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New Council and Civic Chairman Councillor Nick Adams and his Vice Chair Councillor Jodie Brown have been announced.
Married with two young children, Councillor Adams is an organic beef and sheep farmer from Ashbourne. After finishing school in the town he was awarded a scholarship to study agriculture at university in Western Australia and he has worked and travelled extensively overseas.
He served for 10 years in the Staffordshire Regiment TA as an infantry section Commander and has a passion for food, farming and the countryside, as well as being a practical environmentalist.
He has chosen Derbyshire Rural Chaplaincy as his nominated charity for the year which he says reflects three things he cares deeply about; Derbyshire (his home) rural issues (food, farming and the countryside) and Chaplaincy (his Christian faith).
Councillor Jodie Brown is originally from Lincolnshire and now lives in Long Eaton. She has a long-standing career in education as a school psychologist specialising in behaviour for learning and has worked with the Ministry of Education overseas, living and working in five different countries.
Married and a parent, Councillor Brown has built and run businesses both in the UK and abroad.
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We’re calling on Derbyshire residents to help support the fight against scams by sending any scam letters you receive to a national team targeting the problem.
Our Trading Standards officers are backing the campaign by Friends Against Scams to tackle the issue of scam mail and prevent people being conned.
Postal scams are letters sent with the goal of obtaining money using deception or fraud - and are often targeted at people aged 65 or over.
They’re often addressed personally and are typically:
- lottery or prize draw scams
- psychic scams
- health cure scams
- investment scams.
The SCAMnesty campaign aims to encourage you to talk to relatives about scam letters, look at examples, and to send in any unwanted scam and nuisance mail to National Trading Standards (NTS) Scams Team completely free of charge to:
NTSST
Freepost
Mail Marshals
That's the whole address and there's no need for a stamp.
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Did you know that single-use vapes, also known as disposable vapes, were banned from Sunday 1 June?
Our trading standards team is advising businesses, traders and people who sell at car boots to make sure they know the new rules.
Traders with questions about following the rules of the ban or how it’ll be enforced should contact trading.standards@derbyshire.gov.uk
If you suspect that someone is supplying single-use vapes, you can report it to Citizens Advice.
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It's Carers Week this week (9-15 June) and there are lots of activities and events for unpaid carers happening across Derbyshire.
From a wellbeing walk in the beautiful Peak District to three carers roadshows where you can meet other carers, share experiences and take a well-deserved moment for yourself, all carers are welcome.
To access the events and activities you’ll need to be an unpaid carer for a person living in Derbyshire.
For more information about the events visit the Carers Week page of the Derbyshire Carers Association website, call them on 01773 833833 or email info@derbyshirecarers.co.uk
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