| Links |
| National
& Regional |
 Access High Peak
A joint group comprising Access Buxton, Access Glossop, Hope Valley Access Group and New Mills Access Group, dealing with accessibility. |
 Active
Communities Unit
Home Office unit to promote the development of the voluntary and
community sector. |
 Britishcharities.com
Category listings of charities, news of the charity and voluntary
sector, assisting people in giving to charities. |
 Charities
Evaluation Services
Training, consultancy, advice and information for the voluntary
sector on quality and evaluation systems, with the aim to increase
effectiveness. |
 Charity
Commission
Regulator and registrar for charities in England and Wales.
With search
engine for registered charities. |
 Charity
Times
Features and news analysis on financial, legal, fundraising, marketing
technology management issues for charities, voluntary groups &
non-profits. |
 Community
Education Development Centre
Community-based learning as the vehicle for widening opportunities
for health improvement, lifelong learning and community regeneration. |
 CEFET
Co-ordinating
European Funding for the East Midlands Third Sector.
CEFET
acts as a bridge between voluntary and community groups in the East
Midlands and the regional, national and European technical and administrative
structures of European Funding. |
 ChangeUp
East Midlands Infrastructure
Regional investment
to build quality, capacity and sustainability in East Midlands infrastructure
organisations that support the local VCS. |
 Community
Enterprise
Working
with people in the Peak District, targeting those suffering from
rural isolation and those having difficulty in accessing opportunities. |
 Community Land Trusts
a resource to assist you develop community land trust solutions for affordable housing, amenity and workspace in Britain. |
 Connexions
Derbyshire
Connexions is a support service for all 13 to 19 year olds. It
aims to provide advice, information, guidance and access to personal
development. |
 Count
Me In Calendar
A comprehensive
list of local, regional, national and international events, religious
holidays and campaigns. |
 Derbyshire
Community Foundation
Community
foundations are a new, sustainable and independent source of funding
for voluntary community action. DCF
is a young foundation covering the county of Derbyshire and city
of Derby, helping people tackle problems, building and strengthening
community life countywide. |
 Derbyshire
County Council
A-Z details
of all DCC services - highways, police, education, etc. |
 Derbyshire Dales CVS
All about
Derbyshire Dales Council for Voluntary Service
and its sevices. |
 Derbyshire
Dales District Council
A guide
to DDDC services and activities for people living and working in
the area and for those visiting. |
 Derbyshire
Dales & High Peak Local Strategic Partnership
Oversees the preparation,
delivery, monitoring and review of the Community Strategies for
the High Peak and Derbyshire Dales. |
 Derbyshire
Information Advice Guidance Partnership
IAG Partnerships
work throughout the area, to provide all the information you need
to find out about learning and work available to you locally. |
 Derbyshire
Rural Community Council
Part of ACRE,
working with other agencies to help Derbyshire’s rural communities
tackle the challenges and opportunities they face. |
 Development
Trust Association
Promotes and supports
the formation and work of development trusts, encourages exchange
of information and good practice by supporting nine regional networks
and numerous specialist forums. |
 Directgov
The
place to turn to for the latest and widest range of public service
information. |
 East
Midlands Development Agency (EMDA)
1 of 9 Regional
Development Agencies in England, set up by Government in April 1999
to bring a regional focus to economic development. |
 Emphasis
(East
Midlands Public Health Observatory)
Working
with regional partners to provide a positive, supportive environment
in which local action can make a real impact on improving health
and reducing health inequalities for the people of the East Midlands.
