Erewash News
01/02/2024: Local residents and businesses flooded in Derbyshire during Storm Babet can now apply for grants of up to £5,000 to help protect their property from further flooding in the future.
01/02/2024: Have you got an old/unused laptop or tablet you could donate to a Derbyshire charity?
Rural Action Derbyshire has teamed up with PCrefurb, to pilot a scheme to refurbish donated devices to then get them out to people who would otherwise be digitally excluded.
01/02/2024: Derbyshire’s specialist child exploitation charity Safe and Sound has piloted a new on-demand security service for its support workers and outreach teams.
31/01/2024: Some of the Erewash Sound presenters will, at the second attempt, be walking from Ilkeston to Long Eaton to raise money for your local radio station! The team had originally planned to put their best feet forward on 23rd December, but circumstances beyond their control meant the event had to be rearranged.
31/01/2024: Maggie Throup OBE MP, Member of Parliament for Erewash has welcomed the launch of the Government’s Pharmacy First approach, helping patients across Erewash to receive care more quickly through better use of our community pharmacies.
31/01/2024: Community Pharmacy Derbyshire, the organisation that supports local pharmacies across the region, is inviting people to head to their local pharmacy for help with seven minor conditions which would previously have required a GP appointment.
31/01/2024: There have been celebrations at the Long Eaton headquarters of a hairstyling business after one stylist was awarded a place on The Fellowship for British Hairdressing's ‘Project Colour’ mentoring programme.
31/01/2024: Huge crowds have attended a full day of live music with thousands of pounds expected to be added to the fundraising total to help the homeless.
30/01/2024: Thousands of women are being urged to attend NHS breast screening appointments as new figures today show that, despite a slight increase in uptake in the last year, over a third of women still did not take up the potentially lifesaving offer.
30/01/2024: Angelique Foster, Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner, is to examine the progress being made against her Police and Crime Plan priority to improve road safety and tackle dangerous driving in her next performance meeting.