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We've approved extra funding to help support people in Derbyshire with their food and energy costs.
 This includes £100,000 to Marches Energy Advice to help foodbank clients with the cost of energy and £100,000 for Foundation Derbyshire to carry on supporting local food banks.
Marches Energy Advice currently runs the Warmer Derby and Derbyshire energy advice and support service which includes a free Derbyshire-wide dedicated fuel poverty helpline on 0800 677 1332.
The funding will enable MEA to carry on their work with food banks – ensuring that people who use them are supported with heating costs when in crisis.
Our proposed council tax rise for the year ahead is expected to be one of the lowest county council increases in the country if agreed.
We’re proposing a rise of 3.75% for 2023-24, which is expected to be the lowest in the East Midlands and predicted to be amongst the lowest nationally.
Our Cabinet will meet on Thursday 2 February 2023 to consider the council tax proposal, alongside details of how we will manage and spend a proposed £675 million net budget for the coming year.
Nationally, the government has allowed local authorities to raise their council tax by a maximum of 5%, and it is expected that around 80% of county councils will raise their council tax by this amount.
In Derbyshire, if the 3.75% is agreed by Full Council on 15 February 2023 it would see an extra 80p per week (£41.55 per year) for an average band B household and for a band D household the rise would be £1.03 per week (£53.42 per year).
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Tickets are selling fast for the last instalment in the Shine A Light programme that began in October at Cromford Mills – so hurry if you don't want to miss out.
 The National Trust’s Hardwick Hall near Chesterfield will host two nights of stunning after-dark displays for the final instalment of Derbyshire’s Shine A Light spectacular on Friday 17 & Saturday 18 February 2023.
You'll be able to see Hardwick’s remarkable history unfold in a breathtaking display of light and sound projected against the dramatic backdrop of Bess of Hardwick’s Elizabethan masterpiece. The displays will combine cutting-edge projections, moving animations, special effects, and live music.
With live entertainment throughout each evening, and food and drink vendors selling treats from pancakes to Indian street food, Shine A Light promises fun for the whole family.
Tickets are £9 for adults and £6 per child aged four to 16. Children aged three and under go free.
Did you know grants of up to £1,500 are available to help Derbyshire residents retrain and learn new skills suited to low carbon technology?
 More than 60 Derbyshire residents have already benefitted from our Green Entrepreneurs Scholarship Scheme including Jon Honeyfield, a plumber and heating engineer from Holymoorside.
Jon applied for a grant and was awarded £1,250 to cover the cost of two courses to learn how to safely install heat pumps.
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