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Their charity match programme gives donations of up to £1000 to local UK groups and charities, which have already raised vital funds themselves.

All of their 24 businesses, including their timber frame business Space4 and PLC head office are giving away up to £2,000 each every month – that’s a whopping £52,000 a month available to fund local community initiatives.

www.persimmonhomes.com/charity/

The Community Fund will award one-off grants of up to £1000 and is targeted at schemes which can deliver a real impact by improving the environment and helping people to understand and appreciate how nature can benefit the health and well-being of local communities and business.

Applications will be viewed and judged by a panel of experts which includes Nestlé Waters, The Wildlife Trusts, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and High Peak Borough Council and will be assessed on the extent to which they support each of the stated aims and objectives of the Get Better with Nature campaign:

• To raise awareness of the value of nature to our society, health and wellbeing;
• To empower people to enjoy nature’s benefits;
•  To encourage and inspire people to get better with nature by making a small investment in their local environment – whether it’s in their community, local green space, wildlife or waterways.

Applicants have until the end of July 2015 to submit their bid, with planned projects to be completed by the end of 2015. 

If you are interested in applying or would like further information about Get Better with Nature and the Community Fund, visit the Community Fund page where you will find detailed guidance on how to apply and a Community Fund Application Form - www.getbetterwithnature.co.uk/get-involved/get-better-with-nature-community-fund/ 

If you have any other questions, get in touch with Get Better with Nature at enquiries@getbetterwithnature.co.uk

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Plans for more joined up health and social care services for patients in Tameside and Glossop are underway. GPs, social care, hospital clinicians, the community and voluntary sector are coming together to improve how these different services work with one another. It is believed that this will increase the quality of clinical care, empower patients and improve their experiences.

Local health and care leaders from NHS Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group,Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will explain why the changes are needed.

Glossop: Tuesday 21 July 10am–12pm, Bradbury House, Glossop
To book contact: Rebecca Hyde, Volunteer Centre Glossop, Tel: 01457 865722,
Email: rebecca@vcglossop.org.uk. 
Book online at: bit.ly/care-together-glossop

Tameside: Wednesday 22 July 9.30am–11.30am, St. John’s Church, Dukinfield
To book contact: Ruth Madden, Community & Voluntary Action Tameside, Tel: 0161 339 4985,ext. 2020, Email: ruth.madden@cvat.org.uk. 
Book online at: bit.ly/care-together-tameside

To further develop the recovery community in Derbyshire from 2015 onwards, organisations can apply for a single, non-recurring, 12 month grant up to a maximum of £40,000.

DCC want to support applications which are best placed to achieve the overarching health outcome for recovery - improvement in the physical and emotional health of the beneficiaries of services and a self-reported personal sense of positive well-being. They welcome applications from small, local projects and organisations which deliver or support one or more of the identified recovery elements.

Full details on DCC website

The newly established NRCN website is www.nationalruralcrimenetwork.net  

The Survey is at:
www.nationalruralcrimenetwork.net/survey?member=Derbyshire 

Others who have completed the course say that it has given them the confidence to manage their COPD better which has enabled them to be more active while others say they are now more positive about their condition.  

The course is free and is running at Manor House Surgery in Glossop, commencing on 6 July 2015.  Each course runs for half a day each week for 6 weeks 

Book by ringing Diane from Respiratory Education UK on 0151 529 8308 or email gill.hall4@nhs.net  or Lynda Daniels on 0161 304 5412 Lynda.daniels@nhs.net  

Got a little money - lump sum or recurrent - you want a decent return from, but you want put to good use, avoiding unwise and ethically unsound investment? Or, maybe, you find ordinary credit lines difficult to access and want a responsible lender? 

Sustainable Hayfield invites you to an evening focused on ethical finance - the use of money to achieve commercial returns via ethically and environmentally sound practices.

Senior people from some key financial institutions have agreed to come to wee Hayfield, to make presentations on what they do, their ethical stance, the products and advice they offer - and take questions from audience members. They include 

• The Co-operative Bank, 
• Investing Ethically (nationally-renowned independent ethical advisers with a deep commitment to ethical financial planning, linked to Quakers and Business) and the 
• Manchester and High Peak Credit Union. 

The event will be chaired by a staff member from Ethical Consumer magazine, based in Manchester

It's quite a coup to get these all to come. We're fairly sure there's not been anything like it in Hayfield before or possibly even in the High Peak! 

Many Sustainable Hayfield supporters may have considered - at least in principle - about how their investments might be more ethically-based, but maybe haven't known where to go for advice and information.

The evening follows Sustainable Hayfield’s AGM at 7.30pm and short refreshment break, with a chance to find out more about what Sustainable Hayfield does in total.

The Alzheimer’s Society is sending a representative to meet local groups with a view to setting up dementia-friendly status for Buxton, which would aim to create a greater awareness of the problems and needs of this growing section of the population.

Co-hosted by the University and the Buxton older people’s charity The Hall Bank Trust, the meeting will hear how Buxton could form a Dementia Action Alliance.

The Alzheimer’s Society focused on Buxton after helping student Janet Brookes research tourism for those with dementia as part of a dissertation for her MSc in International Hospitality Management.

The Society’s East Midlands Alliance Coordinator Gill Collins said  a diagnosis of dementia is issued every three minutes in the UK. A dementia-friendly community is one in which people with dementia are empowered to have aspirations and feel confident. With proper planning and care, people living with dementia  can stay in their homes longer, lead an active life and continue to participate in society.

But local knowledge is key, said Gill: "People who are local know what the local issues are, and as a group you can draw up a plan to decide what to do.

"The benefit to people with dementia and their carers is that they will feel that they can still participate in community life without stigma or fear. 

"For every one person with dementia that is able to stay in their own home for a year longer, rather than entering residential care, it would save over £11,000.”

If an Alliance were to be formed in Buxton, then the Society would support it via its own page on their website where participating businesses would be identified as being dementia friendly, as well as being able to use  logos recognised nationwide for display in shops and cafes.

"Visitors who come from Cornwall, for example, will recognise the logo on a shop or café and know that they are welcome,” said Gill.

Another way in which a town can become dementia-friendly is to offer specific organised activities, and ensure that existing leisure services and entertainment activities are more inclusive of people with dementia. 

The meeting will start at 2pm. To book a place, email John Phillips, Community Liaison Officer, University of Derby, at j.phillips@derby.ac.uk

The Alzheimer Society website is www.alzheimers.org.uk 

Social Media Surgeries are completely free advice sessions for community and voluntary groups, clubs, societies, small arts organisations and sports groups.

Come and find out how to use free internet sites and tools to publicise your group or organisation and stay in touch with members and supporters. Get help from knowledgeable volunteers on how to set up and run blogs, and use video, photos, and social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other free web tools to get your messages out.

Please book at socialmediasurgery.com/surgeries/highpeak so we know to expect you (or we may go home early and you’ll be disappointed)

For further information about the Social Media Surgeries contact Claire or Esther at High Peak CVS (claire@highpeakcvs.org.uk / esther@highpeakcvs.org.uk )

Following the surgery next Tuesday, the next surgery will not be until Tuesday 15 September.