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Show of support: MP Adam Thompson is flanked by councillors, Government representatives and community activators on a tour of Cotmanhay – where they visited local radio station - Erewash Sound

The hunt is on for locals to join £20m Cotmanhay board (deadline: 20th March)

A new body that is being set up to decide how up to £20million from the Government can boost one of Erewash’s areas is seeking local people to serve on it. The Pride in Place funding will be overseen by the freshly-created Cotmanhay Neighbourhood Board. Five local people are needed to help determine where the money should be spent. It follows a hunt for someone with close connections to the area to chair the board. The successful candidate will be […]

13 March 2026 8

Cotmanhay

Regional Mayor awards £225,000 to tackle social isolation in Erewash

Social isolation is to be tackled in an Erewash community after almost £225,000 was awarded to a new scheme by the Mayor of the East Midlands. Mayor Claire Ward has awarded £224,307 to social enterprise Parkside High from her £3 million Community Development Fund. The funding will be used to develop Future Cotmanhay, to help people “connect, collaborate, and be empowered to meet economic and social challenges”. Cotmanhay is one of 10 neighbourhoods across the East Midlands Combined County Authority […]

23 February 2026 29

Cotmanhay

Top report for new ‘model’ care centre

A remodelled Derbyshire County Council care home has been rated Good in all five areas by the Care Quality Commission – impressing inspectors with its caring and attentive staff and excellent integrated working between health and social care teams. Inspectors from the CQC rated Bennerley Fields ‘good’ overall, noting it was well led and managed and provided high-quality care and good outcomes for the people who stay there. Residents said they enjoyed the spacious and comfortable surroundings where they felt […]

12 February 2026 19

Cotmanhay

Boost for communities across the East Midlands thanks to Mayor’s £3m fund

Communities across the East Midlands are set to be strengthened thanks to millions of pounds of new investment with an initiative in Cotmanhay amongst those benefitting. The Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward has announced the first projects to receive support from her £3m Community Development Fund. Launched last year, the fund supports 10 priority areas across the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) region where communities face high levels of disadvantage and have limited numbers of local community […]

9 February 2026 29

Community Notices

Garden group embrace romance with random Valentines bouquet drop

Valentine’s Day is not just a commercial day for couples to declare their love according to volunteers at Shipley Community Garden. For the last five years, during the month of February, members have randomly dropped handmade bouquets of flowers, seed bombs and seed paper and lavender fabric hearts on random doorsteps in Shipley, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston and Heanor. As the annual celebration of romance approaches, Kay Kearton from the Shipley Community Garden said: "Everyone deserves appreciation and a little token of […]

3 February 2026 15

Winning smiles . . . Mayor presents inspirational Susie with Active Lives award

Borough Wide

Borough Council ‘Oscars’ celebrate Borough’s bright stars

By Helen Purcell for Erewash Sound Brave Susie Lambart has been celebrated among other locals for her dedication to the borough after overcoming brain injury. A woman who has overcome a life-changing brain injury to selflessly help others was among the stars of an awards night staged by Erewash Borough Council to salute local people who inspire fellow citizens to get fit and healthy. Susie Lambert was honoured by the Mayor for her tireless work organising activities in the community. […]

2 February 2026 38

Active Lives winner Susie with Erewash Mayor Cllr Harry Atkinson (Credit: EBC)

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Borough Wide

Brave Susie is among stars at council ‘Oscars’

A woman who has overcome a life-changing brain injury to selflessly help others was among the stars of an awards night staged by Erewash Borough Council to salute local people who inspire fellow citizens to get fit and healthy. Susie Lambert was honoured by the Mayor in the 2026 Active Lives in Erewash Awards for her tireless work organising activities in the community. Her traumatic injury led her to launch support groups for residents living with long-term illnesses – but […]

20 January 2026 20 2

Borough Wide

Pair charged following reported assault of teenager in Ilkeston

A pair of teenagers have been charged with a number of offences following the alleged assault of a teenager in Ilkeston. The force was called to reports of a teenaged boy being assaulted by two people at a property in Muskham Avenue, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, at 8.30pm on 13th January. Two teenagers were arrested after a car linked to the incident was spotted later that night and failed to stop before the pair ran from the car and were detained nearby. […]

15 January 2026 9

Borough Wide

Two arrested after teenager assaulted at house in Cotmanhay

Local Police Officers have been called out following the receipt of reports that two people had entered a house in Muskham Avenue, Cotmanhay, armed with a knife. The incident, at around 8:30pm on 13th January led to a teenaged boy suffering a stab injury. He was taken to hospital but it is understood that he will make a full physical recovery. A second man in his 20s suffered a minor slash wound from a knife on his hand. He is […]

14 January 2026 33

Cotmanhay

The hunt is on for locals to join £20m Cotmanhay board (deadline: 20th March)

Regional Mayor awards £225,000 to tackle social isolation in Erewash

Top report for new ‘model’ care centre

Boost for communities across the East Midlands thanks to Mayor’s £3m fund

Garden group embrace romance with random Valentines bouquet drop

Borough Council ‘Oscars’ celebrate Borough’s bright stars

Brave Susie is among stars at council ‘Oscars’

Pair charged following reported assault of teenager in Ilkeston

Two arrested after teenager assaulted at house in Cotmanhay

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