Developer’s donation to Pilgrims’ charity
The builder behind two major developments in Plymouth has donated £3,000 to the charity arm of Plymouth Argyle.
Persimmon Homes Cornwall & West Devon presented the cheque at Home Park to Argyle Community Trust, alongside the Leader of Plymouth Council, Cllr Tudor Evans, and Cllr Sue Dann, Cabinet Member for Sport.
The funds will be going towards supporting the charitable work delivered from the Hub at Foulston Park, due to launch this spring. More specifically, the funding will help Argyle Community Trust to deliver new weekly football and multi-sport sessions to local children with a disability.
Argyle Community Trust aims to have a positive impact on a range of groups within society and to provide the local community with the opportunity to explore their full potential, improve their life chances, and achieve their aspirations through the power of football and Plymouth Argyle FC.
They have been operating for over 20 years, offering a large range of activities and programmes from football to nationally recognised educational qualifications, from health to social action and disability. The populations they serve face barriers in relation to health, well-being, education, employment, levels of physical activity, and high deprivation.
The developer currently has three-bed homes available for sale on the fourth phase at Palmerston Heights in Derriford. Two, three, and four-bed homes are also for sale at Saltram Meadows in Plymstock.
Persimmon donates £24,000 to good causes and much-valued organisations across Cornwall and West Devon every year as part of its Community Champions scheme. Recent recipients including Plymouth Night Patrol, Argyle Pride, St Luke’s Hospice, and Building Plymouth. A donation was also made to fund a defibrillator at Palmerston Heights.
Dwain Morgan, head of Business Development from Argyle Community Trust, said:
“We are incredibly grateful to Persimmon Homes for their generous donation towards our new children’s disability football sessions. Their support is helping us create a fun environment where young players can build confidence, develop skills, and enjoy making new friends.
“Thanks to Persimmon, we’re able to purchase inclusive equipment and deliver new opportunities to local children who can often find accessing community sport difficult. We look forward to bringing this opportunity to life.”
Plymouth Argyle’s popular first team coach Kevin ‘Nance’ Nancekivell has been awarded the Freedom of the City by Plymouth City Council
Kevin played non-league football for Bideford Town and Tiverton Town before getting his chance with Argyle at the age of 28. Retiring from playing in 2004, Kevin began a coaching journey that saw him rise through various roles with Argyle’s Centres of Excellence and Academy.
In 2011, new Argyle manager Carl Fletcher asked Nancekivell to join his first-team coaching staff, and when Fletcher left in 2013 Kevin, along with Romain Larrieu, took temporary charge of the team.
It was the first of five times where Nance has taken caretaker charge of Argyle, either solo or as a unit, typically with strong results.
For his passion, dedication and honesty, not to mention his skill as a coach, Kevin is a beloved figure to the Green Army.
Kevin said:
‘I’m incredibly honoured to receive the Freedom of the City award. Plymouth has been a huge part of my life, and it’s a privilege to represent this great city through football.
“To be recognised in this way is truly humbling but it wouldn’t have been possible with the support and dedication of my family, colleagues, teammates and of course Argyle supporters.”
