News & Developments

What will the training cover?

Outside in the playground - Hands-on, basic inspection and maintenance, accessibility with regard to requirements of the standards, DDA and a brief feature on wheeled sports

Indoor presentations and discussions

• Playground management, legislation, standards and guidance
• Risk assessment, risk management and the benefits of risk in play
• Playground inspections and maintenance
• Disability Discrimination Act
• Playground notices
• Coping with accidents

On completion of the course you will receive a certificate of attendance which will be issued on behalf of RoSPA. This will give evidence of the playground provider’s commitment to health and safety on their playgrounds.

If you would like to attend the course which will be held at Underwood Community Centre, Church Lane, Underwood, Nottinghamshire NG16 5SF between 9.30am and 1pm please complete the Booking Form and either email it to Pam Baker pbaker@rcan.org.uk or post to The CASE Team, RCAN, The Newstead Centre, Tilford Road, Newstead Village, Nottingham NG15 0BS

Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear as part of the training will take place outside.

They have been named as the administrators for the new local community scheme funded by carrier bag charges. Communities across England, Wales and Scotland will soon be able to apply for up to £12,000 for local green space projects over the next three years. 

The scheme is open to community groups, charities and some public sector organisations and will fund capital improvement projects such as parks, play areas, community gardens and other green spaces. 

There will be two rounds of funding for each of the next three years.  The first round starts on 19 Oct and ends on 30 Nov.  See www.groundwork.org.uk for further information.

Training dates are:
October 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd
November 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th.
Each day starts at 10:00am and finishes at 2:30pm.

The training is quite intense, varied and fun. When you have completed training you will be prepared to support Home-Start families in their own homes for just a couple of hours, once a week. You will have continual support from a Co-ordinator and be a valued member of our team.

Home-Start High Peak ask you to volunteer for at least a few months if that is possible. Volunteering can give you lots of confidence and experience that can help you access further training and seek a career in working with families and children. Volunteers come from all walks of life and have very different backgrounds. The only qualification you need is to be a parent or have experience of bringing up children.

You will be given:

• 40 hours of free training
• Free childcare expenses with a registered provider while you train 
• Paid travel expenses during training and while you support a family
• Access to free training courses provided by Derbyshire County Council
• Free DBS check

Families welcome our service and recognise that Volunteers are there because they care, not because they are paid to be.

If you think you may be interested please get in touch as soon as possible by the mobile number 07896597389 or email jeny@homestarthighpeak.org.uk

This session is aimed at front-line workers who have already undertaken introductory level safeguarding training.

• What is Safeguarding?
• Why is it important for you?
• Update on current best practice
• Update on current legislation

Monday 19 October 2015  10.00am – 12.00 noon and 1.00pm – 3.00pm
at: 10.00am Volunteer Centre, 1.00pm Bradbury House

Booking: Contact Rebecca at Volunteer Centre Glossop on rebecca@vcglossop.org.uk, tel: 01457 865722

Bar and Raffle on the night.

Tickets on sale from the Volunteer Centre £2.50 per person,

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.