From an issue raised at last Saturday's surgery just a quick reminder to local's in the area who have the free bus pass (over 60's etc), you can use your pass to go to places like Manchester etc by bus, even though you will of course need to change bus in either Ashton or Hyde. […]
Starting at St Margarets on Wednesday 3rd June, is a course for parents and carers who want to support and help their children with maths. The course aims to help you learn fun activities to help your child with maths along with learning how maths is taught in school and possible helping to improve your […]
Last Tuesday evening saw a full council meeting followed by the annual council meeting. The full council meeting considered a number of recommendations from the council's executive along with recommendations from the council audit and regulatory committee, followed by annual reports from the audit and regulatory committee and the council's various select committees. I spoke […]
Monday evening saw a meeting of the Health and Safety / Premises Committee at St Margaret's, amongst the items for discussion was updates to the schools health and safety policy, along with an inspection of the outside of the schools which in theory is done at the meeting at this time of the year for […]
This week (11th to 17th May) is Mind Week 2009, a series of events organisedby the charity mind to raise awareness of mental health issues. This year the theme is on Men's mental health because evidence shows thatmen can struggle with being open about mental health issues and are muchless likely than women to seek […]
This week from Saturday 9th to Friday 15th May 2009, is adult learners week. The event which is organised by NIACE who are an adult learning organisation is aimed to highlight the opportunities that are available to adults to return to learning. Across Derbyshire there are a number of events taking place during the week, […]
The Blood Service has a donor session at Glossopdale Community College's Talbot Road site on Sunday, May 17 from 10.30am – 2.00pm. Details here or call 0300 123 23223. Groundwork Gamesley have organised a car book sale on the Winster Mews car park in Gamesley on Saturday, 23rd May from 9.00am – 1.00pm (set-up from […]
Derbyshire Police are looking to establish a community speedwatch in a number of area's around Glossopdale, including Glossop, Hadfield, Tintwistle, Gamesley, Charlesworth. The scheme which has proved successful since been set up in New Mills / Hayfield involves members of the Safer Neighbourhood Teams working with local residents. All are trained using speedguns and go […]
This Saturday morning sees this month councillor's surgery which this month will also see Tom Levitt MP joining us, from 11.30am until 12.30pm at the GRA Office on Winster Mews. There's no set theme for this month surgery and we would welcome any of your comments, complaints or suggestions, or even feel free to drop […]
As noted previously we were unlucky on the day and lost two nil to Whitley Bay, but it was a great day for all the fans and especially those of us that travelled on the special train. Many thanks to Hillbilly and the stewards that arranged and staffed the special train from Glossop to Wembley, […]