• Fostering Fortnight highlights need for more foster carers

  By Cmarps at 10:30 on 13/05/13

  

  Do you think you could give a child a stable and happy home to help them have the best start in life? If the answer is yes then Derbyshire County Council wants to hear from you. Foster Care Fortnight runs from 13 to 26 May and the council is backing the national campaign with an appeal for more carers. Across Derbyshire there are currently 430 foster homes registered with the council to help support just under 700 children in...

• Volunteer Drivers Needed in Biddulph

  By AnnabelleRees at 23:08 on 09/05/13

  

  A VOLUNTEER car scheme is appealing for more drivers to help it cope with the demand from local people without their own transport who use it to get to medical appointments, shopping and social meetings too. The Biddulph Volunteer Transport scheme, run by SMCVS, currently has ten drivers who help provide the vital service for people who are without their own vehicle and who find it difficult to access buses. The...

• Great Review at the Foxlowe

  By AnnabelleRees at 13:02 on 06/05/13

  

  Yesterday gave an afternoon of fantastic music in Leek.   The Situation Event in the arts centre proved extremely popular with families from across the area enjoying a fantastic acoustic set in the afternoon sun.   Local acts and those from a wider area entertained the crowds.  Local act Dom Morgan performed along with the fantastic Sally Pepper, Matty James and Jonathon Tarplee.   'It was such a lovely afternoon...

• Get Your Votes in....

  By AnnabelleRees at 12:51 on 06/05/13

  

  Sainsbury's Leek is on the lookout for a new Local Charity partner Local residents in Leek have the chance to find Sainsbury's Leek a new local charity to support. It's the fifth year of the retailer's 'Local Charity partner initiative, which gives local registered charities the chance to receive a year's worth of fundraising and awareness support from store colleagues. Customers and colleagues at Sainsbury's have...

• Bank on the Dougie Mac Bike Ride

  By PaulDMH at 15:39 on 03/05/13

  

  The deadline for online entries for the Dougie Mac Ruby Bike Ride has been extended until Wednesday 8th May. Over 550 people have already registered for the event which takes place on Sunday 19th May from the Michelin Athletic Centre. The Ruby Bike Ride caters for all levels of cyclists with a choice of a 10 mile local route, a 50 mile Nantwich route and the more testing 110 mile Llangollen route. Liz Clarke, Head of...

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