News & Developments

The Direct Payment and Support Planning Team are as busy as ever helping Derbyshire County Council Direct Payment recipients to calculate the most effective use of budgets and to offer support and advice on all aspects of employing and recruiting personal staff, including finding managed bank and payroll services.

They also offer brokerage information on services, activities and other support in the community.

The Advocacy and Counselling Team are also making best use of their time, offering peer counselling and support, advocacy with other agencies and coordinating volunteer led Depression and Anxiety groups.

The Volunteer Coordinator, meanwhile, is supporting disabled people to find volunteer opportunities to play a full role in the community.

Disability Derbyshire Coalition are all fully committed to providing quality services throughout Derbyshire and will not even let the grim July weather dampen their spirits.

The social enterprise PAN (Peoples Ability Network) support DDC with a fully accessible taxi service and managed bank and payroll services.

Can they help you? Call to find out more 01773740246

They can give advice in the following areas:

• Community care
• Debt
• Discrimination
• Employment
• Homelessness
• Housing
• Immigration
• Preventing mortgage repossession

They can also advise on: 

• Preventing eviction and homelessness for tenants and mortgagees
• Housing-related issues e.g. overcrowding, getting repairs done
• Preventing hospital/care homes admissions through gaining care packages/equipment in own homes
• Managing or writing off debts
• Tackling discrimination
• Enforcing employment rights
• Recovering unpaid wages, holiday or notice pay.
• Immigration issues for e.g. reuniting families from overseas, staying in UK

They take referrals from individuals, advisers, professional workers and organisations.

For more information whether to refer or not, telephone 01246 550674 or email: dlc@derbyshirelawcentre.org.uk

derbyshirelawcentre.org.uk

Wednesday 3 August 2016 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm at Strutts Community Centre, Belper, DE56 1UU. Delegate fee £95 (normally £144 inc. VAT)

For the first time, RAD is pleased to be offering PAT Testing training to village and community halls or to any other organisation that is required to carry out PAT testing If demand for the training is high, RAD may be able to run another session in the morning of the 3 August.

If you require any further information about this event, contact Helena Stubbs (Community Buildings Officer)  Email  h.stubbs@ruralactionderbyshire.org.uk  Tel: 0845 3138800.

www.ruralactionderbyshire.org.uk/pat-testing-training.html

Tai Chi Session Tuesday 5 July 3.40 - 4.40pm.  Main Hall, Buxton Methodist Church. Free. All Welcome.

Picnic in the Park Friday 15 July 1.00 - 15:30pm. Refreshments provided. Meet at the Methodist Church side door downstairs, then stroll to the park.  Live music, games and fun. All Welcome.

Peaks & Dales Advocacy, Derbyshire Mental Health Federation and Grapevine

The fund will invest in local community groups and local charities tackling mental health concerns, whether that is through counselling, emotional and practical support or family support and intervention – the goal is to reduce the sense of isolation young people and children feel and set them on a positive path into adulthood.

The fund is looking to either expand an existing project’s reach, to bring down the time frames young people have to wait to obtain support or to prevent a service from being mothballed or rolled back due to funding cuts. There is also interest in exploring new innovative approaches to support children and young people facing mental health issues.

A fund of £10,000 has been set aside to fund projects here in Derby and Derbyshire that can make a positive impact on local lives.

Applications for this fund can be submitted to Foundation Derbyshire now but, all bids must be received before Friday 19 August 2016.

www.foundationderbyshire.org/funds/rolls-royce-fund-2015/

The Skills Exchange Project, which is being led by the Office for Civil Society within the Cabinet Office, aims to connect charities and business and raise the awareness of the benefits of skilled volunteering for both the charity and business sectors. They hope to maximise cross sector skilled volunteering, whilst preparing the groundwork for any ​future employee volunteering entitlement​.

To help them achieve their aims, it’s very important for them to understand the views of the charity sector in relation to cross sector skills based volunteering. Could you spare 15 minutes to complete this short survey. This is your chance to shape the campaign and the future of skills based volunteering.

Every survey submitted by a unique individual will be entered into a draw with a chance to win one of three £2,500 grants to your voluntary organisation from the Zurich Community Trust.

They look forward to receiving your views to help shape this project by 31 July​ and winners of the three grant awards will be notified by the end of August​.

www.surveymonkey.com/r/7P26WND

Schools, youth groups and not for profit organisations can apply for grants towards holidays or outings within the UK for children aged 13 and under who are from deprived areas or have a disability. Applications can be considered for holidays or outings that have the objective of providing children with a break they would not otherwise have the opportunity to experience.

The maximum grant is usually £2,500 for any one trip. Grants are normally limited to a maximum of two-thirds of the total cost of a trip as the charity would expect some local partnership funding to be in place. Activities will need to take place between 1 September and 31 December 2016.

Recently funded projects include:

All Saints CE (Aided) Primary School which received grant of £980 towards the cost of a four-night residential trip to an adventure centre in Shropshire for a group of school children from a deprived area of Wokingham and

Baysgarth School which received a grant of £1,000 towards a three-day trip to an adventure activity centre for a group of disadvantaged children from Lincolnshire.

The closing date for applications will be the 18 November 2016.

www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/holiday-grants-for-children.html

A panel of different professionals including doctors, nurses and occupational therapists trained in dementia care will be available to answer questions and provide advice.

For further information, please contact Rachel Chambers on 0300 123 3374.

Saturday 11 June 

1.30 pm. Published authors Margaret Holbrook and Pamela Turton will read from their work and have dialogue with audience. Books available to purchase.

12-4 pm. Reading Matters pop-up bookshop. Browse from a wide variety of books, focus on local authors and maps of the area.

Sunday 12 June

11.30 am. High Peak Writers, known locally as Writewits, will launch their first collaborative work Dark Notes from the High Peak, inspired by local legend and dialect. Collection of tales for sale.

1.30 pm. Published authors Margaret Holbrook and Pamela Turton will read from their work and have dialogue with audience. Books available to purchase.

12-4 pm. Reading Matters pop-up bookshop. Browse from a wide variety of books, focus on local authors and maps of the area.

In the Transhipment Warehouse at Peak Forest Canal, Whaley Bridge.

• Quilting exhibition
• Primary schools displays
• Local photos past and present.

For sale - handmade jewellery and scarves, crafts, local artists cards and paintings, jams and plants.

Refreshments served in church all day: Tea, Coffee and soft drinks; Homemade cakes and scones; Ham and cheese rolls.