Please find details of the proposed road closure for Milton Road, Repton.
You can view the order on this link https://one.network/?tm=139598271
For any queries please email TTM.mailbox@derbyshire.gov.uk
Kind Regards
Derbyshire Highways Hub
Place Department
Derbyshire County Council | County Hall | Matlock | DE4 3AG
We are writing to let you know that we will soon be starting timber harvesting work at Robin Wood, Ticknall. We expect to start working around 15th July.
As an organisation, Forestry England supply nearly half of all homegrown timber in England, in our work caring for the nation’s forests.
The trees we are harvesting at Robin Wood were planted between 1961 and 1970 to boost the nation’s timber reserves. Over the years they have been gradually thinned and the remaining trees have now reached the stage where they are ready to be felled. As each crop reaches maturity, small clearfells take place and the resulting timber sent to UK industry. This makes way to allow us to plant hardwood species and gradually transform the woodland back to a predominantly native broadleaf woodland.
During this upcoming cycle of tree felling, 6,743 tonnes of timber will removed from Robin Wood. This will go on to make many products, from construction material to kitchen cabinets, firewood to paper. Every bit of wood is utilised.
Robin Wood will still be open to the public; however, diversions and temporary trail closures may be in place where required by the timber harvesting contractors- we ask that all visitors follow safety signage and barriers at all times during their visits. We’ve also attached a map of the entire works area for reference, with works areas highlighted in green.
There is more information about how Forestry England manage the nation’s forests, now and for the future at https://www.forestryengland.uk/managing-forests
We would be grateful if you would be able to share this information through your news channels. We understand that residents may not be familiar with sustainable forest management and are keen to explain how this planned work supports the long-term health and resilience of the forest. Please let us know if we can help by providing any more information.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or refer queries from residents to info_nationalforest@forestryengland.uk
Kind regards,
The Forestry England National Forest & North Staffordshire Beat Team
Forestry England National Forest & North Staffordshire Beat
Central England Forest District
Forestry England
info_nationalforest@forestryengland.uk
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| Hello everyone and welcome to the SDCVS Health and Wellbeing Bulletin. This bulletin is compiled as part of our Community Connector Initiative. Community Connectors has a simple aim – to make sure important information gets to where it is most needed in our communities. LEARN MORE SIGN UP  COMMUNITY CONNECTORS: SIGHT SUPPORT DERBYSHIRETuesday 25th June 2024 at 10:00 am Come along to learn more about Sight Support Derbyshire!BOOK YOUR PLACE HEREOTHER UPCOMING EVENTS: Funding Workshop with Sport England Funding Workshop with Foundation Derbyshire Community Connectors: SoBS (Suicide of Bereavement by Suicide) Community Connectors: Derbyshire Recovery and Peer Support ServiceClick here to view all upcoming events.  Men’s Health WeekIt’s Men’s Health Week from the 10th to 16th June and this year’s theme is ‘Let’s Talk Prostates’Men’s Health Week aims to raise awareness of preventable health issues and encourage men and boys to seek professional advice for health-related problems.Find out more on the Men’s Health Forum website: We need to share our stories | Men’s Health Forum (menshealthforum.org.uk)Diabetes Prevention WeekIt was Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Week from Monday 20th May to Sunday 26th May. Find out more about diabetes, the risks and how to manage the condition at Diabetes UK: Diabetes UK – Know diabetes. Fight diabetes. | Diabetes UK Clean Air DayNational Clean Air Day on June 20th is a chance for the whole country to come together and improve air quality through collective action.Find out more here: Clean Air Day | Action for Clean Air Healthier FuturesCalling all Derbyshire parents and carers – have you heard about Healthier Futures? It’s a free family support service to help you and your loved ones on the path to a healthier future. If you’re a parent or carer of children aged 0 – 12 and would like some help to get you and your family healthier, then find out about our free Healthier Futures service.Find out more here: https://www.livelifebetterderbyshire.org.uk/services RSE DayRelationships and Sex Education (RSE) day this year is on 27th June and the theme is Embracing Change.Find out more here: RSE Day – RSE Day Cervical Screening Awareness Week 17th – 23rd June 2024Going for your cervical screening isn’t always easy, and everyone’s experience is different. So many changes in life, from big milestones to how we feel day-to-day, can have an impact. This Cervical Screening Awareness Week, Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust is sharing different experiences from women and other people with a cervix: screening after giving birth, after menopause, after transitioning, after receiving the first invitation, and after being refused it altogether. They will also be sharing information, tips, and support on how to make attending your screening a little bit easier. Carers WeekIf you’re a carer living in Derbyshire, you may be interested in information events and