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News items
- Monyash Primary School PTFA is holding a Christmas Fayre and Raffle on Fri 6th Dec. The Fayre and Carols start at 3:30pm on the Village Green. There are lots of fabulous prizes and the raffle is drawn in the Bull’s Head at 5pm. Raffle tickets are available from the school, parents, the Old Smithy and the Bull’s Head.
Full details on the poster which you can view or download here. - Please bring your drinks, glasses and nibbles to the Village Hall for a light hearted Christmas quiz and a couple of silly games, 7:30pm on Friday 13th December. See you there…
- This year’s Christmas Tree festival will be in St Leonard’s. People are invited to start setting up their Christmas trees on Saturday 7th December with everyone finished by the afternoon of Friday 13th. They’ll then be on show, with seasonal refreshments on 14th/15th and all fundraising activities, to support the church.
- There are two sets of roadworks on behalf of Fibre Assets Ltd between mid November and early December. One is on Tagg Lane (12-25 Nov) and one on The Rake (20 Nov – 3 Dec), with traffic being managed by signals in both cases. More details are on the roadworks website, here, here and here.
- Coffee Morning update: More donations for Macmillans have come in to The Bull’s Head’s since their coffee morning 29/10/2024. The sum raised now stands at a gobsmacking £3,085. Once again, a massive thank you to Sharon and her team who worked their socks off and did a fantastic job. And, of course, a huge thank you also to all the bakers, helpers, sponsors and donators.
You can find out more about Macmillan on their website here. - e-bike theft: The Bakewell Safer Neighbourhhod Team reported to the Parish Council’s November meeting. While there have been no reported crimes around Monyash, an e-bike was stolen from Hathersage. There’s been an increase in high-value bike thefts recently so residents are advised to be mindful about the security of such items. We’d include e-scooters in that advice. The full report can be read or downloaded here.
- Pilates classes continue on Tuesday evenings 18:00-19:00, with Hatha Yoga on Wednesdays from 18:30-19:45.
Check our Pilates and Yoga page for details and our diary for dates. - 🗞️📰 The November edition of our monthly printed village newsletter is now out. You can view or download it here. All the back issues are available on the dedicated Monyash Newsletter page here. 📰🗞️
- The pub is hosting a Christmas Wreath making event, with Kathryn from Angel Blooms, on Tue 3rd Dec, 10-12:30. £40 per person including coffee and cake plus, on completion, a glass of Prosecco🍾
Places are limited so contact Sharon at the pub to book. - Barn Close Farm Shop is open seven days/week just outside the village. Check out their new web page here or send them a message from here.
- Monyash Parish Council is looking to employ a cleaner to look after the toilets and the car park area down by the entrance to Lathkill Dale. Hours and days to be negotiated and will vary through the year, but the hourly rate will be very good. If you know anyone who might be interested in taking on the role, please contact the clerk, Lesley Bramwell from this page https://monyash.info/parish-council/contact-the-parish-council/
- Derbyshire Constabulary and The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner are carrying out a survey with local communities. This is important and they would like to hear your views. Your opinions will influence the community engagement and delivery of services within your area. We want to better understand what’s great and what’s not so great about where people live so we can work with residents to help tackle any worries and issues that you may have. You can find the survey at this link.
- DDDC is organising a programme for people who are diabetic or pre-diabetic. It’s a six-week course to learn to play tennis. Full details including how to apply are in a flyer which you can read or download here.
- Police and Crime Commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni has launched a consultation on the Derbyshire Police and Crime Plan for 2024-29. The responses to this consultation will directly feed in to the Plan and help her team to tackle the challenges that will make Derbyshire safer. The Commissioner understands that to do this, the Plan needs to truly reflect the needs of communities throughout Derbyshire. To help achieve this, please complete the survey which you will find at this link: https://qrco.de/PoliceAndCrimePlanSurvey.
- There are two schemes whose community transport services include Monyash. They’ve been added to our Links page. You can find them here at the following websites
Bakewell Community Transport
Connex Transport (Buxton) - DDDC has current grant funding available for free energy efficiency upgrades for eligible households. They are promoting the Home Upgrade Grant to residents of the Derbyshire Dales who may be eligible and have funding available for energy efficiency improvements for off gas homes where residents may be in fuel poverty – homes could be offered insulation, low carbon heating such as air source heat pumps, and solar panels. Each home will be assessed individually at no cost and no obligation. If you know of anyone who might qualify, please let them know. More information is on this page on DDDC’s website and in this poster which you can read or download.
- You can now contact individual Parish Councillors. This extends the process we recently put in place where you can contact the Parish Council via the Parish Clerk. More details are on the Parish Councillors page here.
- If you’re interested in planning applications in and around Monyash, don’t forget to check our new planning webpage here from time to time. They are listed with by date of application but they can be sorted in several ways, including by date updated.
- Monyash Quilters, a friendly group with a wide range of creative talent who love making beautiful quilts and anything crafty, meet every Tuesday afternoon from 2-4. Drop into one of our meetings in the Village Hall as a taster to see what we do and if we can tempt you to join.
- The churches in the White Peak and Youlgreave benefices now use a national website designed specifically to share church information and you will find full details on St Leonard’s page here.
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If you can’t find any information which you think might be useful, or if you think we have missed something out, please e-mail us from our “Contact Monyash” page, which you can find in the menu bar at the top of every page. We will be pleased to read your suggestions.