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Summer 2019 – Issue 6
Keeping
you moving
What’s happening
on Derbyshire’s roads
Five ways How grants Help give your Discount days
to improve help the child the best out at local
your wellbeing community start in life attractions
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Contents News
Your councillor Get in touch
derbyshire.gov.uk
Have your say
There are lots of ways you can
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county councillors are elected every four years by local people. Their job Write to us at County Hall, find out more about the work
is to speak up for their community and decide how the council is run and Matlock, Derbyshire of the county council, give your
how your council tax is spent. DE4 3AG or: views and get involved.
Every councillor also has a small fund to spend on community projects in their area.
Get in touch with your local councillor with any concerns or suggestions about
Email contact.centre@
derbyshire.gov.uk Council meetings
county council services. Local residents are welcome
In Derbyshire we also have district, borough and parish councils. If you’re not sure
@derbyshirecc to attend council meetings at
who to contact, your county councillor will be able to point you in the right direction. County Hall, Matlock. For more
facebook.com/ information email democratic.
Find out who represents you: derbyshirecc services@derbyshire.gov.uk
or call 01629 538327. The next
n www.derbyshire.gov.uk/councillors Call Derbyshire on
meetings are:
01629 533190
Cabinet Member for Corporate Services Councillor Angelique Foster, centre, helps
Text us on 86555 former apprentices Paige and Danny prepare for an arts and crafts session at 11 July Cabinet 2pm
Carter Lane Day Centre, Shirebrook
Derbyshire Now costs 11p per copy 17 July Full Council 2pm
Apprentices do a great job
to produce and deliver to Derbyshire’s
330,000 households. We welcome 8 August Cabinet 2pm
your feedback and if you have any
compliments or complaints about the 12 September Cabinet 2pm
magazine, please get in touch using One of the council’s key priorities as an and Paige Wakeling who started out as
the contact details above. Enterprising Council is to help people get apprentices with the county council and 18 September Full Council 2pm
On request we can provide into work and begin meaningful careers. have now moved on to permanent jobs in
Derbyshire Now in Braille, More than 60 new apprentices are due health and social care. Consultations
large print or recorded onto CD. When the council plans to make
to start at the council in careers ranging Paige is a day service worker helping
from health and social care and outdoor adults with learning disabilities at Carter changes to services you will have
education to surveying and trading Lane Day Centre in Shirebrook and Danny the opportunity to give your opinion.
standards. is a community support worker. You can find out about consultations
Improve your Your Foster Councillor Angelique Foster, the county Sign up for alerts to find out when
at derbyshire.gov.uk/haveyoursay
or visit any library.
wellbeing council caring council’s Cabinet Member for Corporate vacancies are posted at
On the cover: Councillor Simon Spencer, Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Infrastructure, left,
Services, recently met Danny Gardner derbyshire.gov.uk/apprenticeships
Council papers
Read the agenda and minutes
Discover Buxton’s rich spa heritage for all cabinet, full council and cabinet
member meetings at
derbyshire.gov.uk/meetings
If you’re heading to Buxton for a day out about things to see and do in the Peak
this summer or planning a Peak District District.
Your Councillor
with assistant contracts manager for surface dressing Robert Morrissey, see page 8.
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“staycation”, why not pop into the new Offering a fascinating insight into Find out who represents you at
Visitor Centre in the restored Pump Room Buxton’s rich spa heritage, the centre derbyshire.gov.uk/councillors
opposite Buxton Crescent. also has a range of bespoke locally
As well as taking the waters from the inspired gifts and an evening programme
to pr 10
well nearby, you can view the beautiful
Victorian Pump Room while gaining
of events.
Find out more at
Climate change
SIGN UP TO THE DERBYSHIRE NOW be ize
wo s
inspiration and gathering information buxtoncrescentexperience.com manifesto unveiled
eNEWSLETTER FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN A n!
Plans to tackle climate change, reduce
BREWERY TOUR WITH TASTING & LUNCH Festival of Derbyshire proposed to carbon emissions and waste and make
Derbyshire cleaner and greener have
Join thousands of local residents who receive regular news direct to their inbox.
Sign up to the Derbyshire Now eNewsletter by 2 August 2019 and you could win create jobs and help boost economy been announced by the county council.
The Derbyshire Climate and Carbon
a pair of tickets for one of Boot Beer Brewery’s tasting events. Boot Beer Brewery A Festival of Derbyshire could be held to boost tourism – Reduction Manifesto sets out how the
(thebootbeer.co.uk) is an award-winning micro brewery based in historic Repton bringing new investment and creating jobs. Proposals are at authority will do everything it can to
in the south of Derbyshire. We have five pairs of tickets for a beer tasting, brewery an early stage to celebrate a series of key cultural and historic reduce its carbon footprint, cut waste
and nibbles tour, followed by your choice of a lunchtime sandwich at anniversaries in the county in 2020/21. and work with partners, businesses and
The Boot, Repton. communities to reduce emissions and
Plans being drawn up by the county council include celebrating
To sign up, go to derbyshire.gov.uk/derbyshirenow and click on the Sign Up the 70th anniversary of the Peak District National Park, 20 years improve the environment.
button.* since Derwent Valley Mills became a World Heritage Site, 200 You can read the manifesto and the
COMPETITION WINNER (from previous edition): Dinner, bed and breakfast at the years since the birth of Florence Nightingale and 250 years since council’s corporate environment policy at
New Bath Hotel and Spa, Matlock Bath: Jo Brown, Tansley. Richard Arkwright built the mills at Cromford. Cromford Mill derbyshire.gov.uk/climatemanifesto
*Existing eNewsletter subscribers will be included in the prize draw. We will never release your email address to anyone else.
