The week is the second week of fair-trade fortnight a time which has seen anumber of events both nationally and locally to encourage more people totake up fair trade products and ideal's. Across Glossopdale there have been a number of events so far with a numberof events still planned. A full list of events taking […]

This Thursday is world book day, an annual event intended to encourage morechildren to take up a book and read. Across the country and in over a 100 countries around the world events willbe taking on Thursday to do this, the day is also used to encourage adultsto read with the union learn website flagging […]

Friday afternoon saw an early flirt from work to attend a meeting of theHigh Peak Credit Union Study Group. The group which was established by High Peak Community Housing and others tolook in to ways of establishing a credit union covering the High Peak. The meeting was quite useful with those in attendance flagging up […]

Last Thursday afternoon saw an afternoon off to attend the latest meeting ofthe Gamesley Residents Association Committee which as well as the usualregular reports also considered looking at running an event this summersimilar to the 40th anniversary event that took place last year. The meetingalso considered the next edition of the Gamesley News and planned […]

This Saturday, Progress one of the various Labour linked think tanks isholding a conference on 'campaigning for the net generation'. The event which is been held in London's Canary Wharf aims to bring together'over 100 members of the left blogosphere, net-savvy Labourparliamentarians, councillors, organisers and others from the Labourmovement who have an interest in e-campaigning […]

Goodbye and good luck to former Gamesley neighbourhood co-ordinator LaraFord who is moving on to pastures new and leaving High Peak CommunityHousing.

Tuesday evening also saw a meeting of the North Area Tennant Action Zone,which after the previous meeting on the centre I arrived slightly late to. In terms of the meeting there seemed to be a bit of an atmosphere that Icouldn't quite put my finger on as to what it was, when I arrived along […]

Last Tuesday evening saw a meeting of the Gamesley Sports andCommunity Centre Partnership. Despite all the bad news and doom and gloom about there was actuallygood news for the centre with the news that funding for the staff torun the centre has been secured for the next two years and that with anumber of extra […]

Following on from the earlier meeting in Glossop, was a trip over the hillto Chinley for the previously flagged up audit and regulatory meeting. Amongst other business the meeting received reports on the data qualityaudit which is completed by the audit commission to check the accuracy ofthe figures the council produces on a whole host […]

Thank you to local residents who are highlighting particular problems withdog fouling on various places on the estate including recently highlightedproblems on Wardlow and Elton following the recent deliveries of the projectpooch book. The booklet gives tips and suggestions that dog owners can follow to preventraising problems such as this, and also covers the actions […]