DAST cover the whole of the East Midlands and will be looking to source local meeting venues across the counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Burton-upon-Trent.

The service includes:      

• Home Visits
• Accompanying to the Coroner’s Inquest
• Welfare Benefit Advice and assistance
• Emotional support
• Group meetings and forums
• Telephone befriending service
• Signposting/referring onto to local specialist services

Saturday 12 March 2016  10.30am to 3.00pm at The Spot, Wilmot Street West, Derby DE1 2JW.  Contact 01246 380415, Mobile: 07496412560, email: Joanna.Reeve@asbestossupport.co.uk

asbestossupport.co.uk

Under this proposal, the Children’s Centres in Gamesley, New Mills, Chapel en le Frith and Harpur Hey would close leaving Centres in Glossop, Hadfield and Fairfield for the High Peak.

Full details at www.derbyshire.gov.uk

10.30 to 12 on Friday 18 March at Glossop Education Centre, Talbot Street, Glossop.

The Care Act 2014 is the most significant reform of social care legislation in more than 65 years, putting people and their carer’s in control of their care and support. The new duties and responsibilities took effect in April 2015. 

Derby City Council is working with the NHS Derbyshire Local Education and Training Board to deliver development opportunities to different roles across the Health and Social Care communities of Derbyshire and Derby City to embed the Care Act 2014.

The free briefing sessions, which are available to a wide variety of staff and people, provide an overview of the Act and the new regulations.

Session Overview:

• An introduction and overview of the Care Act.
• The new duties and responsibilities for local authorities.
• The wellbeing principle.
• New rights for people and carers.

Please contact Chyna Burton to book your place on the workshop by telephone 01332 642771 or by email at  chyna.burton@derby.gov.uk.

We can print the following:

• A5 flyers, A4 and A3 posters
• Newsletters, Booklets / Annual Reports - A5 or A4
• Information leaflets - A4 or A5 two fold
• Certificates, tickets, bookmarks etc on card

The photocopier folds and staples booklets of up to 15 sheets of 90g paper.

All can be done in either black and white, colour or a mixture of both.

Our members’ rate for printing is:

Black & white per sheet
A4 single sided 5p
A4 double sided 7p
A3 single sided 9p
A3 double sided 14p

Colour
A4 single sided 20p
A4 double sided 30p
A3 single sided 35p
A3 double sided 60p 

Please note: 10% discount on printing 200+ copies

We regularly print double sided A5 booklets in black and white.

• 100 A5 booklets consisting of 6 A4 sheets would be £42
• 200 booklets with a 10% discount would cost £75.60
• 100 A4 double sided newsletters in black and white consisting of 2 double sided A3 sheets will cost £28
• 200 newsletters with a 10% discount will cost £50.40.

To ask for an estimate or arrange printing contact Jackie on 01663 736436 or jackie@highpeakcvs.org.uk

Come and see us in Glossop Town Centre (at the Fantastic Homes Bus) in the car park outside the main Council Municipal Building, Glossop on Friday 26 Feb 2016, 10am – 3pm.

High Peak CVS staff will be hosting a fun and interactive stand as part of the Big Energy Saving Project, which helps local people save money on their gas and electric bills.  We all know that paying for heating and electricity is a huge part of our household spending and the most vulnerable people in our community can struggle to find the money.   Living in a cold home can have a huge impact on our physical and mental health and wellbeing.

For this reason our staff will be at the Fantastic Homes Bus in Glossop, kindly supported by High Peak  Borough Council.  

Many people are paying the top price for their fuel and electricity without even realising, and because they are not sure how to switch supplier.  Most people can easily save a lot of money by switching to a different supplier or a cheaper contract.  Therefore, we are asking people to look out their most recent gas and electric bill and bring it with them.  This way our staff and volunteers can find out immediately if someone can pay less.  We are also giving out FREE energy monitors, which tell people how much energy they are using.  There will also be information on energy saving ideas, renewable energy sources and current information about government grants and tariffs.    

Our project is completely unconnected to any energy supplier and is funded by the Government's Department of Environment & Climate Change.  We have helped people save on average £200-£400 a year.

Please help us spread the word by passing this invitation to your membership and friends.  If you want to find out more, please call Rachel on 07715 422 789.

From a height of £6bn in 2003, the total value of public sector grant-making to the voluntary sector had plummeted to just £2.2bn by 2013. There is little to suggest that this trajectory is going to change – austerity looks set to continue and local councils, one of the sector’s biggest funders, are staring down the barrel of a 29% cut to their funding over the next five years.

The Grants for Good campaign led by Charity Finance Group, Children England, NAVCA and Lloyds Bank Foundation believes that grants are essential for charities and community groups.

The case needs to be made to commissioners to ensure they realise the value in commissioning charities and community groups through grants. To do this, the campaign wants to hear about your experience of using grants. How has your community benefited from them? Tell them and sign up to our email bulletin to keep up to date with the campaign.

www.dsc.org.uk/grants-for-good-2/

Full Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2016/feb/11/grants-local-charities-campaign-appeal-government-cuts

Once again, on Bank Holiday Monday 2 May, 10am-5pm, Buxton Town Centre will be full of life - music and dancing, stalls selling food, gifts and artefacts, activities for adults and children alike. Buxton residents will turn out in their thousands, visitors will flock from far and wide. This is your opportunity to advertise whatever you do to the widest possible audience.

If you want a pitch somewhere at the fair, to trade, to recruit new members, to campaign or to entertain, or if you have premises in the fair area and want to extend your frontage, please download the guidance and application forms from :-

buxtontownteam.org/working-on/buxton-spring-fair-2016/

If you are wanting to book a slot to perform at one of the Performance Venues, please bear with us a little while longer. The University of Derby Events Management Team are taking responsibility for organising that side of things this year, they are just finalising details of the application form, it will be available soon.

If you are aged 16-25, unemployed and interested in a career in the NHS, you could:

• Gain valuable work experience and have a guaranteed interview for  entry level jobs you apply for at the end of the programme
• Receive training and First Aid and care certificates
• Develop effective teamwork and communication skills
• Get 6 months support after the programme to help you move into further training or employment

Programme runs from 29 March – 6 May 2016. A taster day date 18 March 2016.

Telephone: 07436797253 or Text "H&S” to 07436797253

Taking part in this programme will not affect any benefits.

This latest CD is being produced specifically to support stimulative work to encourage gentle exercise with older people with dementia  in care settings such as residential care & nursing homes as well as day care centres, although many other groups will find it useful.

Copies of this new CD will be available for purchase at £8 per copy at the Launch.

This event is open, free of charge,  to anyone who would like to attend and we would ask that to help us facilitate arrangements at the Whitworth Centre that anyone wishing to come along advises us that they will be attending

If you would like to attend this event contact - Iris Wagstaffe, First Taste Office, Tel: 01629 733849, Email: firsttaste@btinternet.com , Website: www.firsttastecharity.co.uk 

Tickets £9 - on sale at ‘The Town Hall’ Market Street, Chapel en le frith or via  www.chapelarts.org.uk

All profits to Antibiotic Research UK.