Usual prize draw conditions apply: derbyshire.gov.uk/prizedraws. Prize details: the prize is valid until 31 October 2019.
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News
Skills Festival
If you’ve a
teenager
don’t forget to SAVE THE DATE
make a note DERBYSHIRE
of Derbyshire’s SKILLS FESTIVAL
largest careers 18 September
The Proact Stadium,
event for young Chesterfield
people. 25 & 26 September
Derby Arena
Derbyshire Skills
Festival is an
annual showcase of careers, employment
and training opportunities for 13 to
19-year-olds and is held at two venues
across the county. This year they’ll be at:
• Proact Stadium, Chesterfield,
Wednesday 18 September,
1.30pm-7.30pm Elvaston Castle
• Derby Arena, Wednesday 25 and
Thursday 26 September,
1.30pm-7.30pm
Restoration work on Councillor Jean Wharmby, Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Adult Care,
views designs for the council’s new care home and extra care centre in Cotmanhay
Last year’s event attracted more than
10,000 people. To find out more visit
Elvaston gets under way Shaping the future of housing
derbyshire.gov.uk/skillsfestival Work to restore and regenerate operator and the council hopes to see
Elvaston Castle is off to a flying start. it up and running again soon. Helping older people live well and well underway. Updates on the latest
retain their independence for as long projects include:
Anti-social behaviour Repairs to the 18th century walls
around the nursery garden and Old
Last December the county council’s
Cabinet approved a revised master
as possible is at the heart of a new • Designs unveiled for the new £15m care
housing and support strategy for
Find out more about how to tackle anti- English Garden are now complete plan to restore and regenerate the centre and extra care development
Derbyshire.
social behaviour from a new campaign and the next significant development estate near Derby. in Cotmanhay, pictured above
backed by the county council. will be the start of work on the coach Produced by the county council in
For more information about the latest • Major progress on a purpose-built
A new leaflet aims to help you house, including repairs to the clock partnership with experts in future
developments, weddings at Elvaston modern replacement for Ada Belfield
understand what is, and is not, anti- tower and roof, this summer. housing needs, the strategy lays out
and upcoming events visit derbyshire. home for older people on the former
social behaviour and where to get help enterprising plans to support the
The caravan site also has a new gov.uk/elvaston Thornton’s site in Belper
and advice if you think you’re a victim. county’s ageing population with the right
For information and to download the kind, number and type of housing and • Official opening of Thomas Fields, a
support up to 2035. £10m specialist care home and extra
leaflet visit saferderbyshire.gov.uk/asb
The big switchover Check your Gold Card n The council’s £30m programme of
care centre in Buxton.
Some Derbyshire providing high-quality modern care You can find out more at derbyshire.gov.
Libraries update Work to switch to new-style
streetlights continues to roll out
Gold Card holders homes and extra care developments is uk/olderpeopleshousing
may be unwittingly
Plans to transfer the running of 20 county countywide.
using cards that are
council libraries to communities are
progressing.
Of the 68,000 residential streetlights
looked after by the county council, by
invalid and have
been cancelled.
Mining memorial reaches halfway point
Open days were held at all 20 libraries the end of May, 50,500 LED street lights A memorial created to mark the death of
Updated technology means ticket machines
and interested groups got the chance to – 73% of the total – were installed. 106 miners in pit disasters at a Derbyshire
on buses can now detect if a card has been
have in-depth discussions with council colliery is now half way to completion
The rest are due to be done by the end stopped. If that happens, the driver will
staff about their plans and ideas before with the addition of eight new steel
of the year. advise you to get a new one.
submitting expressions of interest. figures.
Of the remaining 22,000 old-style You could be using a cancelled card without
Groups successfully registering their Fifty-three life-sized metal figures now
orange sodium lights on main roads realising if:
interest have been informed and more make up the county council’s award-
being replaced, 59,300 – or 66% – have
detailed discussions are now taking • It’s been reported lost or stolen winning Walking Together memorial at
been fitted with LEDs.
place, with help and support on offer as • It’s been used fraudulently Markham Colliery, each representing one
business cases are worked on. The new LED lights last longer – of those lost in the major disasters of
typically 100,000 hours or 20-25 years • You have multiple cards and aren’t
Communities will be kept informed as 1937, 1938 or 1973.
compared to the 15,000-20,000 hours, using the most up-to-date one
to the progress of their community- Each figure is part of a walking trail which Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet
or three to four years, of other street • You no longer qualify for free travel.
managed library in the next few months. symbolises a miner’s journey to the pit Member for Economic Development and
lights.
