News & Developments

Are you finding midlife hard? Are you struggling with the many roles and responsibility's  midlife  can  bring?  

Covering topics that impact on our midlife years such as stress and relationships. Providing resources and techniques for finding the right balance  and  mindfully  mastering  life.  The  course  aims  to  provide  skills and information needed to help  reduce  feelings of  stress,  anxiety and low mood to enable you to feel more confident and pro-active within this stage of your life.

Free 6 Week Course.

Dates and Times:  

Wednesday’s at 5.15pm to 7.15pm

March 4th,  11th,  18th,  25th, April 1st  8th

Venue : The Derbyshire Federation for Mental Health Wellbeing Hub, Unit 7 Lime Tree Business Park, DE4 3EJ

Spaces are limited.

For more information/to book a place - contact Emma on 01629 733915 or EmmaDaniels@dfmh.co.uk

• People: Projects that help people to lead a healthier life and gain new skills
• Places: Projects that help to create better places to live in and use
• Environment: Projects that will help look after our natural environment, give people greater access to that environment or help look after water

And of course, being a water company, naturally they would love to see applications for projects that have a connection to the water cycle too. This might mean creating sustainable drainage, installing grey water recycling or creating water efficient green spaces.

You can apply for a grant if your organisation is not for profit and you have a governing document.

There are three sizes of grant that you can apply for and it is a rolling programme so you can apply at any time of the year :

• £2,000 to £10,000
• £10,001 to £75,000
• £75,001 to £250,000

If you have any events where you would like me to come along and promote the fund please let me know.  I am also running workshops about the fund and the application process as well as 1:1 sessions where applicants can book sometime to talk through their project idea.

If you would like me to run any of these in your area please let me know.  We want to make sure all eligible projects are aware of this new funding opportunity.

www.stwater.co.uk/about-us/severn-trent-community-fund/

Sat 1 February 2020, 10am – 2pm - Independent Advice Agencies, 1 Rose Hill East, Chesterfield, S40 1NU. 

Refreshments, BSL interpreters, electronic notetakers and personal loop systems will be available on the day. 

Come along for free legal advice and information on:

• Divorce
• Contact with Children & Maintenance
• Making Wills & Inheritance and Probate
• Debt 
• Benefits Advice
• Discrimination and Personal injury
• Dismissals & Redundancy
• Employment
• Housing & Homelessness
• Conveyancing 
• Immigration

Blythe House Hospicecare is on the lookout for volunteers from all walks of life, to help provide care and services to local patients who have life-limiting illnesses including cancer, COPD, heart failure, and neurological conditions such as motor neurone disease, as well as their family members and carers. 

Anyone over the age of 16 can volunteer at Blythe House, supporting the hospice in three key areas: patient services, retail and fundraising. Roles include befriending, catering assistant, fundraising and events support, gardener, reception cover, retail assistant, counsellor and driver. 

Alistair Rogerson, Volunteer and Support Services Manager, said: ‘Without our dedicated team of over 270 volunteers, Blythe House simply could not open its doors every day. We are incredibly grateful to the friendly and committed bunch, who collectively give almost 600 hours of their time to the hospice every single week. Support from our volunteers means that we can spend the maximum amount of money directly on care and services for local patients and their families.’ 

To find out more about volunteering opportunities at Blythe House: 

 Visit  blythehousehospice.org.uk/volunteer-for-us/

 Drop into the hospice anytime between 11am and 1pm on the second Monday of every month. Upcoming dates for the start of 

 Email  volunteering@blythehouse.co.uk

 Call 01298 815 388 

• Promote Healthwatch Derbyshire (HWD) through the circulation of leaflets, posters and information within their local community; community centres, libraries, church halls, shops, at local events etc.
• Ensure that HWD literature, including newsletters, are available in local health and social care settings, e.g. GP surgeries, dentists, opticians etc., and in any other identified public places, e.g. libraries.
• Maintain a record as to how many leaflets have been distributed and where to.
• Provide information to HWD about health and social care activities and events in their local area.
• Tell people about HWD and encourage them to get involved.
• Promote HWD events and projects to local people and/or people with a common service/need interest.
• Encourage organisations and individuals to sign up as participants of HWD

Blythe House Hospicecare is launching #GoBlueForBlytheHouse to encourage members of the community to wear blue clothing or fancy dress and donate money to support patient care and services. 

The hospice, based in Chapel-en-le-Frith, offers outreach services to anyone affected by life-limiting illnesses across the High Peak, Hope Valley and parts of the Derbyshire Dales, Staffordshire Moorlands and Cheshire. 

The new #GoBlueForBlytheHouse initiative is open to everyone including schoolchildren, students, work colleagues, and members of the public, who can choose any day throughout March 2020 to wear blue and donate to Blythe House. 

As well as dressing up in blue, local businesses and other organisations might like to get involved by decorating shop windows or office space. People may also have bigger ideas to organise an event like a blue coffee morning or blue-themed party!  

#GoBlueForBlytheHouse fundraising packs are available from the hospice – crammed full of helpful information and inspiring ideas about going blue throughout March. To request a pack email fundraising@blythehouse.co.uk

blythehousehospice.org.uk/support-us/goblueforblythehouse/

Strength and Support Beyond the Pain - This event is for anyone living with Fibromyalgia, CFS or ME and their immediate family members for doctors, nurses and carers; and for those wanting to learn more about invisible illnesses.

Speaker Angela Williamson - an inspirational coach, guest speaker and storyteller with a passion for helping those who are feeling stuck, looking to make a change or to better understand themselves. She also lives with an invisible illness. 

Supported by High Peak CVS.

Funny Wonders is a community art organisation based in Buxton which focuses on puppetry, music and participation. The Changing Faces project involves weekly, after-school creative workshops on Tuesdays at the Green Man Gallery in Buxton for 11-18 year olds who face difficulties and are in need of additional support.

Both paid and voluntary roles are available. It is a great opportunity for those wanting experience working with young people or just looking to build relationships in their area, those wanting to get involved in community arts and those looking for some creative fun - "you never know what you might end up doing with Funny Wonders".

Those interested, please email hello@funnywonders.org.uk and Project Manager Ali will get in touch to provide further information and arrange a chat.

www.funnywonders.org.uk

HPCVS Annual Report 2019 - At the Heart of the Community

Videos from 2019 AGM

Gardening - Shopping - Computer Skills - Music Lessons - Lifts - Decorating - Visiting People - Community Projects - Sewing - and Much more.

To find out more Tel: 01629 532049 email timeswap@derbyshire.gov.uk

www.derbyshire.gov.uk/timeswap