Summer 2021 – Issue 11

Delivering for Ensuring the county builds back stronger and residents, businesses and communities thrive

Welcoming Bright future Keeping up Spotlight back for young the fight on climate visitors people on Covid change Page 7 Page 10 Page 12 Page 15 Contents

Get in touch Meet the Cabinet derbyshire.gov.uk Following the elections in May, • Cabinet Member for Infrastructure Write to us at County Hall, Derbyshire County Council has some and Environment: Matlock, Derbyshire new faces joining its Cabinet alongside Councillor Carolyn Renwick others who have been at the helm for DE4 3AG or: • Cabinet Member for Highways Assets the past four years. and Transport: Email contact.centre@ Many of the portfolios have also been Councillor Kewal Singh Athwal derbyshire.gov.uk changed to give more focus on certain key areas, climate change for example. • Cabinet Member for Education: @derbyshirecc Councillor Alex Dale Among the new faces is Councillor Kewal facebook.com/ Singh Athwal, the first person from the • Cabinet Member for Children’s derbyshirecc Sikh faith to be appointed by the council Services and Safeguarding: as a Cabinet Member. He is also thought Councillor Julie Patten Call Derbyshire on to be the first Sikh to have responsibility 01629 533190 • Cabinet Member for Clean Growth Text us on for highways assets and transport in the and Regeneration: 86555 country. Councillor Tony King Derbyshire Now costs 11p per copy to produce and deliver to Derbyshire’s The new cabinet and portfolios are: • Cabinet Member for Health and 330,000 households. We welcome Communities: your feedback and if you have any • Leader and Cabinet Member for Councillor Carol Hart compliments or complaints about the magazine, please get in touch using Strategic Leadership, Culture, the contact details above. Tourism and Climate Change: Councillor Trevor Ainsworth remains the On request we can provide Councillor Barry Lewis council’s Chairman, with Councillor Jean Derbyshire Now in Braille, Wharmby becoming the Civic Chairman • Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member large print or recorded onto CD. and Councillor David Wilson as Civic Vice- for Corporate Services and Budget: Chairman. Councillor Stuart Swann will All details in Derbyshire Now Councillor Simon Spencer support the Cabinet in his role as the chief are correct at time of going to press. For the latest information visit • Cabinet Member for Adult Care: whip. The county council’s new Cabinet is derbyshire.gov.uk/coronavirus Councillor Natalie Hoy pictured on the cover and page 6.

Welcoming Resurfacing work Abbie’s phobia back visitors challenge

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Have your say There are lots of ways you can find out more about the work of the county council, give your views and get involved.

Council meetings Meetings are now taking place in person. For more information email democratic.services@derbyshire. gov.uk or call 01629 538327. The meeting dates are: Work on the council’s latest care home • 29 July Cabinet 2pm is under way • 9 September Cabinet 2pm New care home takes shape • 15 September Full Council 2pm A new care home being built by the School and will replace Hazelwood Home • 14 October Cabinet 2pm county council in Ilkeston is starting to for Older People in Cotmanhay. take shape. Designed to the highest dementia- Contractor Wates Construction Ltd has friendly standards, it will have two wings, Council papers completed foundations for the first each with its own lounge, dining area and Read the agenda and minutes phase with steel structures starting activity room. for all cabinet, full council and to go up. Access roads have also been Regular progress meetings are being held cabinet member meetings at completed. to keep the local community up to date. derbyshire.gov.uk/meetings The 40-bed, two-storey home is being If you’d like to join these email built on the site of the former Bennerley [email protected] Consultations When the council plans to make changes to services you will have the Beacon of hope for Derbyshire opportunity to give your opinion. You can find out about consultations at Beacon of Hope awards moving, and to recognise or are to be presented to response and relief efforts. derbyshire.gov.uk/haveyoursay visit any library. more than 175 Derbyshire The awards were led by residents and groups the 2020-21 High Sheriff of following successful Derbyshire Tony Walker, Your Councillor nominations across the Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire Turn to page 14 to find out who county and city. Elizabeth Fothergill and current represents you or visit derbyshire. The Derbyshire Beacon High Sheriff Louise Potter, gov.uk/councillors of Hope awards were launched earlier backed by Derbyshire County Council this year to identify and thank groups and City Council. Arrangements or individuals who have worked are being made for presentations over tirelessly during the pandemic to keep the coming weeks. communities safe and businesses derbyshire.gov.uk/beaconofhope Be a social worker for Derbyshire Community cash increase on the cards Derbyshire County Council is investing in its children’s social work service and A fund allocated to Derbyshire County Last year, the amount councillors expanding its teams across Derbyshire. Council’s councillors to support received from the fund was doubled, and community groups, smaller organisations then a further £1,000 added, so that extra There’s a variety of positions available and charities in their patch looks set to support could be given to community for experienced, newly-qualified and graduate social workers in its children’s be doubled for the second year in a row. groups during the pandemic. social work service. Every year all 64 Derbyshire county A decision on doubling the fund for a councillors receive £3,860 each to If you would like a rewarding further year is due to be made shortly. support projects in their area from career with a dedicated team visit the authority’s Members Community For information go to derbyshire.gov. derbyshire.gov.uk/socialworkjobs Leadership Scheme. uk/communityleadershipscheme