In the meantime, if you’d like to register You can request a new card online at and back home again. A further 53 will be Regeneration, Councillor Tony King, right,
Because they are more energy efficient derbyshire.gov.uk/goldcard added in the future. with brother and sister Stuart and Megan
an interest in volunteering at your local
they need less looking after and are Emmerson beside the commemorative
library, email community.libraries@ If you don’t request a new card you will no You can share your own stories of
saving the council around £1.2m each figure of their relative Lawrence Jacklin
derbyshire.gov.uk or call 01629 536166 longer qualify for free travel and have to pay Markham Colliery online at
year. who died aged 28 in the 1938 disaster
and someone will get back to you. the full fare. www.markhamstorymine.org
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Live Life Better
Five ways to
Learning new skills
Through adult education
boosts your confidence,
Natalie Brookes has fulfilled her
gives you a sense of ambition of becoming a nurse
achievement and
a happier,
doesn’t need to stop
when you leave school. The county
council offers a wide range of courses
healthier you
across the county from heritage skills at
our Derbyshire Eco Centre to languages,
vocational qualifications, yoga, stained
glass and more.
this summer “Getting back into
education has really
But the support she received from After leaving the council’s adult
changed my life” teachers at Glossop Adult Community community education service, Natalie
Mum-of-three Natalie Brookes started Education centre has been invaluable went on to study an Access to Higher
her learning journey studying maths and on her five-year journey, giving her the Education Diploma in Nursing and is
English with Derbyshire County Council’s confidence to realise her ambition to now in her final year at Manchester
adult community education service – become a nurse. Metropolitan University. She already
now she’s a proud university student “I’m so thankful for their help to get has a job as a nurse waiting for her at a
training to be a nurse! me back into education after a 15-year nearby hospital.
break,” said Natalie. “Getting back into education has really
We’ve all got busy lives, however, the Five Ways to Wellbeing are easy, everyday The road to success wasn’t always
changed my life,” Natalie added.
easy. Juggling bringing up the children “For anyone who thinks their dreams
things that can help give your mood a positive boost. Here we give you some while trying to study and complete her are too big, believe me, they are not. “Now I get to give back by helping those
ideas on how you and your family can squeeze them into your daily routine. homework was at times both mentally Anything is possible if you set your mind in need and really make a difference to
and physically tiring. to it.” someone’s life.”
Getting connected is For more information about how you could get back into learning with the county council visit derbyshire.gov.uk/adulteducation
all about developing Evidence shows
relationships with improving your physical
friends, family, health can help improve Helping others can help
your mental health too. to improve your self- Being more aware of the
neighbours and
esteem and improve present moment, the
colleagues. Try to find an activity that you enjoy
your emotional health. world around you and
Take a look at our Time Swap scheme if and keeps you active, such as walking, your own feelings and
swimming, cycling or playing football. There are lots of
you’re looking for ways to connect with thoughts, can help you to
opportunities to volunteer and help in
others. The scheme encourages local If you’d like to get out and explore the positively change how you’re feeling
your community, build up new social
communities to share their skills and High Peak Trail then you can hire bikes Watch this short video to see Hilary about life.
networks and gain experience if you’re
talents. from Middleton Top near Wirksworth. talking about her experience as an
looking for a job. Whether it’s taking the kids on a nature
Laurie Morgen received invaluable There are bikes for all ages as well as emergency volunteer derbyshire.gov. ramble and picnic at one of the county
“Joining Time Swap support from the Time Swap scheme child seats, trailers and taggers (to
add to adult cycles). Find out more at “I enjoy the uk/emergencyvolunteers council’s countryside sites or enjoying
was one of the best action for at least six weeks while her derbyshire.gov.uk/cyclehire spontaneity” you’re going to get an incident and
an informative exhibition at the Buxton
Museum, there’s lots of ways to take a
things I ever did” foot was healing in plaster.
If you’ve got mobility problems, Someone who decided to give something
they’re all very different.” different look at the world around you.
Having joined Derbyshire County you can also hire a “tramper” at She’s helped at several different events,
Sometimes life takes unexpected turns back is Hilary Spencer who signed up as
Council’s popular Time Swap scheme last our countryside sites. Trampers are including a chemical incident in Derby.
and throws up obstacles when you least a Derbyshire Emergency Volunteer after
year, Laurie, from Long Eaton, reached designed to cope with rough and
expect it. retiring from full-time work. You can attend as many or as few
out to her local co-ordinator Jo Perkins tough terrain. Visit derbyshire.gov.
