A brand-new outdoor garden oasis and forest school area have opened at Kids Planet Sheepbridge, one of five centres operated by the childcare firm in the Chesterfield area. The well thought out garden environment offers children at the nursery on Dunston Trading Estate, Foxwood Road, the opportunity to explore and discover the natural world. Designed […]
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Chesterfield College has been shortlisted for a Tes (Times Education Supplement) Further Education Award for Best Teaching and Learning initiative. The college recently introduced a programme called ‘Aspire’ designed to complement and enhance teaching and learning. All students at college now take part in the programme, designed to develop happy, healthy, confident and capable students
A Derbyshire Institute of Sport project to put health and wellbeing at the heart of its support for the business community has proved a winner, with more than 100 people joining a mental health webinar about the importance of switching off from work and de-stressing. The webinar, by DIS sports psychology lead Dr Phil Clarke, was the
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It’s been a tough year for nurses and Sheree Hall, Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse based at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, has been giving us a personal insight into what it’s been like on the front line in cancer treatment and care to mark International Nurses Day (12th May) and European Cancer Nursing Day (18th May). “The past year
Derbyshire will have a new Police and Crime Commissioner after voters headed to the ballot box in the 2021 local elections. Angelique Foster, the Conservative candidate for the county, won the election after earning more than 149,000 votes. Hardyal Dhindsa, who has held the post since 2016, received 117,564 votes. Chief Constable Rachel Swann said: “I
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Derbyshire’s biggest festival Y Not have announced they are planning to bounce back this year – with one of the most exciting line-ups in the event’s history. Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, Gabrielle, Bombay Bicycle Club, Blossoms, Fontains, James and The Levellers are among the acts lined up to help the Derbyshire-born festival light up its
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Derbyshire residents who are deaf or have hearing loss can find out more about what support is available at a series of roadshows we’re running during Deaf Awareness Week 2021. The council’s deaf team is taking to the road from 3 to 10 May to offer help, advice and information from stalls in 3 Derbyshire
Team heads out on the road for Deaf Awareness Week across Derbyshire. Read More »
A number of Peregrine Falcon nesting sites across Derbyshire are being monitored to help protect their eggs from thieves. Cameras have been placed to watch the eggs as they get close to hatching, a time when they are at their most vulnerable. They have been provided by a number of different organisations, all who are
Cameras in place to help protect Derbyshire’s Peregrine Falcon nests. Read More »
Derbyshire residents have been told to get themselves “Energy Fit” for the future. Smart Energy GB have enlisted Mr Motivator, and elite athletes Nicola Adams, Greg Rutherford, and Kelly Smith to join their squad to help get Derbyshire ‘energy fit for the future’. Hear from Mr Motivator and Robert Cheesewright from Smart Energy GB about
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THE QUEEN OF CLEAN TACKLES DERBYSHIRE’S TO-DO LISTS Despite months of being at home with nothing to do, almost three in five of us still have tedious household tasks to tick off our ‘to do’ lists, before lockdown measures lift this summer. Gas Safe Register – the UK’s official registration body for gas engineers and
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