Heage Windmill Donates Flour To Charity
On Saturday March 21st the wind was strong and milling was good. Stocks of flour and freshly milled flour were
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Hosting Homeless Refugees in Belper
From 3rd to 10th December, donations made to a local refugee charity will be doubled as part of The Big
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Belper’s Morrisons Help Feed The Homeless
Homeless non-profit charity Doorways Derby has recently been awarded a £10,000 grant from the Morrisons Foundation. They were advised to
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Local Toy Charity Volunteer Meets The Queen
It was champagne and canapes instead of toys and a cuppa as Ann-Marie McMillan, the founder of Derbyshire Toy Libraries,
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Belper’s Good Deeds This Christmas
Belper is a special place, which can be defined by its community spirit. The capacity of our people to come
Read moreHazelwood Man Wins Community Award
A man who has been presented with an award after dedicating his spare time to supporting vulnerable children is appealing
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“Our House” To Be Performed By Belper Community Theatre
Belper Musical Theatre will be performing “Our House” at Belper Community Theatre (at Belper School) from 20th-23rd February 2019 and
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7K Raised For Charity By Open Gardens Event
Belper Open Gardens event at the end of June was a fantastic success once again with around £7000 being raised
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Walk For Life 2: The Concert
The hugely successful Walk For Life 2 event closes with a special concert to raise awareness about organ transplants and
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Strutts Centre Rain Gardens Receives National Acclaim
The Trent Rivers Trust’s award winning rain gardens featured on national television last week when the BBC’s Gardeners World visited
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Let The Belper Games 2018 Commence!
The biggest community and charity fundraising event in Belper returns for the 7th year with even more attractions and entertainment
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‘Walk For Life 2’ Campaign To Raise Awareness For Organ Donation
Slenderella Director and former Mayor of Belper, Gary Spendlove, will be raising money for kidney dialysis machines and respite care
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Belper Street Angels Get Right Answer From Quiz League
Belper and District Quiz League held a Charity Quiz and chose Belper Street Angels to receive the proceeds. They raised
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Wye And Upper Derwent Group AGM And Crich Chase Meadows Talk
A talk about Belper’s Crich Chase Meadows and Wye and Upper Derwent Group AGM will be held on Monday April
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Local Salon Offering Free Cuts To Raise Money For ‘The Little Princess Trust’
Belper hairdresser Alla Moda is holding a charity hair and makeup day on March 9 to raise money for The
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s New Shop Encourages Residents To Get Involved
The Christmas decorations are all packed away and it’s that time of year when many people start to think of
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‘Drop In’ Day Announced For Blind And Partially Sighted People
Sight Support Derbyshire are holding one of their ‘drop in’ sight support information days on January 25 (10:30 am to 1pm) at the
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Belper Games Raises Record Breaking £37k For Charity
The Belper Games Weekender returned on the 14th – 16th July 2017 and it again broke all previous records by
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Six Year Old Raises Money For Firefighters Charity
Inspired by the hard work and perseverance shown by Firefighters during the Grenfell Tower disaster, six year old Casey McKernan
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Blue Skies For Blue Box Belper’s Community Fun Day
The sun shone brightly on the Parks Estate Community Fun Day on Sunday 30th July, with over 200 residents coming
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Belper Open Gardens Raises Thousands For Charity
The Belper Open Gardens event of 1st and 2nd July was a great success once again. Around 650 visitors came
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The Belper Games Strike Back
The Sixth Annual Belper Games lands on July 14th at Belper Rugby Club, and once again the team have pulled
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Mayor Starts His 100 Mile Trek
Belper Mayor, Gary Spendlove accompanied by his Ripley counterpart, Alwyn Bridge, transplant games medal winner, Simon Elmore and more than
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Mayor Begins 100 Mile Walk For Life Campaign
Belper Town Mayor Gary Spendlove will be starting the Epic 100 Miles ‘Walk for Life’ at 9:00am from the Strutts
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Local Churches Join Together To Help Families Across Derbyshire
Warm-hearted congregations have joined together to bring festive joy to families living on the bread line. Members of Belper church
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‘Christmas Without Worry Is Priceless’ Says Local Debt Charity
‘You can’t buy the perfect Christmas’ – that is the message from local debt charity CAP which today released its
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Belper Mayor In Epic Walk for Life
Gary Spendlove, Mayor of Belper is planning a 100 mile walk round Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire at the end of January
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Wyver Lane Co-operative Raises Funds For Syria
Over the summer the Wild Peak Housing co-operative of Wyver Lane, Belper, have been holding events to raise money for
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‘We Shall Overcome’ Benefit At The Queens Head, October 8th
Winter is just around the corner and with it the season when poverty cuts deepest. For a growing number of
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Belper Games Raises £30,000 For Charity
The fifth Belper Games has raised a staggering £30,000 for charity. For the first time the event was split over
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Arkwright’s Celebrates £1000 Raised For Charity
A staggering £1,000 was raised for Derby Mountain Rescue through a charity event organised by Emily Bowler of Arkwright’s Bar
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Food Festival Bar Is Flying High For Charity
Derby Mountain Rescue Team have joined forces with Arkwright’s real ale bar to bring a charity bar to this year’s
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Charity Opens Two New Local Debt Centres
People struggling with the misery of unmanageable finances will be able to get free debt help in two new areas
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An Evening With The Girls
This Friday (February 12th) is a PWYW (pay what you want) concert at the Belper Unitarian Chapel, with all proceeds
Read moreBelper and Duffield Rotary’s Santa Sleigh Schedule 2015
December brings Santa to Belper again, thanks to the Belper and Duffield Rotary Club. As usual the Rotary will be
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Solidarity’s Plea for Storage
Following on from the collection for refugees in European camps at No. 28 at the end of November, Amber Valley
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Local Duo Release Charity Single ‘LOVE IS’
The Sunflower Thieves, or locally known artists Amy Illingworth and Lily Sturt-Bolshaw from Belper, have collaborated with contemporary composer and
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Solidarity for Refugees
By C.L.Washbrook We have all been moved in one direction or another by the plight of the refugees
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