No-one knows this better than Laurie to see if the project could help in any uk/accessforall She’s been a member of the team incidents as you like and the work could
Morgen, who, after tripping and breaking way. of volunteers for six years, working include:
her ankle, was left wondering who would alongside the council’s emergency • Helping out at a rest centre during
The response was overwhelming,
take care of her much-loved pets. planning team, adult care staff and an evacuation
with lots of local Time Swap members
other local agencies to support residents
Laurie’s three dogs – Digory, Lexi and volunteering to give Laurie a helping • Preparing hot drinks for evacuees
during emergencies such as fires, gas
Mem – love a good runaround and are hand – not only with walking her
leaks and floods. • Staffing an information point.
used to active walks out and about. dogs, but getting her to and from vital
appointments. “I enjoy the spontaneity,” said Hilary, Volunteers get full training, including
Neighbours and family stepped in to
from Matlock, “you never know when first aid and health and safety. Find out more about getting out
help while she was in hospital for a week, Laurie said: “Joining Time Swap was one
but Laurie was told that she’d be out of of the best things I ever did.” If you’d like to join the friendly team and are over 18, you can find out more and and about in Derbyshire at
register your interest at derbyshire.gov.uk/emergencyvolunteers derbyshire.gov.uk/countryside
If you’d like to get involved in the council’s Time Swap scheme you can find out Exercising can improve your mental
more and apply for membership at derbyshire.gov.uk/timeswap health To find out more about the Five Ways to Wellbeing visit derbyshire.gov.uk/wellbeing
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Roads Community
Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet Member Scropton Riding for the Disabled received
for Highways, Transport and Infrastructure, £500 to provide more riding sessions
Councillor Simon Spencer says road workers and
contractors will be busy right across the county
over the next few months
How Action Grants are
helping the community
Action Grants are cash from the county council for community activities.
Keeping Derbyshire moving
Derbyshire Now looks at the wide variety of groups to benefit – could yours?
Scropton Riding South Wingfield Eastwood Park
for the Disabled Local History Group Petanque Club
Taking advantage of the better weather, Derbyshire Next step for
Gives more than 8,500 riding sessions Celebrates the history and heritage of the This Chesterfield-based club gives people
a year to 400 local disabled children parish. of all ages and abilities the opportunity
County Council will be surface dressing more than road schemes and adults who have physical, learning, to play Petanque (French Boules).
We gave: £500 to help stage an exhibition
50 miles of roads over the next few months. sensory, profound and multiple drawing together the work of the group We gave: £500 towards building a new
Woodville link road disabilities. and the local community. shelter.
Since the beginning of this year council Councillor Spencer added: “We’re Work to build the Woodville to We gave: £500 to help put on more taster “Over 200 people visited our ‘Then and “The new shelter has played a
road workers have fixed more than also resurfacing 23 miles of roads, Swadlincote Regeneration Route – sessions to encourage new riders. Now’ exhibition which brought back significant part in attendances being
28,500 potholes, now they are moving on including parts of the A57 Snake Pass, known as the Woodville link road – is “We’ve been able to give a life- many happy memories.” up by over 50% so far in 2019.”
to improve the surfaces of many of the parts of the A5012 Via Gellia and parts of set to start next year. But behind the enhancing experience to 20 new riders.”
county’s roads. the A6.” scenes planning permissions are
being sought, land is being bought
3rd Buxton Cotmanhay
Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet
and detailed designs for the scheme Scope4SEN (Harpur Hill) Scouts Community Network
Member for Highways, Transport and What is surface dressing? are being drawn up. Once built, traffic A Tissington-based charity which Organises an adventurous outdoor Runs a wide range of activities and
Infrastructure, Councillor Simon Spencer,
pictured above, explains: “Over the next It’s a way of extending the life of a road will be taken around the Tollgate provides telescopes for children with programme for young children including support for people in Cotmanhay and
few months our own road workers and surface by another 10 to 15 years. First roundabout easing congestion special needs. camping, hiking, respect for others and surrounding areas.
contractors will be busy right across the any potholes are mended, then a layer of between the A511 and the A514. The We gave: £500 to help provide solar, skills for life.
bitumen is put down which acts as a kind new road is part of a wider nearby land We gave: £500 to buy equipment for a
county as we take advantage of better astronomy and science sessions to We gave: £500 to buy replacement mother and toddler group.
weather. More than 50 miles of roads will of glue to the chippings that are rolled development scheme to create new Derbyshire-based special educational
jobs and houses. navigation equipment for hiking and “A local young mum has been able to
be surface dressed, including the A515 on top. Driving over the chippings helps needs schools, hospitals, retreat centres orienteering such as compasses, maps start the Tiny Tots baby and toddler
around Buxton and Ashbourne, the A514 to further bed them in and any loose and organisations.
Thirteen Bends and safety equipment. group for fun together in a safe place.”
in Swadlincote, the A609 in Kilburn and chippings are swept away.
Road safety improvements on a “We bought a projector and screen “The growing confidence of our scouts
the longest stretch – five miles – of the Find out where work is taking place in
so we no longer have to borrow on their outdoor expeditions is lovely
A61 Dronfield bypass from Bowshaw your local area at derbyshire.gov.uk/ section of the A619 known as the
equipment when we are out and about to see and having good equipment
Apply now!
roundabout to Whittington Moor roadsurfacing Thirteen Bends, Baslow to Bakewell,
are moving forward. Following giving talks or demonstrations.” makes all the difference.” £1.25m is still available
roundabout.” and there are 2,000 small
consultation, plans are now being
grants of up to £500, and a number of
worked up for junction improvements, Shirebrook Parwich Royal British grants worth up to £5,000 and £10,000.
white line markings and clearance of
Report it roadside vegetation. The work is set
Community Allotments Legion Village Club Download your application pack and
You can help the council look after to start later this year after the council Set up thanks to an Action Grant. A village club which provides a place form at derbyshire.gov.uk/action or
its roads by reporting any problems secured nearly £7m of Government Experienced gardeners work with hard- for families to socialise and organises email action.grants@derbyshire.