www.derbyshire.gov.uk 3 News ShopAppy and support Derbyshire retailers Want to know how you can support Derbyshire’s high streets without even leaving your home? Check out ShopAppy, an online selling site with more than 400 Derbyshire businesses now registered. There are loads of goods on offer ranging from artisan food, homemade gifts and even the first mobile zero-waste shop in Derbyshire. Various delivery options are available – Groups welcome funding such as click and collect, collect from a An extra £50,000 is being allocated to Emergency Fund. central location or home delivery. groups in Derbyshire who have been Set up last year to support voluntary helping support local communities And if you’re a Derbyshire business and community sector organisations during the coronavirus pandemic. interested in registering with ShopAppy, to help manage and reduce the impact it’s free of charge until December 2021. A cancer support group and a of the coronavirus pandemic on local So why not take a look today. Visit gardening group in Chesterfield, communities, the fund also aims to a running club in Ripley and a derbyshire.gov.uk/shopappy to find help improve the health and wellbeing community café in Glapwell are out more. of local people. among 34 groups to benefit from the latest round of grants from the county For more information email asch. council’s Public Health Covid-19 [email protected]

Help to survive the impact of Covid Are you struggling to cope financially due to the pandemic and would it be difficult for you to self-isolate if you got Covid-19? Get your child off to Thanks to extra funding from the county a flying start with council for Citizens Advice advisers, you can get free help, advice and information, Save the date free childcare including help to claim the Government’s for Shine A Light Don’t forget to check if you qualify £500 Covid self-isolation support fund if for help with the cost of childcare by you’re eligible. A celebration of Derbyshire’s heritage and history will be held this autumn visiting the county council’s website at Agreeing to the extra £223,358 in funding, with two events featuring large-scale derbyshire.gov.uk/fcc the county council’s Cabinet Member video projections illuminating two of the There are a range of schemes available for Health and Communities, Councillor county’s iconic buildings. to help parents with the cost of Carol Hart said: “As the county continues childcare and there are lots of benefits to respond to the pandemic, people will will be the backdrop for the first exciting visual show called of early education for you and your still be asked to self-isolate if they test Shine A Light on Friday, 22 and Saturday, child. positive for Covid-19. 23 October and Arkwright’s Cromford As well as helping your child to grow, “By creating additional ‘surge capacity’ Mills will host the second chapter on develop and learn, they’ll also make in Citizens Advice, we’ll be able to Thursday, 28 and Friday, 29 October. new friends, develop their language, confidence and creativity which will support local people to get through these Delivered by Derbyshire-born duo help them towards starting school. difficult times.” Illuminos, the events are inspired by the fantastic Voices from the Peak audio tale. Visit derbyshire.gov.uk/fcc or email For more details about this and other [email protected] support through the pandemic visit Look out for further details coming soon derbyshire.gov.uk/covidsupport at derbyshire.gov.uk/shinealight

4 Come along and enjoy the fun

Fun at the Woodland Festival If you can give Plans are shaping up to hold this year’s bushcraft, and willow weaving. Visitor hope, help and a Woodland Festival at attractions will include outdoor theatre, Country Park. The popular event run Green Man storytelling, working horses home to a child by the county council is set to return on and traditional fairground rides as well that needs it, the weekend of 18 and 19 September so as many stalls selling gifts and crafts. Derbyshire County book a date in your diary. Keep-up-to-date with the latest Professional demonstrators and developments at derbyshire.gov.uk/ Council would love performers will share their amazing woodlandfestival to hear from you. skills at wood carving, wood turning, DerbyshireCountryside Find out Apply for a GEF grant everything you need to know at of up to £1,500 derbyshire.gov.uk/ Are you interested in retraining in the fostering or call field of alternative 0800 083 7744 energy to help the drive for a ‘net zero’ Local Councillors Heather Liggett (left) carbon economy? and Charlotte Cupit team up with Grants of up to £1,500 per person are County Council Leader, Councillor available through Derbyshire County Barry Lewis and others to pick up litter Council’s Green Entrepreneurs Scheme as part of a £100,000 scholarship fund Keep Derbyshire tidy to help individuals retrain in the low carbon sector. Derbyshire communities have been rolling up their sleeves and picking up Look out for the second round of litter as part of the annual Keep Britain the Small Grant Fund later this year Tidy Great British Spring Clean, backed too which will be offering grants of by the county council, districts and up to £20,000 for new and existing boroughs. businesses with game-changing proposals in alternative energy, clean Council Leader Councillor Barry Lewis fuel and carbon reduction. encouraged #litterheroes to wage war on rubbish and back the campaign. For more information visit The council continues to encourage derbyshire.gov.uk/gef or contact the project team for an informal residents and visitors to keep the county clean, take rubbish home if bins are discussion on 0800 001 5500 or email full and follow the Countryside Code. [email protected] keepbritaintidy.org/gbspringclean www.derbyshire.gov.uk 5 Working for Derbyshire

