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𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!

Derbyshire libraries will be hosting a variety of activities to entertain children over the summer holidays with many linked to the reading challenge, the theme of which is Marvellous Makers. People who are interested in taking part can find events listed on the libraries’ page or contact Staveley library for details.
Children aged between four and 11 can sign up at their local library, with the challenge being to read six or more library books over the summer. Youngsters will get six stickers if they finish the challenge and, once they’ve collected them all, they’ll get a medal and certificate.
https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/find-your-local-library/staveley-library.aspx

A state-of-the-art eye care hospital is set to open in Chesterfield, and promises to reduce waiting times for patients in our area.

The SpaMedica clinic, which can be found just outside the town centre on Spire Walk, Derby Road, specialises in NHS cataract surgery and will reduce the waiting time to just four to eight weeks from referral, compared to a national target of 18 weeks.

The new hospital has already created a variety of clinical, administrative and operational jobs for the local community, and will help to meet rising demand for treating the sight-stealing condition, with the number of people living with sight loss expected to increase by 20% by 2032.

SpaMedica’s Chesterfield clinic is the second within the county, with the other being based nearby in Derby.

Around 21% of the Derbyshire population is aged over 65 – some 223,000 residents. With approximately 30% of over 65s believed to live with a cataract that impairs their vision, up to 67,000 people in Derbyshire could be affected.

Hospital manager Kirsty Hardy said: “We have a fantastic new facility in Chesterfield and can’t wait to help patients from across Derbyshire get back to doing the hobbies and activities they love – like reading and driving – as soon as possible."

If you’re looking for a perfect location and quality of life for you and your family, look no further than Chesterfield. Find out more about living in our town here: https://www.chesterfield.co.uk/about-chesterfield/living/

WALK LEADERS REQUIRED
Really pleased that Tuesday Walking Group has grown in numbers; so we are now looking at the feasibility of holding another walk on a different day of the week.

In order to do this we need one or two volunteers willing to be trained to be a walk leader/s and help lead the event each week.

If you have a spare couple of hours each week and could help us provide this valuable service please get in touch.

[email protected]

Many thanks

I returned from parliament last night and made my first constituency visit today.

I wanted to start my time as Mid Derbyshire's MP listening to local young people, so it was a pleasure to visit Belper School and Sixth Form Centre.

We need young people to succeed for the future of our country. They have been let down by government in recent years.

The sixth formers I spoke with asked excellent questions, and their thoughts are already informing my work.

I was also pleased to visit the school's creative industries faculty.

Many schools reduced their arts and creative provision in response to the former government's priorities, so it was excellent to see work Belper School has done to ensure these subjects continue to thrive there.

Chesterfield Children's Festival have announced a large-scale group dance in Queen’s Park as part of the event!

Learn the dance in advance and be part of Chesterfield’s biggest dance routine. It's a great chance to have fun with the family, get active and make memories all at once! https://www.chesterfield.co.uk/events/chesterfield-childrens-festival/

In Labour Group offices at County Hall, prepping for a very important meeting - teapot says it all🫖

🌟 Outstanding findings from the Department for Education’s quality inspection reports underscore Construction Skills People’s commitment to excellence!

We are celebrating twice in one week after receiving both the Ofsted report and this commendation.

Key strengths highlighted in the report include:

❝𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴.❞

❝𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥.❞

❝𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘗𝘗𝘌.❞

❝𝘛𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴.❞

❝𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘚𝘗. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.❞

❝𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵.❞

We are proud to share that these strengths reflect CSP’s dedication to preparing learners for successful careers in construction. ✨

Explore more highlights: https://constructionskillspeople.com/dfe-quality-inspection-report-2024/

Day 1, fighting for the people of Bolsover in the Palace of Westminster. 💪

Thank you to everyone who turned up for our Super Saturday campaign session this morning.

Contacted over 500 voters today in Grangewood, Brimington, Staveley and Newbold as we head in to polling day.

If you want change, you have to vote for it. No cause for complacency at all.

Thanks to the Langley Country Park residents who spoke with us today.

We are determined to bring the change and opportunities you tell us you need.

The closing date for entries into our brimington in bloom competition closes on the 30th June

With Johnstone's Trade Paints – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

The Conservatives have decimated dentistry in the UK. Labour will set dentistry as a priority in the next parliament. It’s time for change

Canvassing in Holllingwood for Toby Perkins MP this morning - with Navi Kaur, Cllr Jacquie Ridgeway and Liz.

Fantastic news from Community Development Chesterfield - CDC shared by Wendy Blunt. Poolsbrook is getting a much needed and long awaited Youth Club!! The team are looking for volunteers (see below) in case anyone can and would like to help.

❓ | Would you like to have a say on how the Chesterfield Town Board spends almost £20m worth of investment in Chesterfield over the next ten years?

Be sure to put forward your views in this short online survey by Monday 24 June.

Have your say: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Chesterfieldonlinesurvey Find out more about the Chesterfield Town Board here: www.chesterfield.gov.uk/chesterfield-town-board

🐘⚽ GIVEAWAY ⚽🐘
To kick off the Euros on Friday 14th June, we're giving away THREE 2024 Euro balls, each with one of our Caparol Elephants!

To be in with a chance of scoring one, all you have to do is..

🐘 Follow this page
🐘 Like and share this post
🐘 Tag someone who you'll be watching the Euros with

Three winners will be selected at random and announced on Friday 14th June.

Good luck 🤞🐘

❤ | Do you run a local community group or volunteer organisation?

We could help you through our Community Grants Fund, which closes for applications on 28 June 2024.

Find out more and see if you are eligible: https://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/community-grants-fund.aspx

So much positive feedback happening right now at the 2nd Anniversary Open Day at Worksop Skills Academy

⌚ There's still time if you want to pop along!
📍 Location: Worksop Skills Academy, Spinella Road, Worksop S80 3GP

Look out for our event day wrap, coming soon!