you see. If you spot a pothole or other cash for road safety projects. to-reach youngsters and isolated adults. events. gov.uk for a paper copy.
problems like damaged kerbs or We gave: £1,000 so volunteers could We gave: £500 to replace a dilapidated
A61 Chesterfield Deadline dates for small grants:
markings, missing or sunken ironworks, take on two sizeable allotments, buy gate and redecorate part of the club
More work has started on the A61 in • 30 September 2019
blocked drains or broken streetlights equipment and train participants. building.
the easiest way to report them is at Chesterfield to encourage people to • 31 January 2020
“The community has come together “The premises are much safer thanks
derbyshire.gov/doitnow You’ll get a walk or cycle. At Rother Washlands • 31 May 2020
to create a beautiful and productive to the new gate which gives us peace
reference number so you’ll be able to an existing path from Storforth Lane
place.” of mind.” Deadline dates for medium and
track progress. to Derby Road is being widened and a
larger grants:
new bridge is being put in.
Find out about all the awards www.derbyshire.gov.uk/action • 31 May 2020
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Your council
Keeping Derbyshire moving: we manage 3,500 miles of Councillor Barry Lewis, Leader of Derbyshire County
Your council’s priorities
roads and pavements, 4,500 bridges and 90,000 street lights. Council, talks about the council’s recently unveiled
In 2018 we fixed 67,000 potholes and by May this year 50,500 for 2019 to 2021
streetlamps have been converted to energy-saving LED bulbs two-year vision for the county.
Providing value for money
My commitment to you, as your Council ✓ Keep council tax as low as possible
Leader, is that we will continue to reduce ✓ Save more than £40m by delivering
the cost of public services in Derbyshire more efficient and effective services
by making sure that you do not have to ✓ Lobby Government for fairer
spend a penny more on council tax than funding for the county
Councillor
you need to.
Barry Lewis ✓ Champion a regional alliance to find
We will focus our attention and resources more resources for Derbyshire
on the issues that matter to you the
Derbyshire County Council most: supporting people who are more A prosperous Derbyshire
exists for one purpose only – vulnerable, improving our schools, ✓ Support small and medium-sized
to improve life in our maintaining our roads and creating jobs businesses to grow
great county. and prosperity. These things are the ✓ Attract investment and growth
I am proud of the work that our staff do foundation of the Derbyshire Plan. to Derbyshire
across our communities. Whether that’s To do this we are changing the way your ✓ Help people get jobs, particularly
protecting children at risk of abuse, council works – we are reducing red tape younger people and the long-term
providing care to the elderly or helping and changing the way many services unemployed
children achieve at school. are delivered. We call this being an ✓ Bring in more visitors to Derbyshire
Our work may not always be immediately Enterprising Council. ✓ Continue to invest in Derbyshire’s
visible but our reach extends across every Often councils like Derbyshire have roads
part of our county, maintaining roads, done things to communities – we are ✓ Roll out fibre broadband across
delivering library services, supporting shifting the focus to working with the county
local business to grow, protecting our communities instead because we do
Your council
most vulnerable residents and promoting not have the resources to tackle every Helping our communities to help
our great heritage for everyone to enjoy. problem on our own. We are much more themselves
But there is no doubt the job is getting effective if we work with local people as a ✓ Help residents and communities to
harder because there is less money to team instead. support themselves and each other
Improving life in our great county
spend which is one of the reasons why Please do have a look at ✓ Work with people with learning
we have just published the Derbyshire the Derbyshire Plan and let disabilities to help them achieve
Plan – our two-year vision for improving me know what you think their full potential
life in Derbyshire so that you know how at derbyshire.gov.uk/ ✓ Help people to find information and
every penny of your council tax is spent. councilplan advice online
✓ Support local communities to run
their library
Preventing health and social care
problems
✓ Help older people to live at home
longer
✓ Help people give up smoking or
lose weight
✓ Use technology to improve the way
that people live
✓ Target support at families and young
people who need our help the most
High performing council services
✓ Deliver the most effective and
efficient services possible
✓ Increase the number of schools that
are graded good or better.
✓ Keep reducing delays in moving
people out of hospital
Helping people to stay independent: we help 13,500 older ✓ Maintain high levels of customer
and disabled people to live independently at home and support The best start in life: 90% of our special schools are good or better, with 40% satisfaction for highway and
30,000 unpaid carers to look after family and friends outstanding. 92% of parents received their first choice of secondary school and 97% transport services
received one of their top three choices.
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Fostering & Shared Lives
Emily Goddard, centre, with daughter Ivy, is a Former teaching assistant
Shared Lives carer for Rebecca Challands, left Sheelagh Hanson started
fostering in her late fifties
Not every Derbyshire child
has the chance to grow
up in a stable, loving home.
But you can change that by
fostering or adopting for
Derbyshire.
We’re looking for foster carers
and adoptive parents who
Transforming lives
could give a child an
opportunity that could
transform their lives forever.
