News & Developments

Whaley Bridge Luncheon Club is now in its seventh year of providing a home-made two course lunch for elderly or isolated residents of the area on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, at the Uniting Church on Buxton Road.

It’s a very jolly environment and many of the volunteers have been with the club from the beginning. However, we are looking for a few more volunteers to help out.  The commitment?  About four hours (five if you’re a cook) of a Thursday every few months, helping to set up, serve and clear lunch for about 50 (don't worry as we have a dishwasher!)  The reward? Mixing with some lovely interesting people and getting to have a tasty lunch with them.

If you or anyone you know think they can help and would like to be part of the club please give Marion a ring on 01663 73717. 

Afternoon Matinee and Evening. Doors open 2pm for 2.30pm programme and 7.00 pm for 7.30pm programme

• April 29  – Suffragettes – (NB Changed date)
• May 20 - Woman in Gold
• June 17 – Brookl yn
• July 15 – The Dressmaker
• August 19 – Dad ’s Army

Refreshments Interval, Accessible toilets, hearing loop. Everyone welcome

• Live Bands – various styles
• Walthew House VIPs Steelband
• BBQ
• Refreshments tents (Beer/tea/coffee) 
• Stalls (Dealers, tabletop sales, charity, local organisations)
• Family games (PAS) at 1pm
• Face painting 
• Children’s entertainments 
• Dog Show at 3pm (register before 2.30pm at info tent)
• Huge Raffle
• Information tent – all about COGS

Old-fashioned afternoon teas - tea (in china cups),coffee and chocolate cake / victoria sponge / millionaire's shortbread etc.

Enquiries or to book stalls ring 01663 74476

Derbyshire County Council are working with a range of partnership organisations to tackle the problem termed 'holiday hunger' as part of our £528,550 'Feeding Derbyshire' project.

School holidays equate to around 170 days per year when children can miss out on meals as well as missing out on social activities such as trips and days out.

The holiday hunger scheme aims to link with existing summer schemes such as clubs and play schemes to offer children social opportunities such as games, reading and other activities as well as a free, healthy meal.

Groups or organisations that run holiday clubs or summer activity schemes for young people and would like to help tackle holiday hunger can contact Public Health Manager Jane Hicken tel: 01629 537675 or email: jane.hicken@derbyshire.gov.uk

See also DCC website

You can sign up at www.dsc.org.uk/grants-for-good-2/get-involved/

This summit is part of the Grants for Good campaign in association with DSC, CFG, NAVCA and Children England. It’s promoting the use of government grants for charities and voluntary groups and you can join it by providing case studies of how grants have helped you and your beneficiaries.

Charities are being asked to join this summit and share  experiences of grant funding as there will also be a forum for sharing case studies that can be used to strengthen the campaign. The event is free to attend and you can find out more and sign up here. 

If you aren't able to attend but would still like to follow the campaign and submit a case study, follow the link to find out more. 

There are 3 prizes of up to £5,000 worth of kitchen equipment to be won.  G52 is the only group from Derbyshire selected, and is competing with other deserving groups across the country from Hampshire to Belfast.

A prize would mean a lot to G52 – ‘Gamesley Working 52 Weeks a Year’ – and help them to set up a Community Hub providing services and work experience for local people, and to expand their excellent catering service. The group has already provided training for local people, set up and run ‘Bellies Not Bins’ which distributes surplus food, and put on fun events such as ‘the Beach comes to Gamesley’ which offered all the fun of the beach including donkey rides and candy floss.

G52 needs your support now – to win the kitchen equipment they need you to vote!

Yes, Stoves is asking the nation to choose which community groups will receive their prizes so please vote for G52 at wshe.es/gaVOOxeV

They are also actively recruiting players returning to banding after a break.Perhaps you have taken a sabbatical due to work or family commitments. Or maybe you learnt at school but haven’t played since. If you are considering a return to playing brass then Whaley Bridge Band could be just what you are looking for.

The band have all the standard brass band instruments available – including percussion – and will provide support to get you blowing again. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at how quickly you get back on track, and it’s never too late however long you've been away.Several players have done just that, returning after breaks of over thirty years, and are now stalwarts of the band.

For more information see our website www.whaleybridgeband.co.uk

Email: whaleybridgeband@gmail.com
Phone Jane Walker Cull 01663 719712

They need volunteers to help with this and have volunteer surveyor opportunities in  High Peak, North East Derbyshire  and  Amber Valley.

You will receive training on how to do the surveys and you can claim travel expenses.

To get involved contact Steve Cresswell on  01629 539660 or email steve.cresswell@derbyshire.gov uk

Veterans make up 10% of our communities.  1 in 4 people experiences a mental health problem in any year and that includes former and current members of the Armed Forces.  

This two-day course will help people who support the general public as part of their role to understand some of the issues faced by people with mental health problems and to know how to respond in an emergency situation and also longer term.  

The course costs £198 per person.  To find out more or book visit www.derbyshiremind.org.uk/training-2/

The new two-year pilot, run in collaboration with existing  health care professionals has been launched  in response to the call for greater patient choice; for some people their last and greatest wish is to die at home in familiar surroundings.

The service startedon 11 April and will support patients and their families and carers with sitters day and night.  Overnight sits will offer carers the chance to have a good night’s sleep, while a few hours during the day gives carers a break to go shopping or have time for themselves.  

To access Hospice at Home contact 01298 813007 or email hospiceathome@blythehouse.co.uk  

To find out about other  services offered by Blythe House Hospice, contact 01298 815388.