Buxton Street By Street

Covid-19 Response Volunteers group.

Providing Information & Services to the local community

Hello! We are Anna, Claire and Caitlin

Thank you for visiting our website. After setting up the Buxton Street by Street COVID-19 Support group up on Facebook on March 16th, Anna Watson was quickly joined by Claire Mitchell and Caitlin Bisknell who have been instrumental in building it into what it has become

Notable successes to date have been after inviting just 100 friends to the Facebook group, there are now nearly 2,400 members; there have been 1.7k posts, we have 200 volunteers performing a multitude of tasks.

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Buxton Street by Street are now working with CONNEX community support

So, as you know we have been promising exciting news for a while now, and here it is! We’re a little bit nervous about it and hope you share in the excitement. Over the last few months we have been working with Connex Community Support to see if what support they could offer us – and how we could help them.

Riding Out of Lockdown

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ESSENTIALS FOOD DELIVERY

This service has been set up by members of the Buxton Street by Street Volunteer team and is aimed at Buxton residents who are self-isolating, vulnerable or unable to leave the house.

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Christmas delivered to those most in need

Buxton’s free Christmas meal get-together scaled back to home delivery A cafe which has served free Christmas meals to isolated and hard-up High Peak people for the last five years will be delivering the much-needed festive offerings this December. By Ben McVay Wednesday, 21st October 2020, 7:00 am Since 2015 hundreds of lonely people have spent Christmas…

Full list of Buxton heroes helping to feed our children over half-term

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Offers of helpOctober 25, 2020

LOCAL INFO HERE re half-term meals for children where families are struggling. Tradesman’s Cafe / Chakra Lounge/ Hydro / Harpur’s Plaice chippy/ High Peak Bookstore (Brierlow), Chippy’s Plaice, and Green Pavillion are all offering to feed children hot or cold lunches this week. Red Willow are doing breakfast for children…

Cafe at the Green Pavilion join the army of incredible local businesses offering to feed our children

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Events, General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Offers of helpOctober 25, 2020

https://www.facebook.com/greenpavilioncafe http://www.greenpavilioncafe.co.uk/ 01298 77480 hello@greenpavilioncafe.co.uk Opening times: Monday: 09:00 – 16:00 Tuesday: 09:00 – 16:00 Wednesday: 09:00 – 16:00 Thursday: 09:00 – 16:00 Friday: 09:00 – 16:00 Saturday: 09:00 – 16:00 Sunday: 09:00 – 15:00

Go Fund Me page set up by local couple to raise money to help feed the children of Buxton

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Events, Fundraising, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Offers of help, Pleas for helpOctober 25, 2020

Sam and Dibs Hulme have taken the recent announcement that the UK government will not fund free school meals during the half-term to heart and have decided to take action to support local organisations who provide food to those most in need… you can donate to this incredibly worthy cause…

The Tradesmans Entrance – offering free food for children this half-term

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Events, General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Health information, Offers of helpOctober 25, 2020

The Tradesmans Entrance Cafe Ltd Message from Cafe owner, Cazz Kidd: ‘I’m horrified that the free school meal Scheme in the holidays has been abolished… To ALL families that might struggle to feed their children over the half term, working or not working, we will make your child a pack-up…

The Chippy of Chinley become stars of the fryers with their offer to feed children this half-term!

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Events, General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Offers of helpOctober 25, 2020

Being parents ourselves we feel very emotional about the sad decision to abolish the free school dinner scheme in school holidays so we want to make a difference and reach out to struggling families in the Chinley Buxworth & Brownside. No child should go hungry. Next week during half term…

Alan Thompson receives a visit from the Home From Hospital service he is raising funds to support!

Chicken soup for the soul, Fundraising, General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Health information, Offers of help, Pleas for helpOctober 25, 2020

https://www.facebook.com/alanonthego/videos/3147671245459395 Yesterday I received a visit from the Home from Hospital service provided by Connex Community Support. So, here I am taking advantage of the service that is a feature of my fund-raising. I am delighted to report it works perfectly and if you listen to the video it appears…

Green Man Gallery bring you a Winter Emporium!

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Events, Fun stuff, General information, Goods & Services, Offers of helpOctober 25, 2020

Made with love to give with love… A firm fixture in the Buxton calendar, the Winter Emporium at The Green Man Gallery brings together an exciting collection of unique affordable art, craft and seasonal cards, created by the gallery’s Resident Artists to inspire your gift-giving. In a year when so…

Alan’s Challenge

Chicken soup for the soul, Events, Fundraising, General information, Offers of help, Pleas for helpOctober 25, 2020

The Billerettes ask.. Will you support Alan Thompson’s Challenge?. The Billerettes have just donated £500 from their Charity Reserve funds to “Alan’s Challenge”. Why Alan’s Challenge? Alan set himself his challenge to help those in our community who due to “Covid” restrictions, are finding life increasingly desperate, to simply survive.…

CONNEX Community Support given a lifeline!

Chicken soup for the soul, Fundraising, General information, Hardship Support linksOctober 25, 2020

Connex Community Support Amazing news! We are delighted (and a little stunned!) to announce we have secured a grant of over £111,000 from The Julia and Hans Rausing Trust https://www.juliahansrausingtrust.org/ from their Charity Survival Fund. The Trust received a staggering 2,630 applications for a total grant pot of £18 million…

Christmas delivered to those most in need

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Events, General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Offers of help, Press, Rules & RegulationsOctober 25, 2020