Sheelagh is proof that age is no barrier If you’d like to know more
Help someone feel A helping hand at the right time can change someone’s call us on 0800 083 7744
Former teaching assistant Sheelagh placement, a little boy aged eight, and
right at home life forever. That’s why the county council wants more Hanson is proof that you’re never too old looked after him for a year.
or visit
people to think about fostering a child or giving an for a new challenge. www.derbyshire.gov.uk/
The county council wants to recruit “Children can be fostered for all kinds of adoptionandfostering
more Shared Lives carers to give adults adult with disabilities the chance to live in a family Five years ago, at a time when most reasons and I just felt I could help them,”
with disabilities the chance to lead people are thinking about retirement,
home as a Shared Lives carer. she explained. “It can be the start of a
ordinary lives in the community.
Shared Lives carers offer a safe,
Sheelagh, who is 64, started fostering for
Derbyshire County Council.
long journey for them and I hope they’ll
remember the happy times they had with Change
Emily has joined the Shared Lives family
lives –
supportive home to older people, Over that time she’s provided a loving me.”
adults with learning or physical foster home for more than 30 children Recently, Sheelagh finished a two-week
disabilities, mental ill health or Being a Shared Lives carer runs in the aged from five to 16 and has never
foster or
placement with an eight-year-old girl.
vulnerable young people leaving family for Emily Goddard. looked back.
children’s support services. “I taught her how to climb a tree which
So when the former retail manager was “The sound of a child laughing or singing
adopt for
There’s no upper age limit to becoming she’d never done before – then that was
looking for a better work/life balance is one of the most beautiful things to hear
a Shared Lives carer but you must all she wanted to do,” laughed Sheelagh,
after having her daughter Ivy, she in your home,” said Sheelagh.
be over 18. You can come from any from Chesterfield. “If they’re happy then
Derbyshire
decided to give it a go. “I was widowed aged 50 – a life-changing
background, be working, unemployed I’ve done my job.
“My auntie and cousins are Shared Lives event – and at a time when I needed a
or retired and can become a carer “I would say to anyone my age thinking
carers. My mum was a carer too so there’s new direction a chance remark from
regardless of gender, race, religion, about fostering just put your age out of
a history of caring in my family,” said my brother started me thinking about
sexual orientation or disability. your mind and think what you can bring
Emily. fostering.”
You don’t need to own your own home to enhance a child’s life.
After talking it over with her husband Within a month Sheelagh had filled in
but need to be patient with a stable
Dave, they decided to look into it. the council’s online application form “Fostering fits around my university
home life, flexible and willing to learn.
and started the six-month assessment work, hobbies and friends and has given
Full training is provided and you’d be “It is very rewarding – one of the most
process. Just a few weeks after finishing me a real purpose in life. Don’t let your
paid depending on the type of support rewarding jobs you can do. The fact that I
you offer – long-term, short break or that she welcomed her first foster age be a barrier to fostering a child.”
can work from home and look after Ivy so
day care. I don’t need childcare or after school care the case. We still get time as a family
Councillor Jean Wharmby, Derbyshire is a real bonus.” as Becky likes her own space in her Could you change lives and foster for Derbyshire?
County Council’s Cabinet Member for The 33-year-old, from Holmewood, bedroom.
Adult Care, said: “Our Shared Lives carers If you’ve been inspired by Sheelagh’s our specialist schemes paid at a higher
provides a permanent home to Rebecca “Encouraging Rebecca to have more
do an amazing job. They give adults with story the county council’s fostering team rate, equivalent to a wage to reflect the
Challands, 18, who was brought up by access to the local community and
learning disabilities a life – not a service would love to hear from you. skills and experience required.
her grandparents. seeing her confidence grow day by day
– which allows them to thrive and do all is wonderful. I love the fact that you are You don’t need any special You get all the training and support
“There’s something about extending your
the things we take for granted.” making a difference to people’s lives and qualifications. You just need to be aged you need from the council’s fostering
family and having people living here and
Shared Lives is registered with the Care helping them achieve their goals.” over 21, have a spare room and go team plus a wide range of benefits
sharing a life together,” said Emily, who is
Quality Commission and carers are through some checks when you contact and a competitive package of financial
expecting her second child in August. Rebecca, who attends college four days
assessed and approved. To find out the council to make sure fostering’s right support.
“People might be put off because they a week, is trying new things and cooking for you before you’re assessed.
more or apply visit derbyshire.gov.uk/ think they have to support them every for the first time. “This is my own home To find out more and apply visit
sharedlives forever. I love living here,” she said. There are all kinds of fostering including derbyshire.gov.uk/fostering
minute of every day but that isn’t
12 www.derbyshire.gov.uk 13
School Love Food Hate Waste
Derbyshire County Council is here to help you and
your child through their education.
Food waste –
cut it down and save money
Almost 20 per cent of the food we buy is wasted which is like throwing away one bag
Get the best start in life
of shopping for every five bought. But with a bit of know-how you can make your food
go further just by storing it correctly and knowing some simple ways to use up food
that might otherwise end up in the bin. You could be saving up to £840 a year.
