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Do you want to carve out a new career or set up a business? Are you looking to land a new job or boost your career prospects?
 To add to our existing range of FREE workshops we’ve launched three new online workshops to help you achieve your career goals.
They are:
- Introduction to Self-Employment – the pros and cons, how to register your business, and the available start-up support.
- Labour Market Information (LMI) and Job Search – valuable insights into the labour market and effective job search strategies to find your next opportunity.
- Career Planning – map out your career path with expert guidance on identifying opportunities, setting goals, and creating a roadmap for success.
Existing courses include:
- Applying to the civil service
- Employment support for those over 50
- Interview skills
- Writing CVs and job applications that really work
- Identifying your transferable skills
- Applying for Derbyshire County Council job vacancies.
All of the courses are 1.5 hours long and are free of charge.
Participants should be aged 19 or over, but 18-year-olds not in education, employment or training can also apply.
If you use our household waste recycling centres, please be aware that we're introducing a few changes.
From 1 October, there'll be a slight change in daily opening times from 8.30am-6pm to 9.30am-5pm at eight of the council's nine centres. Hours will remain the same at the Waterswallows site in Buxton due to different contractual arrangements at that centre.
A new trade waste service is also due to be introduced at the Stonegravels (Chesterfield) and Ashbourne household waste recycling centres in the coming weeks.
Once the new service is introduced, if you run a small business or you're an independent trader in Derbyshire, you'll be able to use the two sites between 08.30am and 9.30am and 5pm to 6pm daily when the facilities will be closed to the public.
Traders will be charged to dispose of their waste according to the type of waste and its weight.
Arrangements are also being put in place for a registration scheme for residents to ensure those using the household waste recycling centres are entitled to do so.
A date for the introduction of the trade waste and registration schemes is yet to be confirmed.
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If you use our libraries, please remember to have a say on plans for their future.
The proposals aim to keep library buildings open as well as creating a modern, agile, family-friendly and sustainable service across the county.
Our new draft Derbyshire Public Library Service Strategy 'A Modern Library Service for Derbyshire' is aimed at meeting necessary budget savings and reflecting changing patterns of library use while ensuring the service remains as accessible, efficient and cost-effective as possible.
The library service consultation runs until Saturday 2 November 2024. Residents with any queries about the consultation should email publiclibrary.consultation@derbyshire.gov.uk
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There's still time to take part in enjoyable and informative walks in Derbyshire.
Autumn Footprints Walking Festival runs until the end of this month and the walks are free to all.
The walks are led by knowledgeable local volunteers and staff keen to show off their patch. Walkers will discover a wide variety of walks to explore local heritage, natural history and wildlife. The routes take in walks alongside rivers and canals, as well as through open countryside, towns and villages.
To book call 01629 533991. All walks are FREE but there may be a parking charge.
Autumn Footprints is a collaboration of local groups (walking, history, and wildlife groups), Amber Valley Borough Council, Derbyshire County Council, and Groundwork Five Counties.
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If you, or someone you know, needs urgent mental health support, help is available in Derby and Derbyshire:
- Visit one of the crisis drop-in services open Fridays and Saturdays 6pm to 11pm, and Sundays 2.30pm to 5.30pm:
- Go to one of the safe havens open every evening from 4.30pm to 12.30am:
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Derby Safe Haven (309 Burton Road, Derby DE23 6AG): 0330 0083722
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Chesterfield Safe Haven (188 North Wingfield Road, Grassmoor, Chesterfield S42 5EJ): 01246 949410 or make a booking online.
- Call the mental health helpline and support service – the helpline number is 0800 028 0077. If you are in Derby and Derbyshire at the time of your call, you can also reach the helpline by dialling 111 and selecting option 2. Wherever you are in the country, you can dial 111 and select the 'mental health' option to reach the NHS helpline in your area. You can also contact the service via SignVideo if you are Deaf or hearing impaired: derbyshirehelpline.com
In an emergency or life-threatening situation, please go to your nearest Accident & Emergency (A&E) or call 999.
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