Ilkeston News
06/06/2023: More dates have been added to the popular Dementia friendly walk events.
06/06/2023: Ilkeston Brass are an enthusiastic and ambitious 4th section brass band, based on the Nottingham/Derby border. They are keen to recruit new cornet and tuned percussion players and rehearse on Sunday and Thursday evenings in their dedicated band room at Stanton-by-Dale.
To get involved or find out more, send e-mail to secretary.ilkestonbrassband @ gmail.com. All are welcome to join this friendly band..
06/06/2023: The Friends of Straw's Bridge are looking for new recruits to join the group.
The Friends are a group of volunteers who take an interest in promoting, developing and improving the Erewash Borough Council owned nature reserve for visitors and wildlife.
Regular meetings are held and members organise activities and events at Straw's Bridge throughout the year.
If you would like to become a 'Friend or find out more about the site you can contact the group via facebook.com/strawsbridge.
Straw's Bridge is on High Lane, West Hallam. It has a free car park for visitors and access to the Nutbrook Trail for walkers and cyclists.
06/06/2023: A regular series of walks is held across different parts of Erewash and you are welcome to go along for some light exercise and to see various parts of the borough.
06/06/2023: The Ilkeston Guides meet every Tuesday from 7pm at St. Andrews Church on Wilmot Street in the town.
For more information, send e-mail to 6thilkestonguides @ gmail.com
06/06/2023: This group meets every Thursday from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at The Pod (formerly The Abbotsford Centre), at 17 Summerfields Way, Ilkeston, and is for 11 to 16 year olds who are already at secondary school.
All Streetside activities follow national Youth Agency Guidance
For more information, send e-mail to info @ parksidehigh.co.uk, or call 0115 930 1000.
05/06/2023: Police officers are appealing for witnesses after woman reports that she was raped in Ilkeston.
01/06/2023: Hundreds more people in Derbyshire are to be helped to lose weight and put their type 2 diabetes into remission when an innovative NHS programme is expanded from this month (June).
01/06/2023: Erewash Museum will be open on a Thursday, Friday and a Saturday, 11:00am until 4:00pm from the week starting 5th June 2023, being the most popular days for visitors to the award winning museum.
30/05/2023: A construction firm run by an Ilkeston man has joined forced with a social housing provider to launch a green credential-boosting development.