Help your child get Signing up helps your Know your onions
It’s a shocker! Compost your food waste
ready for school child and their school too Does food in your cupboard go off before Turn food and garden
Starting school is a major milestone in Did you know that if your child is entitled you can eat it? Do you cook too much Around a third of the waste Derbyshire
waste into a free supply
any child’s life. And for parents it can also to a free school meal, it also helps the food and end up throwing half away? Or households throw in their non-
of compost that will help
be an exciting – if daunting – experience. school? For every child who gets a free come back from the shops with food you recycling bin is food. That’s around
your garden thrive. The
school meal, the school gets an extra didn’t need? The county council has lots 57,000 tonnes a year and it costs
county council offers
To help you get your child ready for
school, the county council has worked £1,000 a year pupil premium from the School admissions of tips to help you reduce food waste and Derbyshire council tax-payers £7.6m a
compost bins, water
Government. You could save £400 a year save money. year in disposal costs.
with parents and childcare professionals School application deadlines – a butts and other green
for each child and it’s quick, easy and
1
products at discounted
7
to develop some top tips to make sure handy reminder to cut out and keep. Too much milk on the go? Freeze it. Give green beans a new lease of life by
they settle in happily. confidential to register. prices to help you get composting. And
Just pour a little out of the bottle first dropping them into boiling water for a
Visit derbyshire.gov.uk/ to give it room to expand and give it a there is currently a special buy one, get
It’s never too early to start. Top tips few minutes and then cooling quickly in a
freeschoolmeals Secondary school places good shake once it’s defrosted. one half price offer derbyshire.gov.uk/
include: bowl of cold water and add to salads for
composting
2
• Monday 9 September 2019 – Set your fridge temperature to extra crunch.
• Play with your child – inside or outside
applications open at 9am
8
between 0-5 degrees Celsius to help Know the difference between “use
• Praise them, tell them stories, with or Free childcare preserve food for longer. by” dates which are about safety and
Meet the experts
without picture books • Thursday 31 October 2019 –
3
In Derbyshire all three and four-year-olds applications close at midnight Broccoli stalks taste great too. No “best before” dates which are about Visit the Chesterfield Food and Drink
• Talk to them, getting down to their level. are entitled to 15 hours per week of free need to throw them away. Just peel, quality. Find out more at derbyshire. fair at Queen’s Park, Boythorpe Road,
early education. Working families could • Monday 2 March 2020 – National gov.uk/fooddates on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 August.
The 10 ‘Ready for School in Derbyshire’ cut lengthways and cook with the rest.
Offer Day The county council will be there to give
9
be eligible for 30 hours free childcare per
4
tips have been included in a one-stop Keep celery, spring onions and Don’t keep potatoes and onions
shop on the council’s website where week depending on their circumstances. food saving help.
asparagus fresh by storing in a jar together – onions give off a gas which
information is also available for parents Some families are also entitled to up to Primary & junior school places
with about an inch of water and place in spoils potatoes. Onions
and families of children with special 15 hours’ free childcare per week for their • Monday 11 November 2019 – the fridge. are best stored in Win a picnic backpack!
educational needs or a disability who two-year-old, depending on income or applications open at 9am dark, cool, dry areas
5
benefits. Lettuce and bagged salad last longer Summer is a great time to get out and
may need additional support. – not the fridge.
• Wednesday 15 January 2020 – stored in an air-tight tub lined with about with the family for a picnic. We
10
Find out more at derbyshire.gov.uk/ Find out more at derbyshire.gov.uk/ Know your have five stylish four-person picnic
applications close at midnight wet kitchen roll.
readyforschool freenurseryplaces portion backpacks to give away to help keep your
Building firm foundations for a bright future
• Thursday 16 April 2020 –
National Offer Day 6 Keep bananas away from other
fruit as they will make them
ripen more quickly. Don’t store
sizes. It’s easy to
cook too much food such as pasta
food cool and fresh.
For your chance to win, email us your
and rice. Measure about 60g or ¼ mug favourite ways of cutting food waste
The county council has committed There have also been classroom them in the fridge.
Applying online is the easiest method of uncooked rice for an adult portion to wastemanagement@derbyshire.
£21.8m to school building schemes, improvements, toilet and kitchen and use a spaghetti measurer to help
improvement and development work refurbishment, replacement windows and can be done on the county gov.uk by 30 July 2019.
council’s website at derbyshire.gov. measure out enough pasta. See derbyshire.gov.uk/
over the last financial year. The funding and electronic security systems.
has resulted in improvements at dozens uk/admissions – you’ll receive an Visit derbyshire.gov.uk/50ways for competitionrules
The council wants all children to have email about your child’s place on the more or pick up a copy of the ‘50 Ways’ for terms and
of schools across the county including the opportunity to learn and thrive in
extensions, new roofs, new walls, floors, morning of National Offer Day. booklet from your local library. conditions.
the best possible classrooms with good
windows and doors and improved paths facilities.
and pedestrian areas. For more help to reduce your food waste and save money visit derbyshire.gov.uk/lfhw
14 www.derbyshire.gov.uk 15
With the school holidays just around the corner, we’ve teamed up with six of
Derbyshire’s best visitor attractions to bring you fantastic discounts on days out
with family and friends. Simply cut out a voucher and show it when you visit.