Delivering for Derbyshire Derbyshire County Council’s new Cabinet, clockwise from back left: Councillors Alex Dale, Kewal Singh Athwal, Tony King, Natalie Hoy, Julie Patten, Carolyn Renwick, Carol Hart, Simon Spencer and Barry Lewis

Work on major projects includes progression of a bypass for Ashbourne New Civic Chairman and longer-term we’ll be tackling the Councillor Barry Lewis, challenges of traffic impact along the takes the ‘chains’ Leader, Derbyshire A61 and looking at a Swarkestone Coming to the role with County Council Causeway bypass solution. passion, enthusiasm Highways will see major investment, and empathy, It’s an honour and a Councillor Jean privilege to lead Derbyshire with plans to deliver £120m of capital schemes, aiming to give Derbyshire Wharmby (pictured) County Council, and a huge is Derbyshire County responsibility too. residents the best quality roads and infrastructure we can. Council’s new Civic We’re already nearing the first 100 days Chairman. We’re ambitious for our young people of the new administration and I believe The Civic Chairman acts as an too, and we’ll be taking on two major we’ve hit the ground running, with ambassador for Derbyshire and is the issues – mental ill health and levelling our new mantra ‘Delivery at Pace’ our link between the county council and inspiration for the next four years. up the opportunities for young people. local community organisations and New plans are starting to take shape We’ll also be focussing on arts and charities, performing a wide range of while those already in place continue to culture, which play a vital role in duties over the 12-month period of thrive, and you can find more details on supporting the wider tourism economy. office. a lot of the schemes in this magazine. The launch of a £1m cultural recovery Councillor Wharmby was elected to Our biggest task is driving forward the fund will support its bounce back. the county council in 2009 and served county’s Covid recovery – economically We will continue to offer the highest for four years representing Glossop and socially. We’ll be helping residents, quality care to our older and and Charlesworth, standing again communities and businesses to build vulnerable residents, and have successfully in 2017 and being given a back better and greener. reaffirmed our £30m commitment to Cabinet role. Our £15m Covid Recovery Fund is this, underlining that no care home will Swapping her role as cabinet member proving vital for this work, as will the close without there being alternative for adult care for that of Civic Chairman, £10m we’re planning to commit to our local provision. Councillor Wharmby, said: “I love Green Entrepreneurs Scheme. Derbyshire and we have so much to There’s a lot to do, but we’re all up to offer. I will be flying the flag for business We’re continuing to work closely with the challenges ahead, and as an opportunities, tourism and the county’s districts, boroughs and others to meet enterprising council we will work hard rich culture, ensuring people know all our net zero carbon targets for our to ensure our county builds about it.” own estate by 2032 or sooner, and back stronger and our For more information email countywide by 2050, and are involved in residents, businesses and [email protected] plans to transform public transport. communities thrive.

6 Know before you go exploring Derbyshire has plenty to discover – perfect for a summer of adventures. You can help keep our county safe and tidy for everyone to enjoy by: • Making sure you’re in the know before you go. Do you have a plan B if your preferred car park is full? If you’re planning to eat out on your Enjoy traffic-free journey, do you need to book? trails with the family For some helpful tips go to visitpeakdistrict.com/ know-before-you-go Welcoming back visitors • Keeping access to gateways and driveways clear and respect road With restrictions eased but rules on foreign travel unpredictable, markings when parking (parking is it’s never been a better time to discover what’s on your doorstep illegal either side of double yellow while supporting local businesses to recover from the pandemic. lines) • Taking your litter home with you Derbyshire has lots of lovely places to Council Leader Barry Lewis said local to prevent bins from overflowing on visit, and this year, with staycations on businesses were working hard to reopen busy days almost everyone’s agenda, Marketing safely. and Derbyshire is • Leaving BBQs at home to avoid the “Tourism is a vital part of the Derbyshire risk of fire and reporting any risk of encouraging people to ‘think beyond the economy which is worth around £2.5bn hotspots’. fire to Firestoppers on0800 169 a year to the county,” said Councillor 5558. If a fire is in progress call 999 It has launched a Discover Somewhere Lewis. • Making sure you have the New visitor information web page “It supports 32,000 jobs and attracts 41 landowner’s permission if you plan designed to give you lots of alternative million day visitors every year and we’re to camp in the open countryside ideas for days out in the countryside, looking forward to welcoming more including: • Keeping dogs on leads or under visitors back and are working hard with close control for their own safety, • Traffic-free cycle trails for all the family our partners to help rebuild our visitor the safety of other visitors as well as • Peaceful walks off the beaten track, economy following the pandemic. local wildlife and livestock including the Peak Forest Canal at “There are lots of new places to • Avoiding swimming in open water Whaley Bridge, Ogston reservoir near explore and this year we’re especially which may contain hidden dangers Alfreton and the Chesterfield Canal encouraging people to discover many of and could cause a disturbance to • Hidden gems, such as the Wirksworth our hidden gems that are off the main local wildlife. Star Disc, , ’ tourist trails.” #DerbyshireSpirit Millennium Walkway and the ruins of To find out more go tovisitpeakdistrict. #PeakDistrictProud , near Bakewell. com/discover-somewhere-new Taking the green route to the Peak If you’re heading to the beautiful The funding is also paying for extra Derbyshire countryside this summer, why services between Sheffield and Castleton not consider leaving the car at home and (271); Derby to Bakewell via Wirksworth taking the bus or train for a ‘greener’ day (6.1) and Chesterfield to Bakewell, out? (X70/170). Thanks to funding from Derbyshire Visitors who come by train can catch the County Council, extra bus services in and H1 Hope Valley Explorer hop-on hop-off out of the Peak District and surrounding bus at Hope and Bamford stations as well areas have been added. These include as at Chesterfield. Run by Stagecoach Photo: Daniel Wildey Photo: additional hourly Sunday services on the: on weekends and Bank Holidays until • Swift – Derby to Ashbourne 30 October, the H1 service was trialled Details of the Hope Valley Explorer Bus in 2019 to encourage more sustainable and public transport across Derbyshire • 217 – Matlock to Chatsworth travel and relieve congestion. This year, can be found at visitpeakdistrict.com/ • 65 – to Sheffield via Tideswell the buses are bigger, to increase capacity, getting-here and peakdistrict.gov.uk/ including a stop at Buxton train station. as well as having space for two bikes. hopevalleyexplorer www.derbyshire.gov.uk 7 Roads

