| The following is a message from Derbyshire County Council: Our Community Response Unit is now ready to take requests for assistance from members of the community who don’t have friends or family able to help them. Help is available for people across the county if they are: ** Self-isolating because either themselves or a member of the household is at risk ** Struggling to meet basic needs because of financial, social or health restrictions ** Pregnant ** Have underlying health conditions ** Aged 70 or over. Volunteers from over 200 different organisations will be able to help with shopping, fetching prescriptions or offering a befriending service. Volunteers could be asked to help with food shopping and delivery, checking up on people who are isolated with a phone call or online help to prevent loneliness and check whether there is anything they need, or collecting and delivering prescriptions. How to get help Residents needing help should visit the Community Response Unit information on our website or phone 01629 535091. At this stage the phone line will only be available Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturdays 9am to 1pm. How to give help Organisations are still looking to recruit more volunteers. Anyone who wants to help and is aged 18 to 70 and fit and well should also visit the Community Response Unit information on our website to register their interest. Some organisations are looking for volunteers to offer a befriending telephone service, so anyone who wants to help but can’t leave their house could offer this kind of assistance. |
Repton Community Group; Covid 19
Hopefully now every household in Repton, Bretby, Newton Solney and Milton are aware that a support group has formed to get us all through Covid 19.
The amount of help, ideas and care offered by so many in our community is astounding and humbling. Thank you everyone.
This will be an ever-changing picture in the coming months and the issues will alter frequently. We are a network of over 100 local residents who are in touch with each other to adapt to whatever community needs we have.
Please note – we are not medical practitioners, nor are we a charity. We do not give advice about how to manage the Covid 19. We must all follow the Government Guidelines.
Many of you will already have a trusted person you talk to – from Evergreens, Lunch Group, WI, Coffee Morning, Church, neighbours, family, friends etc. Do continue to talk to these and help each other.
If there is something you can’t ask them for or you can’t manage between you, call the person whose number has been posted through your door or one of the numbers at the bottom of the page.
We will be doing our best to ensure that no one is left isolated and in need and that opportunities for all of us to be exploited are minimised for example around paying for shopping.
In addition, if anyone (volunteer or isolated person) should feel uncomfortable whilst dealing with any individual please contact a member of the Action Team (detailed below).
Below are names and numbers of the Action Team, the areas they cover and the Lead Volunteer for each area:
| Action Team Member | Areas Covered |
| Nisha 07941 063395 | Milton Brook End Monsom Lane Boot Hill Milton Road Clay Fields Saxon Croft Burdette Way Main Street Forge Close Broomhills Lane Stratford Close Teachers offering support |
| Mary 07730 051969 | Bretby Lane Hartshorne Gravel Pit to Knight’s Lane to Robin’s Cross Lane and Red Lane Newton Solney Top of Burton to Chestnut Way (but not including Chestnut Way) Bottom of Burton Road from Chestnut Way Mitre Drive Willington Road |
| Melissa 07941 063395 | Longlands Holloway Hill View Meadow Close |
| Herbie 07966 916456 | High Street Well Lane Spinney Lodge The Pastures |
| Louise 07516 454628 | Askew Grove Brookside Fisher Close The Crescent Springfield Road Mount Pleasant (up to Ridgeway Farm) Pinfold Lane Pinfold Close Wystan Court Stratford Close Main Street to the Bretby end of the village Chestnut Way |
If you need any help (shopping, prescriptions, a phone call), in the first instance, please contact the name of person on the piece of paper or postcard that came through your door. Please bear in mind that the personnel detailed above may well change as the weeks go by due to the virus.
If you have any ideas, please contact the Action Team Member for your area – or get on and action it yourself so long as you are following Government Guidelines regards Covid 19.