The new programme ‘Lifeforce’ will take place on a weekly basis every Friday until the end of September 2016. Activities are due to commence on 30 October 2015.

The programme is designed to improve health and well-being by offering farming and rural activities such as animal care, dry stone walling, stock fencing, woodland management, gardening, rural crafts, walks, wild food foraging and survival skills.

There are twelve places available and it is hoped that participants will benefit by keeping active and learning new skills in a supportive environment, leading to increased confidence and employability. A healthy lunch is provided and transport is available.

For further information please contact Kev or Chris at Beardwood Farm, Furness Vale, High Peak. SK23 7QF. Tel. 01663 749038  Mob. 07793982648 

Email. beardwoodnlp@gmail.com  
Facebook. Beardwood Natural Living Project/Community.

RAD already work closely with the foodbanks via the Derbyshire Foodbank Forum but is  looking to build a better picture of all the luncheon clubs, community cafes, food co-ops, breakfast clubs and other food related projects taking place in Derbyshire (but excluding coffee mornings).

In addition to those groups that provide food to people as listed above, they are also interested in those that grow food for community consumption – for example community orchards. 

This piece of research links to a wider initiative called Feeding Derbyshire which is looking to improve the redistribution of good quality fresh food from the Supermarkets and can help community projects reduce their costs. 

If you run  or are aware of a community food project in your area please can you contact Sylvia Green at Rural Action Derbyshire on 01629 592971 or s.green@ruralactionderbyshire.org.uk  with the following details for each project.   

• Name of the group
• Name of organiser
• Contact details – email or telephone number 
• Where and how often they meet
• Who the project helps. 

If you don’t know the answers to some of the questions please just provide contact details for the groups and RAD will follow it up. If you have any queries about this research please contacts Sylvia Green at Rural Action Derbyshire on 01629 592971 or s.green@ruralactionderbyshire.org.uk

The volunteer drivers take local elderly and infirm people to hospital and other appointments.

The transport scheme is rapidly heading towards 2500 return trips per annum which is almost a 20% increase compared to last year. The demographics of the country and continuing cuts in services suggest that this trend will continue in future.

If you know anyone who you think could possibly help us out, could you please get them to contact Hannah on 01663 744196 or email her on hannah@nmvc.org

Simply send all the information to news@highpeakradio.co.uk and put ‘High Peak Happenings’ in the subject box. Alternatively, send the info to: High Peak Radio, Smithbrook Close, Quentin Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith, SK23 0QD. 

If your organisation could benefit, please contact us to organise an appeal to be recorded by someone from your organisation.  The appeal should be about 100 words in length. Get in touch by emailing news@highpeakradio.co.uk or call on 01298 813144. 

1.  Before giving, check the charity’s name and registration number against the online charity search tool: Find a charity - register of charities 

2.  Fundraisers require a licence from the local authority (or the police in London) to collect in a public place. Check that they have this. If the collection is in a privately owned place, check that they have the owner’s permission.

3.  When approached by collectors, check whether they are wearing a proper ID badge and that any collection tin is sealed.

4.  If in doubt, ask the collector for more information - a genuine fundraiser should be happy to answer questions and explain more about the work of the charity.

5.  Genuine fundraising materials should feature the charity’s name, registered name and a landline contact number. Be wary of those that list only a mobile number.

6.  Make sure when you give to radio and television appeals that the process is secure. Ofcom lists the rules for radio and television charity appeals on its website: Licensing - Ofcom website.

7.  Take care when responding to emails or clicking links to a charity’s website to ensure that they are genuine. Instead, search online for your chosen charity to check you have the right web address. For further guidance see: Guidance for donors - Get Safe Online.

8.  Carefully review collection bags for clothing and household goods to ascertain whether they are from a genuine charity.

9.  After making these checks, if you think that a collection or appeal is not legitimate, report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 and inform the Charity Commission: Action Fraud - Police.

10. Don’t be pressurised to give to a collection immediately. If in any doubt, donate directly to charity.

Bev is an independent trainer with experience in developing not-for-profit organisations in the areas of finance; change management; HR and governance. At the half-day session Bev will cover:

• How organisations and their teams develop
• The importance of leadership
• Assessing and managing risk
• A business planning framework for a successful organisation

By the end of the session you should have some tools and techniques for thinking through the challenges and opportunities that you face within your organisation as well as some actions that you can discuss with your staff, volunteers and trustee boards.

The training is free to all participants. First 10 places to Members of Derbyshire Dales CVS.

Tuesday 20 October 09.30 – 13.00
at Meeting Room 1, Agricultural Business Centre, Bakewell DE45 1AH

To book:  Email enquiries@ddcvs.org.uk   Tel 01629 812154

The review took evidence from stakeholders in order to identify what changes are required to rebuild public trust in fundraising by charities. The review panel engaged widely, holding dozens of meetings and receiving hundreds of pages of feedback from over 100 organisations from the voluntary sector and elsewhere.

There was a broad consensus that the current system of self-regulation is not working.

Trustees are key

First, and most importantly, trustees must know what fundraising activities are taking place in their name. The crisis of trust is not simply a fundraising issue, it is a governance issue. The review has therefore concluded that trustees need a clearer view and a stronger hand on the fundraising tiller.

A new regulator

Secondly, charities and other fundraising organisations need a new, more visible and effective fundraising regulator. The public have to know where to report their concerns. A new regulator with stronger powers to sanction, universal coverage and better resources is a necessity. This includes the establishment of a new Fundraising Preference Service so that the public can easily stop unwanted fundraising communication from charities.

Clear roles and responsibilities

The report has also concluded that the Institute of Fundraising should hand over responsibility for setting the rules which govern fundraising – the Code of Practice – to the new regulator. One of the most important issues to emerge from the review is that the public interest overrides any professional interest. Nothing less than handing over responsibility to the new regulator for setting the rules will do.

Read the Report

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Run by Derby Diocese in partnership with colleagues from Financial Action and Advice Derbyshire, and with the support of Derby University. Chaired by Steve Fisher, Churches Together in Buxton.

Beginning with short presentations from colleagues from Manchester and Erewash (Derbyshire Community Bank) Credit Unions at 1pm followed by a buffet lunch.

There will also be displays and information stands.

Wednesday 30 September 2015 at 12.45pm
In the University Dome, Buxton , Derbyshire, SK17 6RY

Book by 23 September 2015. Go to www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/credit-unions-community-banking-for-all-tickets-17585393385?utm or tel Rita Brierley on 01332 388684.