By Dianne Boardman on Thursday, 08 March, 2018
The Foodie Friends Café in New Mills is now well into its second year and has been a fantastic success. Held in St George’s Church Hall on the first Friday of the month and open to everyone, over 150 people visit each time eating food that would otherwise be wasted. The café uses surplus food that is still in date donated by the charity FareShare and two local supermarkets. Energetic cooks create a varied and delicious three-course menu with plenty of options to suit everyone’s tastes. Customers get to enjoy all this plus drinks and treats for a suggested donation of £2.50 for adults and £1 for children.
By Diane Inglis on Thursday, 08 March, 2018
Twenty-two-year old Ellie Bamber has never let her own disability hold her back and is now working as a disability champion in Sheffield, helping other disabled people break down barriers to get into the workplace.
Monday, 26 February, 2018
Quizit is the brainchild of New Mills friends Sean Whewell and Tony Audenshaw. The events take place at 9pm every Thursday at pubs and venues around the town. Quiz brains pay a small £1 donation, and all the money raised goes to local charities and organisations.
By Amanda Barton on Friday, 02 February, 2018
Rock Choir is the UK’s largest non-audition choir which has 25,000+ members across the UK. Members need no previous experience and do not need to be able to read sheet music.
By Hannah Belfield-Hall, Charlotte Arnfield and Ella Hardwick-Allan. on Sunday, 14 January, 2018
Thornsett Brass Band is very proud of its three most recent graduates. Charlotte Arnfield, Hannah Belfield-Hall and Ella Hardwick-Allan have all been playing with the band since they were around 8 years old. Now, 10 year later, they are all moving on to exciting new futures: Charlotte has a much sought after apprenticeship at a local dental practice, Hannah is studying Engineering in Newcastle and Ella is studying French in Paris.
By Sean Whewell on Tuesday, 14 November, 2017
Saturday 25th November is this year’s New Mills Christmas lights switch on, market and fair which over the years has become a key event in the High Peak’s run up to Christmas. It manages to retain a traditional look and feel, attracting thousands of family visitors each year.
Sunday, 22 October, 2017
It was 50 years ago this summer that The Beatles released their ground-breaking album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - a pop music milestone celebrated in New Mills and Buxton by 'scratch' choirs who had just a few hours to rehearse.
Sunday, 01 October, 2017
Colin Hughes and his Tai Chi group at Spring Bank Arts Centre have raised an amazing £1437 so far this year by donating the proceeds from their weekly classes to Blythe House Hospice.
By Denise Ead on Monday, 25 September, 2017
‘Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery’ was the title of an awareness-raising event which took place in the Annunciation Church, New Mills. Contributions came from the Police, the Medaille Trust and a judge with expertise in Immigration. The aim was to educate the public to recognise this crime and work together with the authorities. Over 50 people attended the event sponsored by the Catholic Bishop of Nottingham, Patrick McKinney who has funded a series of these lectures.
Saturday, 26 August, 2017
Blythe House launched their Hospice at Home Service in April 2016 using the money gifted to them in a legacy and it’s proving to be the service the High Peak needed. At one year and four months into a two year pilot study, the team have already provided over ten and a half thousand hours of care to the people and families who need it the most.
