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As usual the whole of the town centre will be filled with stalls, music and dancing, entertainment and activities of all kinds.

A new group of people has stepped forward who will work with Buxton Town Team to organise this year's Spring Fair and set up a new Buxton Spring Fair organisation to run the event in the long term.

Applications for stall space and performance times will open in mid February. If you want to contact the organising team email buxtonspringfair2@gmail.com or call Jane on 07976 006822.

Tel : 01298 214379 for more info.

www.derbys-fire.gov.uk/have-your-say/

Come along to find out what Derbyshire Law Centre can do for you and the people you support. They provide a range of free specialist legal services and one-to-one support for individuals. They can help people that you support on housing issues, homelessness, debts, rights in work….and much more.

Lunch and refreshments will be available

Every town or village will get an opportunity for a shopping trip, once a week, to local shops or a supermarket. And the good news is that these trips are now free for all Derbyshire Gold Card holders.

This new service will cover trips to shopping destinations in the Derbyshire Dales, High Peak and South Derbyshire district and borough council areas. They will be run by Ashbourne Community Transport on behalf of Derbyshire County Council. Derbyshire Connect services replace Dial-a-Bus (DAB) services previously provided by Derbyshire’s various community transport schemes.

The new Derbyshire Connect services will initially run in the same way as the old-style DAB services. They will run door-to-door picking passengers up from home and dropping them off at an agreed shopping location, advised at the time of booking. Volunteer passenger assistants can be provided if you let us know in advance, for passengers needing a bit more help.

To celebrate the first ever Village Halls Week, Rural Action Derbyshire is holding two Networking Events: 

Baslow Village Hall on Tuesday 23 Jan (11.00am to 2.00pm) 

Dalbury Lees Village Hall on Wednesday 24  Jan (11.00am to 2.00pm)

Come along and meet with your colleagues and friends to find out what is happening in the world of village halls. Whether you are a long-standing trustee, a new or potentially new committee member, a local authority or just curious about village halls, then please do come along and join us.         

You will be able to learn more about the services RAD offer, share good practice, identify common concerns, identify your training needs and tell RAD how they can better support you in the future. It is free to attend and will give you the opportunity to discuss issues affecting your hall with others facing similar experiences.

You will also hear about the new GDPR Data Protection legislation, coming into force in May 2018 and how this will affect your organisation and the ‘Digital Village Hall’.

To book your place/s, email Helena Stubbs at H.Stubbs@Ruralactionderbyshire.org.uk or phone 01629 592970 or 01629 592973 and say which event you wish to attend.  It is essential you book your place for catering purposes; light refreshments provided.

Afternoon Matinee and Evening. Doors open 2pm for 2.30pm programme and 7.00 pm for 7.30pm programme

• January 19 - Dunkirk
• February 16 – Victoria and Abdul
• March 16 – Hampstead
• April 20 – Murder on the Orient Express
• May 18– Film Stars don't Die in Liverpool

Refreshments Interval, Accessible toilets, hearing loop. Everyone welcome. No entrance charge, but suggested donation of £3.00 or £2.50 for concessions to help towards future funding of the project.

www.furnessclub.co.uk/furness-films

Your own project or to support knitting for charity.  A chance to develop a hobby and perhaps make new friends.  Don't worry if you can't knit or crochet they will teach you, or just come for a natter.

Tea, coffee, scones and toasted teacakes will be available from the cafe

Support Staffordshire is working in partnership with the People’s Postcode Lottery and Staffordshire Council of Voluntary Youth Organisations (SCVYS) to bring you this free funding event which includes the opportunity to

• Find out about what the People’s Postcode Lottery and other funders have on offer
• Gain an overview of a range of funding options
• Discuss your funding needs one-to-one with individual funders
• Learn the top tips on choosing the right funding for your activities and what makes a good funding application
• Attend a workshop on making good grant applications, particularly to the Staffordshire Police and Crime Commissioners Fund

Funders who have so far agreed to attend include the People’s Postcode Lottery, BBC Children in Need, Arts Council England, Heritage Lottery Fund, Staffordshire Community Foundation, Staffordshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s Fund and the South West Peak Landscape Partnership Community Fund.

The Funding Fair will run from 1pm – 7pm, but if you can’t make the whole day you are welcome to just come for part of it. Light refreshments will be available.

The event is free but booking is essential. To register your interest in attending, receive updates on the funders attending, details of the programme for the day, and instructions on how to book your one-to-one appointments with funders go to www.supportstaffordshire.org.uk/events/funding-fair-leek 

For further information please contact Esther Jones in Support Staffordshire’s Leek office via esther.jones@supportstaffordshire.org.uk or 01538 381356.