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…

BobaJob Quotes Required Please…

Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Offers of help, Pleas for helpJune 8, 2020

QUOTES REQUIRED PLEASE (SEE BELOW): Local ‘one off’ jobs for local people.If you have jobs to do – post the free of charge on here, if you are looking for jobs take them free of charge from here. www.abobajob.com Garden Landscaping including Patio ( Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak SK23, UK) Laptop…

Making Masks

General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Health information, Offers of helpJune 8, 2020

For anyone wanting advice on making and wearing face masks here’s a handy how too and some advice from the World Health Organisation on wearing them… If you are adding a filter please don’t use a hoover filter or any which might contain micro-plastics. Learn how to make a…

Test and Trace Full Fact Scam Advice

General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Health information, Offers of helpJune 7, 2020

Here’s how you can verify that you’ve actually been contacted by NHS Test and Trace ► fullfact.org/online/test-and-trace-scam How to avoid scammers exploiting Test and Trace launch Here's how you can verify that you’ve actually been contacted by NHS Test and Trace ► fullfact.org/online/test-and-trace-scam Gepostet von Full Fact am Freitag, 5.…

Thank You Neighbours!

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Events, Fun stuff, General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Health information, Offers of help, PressJune 7, 2020

🍾🤩 It’s Day 7, and the last day of Volunteers Week 2020 🍾🤩 We hope in this weather our neighbours are enjoying a busy, or quiet, weekend, doing whatever they want (safely please! 😉 ) When the Pandemic began and lockdown was looming, the Viral Kindness Initiative was the heart of Buxton’s COVID-19 Support…

WHO – Fabric Mask Advice

Children and Families, General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Health information, Offers of helpJune 7, 2020

Get full advice on Fabric Face Masks from the WHO here

Cat & Fiddle Announce New Opening Times

General information, Goods & ServicesJune 7, 2020

Hello! We’ve been cautiously opening a take out service for the past couple of weekends and are now in a position where we can extend it slightly! Here’s the boring bit: 😼Shop open Weds to Sunday 10am-4pm😼 😼Max 4 people inside at any one time 😼 😼One way system in…

From 0 to 750 – Must be a Dervish About!

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Offers of helpJune 6, 2020

Drum roll please…. As Volunteers Week draws to an end, can we please say a big thank you to our wonderful food box delivery team. Today we delivered our 750th food box. I think you’ll agree, that’s not bad for a small operation set up from scratch just a few…

Happy Volunteers Week BSbS

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Goods & Services, Hardship Support linksJune 6, 2020

THIS is what community looks like. THIS is what a shared vision looks like. THIS is what we can all achieve when we come together. THESE are just some the incredible people who collectively have ensured that hundreds of families, elderly people and those who are less able, have someone…

Zink Project Wins Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Chicken soup for the soul, General information, Hardship Support links, Offers of help, PressJune 6, 2020

FANTASTIC news! The Zink Project which runs the Highpeak Foodbank and employability service, supporting people to get back into work has won the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a charity can receive. An incredible achievement by an group of people who have also been collaborating with…

Blythe House Volunteers are Awesome!

Chicken soup for the soul, Health informationJune 6, 2020

Rachel Leech, Children and Young People’s Counsellor at Blythe House, sums up the hospice’s amazing volunteer team: ‘I want to thank all our volunteers that help us to keep Blythe House Hospice going. Every one of you give your time and energy to help to support our community. I was…