Councillor Kewal Singh Athwal, Cabinet Member for Highways Assets and Transport, right, inspecting the resurfacing of Dale Road in Matlock with Chris Allwood, the council’s head of construction services Resurfacing work under way Keeping the county’s roads in good condition is a key priority for the county council. Derbyshire Now looks at some of the projects under way at the moment which are all part of the council’s three-year £120m road improvement programme.

Work has started Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet on a £10m Member for Highways Assets and Repairing historic walls programme to Transport, Councillor Kewal Singh In Derbyshire, many roads are resurface and Athwal, said: “Improving the roads is a underpinned by retaining walls, with surface dress major priority for the council, and this some of them built a long time ago. roads across the programme of improvements is just a start. The A6 between Matlock and county. Whatstandwell has large sections that “The £10m we will spend on resurfacing Over the next are underpinned by historic retaining and surface dressing is part of the £40m year, parts of walls and over the next 18 months we announced we’d be spending on our more than 325 Cabinet Member for the county council will be repairing Highways Assets and roads.” roads will be sections of them. Transport, Councillor resurfaced or Each month the council will publish The council was awarded £5m from the Kewal Singh Athwal surface dressed. information about which roads will be Government’s #LevellingUp scheme for resurfaced or surface dressed on the the work which will make sure the walls During March and April this year, the council’s website, at derbyshire.gov.uk/ continue to be able to hold up the road. county council’s highways workers and roadimprovements an external contractor were busy getting At the same time the walls are repaired, It will detail the jobs to be carried out the council is looking at putting in the roads ready to be resurfaced or in the coming month as well as give some new technology in the drainage surface dressed by filling in any potholes an update on the progress of the jobs gullies which will send a signal back to and fixing any defects. scheduled for the previous month. the council when they need emptying. Contractors started on the road To make work more efficient, the jobs Once the work is finished, the A6 will resurfacing programme mid May and have been grouped together so that all remain a reliable route for everyone to are due to start on the surface dressing those in an area are carried out at around use. programme this July. the same time.

8 Anti-skid surfacing Specialist contractors will be improving the road surface in seven key locations this year on the county council’s behalf. The following roads will have a special anti-skid surface installed: • Derby Road/Main Street junction, Melbourne • High Street/Orchard Street junction, Newhall • A38 Hartshay roundabout approaches • A515 junction with Leathersley In November 2019 heavy rain caused damage to the road near Abney in the Hope Lane, Sudbury Valley (inset below). All repairs are now complete and the road has reopened (above) • A615 junction with Lickpenny Lane, Dethick • A6 Fairfeld Road, opposite junction Road reopens following of Lightwood Road, Buxton • A6 Cowdale near Wyedale, Buxton major landslip repairs These roads were chosen based on previous accident reports and the new Flooding in November 2019 and February surface aims to reduce the number of 2020 took a toll on many of Derbyshire’s accidents at them in future. roads. A road near Abney in the Hope Valley was severely damaged by a landslip, leaving it Pavement repair closed for many months and local people facing a long diversion. work in progress Fast forward 18 months, and the road Over the next year the county has just reopened. It was a difficult and council will be making vital repairs to highly technical job which has cost the pavements across the county. county council in the region of £700,000. Spending more than £3m, pavements Specialist contractors are now working will be resurfaced in more than on Lea Road, near Cromford. This is 50 places and a special protective another complicated and technical job as covering to seal them will be used in part of the road has slipped towards the around another 100 places. River Derwent. Lea Road is due to reopen later this year. New digital road Could you signs to keep care traffic moving for Derbyshire If you’re driving around Chesterfield, e’re always looking for dedicated people to look out for new digital roadside signs join our valued teams of care workers helping installed at several key locations. older and disabled people in Derbyshire stay independent and lead fulfilled lives. Designed to help keep traffic moving through the town, the signs will help ou don’t need any formal ualifications and will receive all the training you need plus advise motorists which car parks have excellent terms and conditions and spaces and warn of any road closures opportunities to progress in your career. or traffic issues. Find out more by visiting The signs were paid for by grant derbyshire.gov.uk/makeadifference funding and are operated by the county council.

