@Derbyshirecc, @DerbyCC, @NottsCC and @MyNottingham are currently considering an offer from Government to merge, creating an East Midlands Combined Mayoral Authority which would be led by an elected Mayor. Whilst, additional...1/5
public funding per head and investment is always welcome, I am approaching the current proposal with caution as much of the detail is sadly lacking at the moment, and naturally, I'm concerned whether or not #Padfield, #Hadfield and other communities across the High Peak...2/5
will get our fair share. If implemented, it would put the High Peak on the edge of an extremely large combined authority with the seat of power potentially much further away than at present. As well as the issue of the various District, Borough, Town and Parish Councils...3/5
within the region being unable to have a proper say on the proposals.
A public consultation regarding the proposal is currently live on @Derbyshirecc's website, closing on Monday 9th January 2023. I'd strongly encourage as many local residents as possible to express...4/5
their views, whatever they might be, via the following link:...5/5
Spent a productive few hours or so helping to make all the sandwiches for HCT's Children's Packed Lunches. I had great fun assisting the amazing HCT Team. We served 1️⃣1️⃣3️⃣ packed lunches to local school children from #Hadfield, #Padfield & #Tintwistle this afternoon. The...1/9
lunch packs generally consisted of a sandwich (cheese, ham or chicken), a piece of fruit (apple, banana or orange), a packet of crisps, a carmel millionaire slice, a yoghurt and a drink (apple juice, orange juice or water) to wash it all down with. We also gave free arts...2/9
& crafts and a variety of other toys to every child who attended today's session. We even had our very own pizza station where local youngsters could make their own pizza out of the following ingredients: chicken, cheese, ham, mushrooms, onions, pepperoni, peppers,...3/9
It felt wonderful to be back at Carmel Church for the very first Carmel Coffee Morning of 2023. I had a cracking time catching up with local residents after a pleasant Christmas and New Year. It was dead pleasing to see everyone enjoying themselves this morning. As usual,...1/5
the amazing Carmel Team were on hand to ensure that folk were very well looked after. It was nice to kick off my community engagements for the year with a couple of nice biscuits and I got treated to a lovely hot orange to wash it all down with. You always get well fed and..2/5
watered when you walk through the doors of Carmel. Just a quick reminder, Hadfield Coming Together's Packed Lunches are taking place tomorrow (4th January). Collection for the Packed Lunches is between 12pm - 2pm from Carmel Church. There will be a pizza station and...3/5