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Belper Neighbourhood Plan Update
Version 8 of the Draft Neighbourhood plan is now published on the Town Council's website.
Amber Valley Borough Council has requested a Strategic Environmental Assessment of the sites allocated in the Draft Plan.
Once this is complete and the Draft Plan amended in light of the Assessment, the Plan will be formally consulted on.
The Neighbourhood Plan Working Group and the Town Council hope to submit the... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:22 by Liz Page
Discovery Days at Strutt's North Mill
Sunday 28 October 10.00am to 4.00pm
Join us to enjoy this rare opportunity to see Strutt House, to walk along the gangways and over the footbridge that once linked the two parts of the huge W G & J Strutt's Belper mills - and then come to meet our volunteers, with free admission to our museum and visitor centre in the North Mill, one of the most important buildings in the Derwent Valley Mills World... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:19 by Liz Page
Belper and The Circus
Join the talk and discover more about Belper and the Circus...see the poster...
Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:13 by Liz Page
Belpers Discovery Day - Sunday 28 October
Join the Derwent Valley World Heritage site Team on 28 October and learn about Belper's history. For more information see the poster...
Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:10 by Liz Page
Week of Discover Days in Belper
The Derwent Valley World Heritage Site Discover Days are on between Saturday 27 October and 3 November. There is lots to do... See the attached poster
Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:07 by Liz Page
Bonfire 3 November 2018
Belper Meadows Community Sports Club will be holding their annual bonfire and firework display on Saturday 3 November 2018. Bonfire lit at 6pm, two firework displays starting at 7pm. Pay on the gate, Adults £5, Children £3, Pre-school children free. Use the entrance by Belper Town Footbal Ground and not by the library
Refreshments and bar available
Posted: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:07 by Rosemary Bridges
Call for knitted poppies
Are you able to knit or crochet Poppies to put up on the railings in the Memorial Gardens, Belper for Remembrance Sunday.
If so please contact Jan Sheppard on sheppards6@btinternet.com for further details.
Posted: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:55 by Liz Page
Babington Hospital update
A £5.94 million funding allocation for the redevelopment of health services in Belper is ring- fenced for use as the major building project develops over the next 18 months, health leaders have assured.
The multi-million pound funding was secured earlier this year from the Department of Health & Social Care as part of Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) funding for projects... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:16 by Liz Page
Belper wins GOLD Again
Belper has won Gold for the ninth year running in the Large Town category of East Midlands in Bloom.
The judges commented that Belper is a Town "where all residents have pride in their achievements"
In addition, Belper won a Judges award for Transition Belper volunteers for their planting and maintenance of Belper Railway Station.
Also, two community groups in Milford received praise for their Its Your... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:25 by Liz Page
Free local support to help you stop smoking
It's Stoptober and 1000s of us will be ditching the cigarettes for good – will you be one of them?
Smoking is still one of the biggest causes of preventable deaths in the UK but there's plenty of support and advice on offer if you're ready to stop for good.
Live Life Better Derbyshire is a free, healthy lifestyles service that offers a wide range of support including stop smoking advice, weight... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:53 by Liz Page
