award for our work as an engaged city. This has involved funding of 80 projects, attracting 8697 supporters who otherwise may not have known these projects existed, raising well over £1.5m.

Councillor Pete Smith, Deputy Leader made the following announcements:

·         The annual bonfire celebration recently took place on Hoe and attracted in the region of 20,000 people. Positive feedback was received from the emergency services on the reduction in demand due to the provision of this communal event;

·         A PA system is due to be installed across the waterfront which will allow the public to be kept informed in the event of an emergency;

·         The Illuminate festival commences on the 28 November and runs to 01 December, this marks the beginning of the Mayflower 2020 celebrations;

·         Plymouth has been awarded the National Diving Championships for 2020 taking place in the Life Centre;

·         Refurbishment of the Elizabethan House is well underway with traditional techniques being applied to renovate this historic building; the house is on track to reopen in 2020.