activities being held during Carers Week from 10th June.A carer is anyone including children and adults who provide unpaid support with day to day living tasks or personal care to a family member, partner, or friend. The person they care for could be ill, frail, suffers from a physical or mental health condition or impairment, is autistic, living with dementia, or drug or alcohol dependent.Carers Week aims to raise awareness of the support available for unpaid carers and the huge contribution they make to their families, communities and society.Events for unpaid carers in Derbyshire during Carers Week hosted by the Derbyshire All Age Carers Support Service (DAACSS) range from relaxation and mindfulness sessions, wellbeing walks and a carer-friendly employment webinar.To access the events and activities, you’ll need to be a carer and registered with the Derbyshire All Age Carers Support Service. For more information click here: Carers week – Derbyshire County Council Exam Stress SupportDuring exam season pressure and stress can be incredibly high. If you’ve got children or other family members studying at the moment, then there’s support to help their emotional health and wellbeing.Derbyshire County Council have put together a range of quality assured health apps to help. Find out more, and download them, here: https://derbyshire.orchahealth.com/en-GB/youth-stress-apps National Smile MonthNational Smile Month is a charity campaign all about championing the benefits of having good oral health and promoting the value of a healthy smile.Between 13th of May and 13th of June 2024, the Oral Health Foundation will be raising awareness of important health issues and ready to put a smile on everybody’s face. For more information click here: https://www.dentalhealth.org/national-smile-month  Learn more about the Derbyshire Home From Hospital support ServiceFree Asda £5Newbies to its rewards app can get a £5 voucher to spend on almost anything. For more information click here: Free fiver What To Do If You’re Struggling to PayIf you’re struggling, it’s always worth talking to your energy firm. Be polite and straight with it, and make sure you explain if you’re vulnerable. There can be hardship & debt grants from energy suppliers. For far more guidance, see the Money Experts full What to do if you’re struggling to pay energy bills guide: What to do if you’re struggling to pay your energy bills (moneysavingexpert.com) Call DerbyshireIf you are concerned about anyone you can Call Derbyshire on 01629 533190.Call Derbyshire is open from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday and from 9.30am to 4pm Saturdays. Free Activities in South Derbyshire Parks: The Parklife Project has been developed to get local people more active in our parks by offering a range of free and low-cost events and activities.The project aims to:Encourage more families to use the parksAttract people to the parks who are physically inactive and would like to be more activeWork towards local ownership and greater community involvementEducate local people in the history and natural environment of the parksImprove the natural environment and biodiversityLEARN MORE Community Groups in South DerbyshireAre you looking to join a group, or do you have an idea for a new group? If the answer is yes, then contact us at South Derbyshire CVS and we can get you the information you need.Call us on 01283 219761Also, if you run a community group and would like to tell us about what you do or you need support then please get in touch with our development team on the number above or email at development@sdcvs.org.uk Bee-FriendingSouth Derbyshire CVS are delighted to be attending a number of family friendly community events this summer. We thought this would be a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness of one of our longest running services – befriending.Whilst this service is often assumed to be for older people, we know first hand that anybody can struggle with loneliness and isolation. We are proud to offer a brilliant service that is available for anybody over the age of 18 who is in need of support. We love seeing the impact this service has and it’s incredible that many of our befriending service users go on to volunteer themselves.That’s why we have created our own short story about befriending, so that everybody (including children and younger people) can understand the value of friendship and caring for one another…Learn more about our new Bee-friending campaign here!  |
| The Great Grid Upgrade – Chesterfield to Willington |
| The UK Government has set out a commitment to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050. The way we generate electricity in the UK is changing rapidly and we’re transitioning to cleaner and more secure forms of energy from renewable sources, like new offshore wind farms.At National Grid Electricity Transmission, we are investing £1.3bn each year to adapt and develop our network – of pylons, overhead lines, cables and substations – to connect new sources of low carbon energy to homes and businesses. We’re investing for the future, connecting more and more low carbon electricity to our network and playing a crucial role in turning the UK’s ambitions into reality. |
