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.

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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.

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LATEST NEWS UPDATES

Robin Hood, Buxton Lions, and Street by Street all set to help Santa

Robin Hood and his Merry Men at the Nottingham Building Society will again be organising a Reverse Santa to enable members of the community to contribute Christmas presents for children and young people whose Christmas would otherwise be present-less. They are supported by Buxton Lions, who will be using their long-established relationship with Santa to…

Get Well with the Wellness Society

General information, Goods & Services, Hardship Support links, Health information, Offers of helpMay 4, 2020

The Wellness Society are a registered CIC offering free holistic, fluff-free and beautifully designed self-help, therapy and coaching tools. Their aim is to bridge the gap for people who find long-term private therapy unaffordable yet are reluctant (or unable) to get help from overstretched mental health services. Fortunately, research shows…

Helping Health Workers from Home

Chicken soup for the soul, General information, Goods & Services, Health informationMay 4, 2020

Across the Country people are keeping occupied and helping their local Care Workers at the same time through making scrubs, masks, and coveralls. Here are just two of the Facebook Groups who have set up locally. For the Love of Scrubs – Buxton Last week For the Love of Scrubs…

Nikon Extend Free Online Photography Workshops

Children and Families, Fun stuff, General information, Goods & ServicesMay 4, 2020

Nikon’s mission has always been to empower creators. In these uncertain times, we can do that by helping creators stay inspired, engaged and growing. That’s why we’re providing all of our Nikon School Online courses free. Let’s come out of this even better. Here are just some of the workshops…

UNICEF Cleaning and hygiene tips

General information, Health informationMay 4, 2020

Cleaning and hygiene tips to help keep the COVID-19 virus out of your home From doing laundry to preparing meals — every day measures to help protect your family UNICEF have tips on how to keep your home and family safe and virus free. Find out more here.

Enjoy Your ‘VE Day 75’ Afternoon Tea with Stars

General information, Goods & ServicesMay 4, 2020

Stars Cafe are doing a special on Friday 8th May, for V.E Day. Order now to avoid disappointment. Our Special Afternoon tea £9.95 a head, collect, or delivery slots available, CURRENTLY ONLY ABLE TO DELIVER IN THE BUXTON AREA, APOLOGIES. You can add beer, prosecco, or wine, (over 18 only).…

Post Offices Open Today

General information, Goods & ServicesMay 4, 2020

Just to confuse everyone at home a little bit more, today is NOT a Bank Holiday! Instead this year’s May Day Bank Holiday has been moved to this Friday to help as many people as possible take part in the VE Day 75 celebrations (still happening, still at home!) See…

Serpentine Salad Days

Chicken soup for the soul, Goods & Services, Hardship Support linksMay 4, 2020

A huge bag of thanks to the Serpentine Community Garden Volunteers who have donated 20 bags of salad leaves – rocket, mizuna, bloody warrior lettuce, mustard, winter lettuce, parsley, chives, coriander, miner’s lettuce, and more all to today’s food boxes! Find out more about this amazing community garden project here:…

May 4th Be With You!

Children and Families, Fun stuff, General information, Goods & ServicesMay 4, 2020

So it’s May 4th today! Aka Star Wars Day! 🤠🚀🛰🎥🔫☢️🤖 To celebrate, Emerald City Comic Con are hosting a ‘May 4th be with you, and Revenge of the 5th’ Star Wars Convention, all online from your sofa! – See here for more. Not only that but Disney have announced the…

The Solstice Prize for Young Writers 2020 for 10 – 17 year olds – Writing East Midlands

Chicken soup for the soul, Children and Families, Fun stuff, General informationMay 3, 2020

The Solstice Prize for Young Writers 2020 A CREATIVE WRITING PRIZE FOR 10-17 YEAR OLDS BROUGHT TO YOU BY WRITING EAST MIDLANDS SUNRISE ON THE SOLSTICE Writing East Midlands have announced the launch of the 2020 Solstice Prize, now in its fifth year. They’d love to see entries of poetry…

Feeling Creative? – Writing East Midlands launch the National Short Fiction and Poetry Prize 2020

Chicken soup for the soul, Fun stuff, General informationMay 3, 2020

http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk Aurora Prize for Writing 2020 The Aurora Writing Prize is a national competition run by Writing East Midlands, in partnership with The Society of Authors. In 2020 , the prize will be awarded to outstanding new writing in two categories, short fiction (of up to 2,000 words) and…