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.

Watch our Buxton Street by Street Celebration short film!

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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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Statement from Chris Whitty- HM Chief Medical Officer on National alert levels

Press release Statement from Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty on national alert levels Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty writes about the UK’s battle with Covid-19. Department of Health and Social Care We have faced several grave moments during our battle against coronavirus. But right now, the country is perhaps facing the most serious…

Friends of Buxton Station at the National Community Rail Awards

Fun stuff, General informationDecember 6, 2020

From Friends of Buxton Station: Facebook Friends, please support us at the National Community Rail Awards online event on 9 December, this Wednesday evening. It is not a Zoom thing, but more of a video presentation for an hour or so. We are up for three Awards and our Mini-saga…

Mentell Monday

Chicken soup for the soul, Offers of helpDecember 6, 2020

From Mentell: Suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 50 and 75% of all suicides in the UK are male.⁠ ⁠ These statistics are terrifying to read and exemplify why we do what we do. ⁠ ⁠ Why is it that men are less likely to ask…

Pampers – on offer in Waitrose

Goods & ServicesDecember 6, 2020

Jingle Bell Jog for Blythe House

Chicken soup for the soul, Fun stuffDecember 6, 2020

From Blythe House Hospice Care: A HUGE and HOLLY JOLLY THANK YOU to everyone who has taken part in our Jingle Bell Jog Reimagined today! It has been wonderful to see all of your smiling Santa faces in photos and videos from across the High Peak and much further afield!…

Pound Per Delivery at The Chakra Lounge

Chicken soup for the soul, General information, Goods & Services, Offers of help, UncategorizedDecember 6, 2020

From The Chakra Lounge: We are disappointed. Disappointed because we do not get to have you over at The Chakra Lounge for delicious meals and delightful chatter due to the lockdown. Disappointed that our initiatives such as Pound Per Table cannot reach its full potential! But did we mention that…

Christmas in the Community

Chicken soup for the soul, Goods & Services, Offers of helpDecember 6, 2020

From Christmas in the Community: The bookings are coming in for Christmas day delivery As well as a dinner we will be supplying a Christmas gift bag which will have a small number of gifts in it such as chocolates, some toiletries and some other items – everyone needs to…

#16DaysOfActivism – Day 11

Chicken soup for the soul, Offers of helpDecember 6, 2020

From Domestic abuse support in Derbyshire: It’s day 11 of #16DaysOfActivism. Watch the video by Crossroads Derbyshire to hear a survivor story of someone who witnessed and experienced domestic abuse. Voiced by a member of their children’s team. Sam was referred to Crossroads Derbyshire when she was 15 years old. Her…

Morrisons – free school meal home delivery

Goods & Services, Offers of helpDecember 6, 2020

From Morrisons: Our Chorley store has been busy delivering our school packs to isolating children. If you have children in your school isolating due to Covid-19, who would usually receive free school meals, we will deliver our school packs directly to children at home. These packs include enough food…

Happy #InternationalVolunteerDay from Buxton International Festival

Chicken soup for the soulDecember 6, 2020

From Buxton International Festival: Happy #InternationalVolunteerDay! We are immensely grateful for the incredible support of our volunteers. You make the Festival extra-special and we truly appreciate the energy, ideas and enthusiasm you bring to the team.

Buxton Civic Association – we couldn’t do it without you!

Fun stuff, Goods & ServicesDecember 6, 2020

From Buxton Civic Association: Today is #InternationalVolunteerDay a day to recognise the commitment and passion that all our volunteers give to look after the heritage and environment of #Buxton. Thank you to everyone who volunteers for BCA. We couldn’t do what we do without you!