
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Sarah Lacey to our team here at Age Concern Chesterfield and District. Sarah has taken over the role of Advocacy and Information and Advice Co-ordinator from Sheelagh Hanson who has retired for health reasons.
Sarah is a qualified Social Worker with a wealth of experience in Advocacy and Disability Rights. We are certain that Sarah’s talents will enhance our team. Sheelagh remains with us as a volunteer and will assist us where possible.
After much consideration about the adequacy of our present working arrangements we have decided to move office to better accommodation at 87, New Square, Chesterfield with effect from the middle of October. The new premises will afford better privacy for our service users as well as improved disability access. We will publish full details and a locations map in our next update. In the meantime “Normal Service” will continue at 21 Stephenson Place.
In order to improve the service that we give throughout Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire and Bolsover we have started a series of Consultation Events. The main focus of these events is to support clubs and social groups within our area and to help them towards becoming self supporting and avoiding closure.
Our volunteers continue to give up their time to make telephone calls
to our Care Line Service users, assist us with Advocacy tasks and help
with office administration. Without these hours being freely given
we would be unable to give many of the services that we provide. If
you are able to assist us in any way then please do not hesitate to contact
John or Sarah on 01246 273333 for an informal chat.
Following on from last years very successful Big Knit, our intrepid band of knitting volunteers now have this years patterns.
The main design for this year is a small bobble hat which will once
again be sponsored by innocent drinks and distributed at Sainsburys supermarkets
and sold at branches of Boots throughout the country.
The time scale is very tight and we have been set a very demanding target
to produce over 1,000 hats before the end of September.
Anyone who feels that they may be able to help us to reach our target please
contact our office in Chesterfield on: 01246 273333 and we will be more
than happy to supply a copy of the knitting pattern.
