Plymouth Cancer Champions Project

03/09/2026

🙋‍♀️ Who's coming along? Let us know in the comments! We'd love to hear what you're most looking forward to, and don't forget to share this post to help spread the word. 🎉✨

03/09/2026

This September, as we mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, at the Plymouth Cancer Champions Project we want to shine a light on the support available to children, young people, and families affected by childhood cancer.

https://www.teenagecancertrust.org/information-about
https://www.cclg.org.uk/about-cancer/young-people-and-cancer
https://www.younglivesvscancer.org.uk/


Teenage Cancer Trust Young Lives vs Cancer
Wolseley Trust Age UK Plymouth

Every year, too many families are torn apart by cancer. It is every parent's worst nightmare for their child to receive a brain tumour diagnosis.

The statistics are horrifying and and make a diagnosis difficult to cope with. Support is essential to help you and your family through this dark & difficult time.

We are here so that no family has to face a brain tumour diagnosis alone. Our support includes 1-2-1 support through phone calls, text and emails, online and face-to-face support groups, a specialist counselling service and benefits & welfare support.

Our support is free for families, but we could not continue to offer these services without the kindness & generosity of you. Every penny donated helps us to be there for families in their darkest days.

To find out about our support services or how you can help, please follow the link below;
https://www.braintumoursupport.co.uk/

02/09/2026

A wonderful opportunity for some Yoga in the community. See attached poster and contact Jason today!

Join our FREE 6-Week Yoga Course!

🧘 Join us at Mount Wise Neighbourhood Centre for a 6-week yoga course, starting Tuesday 6th October, from 1:30pm–2:45pm.

The sessions are led by Jason from Skinni Buddha and focus on gentle movement and techniques designed to help:

✨ Relieve pain and inflammation
✨ Improve mobility and flexibility
✨ Support low mood and wellbeing
✨ Promote relaxation and reduce stress
✨ Help with a range of other common ailments

Whether you're new to yoga or have practised before, everyone is welcome.

💚 This is a FREE 6-week course. While there is no charge to attend, we kindly ask for donations or a 'pay what you can' contribution to help us continue offering the sessions.

📍 Mount Wise Neighbourhood Centre
📅 Starts: Tuesday 6th October
🕜 Time: 1:30pm – 2:45pm

To secure your space, contact Jason:
[email protected]
07828 768053

⚠️ Limited spaces are available, so book early to avoid disappointment!

We look forward to welcoming you!

02/09/2026

Don't forget today we have our Cake and Cuppa at Burrington Hub 11-1.

02/09/2026

Where are we today??? Come and join us at Central Library health hub today for a drop in anytime until 3pm!
Plymouth Libraries

01/09/2026

This September we have Blood Cancer Awareness Month, take a minute to get to know the signs and symptoms and share on!

28/08/2026

Don't forget it's the bank holiday weekend so Cake and Cuppa at Mountwise Neighbourhood Centre will be on Monday 7th instead!

28/08/2026

Neighbourhood health is the future of healthcare. Make sure your voice is heard.

Join NHS Devon's Let's Talk Neighbourhood Health sessions and help shape services that work for your community.

Help shape the future of health and care in Devon  The Let’s talk Neighbourhood health communications and engagement programme is ...

28/08/2026

Our Cake and Cuppa's are spread all around Plymouth, but did you ever think about the history of the spaces we gather in? Our Cake and Cuppa's at the food bank in Stonehouse are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month, drop in any time from 9:30-12.

The building that now houses Plymouth Foodbank has been part of Stonehouse life for well over a century, although its name and purpose have changed several times along the way.

It was once The Crown, and by the early 1900s it was already an established pub. Charlotte Parker ran it before it passed to her son Jack and his wife May. Photographs from the time show them standing proudly outside a building finished with an ornamental balustrade and a stained glass panel above the entrance carrying one simple word, BAR.

Remarkably, that piece of stained glass is still there today.

Stonehouse’s military connections were always reflected in the pub too. In one photograph, the frontage is covered with flags and a banner stating that the Falklands are British, capturing the strong link between the area and the armed forces.

In 1983, the pub became The General Moore, named in honour of Lieutenant General Sir John Moore. The name had clear local significance, and for years the pub was a place where service personnel and residents mixed alongside each other.

By the late 1990s, its days as a pub were over. The building became the Crown Centre and later the Oasis Project café, but much of the structure remained familiar. Traces of its earlier life can still be found, including parts of the old cellar beneath the building.

Today, as the home of Plymouth Foodbank, it has a very different purpose. Yet there is still a strong thread running through its history. For generations, this corner of Stonehouse has adapted to the needs of the people around it, even as the name above the door has changed.

The image shown here has been carefully restored from a scanned original in Chris Robinson’s collection, helping to bring some of those surviving details back into clearer view.

Photographs like this are a reminder that Chris Robinson was not only documenting pubs, but also the people, buildings and small details that make their histories so much richer. This image is shared with his kind permission.

28/08/2026

💙 Move at your own pace. Connect with others. Feel supported.

Join our 5K Your Way group and be part of a welcoming community for people living with and beyond cancer. This weekend!!

One week to go until we are Moving More Together across the country at our 5k Your Way meetups! Find your nearest group: https://www.moveagainstcancer.org/5k-your-way/ -search