www.derbyshire.gov.uk 9 Young people

A key priority is to support schools to recover from the pandemic

Supporting young people

Helping young people and their families and how they have coped has been truly begin to recover from the effects of the admirable.” pandemic is top of the agenda for our Councillor Alex Dale newly appointed cabinet members, (pictured) is the Cabinet following the county council election in Member for Education. May. He said: “There’s no doubt Councillor Julie Patten it’s been a very difficult time (pictured) is the new for many Derbyshire families Cabinet Member for and the effect of the pandemic on our Children’s Services and more vulnerable children will sadly be Safeguarding. seen for years to come. “I know many local families have suffered greatly during the pandemic “No parent like myself will forget the and this has affected their children – highs and lows of home-schooling and Be a hero, whether that’s because of unemployment the endless hours spent indoors. And the or the impact of lockdowns on people’s uncertainty of needing to self-isolate at a be a foster carer mental health,” said Councillor Patten. moment’s notice could continue to be very real for parents and children in the future If you can give hope, help, healing “To help support families, as part of a too. and a home to a child that needs it, package of measures we’re planning to Derbyshire County Council would love provide an additional £675,000, including “We will do everything we can to support to hear from you. £375,000 youth activity grants, to local our schools in the brilliant work they are health and voluntary organisations, doing. We’ll be continuing to spend several You don’t need any special schools and sports clubs to further their million pounds each year to build new qualifications to be a foster carer and valuable work supporting young schools and expand and refurbish existing the council provides training, a wide people’s mental wellbeing and social ones, so that our children can learn and range of benefits and financial support. development. grow in modern school environments. Foster carers need to be aged 21 “We’ll also be working closely “We’ve also pledged to create 1,000 new or over, have a spare room and go with partners to consider how the apprenticeships and work experience through a few checks to make sure Government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda can be opportunities to support young people on fostering is right for them before used to make the most difference to local their career path. they’re assessed. children. “I am incredibly proud of how parents and Find out everything you need to know “Our children have seen every aspect schools are continuing to pull together to at derbyshire.gov.uk/fostering of their young lives turned upside down support Derbyshire children.”

10 Helping keep children safe on the road, Alan Filbee works at Old Whittington as Family days out a much-loved member of the team in Derbyshire If you’re planning on staying closer to home more than usual this summer, why not check out some of the county council’s top spots for families. With more than 120 places ranging from large country parks to small picnic sites, there’s lots to discover at the authority’s countryside sites. Events on this summer include: Elvaston Castle Country Park • Teddy Bear’s Picnic – Thursday, 29 July • Park in the Dark evening wildlife adventure: Saturday, 28 August and Thursday, 2 September. Help children stay safe Shipley Country Park Calling friendly people across the county – School crossing patrols need to be able to • Insect Show : Sunday, 25 July you’re needed to help Derbyshire children work every day of the school term and be stay safe on the roads. aged between 18 and 80 years old. You’ll • Weekly nature trail with clue cards: also need to take part in a disclosure and Sunday, 25 July – Monday, 30 August Do you have the people skills to deal with barring check. children, drivers, parents and teachers? High Peak Trail If so, have you thought about joining our Full uniform and training are provided, and Middleton Top school crossing patrol team? along with a good hourly rate of pay. • Runaway Train Treasure Hunt You’ll need to be happy working in Alan Filbee has worked with Derbyshire’s and Beast Safari: Sunday, 25 July – all weathers although you’ll be given school crossing patrol for over a decade. Monday, 30 August waterproof, high-visibility uniforms to He said: “I just enjoy it, helping the keep you warm and dry. parents and children each day. I’ve been Cromford Mills doing the job for 12 years now and I get to • Canoeing, climbing, biking and No formal qualifications are needed, just see them grow up. I just love it and see the more at the Adventure Weekend in a natural rapport with children and adults, children as my own.” along with an awareness of road safety. partnership with Paddle Peak: To find out more and see if there’s a 28-30 August You’ll be trained to confidently manage vacancy in your area visit derbyshire.gov. View and download the 2021 events the traffic and you’ll be helping children uk/schoolcrossingpatroljobs, call brochure at derbyshire.gov.uk/ stay safe as well as helping encourage or email 07768 554384 school. countrysideevents them to walk to school. [email protected] A magical result thanks to Youth Activity Grant People Express in Swadlincote were and West Yorkshire-based international overjoyed to get a Youth Activity Grant puppet company Thingumajig Theatre, from the county council for £6,950. the indoor/outdoor education spaces at Rosliston Forestry Centre were It meant they could create a bespoke, transformed into a wild meadow, deep interactive, family-friendly puppet show dark woods and the silvery lake for called The Magic Lantern suitable for the show which used shadow, hand all ages, for neurodiverse, disabled, and and human puppets, live singing and non-disabled children. storytelling. The charity’s director, Julie Batten, said Families interacted with the puppets that families with neurodiverse children to support Silas the Signet to be brave told them their children had found mask and venture out to meet his friends and wearing and keeping a distance difficult, family. from The Big Lottery Community Fund. and they found it particularly hard not The grant contributed to 23 free Afterwards, families commented it was seeing their friends and family. performances over May half-term week a “magical, friendly, epic experience” Working with SHOUT (support group for reaching over 100 families in small, which helped create a calm feeling families with children with disabilities), Covid-safe bubbles. Match funding came among the children.