| Details from National Grid: From Tuesday 14 May until 11:59pm Tuesday 9 July 2024 we are consulting on our early proposals for Chesterfield to Willington. To enhance the electricity network by building and operating approximately 60 kilometres (km) of new 400 kilovolt (kV) overhead electricity line.This overhead line would connect at a new 400 kV substation at Chesterfield (which will extend to the south of its existing 275 kV substation) and the existing Willington substation. It is proposed that the Chesterfield substation will be completed under a separate essential project, ‘Brinsworth to High Marnham’. Other local network configurations would also need to be carried out as part of this project.These proposals are part of The Great Grid Upgrade – the largest overhaul of the electricity transmission network in generations.More information about the proposed project can be found on the project website nationalgrid.com/chesterfieldtowillington. |
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More special needs school placesRelocating museum and art galleryNumeracy skills – count on us to helpSave the date for Carers WeekMajor repairs in BroughUnderage sales warningStill time to book for Swim SafeNew Civic and Vice Civic ChairmenHard work and dedication recognisedMore special needs school placesDid you know we’re increasing the number of school places for children with special needs by around 500 as part of a £9.7 million investment we’re making to support vulnerable learners? We’re working with headteachers from special schools across Derbyshire under a 5-year plan to increase the number of commissioned places available for children with special needs.Since 2020, we’ve been working with our special schools to maximise capacity through better use of existing space and have increased the number of spaces we commission from them by more than 200 from 1,022 to 1,227.Now, we have committed to further increase the number of special school places during the forthcoming academic year 2024/25 to around 1,360 and again during 2025/26 to just over 1,500.Our investment in special school places is part of a wider project which also includes creating additional places to promote inclusion for children with special needs in mainstream schools, by investing in Enhanced Resource Schools (ERS), SEND Units and alternative provision, which is education provided outside a school setting arranged by the county council or by schools themselves.Relocating museum and art galleryA decision to move Buxton Museum and Art Gallery has been announced – but we’re committed to it remaining in its hometown.  The museum and art gallery, which is based in the Peak Buildings complex in Terrace Road, Buxton, was closed to the public last June after structural investigation work revealed dry rot in structural timbers and floor joists, making parts of the building potentially unsafe.At the time it was hoped the closure would be temporary, but unfortunately we have been left with no choice but to reluctantly relocate the museum and art gallery.As buildings assessments continue they are revealing the potential costs and length of time that would be needed for the council to bring the building back into use as a modern day museum.Work will start immediately to move all artefacts, displays and artwork from the building, and when completed the building will be put up for sale.Plans are currently being developed for a museum service to run in the interim period before the long-term solution is secured.Numeracy skills – count on us to helpThings not adding up? Know someone who dreads maths? Help is on hand…. We provide Multiply across Derbyshire. If you’re 19 and over and don’t have maths GCSE at grade C (or equivalent), or if you’re working below level 2, we can help.Good maths skills can give you more job opportunities, lead to higher wages or further study. They also help in everyday life. You can help children with maths homework or budget to make your money go further.And for anyone in need of help to get a job our careers workshops could be the answer.Save the date for Carers WeekIf you’re a carer living in Derbyshire, you may be interested in information events and activities being held during Carers Week from 10 June.A carer is anyone including children and adults who provide unpaid support with day to day living tasks or personal care to a family member, partner, or friend. The person they care for could be ill, frail, suffers from a physical or mental health condition or impairment, is autistic, living with dementia, or drug or alcohol dependent.Carers Week aims to raise awareness of the support available for unpaid carers and the huge contribution they make to their families, communities and society.Events for unpaid carers in Derbyshire during Carers Week hosted by our Derbyshire All Age Carers Support Service (DAACSS) range from relaxation and mindfulness sessions, wellbeing walks and a carer-friendly employment webinar.To access the events and activities, you’ll need to be a carer and registered with our Derbyshire All Age Carers Support Service. Major repairs in BroughIf you travel in and around Brough, near Bradwell, we want to make you aware of potential disruption from 17 June when work to rebuild a retaining wall is due to start.The major 12-week repair programme is to fix a retaining wall which collapsed following a storm in November last year. The wall supports the B6049 Stretfield Road through the village, runs alongside the Bradwell Brook and links the A6187 Hope Road and the A623 Baslow to the Chapel Road.A public information drop-in session about the repairs will be held at the Bradwell War Memorial Hall, Netherside, Bradwell, Hope Valley S33 9JL from 3pm until 7.30pm on Tuesday 4 June 2024. Representatives from our highways, bus and school transport teams will be available to answer any questions about the