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

Taylor Made to your School

20 more fantastic washable face masks donated to Buxton’s secondary schools! This time in pink and navy blue Thank you so much! you are so wonderful Susan! Contact her through her Facebook page and find out more about the great products she sells (including bespoke face masks) https://www.facebook.com/taylormadesuzy/ If you’re looking for Christmas present…

PPE and scrubs are GO!

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Health information, Offers of help, Pleas for helpJune 13, 2020

We have a thriving home-spun PPE arm to add to our our amazing initiative! Thanks to Katy of For the Love of Scrubs, Emma for her hard work contacting local public services to notify them of our offer and taking posters out to shops also raising awareness of our survey!…

FREE Website Design for Sole Traders and Small Businesses!

Chicken soup for the soul, General information, Goods & Services, Offers of help, UncategorizedJune 13, 2020

To help sole traders / small businesses during lockdown, Fruitcake Media, Macclesfield are offering free website design and setup to anyone located in Macclesfield and surrounding areas, including Buxton. They will need you to cover some small monthly costs for hosting, support, security, maintenance but all design work and getting…

Having difficulties with your mortgage repayments? or needing other advice?

General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Offers of helpJune 12, 2020

The Financial Conduct Authority has recently confirmed an extension of payment deferrals if you can’t pay your mortgage due to Corona Virus. You can now request a deferral of up to 3 months until 31st October 2020. Contact Citizens Advice for assistance with this or other issues. https://www.facebook.com/pg/CitizensAdviceDerbyshireDistricts

Support High Peak’s Local Businesses

General information, Goods & Services, Pleas for helpJune 12, 2020

SHOP LOCAL CAMPAIGN – PLEASE SHARE From Monday, non-essential shops will be able to re-open. Lots of small local businesses are facing a big struggle. Robert Largan, MP for High Peak asks the community to support our brilliant local businesses and our high streets.

11TH – 18TH JUNE – June National Theatre at Home: The Madness of George III

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Events, Fun stuff, General informationJune 12, 2020

National Theatre at Home: The Madness of George III A royally epic production from Nottingham Playhouse, streaming from 7pm UK time on Thursday 11 June, until 7pm UK time on 18 June https://www.youtube.com/watch

12TH – 14TH JUNE – CHARITIES TOGETHER FUNDRAISER – DOWNLOAD TV 2020

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Events, Fun stuff, General informationJune 12, 2020

The wait is almost over – Download TV is coming THIS WEEKEND! JUNE 12TH – 14TH KISS – IRON MAIDEN – DISTURBED – SYSTEM OF A DOWN – DEFTONES AND MANY MORE https://downloadfestival.co.uk/download-tv/ That’s right, for ONE WEEKEND ONLY, you can enjoy 3 days of live streamed music, interviews, interactive…

12TH – 14TH JUNE – ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL COMES TO YOUR FRONT ROOM!

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Events, Fun stuff, General informationJune 12, 2020

Absolute Radio reveal Front Room Festival line-up, a celebratory Isle of Wight Festival programme airing 12th – 14th June 22 Iconic Performances Airing 12th – 14th June from Paul McCartney, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, The Who and more… Absolute Radio have combed the Isle of Wight…

Cupcake Day! Raise some dough to help people affected by Dementia

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Events, Fun stuff, General informationJune 12, 2020

This year Cupcake Day is whenever you want it to be. So dust off your baking bowls, whip out your whisks and raise some dough to help people affected by dementia. For more information see https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/cupcake-day

Buxton Flowerpot Trail – 2020

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Fun stuff, General informationJune 12, 2020

A fun activity for the family is making a Flowerpot Person, or following The Buxton Flowerpot Trail! For all those wanting to join the trail for 2020, the deadline to enter is Friday 26 June – simply email your flowerpot person’s/sculpture’s location to hello@funnywonders.org.uk. Last year there…

BBC Bitesize help with home schooling

Children and Families, Fun stuff, General information, Goods & ServicesJune 11, 2020

BBC Bitesize can help you with home schooling. It’s full of resources including wellbeing advice for you as parent and teacher… See website