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

LATEST NEWS UPDATES

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.

Please visit the page for more info

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…

Swim England Guidance Released

Children and Families, Events, General information, Goods & Services, Health informationJune 19, 2020

Swimming pool users will have to adapt to a ‘new normal’ to ensure the safety of everyone visiting and working at facilities, according to guidance published by Swim England. The recognised national governing body has issued its Returning to the Pool advice ahead of the Government giving the green light…

SK22 Scam Alert from Safer Neighborhood Team

General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Health information, Offers of help, Pleas for helpJune 19, 2020

We’re alerting those in the New Mills and Buxton area, particularly within the postal code area of SK22, to a scam call that we have had an increased number of calls about over the past few weeks. This type of scam has led to significant financial loss. The call is from…

Phone in the Fringe!

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Events, Fun stuff, General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Health information, Offers of helpJune 19, 2020

Buxton Fringe have an exciting new event this year. Phone @ 5. 🎻🎭🎤🎨🎹🤹‍♀️🎸🎪🎧🎫🎬🎺 We cannot hold our usual Fringe @ 5 in Pavilion gardens so we are offering people the opportunity to receive a phone call. 🎻🎭🎤🎨🎹🤹‍♀️🎸🎪🎧🎫🎬🎺 You don’t need the internet to be able to enjoy the Fringe. This…

Help Businesses You Love Come out of Crisis

Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Offers of help, Pleas for helpJune 19, 2020

If you’re anything like us, you likely have a long list of small businesses that you love and want to see come out on the other side of the pandemic. However, as much as you might want to, supporting financially just might not be feasible right now. We totally get…

Live Streaming Later

Children and Families, Events, Fun stuff, Goods & ServicesJune 19, 2020

🎻🎤🎹🎸🎧🎬🎺 LiveStream Starts at 8 p.m. tonight… 🎻🎤🎹🎸🎧🎬🎺 Scottish musicians come together to support Scotland’s vital Grassroots Music Venues. 3 stages of music recorded for the Save Our Scottish Venues campaign include sets from KT Tunstall, The Xcerts, Hunter & the Bear, Wet Wet Wet, Be Charlotte,…

Breastfeeding Network Event

Children and Families, Fun stuff, General information, Health informationJune 18, 2020

Contact details are here on the network Facebook page.

Father’s Day offer at Stars Cafe

Children and Families, Events, General information, Goods & ServicesJune 18, 2020

Treat dad this Sunday, with our “fathers day” platter. Must be pre-ordered by 1pm Saturday. £20 serves 2 Orders being taken on 01298 213207 Alternatively order through our page.

Supermarkets recalling Primula Cheese at risk from dangerous bacteria

Children and Families, General information, Goods & Services, Health informationJune 18, 2020

This product recall notice affects 10 varieties of Primula Cheese tubes. A possible source of Clostridium botulinum” has been found in one of the products. “Botulinum toxin may cause a serious form of food poisoning called botulism and can be fatal.” The notice states that if you have bought any…

CHCS FC Lions Return to Training!

UncategorizedJune 17, 2020

Chris Hill Community Sports Parents! The FC Lions return to training soon. Here’s some useful guides for coaches, parents and players. Please share with your little Lions!

Accidental Yogis!

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Events, Fun stuff, General information, Goods & Services, Health information, Offers of helpJune 16, 2020

This is just the kind of rock you’ll be looking for this weekend! It will have a drawing of a yoga pose and the name underneath. The letter you need for the competition entry will be highlighted in gold Special thanks to the lovely Pip for doing these for me…