www.derbyshire.gov.uk 11 Coronavirus recovery

Keeping up the fight on Covid Getting vaccinated and regular testing remain key in the battle against Covid-19. With the majority of cases across Derbyshire now linked to the Delta variant, which spreads more easily, it’s never been more important.

We’ve all had to live with restrictions on There are also mobile community testing our lives for longer than we ever imagined. sites operating in Derbyshire. For more But there is light at the end of the tunnel. information about rapid testing visit Help to get you to Millions across the country have already derbyshire.gov.uk/communitytesting your vaccination had their first and second vaccine and it The main symptoms of coronavirus are a is now being offered to all over-18s in the temperature, a new, continuous cough or appointment fight against the virus. a change to sense of smell or taste. If you’re worried about how you’ll By the end of June, more than 460,000 New symptoms are also being reported get to your Covid-19 vaccination Derbyshire residents were fully linked to the Delta variant and people appointment – either because of vaccinated, with many more having had are being urged to look out for these too affordability, disability or lack of their first dose – bringing the total number including a headache, runny nose and a transport – the county council might of vaccines given to local people to more sore throat. be able to help. than a million. Anyone with any of the three main Local Active Travel providers can The vaccines are effective and have been symptoms of Covid should self-isolate offer door-to-door transport to and shown to offer the best protection from immediately. They should not leave the from your vaccination appointment. dying or becoming seriously ill from Covid house and should book a PCR test online And while there’s usually a charge including this latest variant. at www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test for the service, if you’re in financial If you didn’t get your vaccine when you or ring NHS 119. hardship you may be eligible for were invited, it’s not too late. There’s a free transport if you or your partner If you have to self-isolate and you have no vaccine waiting for you. To take up your receive certain benefits. vaccine now book online at nhs.uk/ family or friends to rely on our community To find out more about the Active coronavirus-vaccination or call NHS 119. response unit may be able to help. There’s Travel service and if you’re eligible With 1 in 3 people contracting the virus also support for people on low incomes for free transport contact our without any symptoms, it’s also really who need to self-isolate with a one-off Community Response Unit (CRU) on important to get tested regularly too. £500 payment. For more information visit 01629 535091 or visit derbyshire. derbyshire.gov.uk/selfisolationsupport You can pick up free, rapid, lateral flow gov.uk/gethelp where you can find testing kits from your local pharmacy or For more information about Covid-19 visit out more and register online. order them to be delivered to your home. derbyshire.gov.uk/coronavirus

12 Wheelchair tennis player Abbie Breakwell had to overcome her phobia to keep her Paralympic dream alive (Inset) Abbie gets her jab

