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As the warm weather continues you may decide to head to the coast or visit rivers and reservoirs closer to home to enjoy a day in the sunshine.
 If you plan to be around water, whether it’s a trip to the seaside, lakeside or river, there are things to bear in mind to help keep you and your loved ones safe.
At the beach:
- visit a beach with a lifeguard
- only swim between the red and yellow flags
- don't use inflatables
- call 999 and ask for the coastguard if someone's in trouble, don't enter the water yourself.
Inland, open water in rivers, lakes or reservoirs can hide dangers such as debris and rocks. Reeds can quickly lead to entrapment. The cold temperature of the water can also lead to Cold Water Shock – causing cramp and difficulty breathing – this can lead to drowning in even the strongest swimmer.
If you're paddleboarding read the RNLI's safety advice and wherever you are, know the dangers and keep out of open water. If you do find yourself in difficulty, ensure you know how to #FloatToLive.
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There's free advice and support for Derbyshire students who got their A-Level results last week or for anyone getting their GCSE results this week.
Students have lots of choices for their next steps and we can help with free advice on a range of options for their futures whether their results are what they hoped for or not, whether it’s job hunting, apprenticeships, training or routes on to more education.
If you know families with teenagers who’ve received or are expecting their results, or you’re connected with youth or community groups, please help us spread the word that we offer support.
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Have you had your say about our proposals for reducing the number of councils in Derby and Derbyshire from 10 to two?
 The Government asked councils in areas where there are two layers of councils, known as ‘tiers’, to come up with proposals for moving to a single tier known as unitary councils – and there’s still time to comment on options we're proposing.
More than 3,800 people who live or work in Derby and Derbyshire have already completed our survey to give their views on three potential options for creating one council in the north of the county and one for the south including Derby. These options aim to simplify the system, provide better value for council tax-payers and create stronger communities.
You may already have completed a survey on a slightly different set of proposals from Derby City and local district and borough councils, and it’s important to have your say on both.
Safe Places are public buildings in towns and communities across Derbyshire, such as libraries, GP surgeries, pharmacies, pubs, restaurants, cafes and shops. And we want to get more places signed up. Can you help?
A Safe Place is somewhere people can go if they feel scared, are lost or need help when they are out and about.
We currently have 366 places signed up as Safe Places and we’re keen to sign up more. We’re especially keen to include places that are open in the evenings and places in South Derbyshire, Erewash and North East Derbyshire.
Participating venues display stickers in their windows so people can see that they are part of the scheme. This will make them confident that they can go in and ask for help if they need to.
Recently signed up is the award-winning lifestyle store, Delightful Living (pictured), in Eyam where Anne, Paul and pet greyhound Loulou would be ready to give support’.
To become a Derbyshire Safe Place, someone who has the authority to commit the organisation or business to the Derbyshire Safe Place Scheme needs to complete the application form. This could be the owner, director or a senior manager.
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If you're aged 19 to 21, or know someone who is, you'll be interested in our pilot scheme for our new b_line3 card.
Our popular b_line card scheme, which offers single bus fares for £1.50 to 11 to 19-year-olds, is being extended to more young people aged from 19 up until their 22nd birthday.
The new scheme for 19 to 21-year-olds will be run as a pilot until 31 December 2025.
b_line3 cards will be valid for £1.50 single fares on many of the county’s bus routes. These include those run by Stagecoach, High Peak, Arriva, Diamond, Central Connect, SPCT and Andrew’s of Tideswell services for journeys starting and/or ending in Derbyshire (including Derby city). At the moment the b_line3 scheme does not include any buses run by TrentBarton.
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Our library service has teamed up with Derby Book Festival, the Society of Authors and Derby City Libraries to present a series of talks by local authors in libraries.
From Derbyshire’s first ever poet laureate Cathy Grindrod and thriller writer Steven Dunne (right), to Mark Eklid on how his career as a journalist influenced his crime writing, there’ll be talks and workshops covering a broad range of topics – fiction and non-fiction
The aim is to support local authors, enabling them to promote and sell their books, bring them to a wider audience and gain feedback from readers.
Other authors featured are Ian Collis, Judith Barclay, Ben Macpherson, Ian C Douglas, Matthew Page, Sophie Draper, Dan Webber and Stephen Bonham.
There will be a small charge for the events, which is given to the author, who will also be selling copies of their books.
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We're asking families to have their say about childcare to help us plan better support services.
We’re carrying out a survey with parents and carers of children aged up to 14 – or up to 18 with additional needs.
The survey will assess the current childcare market in Derbyshire - including nursery places and holiday clubs - and to do that we need to hear about families’ current and future childcare needs to help us plan better support and improve how services and information are provided.
From this September, eligible families will be able to access up to 30 hours of funded childcare a week from the term after their baby turns nine months old until they reach school age.
This national funding scheme has changed the childcare market in Derbyshire and we want to find out how it’s affected local families and how we can help.
Please complete our survey before the Sunday 31 August deadline to help us provide the support and services families need.
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We’re looking for school governors to inspire young lives.
Do you have an interest in education? Could you become one of our school governors and help children and young people get the best start in life?
Governors play a vital role in the lives of children and young people – and we’re appealing for new recruits to join our team.
Applicants don’t need any special skills or training, don’t have to have worked in a school or be a parent – they just need to be aged 18 or over and have an enthusiastic interest in our children’s future.
Governors can be in full or part-time work, not working or taking a career break, have children or not, be in higher education or training or retired. Full support and guidance will be provided for roles starting in the September autumn term or on into 2026.
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