News & Developments

Firefighters and Community Safety Officers conducting the new Safe and Well Visits will:

• Identify and make occupants aware of any potential fire risks in the home
• Ensure the occupant knows what to do in order to reduce or prevent these risks
• Help occupants put together an escape plan in case a fire breaks out in the future
• Ensure the occupant has working smoke alarms, and fit FREE alarms where necessary
• Discuss the general health and wellbeing of occupants, with specific emphasis on the risk of falls in the home
• Signpost the occupant, where necessary, to the relevant support services   

Booking a Safe and Well Visit:

Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service is committed to reducing fire deaths and injuries by ensuring that homes are fitted with working smoke alarms and that occupants have a planned and practiced escape plan in place.  To assist with this, the Service provides FREE Safe and Well Visits to people who it believes are at greater risk of fire, primarily the more vulnerable groups in the community.

To book a Safe and Well Visit, or make a referral for someone who you consider to be at risk of fire, please contact High Peak and Derbyshire Dales - 01298 22620

www.derbys-fire.gov.uk/keeping-safe

The concert is an annual charity concert, this year in aid of The High Peak Friends of Cancer Research UK.

It will be held at St John the Baptist Church, Buxton, SK17 6XG. Tickets £8 under 12s free, available at the door, from Hall's Mica, Chapel-en-le-Frith, or phone.01298 815965.

They offer grants of up to £10,000 to stimulate new investment in playing fields, including funding for drainage, levelling, returfing, ATPs, MUGAs and pavilions.  Click here for further information.

www.derbyshiresport.co.uk/news/2016/04/the-playing-fields-legacy-fund

For other funding news updates for both capital and revenue grants, see the Derbyshire Sport Funding News pages - www.derbyshiresport.co.uk/funding-news

They are planning to distribute approximately £30,000 per annum, with a preference for funding either one larger project, or a number of medium sized ones, rather than a lot of small schemes.

Projects must be located in Derbyshire within 10 miles of a licensed landfill site. DET staff can check this for you if you provide them with the postcode for the site of your project.

The type of projects that would be eligible include the provision, maintenance and repair of: children's play areas, skate parks, MUGAs, sports fields and other recreational areas, footpaths / bridleways, community centres / village halls.

The deadline for applications is 22 August 2016.

www.derbyshiresport.co.uk/news/2016/04/new-derbsyhire-capital-funding-pot

This free service.has voluntary sector support and also general business advisers.

www.d2n2growthhub.co.uk

An example of support is information on the Leader fund for rural High Peak and Derbyshire Dales at www.derbyshireeconomicpartnership.org.uk/Rural-Derbyshire/Leader-in-the-Peak-2015-to-2020

The Prince’s Trust and Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation are offering a free  twelve-week traineeship in NHS Health & Social Care.

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 care certificates
• Maths and English training
• Develop effective teamwork and communication skills
• Get 6 months support after the programme to help you move into further training or employment
• Please note that we are looking for young people that are committed and  work ready

Programme runs from 4 July to 23 September 2016. There is a taster day on 14 June 2016.

Telephone: 07436797253 or Text 'H&S' to 07436797253

The project provides 24 hour staffing Monday to Friday and overnight staffing Saturday and Sunday within a shared house. It offers the young women a package of support around the abuse they have suffered and the opportunity to develop the skills they will need to hold their own tenancies. They also have an in-house Children’s Support Worker who offers parenting support and does therapeutic work with  young children affected by domestic abuse.

For more information about the project please see our website or contact us on 01457 858586.

There are currently two vacancies for single women or  women with up to 2 children.

Phill and Mike of Lifefit, a free community club, have been appointed as England Athletics' Mental Health Ambassadors - a new project supported by Mind. They hold free walk/run outdoor activities, especially supporting anyone with mental health issues.

Physical activity has been proven to have a considerable beneficial effect on both mental and physical health. Contact Phill at peakfit2@gmail.com or phone High Peak CVS as an initial contact. Remember these activities are FFF - Friendly, Free and Fun!

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England Athletics, supported by Mind the mental health charity, have launched a Mental Health Ambassador programme. The programme links to #runandtalk, an England Athletics campaign to improve mental health through running in England by:

• Getting people talking about mental health, sharing their experiences and removing stigma
• Raising awareness of mental health problems
• Supporting people experiencing mental health problems to be physically active through running start, return to and continue running

We’re often told that physical activity is good for our bodies and our minds, but having a mental health problem can make it difficult to get started, for a number of reasons, ranging from negative body image, or a lack of self-esteem through to practical reasons such as having no one to go with or not knowing where to get started.

Initially 128 ambassadors have been appointed from 91 different England Athletics affiliated clubs and registered groups across England. The ambassadors will be working with their clubs/groups on variety of things including:

• Creating a mental health action plan for their club/group.
• Organising specific events or open evenings.
• Creating links with local mental health services/organisations.
• Sharing information on social media about #runandtalk and other related campaigns.
• Starting conversations about mental health.
• Sharing good news stories.
• Supporting leaders, coaches and other volunteers with relevant guidance on mental health.
• Volunteering through Mind and other organisations to support people experiencing mental health problems to start running.

For more information, or to apply to become an ambassador, visit:
www.englandathletics.org/disabilityathletics/mental-health-ambassadors

We offer Funding Search sessions to help you find the funding most suitable for your group’s project or activities. A member of CVS staff can help you through the search and discuss options with you.

Funding Search sessions take 1 to 1.5 hours and are arranged by appointment.

If you would like to make an appointment for a funding search session contact Jackie on 01663 736436 or via jackie@highpeakcvs.org.uk

There may be a small charge for this service.

Grants of up to £75,000 are available for projects located within five miles of a Veolia Environmental Services facility. (This includes parts of the High Peak.) Match funding of at least 25% is required. 

The funding is available for capital improvement projects at a single site with discrete start and end dates. Projects should fall under one of the following categories:

Community buildings and rooms, including community centres, village halls, community spaces within religious buildings, and Scout or Girlguiding buildings.

Outdoor Spaces, including public parks, nature reserves, community gardens, footpaths, bridleways and cycle-paths.

Play and recreation, including play areas, skateparks, Multi Use Games Areas (MUGAs), sports grounds, pavilions and changing rooms.

Supporting Biodiversity, including the species related element of a BAP (national or local), the habitat related element of a BAP or HAP (national or local), and reintroduction programmes to a specific habitat.

The application deadlines are 12 noon on 27 May 2016, 26 August 2016, and 25 November 2016 or more information and how to apply follow the link below.

www.veoliatrust.org/funding/