Young people need to protect themselves too ‘On point’ for victory The last 16 months have been tough for everyone – and younger people Elite athlete Abbie Breakwell has had are no exception. plenty to contend with in her young life. Research shows that while they From undergoing numerous operations are less ill if they catch Covid-19, for a neurological condition to seeing her they’ve borne the brunt of lockdown mum very poorly when she was a child, restrictions resulting in job losses, lost she’s overcome them all to become one of learning and social isolation. Britain’s best wheelchair tennis players. But with vaccines now being offered So when her severe needle phobia to younger age groups across threatened her Paralympic dreams, she Derbyshire, there’s hope for the was determined to overcome that hurdle from fabulous staff at Derby Arena, she future. too. succeeded and is now waiting for her And it’s really important that young Ranked 5th in the world for junior girls 2nd dose which will give her maximum people get the vaccine when it’s their and 79th in the world for women’s protection against the deadly disease. turn. wheelchair tennis, Abbie, from Long Encouraging other Derbyshire residents Not only to protect themselves, their Eaton, travels the globe to take part in with a needle phobia to get help to get family and their friends, but also to competitions. Due to the coronavirus their vaccine, Abbie said it would help help them get back to the things they pandemic, she needs to be vaccinated everyone get back to doing the things love doing. against the disease to compete. they love. To support the take-up of the vaccine As a Paralympic hopeful for 2024, the “It’s definitely been worth it, to know you by young people, the county council young sportswoman will also have to have peace of mind and you are safer with has launched a campaign on social undergo regular anti-doping testing which the vaccine and less likely to get serious media to highlight the importance means giving frequent blood samples. illness,” said the 18-year-old. of getting vaccinated. Look out for it “I’d tried lots of different therapies and “As well as allowing me to continue on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and it was getting to the point where it was competing, the vaccine also means we Snapchat. preventing me going away,” said Abbie. can get back to normal life and see more To book an appointment to get a With help from psychotherapists from people and to give them hugs. To have vaccine visit nhs.uk/coronavirus- ITV’s This Morning – her sister Katie signed what we had before Covid.” vaccination or call NHS 119. her up to help her overcome her phobia • You can refer yourself for talking Regular testing is also key to getting – she’s managed to retrain her brain to therapies to help overcome this or back to normal more quickly as 1 in allow herself to get her Covid jab. It wasn’t any other phobia by visiting www. 3 people can have the virus without easy. The first time she tried she couldn’t derbyandderbyshireccg.nhs.uk and symptoms and could be spreading it. go through with it. search for IAPT (Improving Access to Either visit a mobile testing centre or But the second time, with support Psychological Therapies). pick up free rapid lateral flow tests Is needle phobia putting you off getting a vaccine? A video created by from your local pharmacy. For more Dr Vic Jeganathan from Derbyshire Community Health Services (DCHS) could information visit derbyshire.gov.uk/ help manage your anxieties. Visit derbyshire.gov.uk/needles communitytesting

www.derbyshire.gov.uk 13 Your councillors Contacting your county councillor Chesterfield n Robert Flatley North East Derbyshire

n n Ilkeston East n Trevor Ainsworth Dave Allen [email protected] Charlotte Cupit Horsley Birdholme 07970 741565 North [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 07970 741787 07802 780361 n Aaron Gibson 07773 744703 Ilkeston South n n n Ron Ashton Barry Bingham [email protected] Alex Dale

Ripley East and Codnor Staveley North and Whittington 07773 744707 Dronfield East [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 07970 337196 01246 453095 n Alan Griffiths 07515 261786

n Richard Iliffe  Dean Collins Long Eaton n Angelique Foster [email protected] Central Brimington Dronfield West & Walton [email protected] [email protected] 07970 337091 [email protected] 07970 741781 07970 741509 07773 744702 n Carol Hart n n Gez Kinsella n Ed Fordham Breadsall & West Hallam Mark Foster Duffield & Belper South Loundsley Green & Newbold [email protected] Eckington & Killamarsh [email protected] [email protected] 07748 797957 [email protected] 07773 744688 07974 950512 07773 744706 n Garry Hickton n n Paul Moss n Anne-Frances Hayes Petersham Kevin Gillott

Ripley West & Heage Staveley [email protected] Clay Cross South [email protected] [email protected] 07970 741578 [email protected] 07773 744691 07773 744685 07786 702230 n Tony King  n Barry Lewis n John Nelson Jean Innes Ilkeston West St Mary’s [email protected] Wingerworth & Shirland Belper [email protected] [email protected] 07970 741754 [email protected] 07920 484207 07773 744694 07969 145748 n Wayne Major n n Carolyn Renwick n Ron Mihaly Sandiacre Philip Rose Eckington & Killamarsh Boythorpe & Brampton [email protected] Alfreton & [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 07780 222575 07969 144929 07773 744678 07971 655764 n Robert Parkinson n Paul Niblock n Jack Woolley n Alexander Stevenson Breaston Sutton Walton & West [email protected] Greater Heanor [email protected] [email protected] 07715 012459 [email protected] 07773 744695 07773 744683 07850 651887 n Ludwig Ramsey High Peak South Derbyshire n David Taylor Spire  Alport & Derwent [email protected] Anne Clarke n Neil Atkin

[email protected] 07773 744696 New Mills Aston 07969 145114 [email protected] [email protected] 07773 744701 07583 111239 n David Wilson Derbyshire Dales n n Alfreton & Somercotes n Steve Bull Nigel Gourlay Martyn Ford [email protected] Ashbourne Chapel & Hope Valley Etwall & Repton 07971 655923 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 07890 569611 07773 744709 07748 920132 n Bolsover n Sue Burfoot  Ruth George David Muller

n James Barron Matlock Whaley Bridge Melbourne Tibshelf [email protected] [email protected] david.ducellieemuller@derbyshire. gov.uk [email protected] n 07583 046168 07773 744700 Susan Hobson 07773 744704 Derwent Valley  Damien Greenhalgh n n Christine Dale [email protected] Gary Musson Glossop & Charlesworth Shirebrook and Pleasley 07773 744686 [email protected] Swadlincote Central [email protected] [email protected] n 07773 744708 07811 995612 Dermot Murphy 07590 277060 Wirksworth n Linda Grooby  n Julie Patten Joan Dixon [email protected] Buxton North & East

