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Monyash School PTFA Christmas Fayre
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.

Christmas Quiz
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…

Christmas Tree Festival
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.

Roadworks
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,  herehere 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 and Yoga
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.

🗞️Monyash News📰
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.

Coffee, Cake and Christmas Wreath making
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
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.

Cleaner wanted
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/

Policing priorities survey
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.

Tennis for Health
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.

Derbyshire Police and Crime Plan 2024-29 survey
Police and Crime Commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni has launched a consultation on the Police and Crime Plan for Derbyshire. 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.

Community Transport
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)

Home Upgrade Grant
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.

Contact a Parish Councillor
You can now contact individual 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.

Planning
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
Monyash Quilters meet every Tuesday afternoon from 2-4 in the Village Hall. They’re a friendly group with a wide range of creative talent who love making beautiful quilts and anything crafty. Drop into one of our weekly meetings as a taster to see what we do and if we can tempt you to join.

Church open daily
Since Monday 20th September 2021, St Leonard’s is open every day from 10:00 to 15:00.
All the churches in the White Peak and Yourlgreave Benefices now post their services to the website A Church Near You. Full details of all things to do with St Leonard’s are on the church’s page here.

Old news

You can find archived news up to and including 2018 here.