repairs.Underage sales warningA Buxton business has been fined a total of £6,000 and ordered to pay £5,000 in costs after selling knives and vapes to an under-age person.It follows a successful prosecution brought by our Trading Standards team and serves as a deterrent and warning to suppliers of age-restricted items like knives, vapes and tobacco.Still time to book for Swim SafeThere’s still time to book your child onto a free course to help them stay safe in open water. Bluetonic, a charity based in the East Midlands, has partnered with Spring Lakes Outdoor Water Park in Long Eaton to offer free Swim Safe sessions for children aged 7–14 years.The free sessions will take place every day between Saturday 25th May – Sunday 2nd June and helps children understand:What to do if you fall into cold water unexpectedlyWhat to do to raise the alarmWhere to swim safely, as in lifeguarded areasLocal dangers related to weirs, canal locks and riversCoastal dangers related to currents, tides and changing conditions.New Civic and Vice Civic ChairmenA retired NHS healthcare manager, consultant and businessman with 17 years’ experience as a local councillor has been appointed as our new Civic Chairman. Councillor Tony Kemp, who is the county councillor for the Buxton West Division, accepted his new position at the council’s AGM on Wednesday, taking over the role from Councillor David Taylor.Councillor Kemp, who has spent the last 12 months as Vice Civic Chairman, will be supported in his new role by Councillor Kewal Singh Athwal who will be the new Vice Civic Chairman, and the first member of the Sikh community to be appointed to the position at the county council.These roles are to act as ambassadors for Derbyshire and to be a link between the county council and local community bodies, charities and groups. Councillor Trevor Ainsworth will remain as the county council Chairman and will continue to chair all meetings of Full Council.Pictured are outgoing Civic Chairman Councillor David Taylor (left) with his past Chairman’s badge, with newly appointed Civic Chairman Councillor Tony Kemp. Councillor Kewal Singh Athwal was unable to attend the meeting.Hard work and dedication recognisedThe hard work and dedication of employees across the council has been recognised with our annual Our Derbyshire Awards. Earlier this year, we gave employees, partners and members of the public an opportunity to nominate individuals or teams who go above and beyond to support local communities and each other. We received over 200 nominations which were then carefully assessed and shortlisted.Our finalists represented the breadth of services we provide including individuals from public health, social care, children’s services, public transport and administration.Winners were presented with their awards by councillors, senior officers and sponsors at an event held at County Hall.A special thanks goes to our sponsors who generously funded the event:Access UK LtdAuto WindscreensBlue Mountain HomesConcertusHCLTechJacobs UK LtdMidway Care GroupOxygen FinanceSocitm AdvisoryVertas |
Repton Parish Council would like to thank all the people that were involved in the organisation of the Village Party. It was a great day and enjoyed by many people.
Repton Parish Council will not be going ahead with the removal of items from the burial ground, and apologise for any upset that has been caused. Instead periodic checks are to be carried out by Councillors, and if action is needed the Council will try and contact the grave owner before any action is taken.
Derbyshire County Council is responsible for the maintenance and repairs of roads, including pavements or foot ways. You can report issues to them via their website https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/transport-roads/roads-traffic/road-maintenance/potholes/potholes.aspx or telephone on 01629 533190 or by texting 86555.
The next meeting of the Parish Council is scheduled for Monday 10th June 2024 at 19:30 in the meeting room at Repton Village Hall. All are welcome to attend.
The Clerk is available for any queries via telephone or email every Monday from 2pm until 5pm and every Thursday from 9am until midday, unless on annual leave. Outside of these times please do leave a voicemail or send an email, which will be picked up by the Clerk.
You can contact Caroline Crowder – Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer for Repton Parish Council via mobile: 07341 907137 or email clerk@repton-pc.gov.uk. All Parish Council documents are available on the website www.repton-pc.gov.uk
Repton Parish Council are giving notice that they will be enforcing the Burial Ground Regulations, with respect to what is allowed on a grave or ashes plot. This is for health and safety and grounds maintenance reasons. See below for the regulation
A maximum of two stone or earthenware containers each not to exceed 250 mm in diameter and 250 mm high (10 ins x 10 ins) may be positioned on a grave or ashes plot immediately adjacent to a monument, for plants or cut flowers. Plastic, metal or glass vases or containers are not permitted. No other ornaments, bottles, jugs, jars, vases, stones, crosses, kerbstones or anything whatsoever shall be placed on a grave or ashes plot.
As such all non-permitted items will be moved to the side of the shed on 31st May 2024. They will remain there for collection until the 26th June 2024, after this time they will be disposed of. This will be advertised in the burial ground, the parish magazine, the Parish Council website and notice boards and also Facebook.