Bolsover South 07773 744693 [email protected] Hilton [email protected] [email protected] n 07970 741769 07748 920070 Simon Spencer 07780 222568 n n Natalie Hoy [email protected] Tony Kemp n Roger Redfern Barlborough & Clowne 07780 222564 Buxton West Swadlincote South [email protected] [email protected] n [email protected] 07773 744687 Alasdair Sutton 07969 144785 07773 744699 Bakewell n Julian Siddle [email protected] n Jean Wharmby n Peter Smith South Normanton & Pinxton 07773 744682 Glossop & Charlesworth Swadlincote North [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 07773 744679 Erewash 07970 741717 07773 744680  Mick Yates n Kewal Singh Athwal n Becki Woods n Stuart Swann Bolsover North Sawley Etherow Linton [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 07773 744684 07970 741587 07970 741890 07970 741687 KEY: n Conservative n Labour  Labour & Co-op n Liberal Democrats n Green For more information visit derbyshire.gov.uk/councillors

14 Climate change Contacting your county councillor Spotlight on... climate change

Councillor Tony King, Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Clean Growth and Regeneration, is helping drive plans to get more people to switch to electric vehicles As plans are finalised to help meet ambitious carbon reduction targets for the county, Derbyshire Now looks at some of the work being done to help tackle climate change.

With around a fifth of the total carbon installed across Derbyshire and has set low carbon options for commuting, not emissions in Derbyshire being linked to itself the target of getting 1,000 EV charge just buses but electric bikes and e-cargo transport, and sales of electric vehicles points in place throughout the county by bikes for delivering and collecting accelerating, the county council has 2025. small goods. joined forces with other local councils You can find your nearest public charge and private industry to install more point, read some common myths and public charge points. get the facts about electric vehicles at Did you know...? It’s all part of the council’s commitment derbyshire.gov.uk/electricvehicles • Global sales of electric vehicles almost doubled in 2020 to achieve net zero carbon emissions The council is also looking at how to from its own estate and property by 2032, decarbonise transport in and around the • You could get a Government grant or sooner, and net zero emissions for the county. This goes beyond the current for up to £2,500 off the price of whole of Derbyshire by 2050 – or sooner programme of work to install electric an electric car, up to £6,000 off an if possible. vehicle charging points in public car electric van and up to £350 to help Net zero means reducing carbon parks and now includes exploring the install a home charge unit emissions right down to the lowest role that hydrogen can make in lowering • Electricity is cheaper than petrol possible level and offsetting those that carbon emissions, particularly for buses or diesel cannot be cut through measures such and other heavy vehicles. • Average servicing and maintenance as planting more trees to absorb excess The potential for introducing ‘mobility costs for electric vehicles are carbon from the atmosphere. hubs’ in rural locations is being assessed around 20% lower than petrol So far, the council has assisted with which would help some of the most vehicles over three years or getting more than 120 charge points disconnected communities get access to 60,000 miles.

resources it needs more of, where Natural capital existing resources can be enhanced, When Derbyshire County Council was and the measures needed to replace faced with reclaiming Langwith Colliery’s resources when we use them – such as spoil heaps more than 30 years ago, it was the best place to plant new trees. a far cry from the landscape known as Poulter Country Park This work will be developed alongside Poulter Country Park that we see today. plans to support the planting of up Alive with bird song, buzzing insects, In the coming months, the council will to a million new trees in Derbyshire flowers and plants, the site is just one be looking more closely at Derbyshire’s by 2030, while looking at other types example of a county council countryside natural assets such as soil, minerals, of habitat protection and creation as site that’s become a success for air, water and biodiversity. With climate part of potential carbon-offsetting ‘rewilding’ – or going back to nature. change firmly in mind, it will look at what opportunities.

www.derbyshire.gov.uk 15 Is COVID-19 really I’ve changed my mind, that serious? and I want the COVID-19 vaccine. Can I still have it?

People of all ages can face serious health impacts as a result of getting Yes, it’s not too late. infected. Vaccination is the best Book online via the national and safest way to help your immune booking service or call 119. system fight off this disease.

Why is it so important to have two doses of the COVID-19 Vaccine?

Two doses of the vaccine will give you the best protection from the current known variants of COVID-19 infection. You should also make sure you also get any booster vaccinations you are offered.

Get the facts about COVID-19, vaccinations and

is published by Derbyshire County Council, Hall, Matlock DE4 3AG Derbyshire is published by Now Derbyshire prevention, online at www.derbyshire.gov.uk/covidfacts