Councillor Pete Smith - Deputy Leader made announcements including:

·       Mayflower 400, the anniversary commemorating the historic sailing of the Mayflower ship to America four hundred years ago, has announced new dates and will now relaunch from this August and run through to July 2021.

·       Projects developed in collaboration with the Wampanoag included a Theatre Royal Plymouth production “This Land” which would  be available to watch in April 2021 and two major commissions by The Box: “The Wampum Belt” and “Legends and Legacy”

·       On 16 September this year we will be marking the official anniversary with a 60 minute online programme presented by history expert Dan Snow which can be seen via the Mayflower 400 website.

·       On 22 May 2021 there would be a mass street dance event on Plymouth Hoe, led by the award-winning Street Factory hip hop group in Plymouth.

·       had to make the disappointing announcement earlier this month about temporarily closing the Life Centre until next April. This was a difficult decision but an absolutely essential one to allow the contractor, Balfour Beatty, to carry out repairs, at their own expense, which if not taken care of would put the long-term future of the building at risk.

·       All options were explored to ensure that the work was done in the shortest possible timeframe.

·       Would be taking this opportunity to make some additional improvements and enhancements so the building meets the needs of customers in the future, which includes measures to make it fully Covd-19 compliant.

·       Over the last few weeks we introduced the new “Select and Collect” service at 4 libraries across the city. Last week alone over 1500 people visited these libraries and over 1600 books were issued.

Councillor Jemima Laing - Cabinet Member for Children and Young People made announcements including:

·       Congratulated all the young people who had received exam results in Plymouth last week for their hard work;

·       Extremely disappointed about the lack of clarity around Autumn exams and the constant U-turns from Government;

·       Last week we launched the Skills Launchpad - this was a brand new service for young people and adults who were looking for their training or employment options if they have been af;ected by COVID.

·       The Uniform Store Plymouth was supporting families who were struggling to buy school uniforms for their children – people could donate old uniforms to the Uniform Store to help;

·       Urged residents of Plymouth to get in contact if they were thinking about becoming a Foster Carer;

·       Beginning a campaign to alert families to changes there may be to bus travel at the start of the new term. Look out for announcements about additional buses or alternative arrangements. In the first instance we need to know from families or young people which buses they get to school so we can anticipate if there will be issues on certain routes;

·       Short Break support was an essential service that was offered to families of disabled children. The service offers families support at different levels to enable them to continue to care for their disabled child within their family home.

Councillor Kate Taylor - Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care made announcements including:

·       Care homes had started to re-open for visiting and had been provided Government Guidance which we were constantly monitoring to ensure our care homes remained safe;

·       The Box on the Box initiative had been watched over 1200 times and they have been awarded a certificate of excellence for the project. Well done to everyone at the Box;

·       Had trialled providing mobile phones in partnership with Livewell SW to residents experiencing social isolation so they could have access to the support services they require.

Councillor Sue Dann - Cabinet Member for Environment and Street Scene made

announcements including:

·       Chelson Meadow Recycling Centre was now fully re-open;

·       Garden Waste collection was starting on August 24 2020;

·       Weston Mill Recycling Centre would be re-opened in September for weekends only.

Councillor Sally Haydon - Cabinet Member for Customer Focus and Community Safety made announcements including:

·       Well done to the amazing staff in our contact centre who had made it to number one with customer satisfaction rates in June. Statistics showed a 99 per cent satisfaction rate with 389 responses from customers that contacted the council via GovMetric, which is a system used by all local authorities to measure customer satisfaction;

·       Since lockdown staff had all been working from home which had been a major transition for them with a new way of working, but clearly they had all risen to the challenge;