Serco will restart separate weekly collections of food waste on Derbyshire Dales residents' scheduled collection day from this coming Monday, 29 November.

Here's our web article to share if you wish.

As you know, separate food waste collections were suspended at the end of July due to the national shortage of HGV drivers impacting the District Council's waste and recycling service. This freed up teams... Read More »

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We will be displaying he drawings for the initial ideas for the redevelopment of the hall. This is a great opportunity for members of the Community to get involved and see what the future of the hall could potentially look like.

Everyone is welcome.

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Apologies

Chair's report

Finance report

Voting of Committee members

Constitution

Hall hire prices

Redevelopment

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This year we are planning to erect our Village Christmas Trees on Sunday 28th November on The Park, The Plain, Brailsford and Hollington Lane, Ednaston between 14.00 – 15.30.

We are planning a series of events through the Christmas Season across several locations including Brailsford Primary School, Brailsford Pre-School, The Rose & Crown Brailsford, The Yew Tree Inn & Brailsford Stores... Read More »

Good news. Serco and the GMB Union have reached agreement in their pay dispute, which means an end of industrial action.

You are welcome to share today's update from our website.

While we await a statement from the two parties on the details of the resolution, the end of work-to-rule measures means there is now an improved chance of rounds being completed. Catch-up overtime on Saturdays is also now a... Read More »

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Please see and share if you wish today's bins update on our website.

Unfortunately, industrial action called by the GMB Union in a pay dispute with Serco continues. Work-to-rule measures, including an overtime ban, mean scheduled collections continue to be disrupted and delayed across the Derbyshire Dales.

Plus of course the national shortage of HGV drivers has put pressure on collections for several... Read More »

Serco continue to have catch-up crews operating daily, catching up with any missed domestic waste collections from this week and last week as a priority. Please leave out uncollected domestic waste containers.

Please also leave out any garden and recycling containers missed since union crews returned on Tuesday this week from two days of strike action.

To repeat: Unfortunately Serco do not have the resources... Read More »

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Hope you are well and keeping safe?

The Community Safety Partnership is starting to gather the statistics and crime trends to enable us to develop the crime projects and allocate funding for next financial year. With this in mind, we have develop a short resident's survey to gauge what residents feel are the issues we should be focusing on, rather than solely relying on the crime figures.... Read More »

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