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

Listen to Anna Watson’s Radio Derby Interview!

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Community Covid Survey

Could you take this survey and encourage as many people as possible to complete please https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/MDKW93L It’s run by The Bureau for Glossop’s ‘Community Messaging Partnership’ which is seeking to ensure people are getting trustworthy information and feeding back to Public Health the ways they can improve getting their message across.

Last day for people on the official shielding list to sign up for priority supermarket deliveries

General information, Goods & Services, Health informationJuly 17, 2020

Emergency food parcels for people on the official shielding list will stop on 31 July. If this affects you, you can sign up for priority supermarket deliveries. You have until Friday 17 July to sign up. More here https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/social-health/health-and-wellbeing/health-protection/disease-control/coronavirus/community-response-unit/emergency-food-supplies/emergency-food-supplies.aspx?

Department of Health & Social Care’s new Contain Framework

General information, Health informationJuly 17, 2020

The new Contain Framework supports local authorities to prevent and manage outbreaks: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/containing-and-managing-local-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreaks/covid-19-contain-framework-a-guide-for-local-decision-makers From 18th July, local authorities will have new powers to restrict public events and close local businesses or outdoor spaces.

News about special home test Royal Mail arrangements

General information, Goods & Services, Health informationJuly 16, 2020

Healthwatch Derbyshire The Department of Health and Social Care – DHSC has partnered with @royalmail to set-up priority post boxes for returning home test kits. By skipping the need to book a courier, these priority post boxes will increase the speed in which tests are collected and results processed.…

Planning a holiday – read this first

General information, Health information, UncategorizedJuly 16, 2020

Physiotherapy Help Needed

Pleas for help, UncategorizedJuly 16, 2020

Susan Howarth Does anybody know or can anyone recommend a private physio or personal trainer that can help to rehabilitate my 76 yr old dad who had a stroke near the start of lockdown. Thanks Contact : https://www.facebook.com/susan.howarth.503

Face Mask Newbies – watch this

General information, Health information, UncategorizedJuly 16, 2020

Connex Community Support Update

General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Offers of helpJuly 16, 2020

Although Connex Community Support offices remain closed to face-to-face visitors at the moment, we are hoping to re-open some of our offices very soon, subject to appropriate safety measures being put in place. We are still fully operational behind the scenes. Watch this space for further updates. The following services…

Important Advice From The World Health Organization

General information, Health information, UncategorizedJuly 16, 2020

“There are lots of things that we want to be doing right now, but they aren’t necessarily what we need to be doing right now – please make good choices. There’s so much you can do to protect yourself from getting infected and from passing COVID-19 on to others.” Dr…

Clubbercise and Zumba

Children and Families, Events, Fun stuff, General information, Goods & Services, UncategorizedJuly 16, 2020

Want to know a bit more about us? Watch the Video! Clubbercise & Zumba with Accidental Fitness Buxton Mondays Clubbercise 6.45pm Wednesdays Clubbercise 7.30pm Thursdays Zumba Fitness 7.30pm Saturdays Zumba Fitness 9.45am Online classes £3.50 per household. For more info take a look at the pinned post at the top…

High Peak Rocks – Scarecrow Week

Children and Families, Fun stuffJuly 15, 2020

From High Peak Rocks: Add yourselves to HP rocks ( High Peak ) We are doing a themed rock fortnight…this week is scarecrows…come and join in on the fun, painting and hiding….something cheerful to do during these strange times 😊