|
 Engage
East Midlands
Working
with a range of partner agencies, aiming to support the voluntary
and community sector so that it is able to make best use of its
strengths and contribute as an equal partner to the development
of the East Midlands. |
 Government
Office for the East Midlands
Works with regional
partners, aiming to maximise prosperity and to support integrated
government policies for an inclusive society. |
 High
Peak Borough Council
A-Z details of
all HPBC services and strategies- housing, planning, envoronment,
economic development, waste, parks, etc. |
 High
Peak Council for Voluntary Service (CVS)
Promoting community
and voluntary sustainability in the High Peak area. This involves
supporting and facilitating the development of voluntary and community
organisations through the provision of practical services. |
 Hope
Valley & High Peak Transport Partnership
A consortium
of local authorities, transport providers, community groups and
businesses sharing common aims of promoting and enhancing public
transport services in the Hope Valley & High Peak areas of Derbyshire. |
 Learning
and Development Consortium
Supports collaboration between voluntary organisations in the development
and delivery of learning opportunities. |
 Lifelong
Learning
Encouragement, promotion and development of lifelong learning. Supported
by the Access to Learning for Adults Division of the Department
for Education and Skills. |
 National Association for Voluntary and Community Action
Helps to promote voluntary and community
action by supporting CVS and by acting as a national voice for the
local voluntary and community sector. |
 National
Council for Voluntary Organisations
Umbrella body for the voluntary sector in England,
helping voluntary organisations to achieve the highest standards
of practice & effectiveness.. |
 National
Lottery Community Fund
Community
Fund distributes money raised by the National Lottery to support
charities and voluntary and community groups throughout the UK. |
 National
Volunteering Opportunities Database
Thousands
of opportunities and all you need to know to volunteer. |
 New
Opportunities Fund
Lottery Distributor created to award grants to education, health
and environment projects throughout the UK, focusing particularly
on those in society who are most disadvantaged. |
 New
Start
An independent UK weekly news magazine dedicated to physical and
social community regeneration. |
 North
Staffordshire / West Derbyshire Rural Transport Partnership
Aims to
enhance rural transport services to secure long term improvement
in rural people’s access to jobs, services and social activities
and also in visitors’ sustainable access to the countryside. |
 Peaks and Dales Advocacy
An independent organisation working in the High Peak & North Derbyshire Dales to provide a free advocacy service. |
 Peak
Directions
Promotes enterprise across the Peak District area by providing descriptions and links for websitesof interest to small businesses and social enterprises. |
 Peak
Partners for Rural Action
A
partnership of organisations working together to support and enhance
voluntary and community action in the Derbyshire Dales and the High
Peak. |
 Society
Guardian
Social issues news from the Guardian newspaper, including a section
on the voluntary sector. |
 Social
Enterprise East Midlands - SEEM
A partnership of organisations from the community, voluntary, enterprise,
government and regional development sectors of the East Midlands.
. |
 Staffordshire
Information Advice Guidance Partnership
This Learning
and Skills Council funded programme operates within the remit of
the Staffordshire Lifelong Learning Partnership. |
 Volunteering
England
- National Centre for Volunteering, VDE
Works to promote volunteering as a powerful force for change, both
for those who volunteer and for the wider community.. |
| Local
Links |
|  Buxton
Volunteer Centre
People
- Services - Home support - Transport - History - Volunteers -
Funding - Latest news etc.
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|  Volunteer Centre Glossop
a charitable
organisation enhancing the quality of life for the people of Glossop
and the High Peak by promoting the value of volunteering.
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|
 Glossopdale Furniture Project
a voluntary organisation that accepts donations of unwanted furniture and helps people on low income to purchase good quality affordable furniture.
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|  Hayfield
Development Trust
To initiate,
support and progress projects in the Hayfield area, that the existing
statutory bodies are either not able or not willing to undertake.
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|  High
Peak Community Arts
Opportunities
for the people of the High Peak to participate in creative arts
and so enhance their quality of life through self-expression.
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|  New
Mills & District Volunteer Centre
Purposes
and running of NMVC - How to volunteer - Volunteer jobs - Activity
groups - Weekly timetable - Premises etc.
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|  Whaley
Bridge Community Website
Town
Council, news, sport, organisations, transport, schools, etc.
High Peak CVS is located in Whaley Bridge.
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