Check vouchers for when they’re valid or any other restrictions and don’t forget
to check the venue’s website for opening times. Happy holidays!
KIDS GO FOR £1 SAVING 89% TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
WITH EVERY FULL-PAYING ADULT
Midland Railway –
Conkers Butterley
Take it slow and explore the 120 acres of
maturing woodlands, lakes, ponds and play A great day out for all of the family with lots
areas. Take a trip on our ConkerChoo or go to see and do. Heritage train rides transport
wild and take the brand new Activity Trail you to a bygone era along the three-mile
challenge (5yrs+) or Vertigo Adventure with track. Explore two railway museums,
high and low ropes, zip wire and climbing the demonstration signal box, Victorian
wall (additional cost for Vertigo Activities). railwayman’s church, children’s play area,
Indoors there’s the new 4D Cinema, the Victorian station tea rooms, country park and
Enchanted Play Zone and Billy Bonkers Soft much more.
Play included in your entry too! midlandrailway-butterley.co.uk
visitconkers.com Midland Railway Butterley, Butterley Station, Ripley, Derbyshire DE5 3QZ
Conkers, Moria, nr Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Derbyshire DE12 6GA
Terms and conditions: One free entry with one full paying person – cheapest ticket free. Original
vouchers only, photocopies not accepted. Not to be used with any other offer. Valid up to and
Terms and conditions: One child goes for £1 with a full paying adult. Not to be used in conjunction including 31 October 2019 (excluding 26, 27 & 28 July).The management reserve the right to
with any other offer/discounts. Please present printed/physical voucher to reception – photocopies withdraw this offer at any time and without prior warning. Please visit website for opening times,
not accepted. Valid up to and including 31 October 2019. timetable, prices and events.
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE FAMILY ENTRY FOR £59 –
A SAVING OF UP TO £46 FOR
Crich Tramway Village 5 PEOPLE ON GATE PRICE
Nestling on the edge of the Peak District
this award-winning museum takes you on a Gulliver’s Kingdom,
mile-long scenic journey from period street
to open countryside, with views of the
Matlock Bath
Derwent Valley. Enjoy unlimited electric tram Experience a magical family day out at
rides, entry to exhibitions, woodland walk Gulliver’s Kingdom Theme Park. Perfect for
and sculpture trail, picnic and children’s younger children, discover amazing rides
play areas. and attractions including JCB Zone. Journey
through the Lost World to meet animatronic
tramway.co.uk
dinosaurs and climb to the top of the Crows
The National Tramway Museum, Crich Nest Quest. Visit Gulliver’s Kingdom for your
Derbyshire Now is published by Derbyshire County Council, County Hall, Matlock DE4 3AG
Tramway Village, near Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 5DP next giant adventure!
gulliversfun.co.uk
Terms and conditions: One free entry with each full paying person – cheapest ticket free. One
voucher per two people. Original vouchers only – photocopies not accepted. Discounted tickets Gulliver’s Kingdom, Temple Walk, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire DE4 3PG
do not offer free return within 12 months. Not to be used with any other offer. Valid from 1 July to
3 November 2019 (excluding 10 & 11 August, our World War II event). The management reserve the Terms and conditions: Valid for visits to Gulliver’s Kingdom, Matlock Bath until 2 September 2019.
right to withdraw this offer at any time and without prior warning. Visit website for opening times, Up to 5 people to enter for just £59 when you exchange this voucher at the gates. Original magazine
prices and events. vouchers only, photocopies and digital versions will not be accepted. Please check online for full
park opening dates and times. Normal terms and conditions of entry apply.
20% OFF CABLE CAR TICKETS ONE CHILD GOES FREE
FOR UP TO FIVE PEOPLE WITH A PAYING ADULT
Heights of Abraham Matlock Farm Park
Derbyshire’s oldest visitor attraction, The Matlock Farm Park offers the lovely
Heights of Abraham is a unique hilltop park countryside fresh air with lots of fun,
reached by a spectacular cable car journey interactive animal activities outside and in
over the Derwent Valley. When you arrive at the barn. Learn more about meerkats, have a
the summit you have free access to exciting free bet on a ferret race and at weekends and
underground tours of two spectacular holidays the little ones can have short pony
show caverns as well as exhibitions, shops, rides (£2.50). There is a riding and trekking
play areas, picnic spots, café and the Vista school, offering riding to all abilities (must
Restaurant. be pre-booked), plus super indoor play, café,
shop and outdoor play including go-karts.
heightsofabraham.com
matlockfarmpark.co.uk
Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire DE4 3NT
Jaggers Lane, near Two Dales, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 5LH
Terms and conditions: 20% off full price cable car tickets for up to 5 people. Valid on weekdays only
until 3 November 2019. This voucher to be produced at time of visit, one voucher per transaction. Terms and conditions: Valid until 29 November 2019. The management reserves the right to refuse
Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Original vouchers only – photocopies not entry or cancel any offer at any time without prior notice. Not to be used in conjunction with any
accepted. Open daily until 3 November 2019. other offer. Original vouchers only, photocopies not accepted. Not valid on Bank Holidays or the
Peak District Highland Games (Sunday 25 August). Please check our website for further information
and our facebook page for daily activity listings.
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