News & Developments

The Money House is open to anyone in Derbyshire aged 17-24 preparing to move from residential/foster care or from supported accommodation to fully independent living within the next 3 months or who have recently secured their first tenancy. 

The project aims to increase financial confidence by taking part in a range of fun, interactive tasks that replicate some of the financial choices and decisions needed to maintain a tenancy and remain debt free. Learning happens through a process of practical activity, discussion, reiteration and repetition.

The non-residential programme takes place over 4 days in a real life flat in Chesterfield and covers the basics of budgeting, bills, banking, borrowing, benefits and bureaucracy through informal learning, interactive games and discussions. Learners can also achieve two AQA Awards at Entry Level.

Contact Claire on 07960 584141 or Gail on 07738 107072 or visit www.ruralactionderbyshire.org.uk/the-money-house for details, dates and referral documents 

In order to do this there will be a temporary pause on the submission of Reaching Communities applications between Monday 15 January and Monday 2 April. All applications received before 15 January will be processed in the existing manner.

If your current grant is coming to an end soon and you are working on an application for continuation funding, or if you have any other questions contact the Big Advice team: Email general.enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk or phone 0345 4 10 20 30

To set the atmosphere there will be free 'Glow Sticks' and a facepainter coming with 'Glow in the Dark' paints. Facepainting prices ranging between £1, £2 and £3 for anything really elaborate. 

Members have put together the music and have learned how to use DJ software and equipment. Matt Berry (DJ Racoon) will be lead DJ on the night.

Free entry - no need to book or have a ticket.

Event link: facebook.com/events/173928886529003/

The office closes at 1pm on Fri 22 Dec and reopens on Tue 2 Jan 2018

NewsBank can be used for free in the library or from home. All that is needed is a Derbyshire library card number.

From January, users can read more than 850 titles from across the United Kingdom, as well as 25 local newspapers and more than 3,000 international newspapers.

Newspapers back the service and supply the information to NewsBank. The content is mostly text from the previous day's edition.

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Compassionate Communities Derbyshire aims to encourage people and communities to talk about death, dying, bereavement and loss, to allow people to share their preferences and wishes about the future and to support each other in practical and emotional ways.

Project coordinator Jane Butler explains, ‘Many people face the end of their lives unprepared emotionally, practically, financially and legally, and this can add a huge strain to the person concerned and their families. Making a difficult time even more difficult, not only at the time of the death, but in the months and years to come. It can have far reaching impact across health and social care, voluntary, community and faith groups, and mental health services too. I think as a society we’ve lost confidence in talking about and dealing with death and dying, this project will show that it isn’t a taboo subject, but is part of who we, our families and communities are, and should be talked about and planned for as much as a new arrival into the family.

As well as helping individuals to plan for the end of their lives, we will be encouraging and sharing the many things communities are doing to help them. We’ll be holding public events to give people the chance to talk about death openly and to find out about ways in which funeral rites can be truly individual.   As well as working with health and social care professionals, we’ll be supporting employers to adopt best practice for their employees and promote the Dying to Work Charter. 

For further information, contact Jane - Jane.butler@ageukdd.org.uk  www.ageuk.org.uk/derbyandderbyshire   Mobile 07421227078

At First Steps main office in Derby City Centre, £99 per person.

Training dates in 2018 include: 24 February, 19 May, 8 September.

For more information or to book a place on a workshop contact Sarah at First Steps, sarah@firststepsderbyshire.co.uk, 01332 367571.

firststepsderbyshire.co.uk

The project commenced on 13 October, but referrals are still welcome from anywhere in the High Peak.  

The sessions are every Friday from 10am to 4.30pm and run from Oct 2017 – Sept 2018.  Lunch and transport are provided. 

Activities include: gardening, animal care, fencing, dry stone walling, conservation, guided walks and survival skills, Workshops include mindfulness and stress control, nutrition, cooking and arts and crafts.

For referrals or further information contact Kev or Chris at Beardwood Farm, Furnees Vale, High Peak SK23 7QF. Tel: 01663 749038 Mob: 07793 982648, Email: beardwoodnlp@gmail.com

Facebook: Beardwood Natural living project/community

Join together with colleagues and take part in the 2018 Active Workplace Challenge by adding activity into and around your working day.

Kick off the New Year by getting involved with a new campaign set to tackle inactivity in the workplace. From 8 January to 4 March sign up to the Workplace Challenge, track physical activity online and compare it to other individuals and organisations.

The focus will be on bitesize chunks of activity, encouraging workers to step away from their desks during the lightest and brightest part of the day - helping to improve physical and mental wellbeing including improving symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).    

www.workplacechallenge.org.uk/derbyshire/

Mike had been on our Board for 13 years and was one of the longer serving Trustees.  He was Chair for a year and Vice Chair for 5 years, in fact he retired from the Board only last month.  Mike was also on our Small Groups Advisory Committee for 2 years and helped the Small Groups Project Co-ordinator with groups in the Hayfield Area for over 10 years.

Mike was such a lovely, kind, caring, helpful, generous man and he entertained us with his jokes, the Board meetings aren’t going to be the same without him.

Mike was involved with quite a few groups in the local Voluntary Sector and we are sure that he will be missed by many people and groups in the area. 

Mike was very hard working and always willing to help with anything that needed doing, he had a vast knowledge, expertise and was a wealth of information.

Our thoughts are with his family at this very sad time.