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Welcome to Amber Valley Voice Sumer has arrived, hurray! I don’t mind how long it lasts, I’m just so grateful to have some proper hot and shiny sunshine!!
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We have a few new advertisers this month, so a warm welcome to them and of course, a happy welcome back to all the existing ones! All the advertisers are good quality local providers of services that you will find useful at some point, so keep this mag until next month for reference!
Carla has recommended Heather at Body & Sole this month after her massage, which she enjoyed immensely and the offers from Heather this month are looking pretty tasty! We’ve also got some updates from Alfreton Indoor Market and Leonard Cheshire Disability have some vacancies, alongside all the usual updates and information. Also, we’ve had Mrs Owen from Higham come forward as well regarding last month’s plea for a disabled dog walk. I’ve contacted the relevant person who enquired and passed on the details of a club that meets in Clay Cross. It just goes to show, community news can be spread...just make sure you keep the information coming in and we will print it!!
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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MARKET Alfreton Indoor Market During the summer of 2013 the market will have a new frontage and a new roof. New doors and heating options are also being explored New stalls arriving, kiosks being introduced Car Boot stalls available on Saturdays for £10 Look out for shows from Magic Mel during 2013 Want to start your own business? New Trader incentive available Business advisor available Working closely with Job Centre For more information contact Vicki England – Markets & Town Centre Officer on 07971 126363 or vicki.england@ambervalley.gov.uk
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Upcoming walk with Alfreton and District Rambling Club
We walk on alternate Sundays and meet in the car park near Alfreton Library at 9:30am. Bring a drink and packed lunch. Suitable footwear and clothing required. New faces made welcome. Walks TBC from July 10th including evening walks. For more info call Terry on 01773 835437 or Dave 01773 835275.
Amber Valley Rugby Club - Family Fun Day
Starting from 11am on Saturday 3rd August followed by a campout...but remember your kit, as there is training the following morning!!
Leonard Cheshire Disability Summer Fayre
A full day of family fun with a Bouncy Castle, Live Music, Craft and Gift Stalls, Gymnastics display, Vintage Vehicles and much, much more. Held at Green Gables, 42 Wingfield Road, Alfreton, DE55 7AN on Sunday 18th August 2013 from 10am until 4pm
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‘Damn Yankees’ Fun Rounders Matches
To celebrate our forthcoming production of Damn Yankees, Ripley & Alfreton Musical Theatre Company are having a set of fun rounders matches! Bring a picnic, sports kit and your A game! We are hoping to have Team RAMTC v Team BMTC ( Belper Musical Theatre Company). This will take place on the Swanwick Rec right next to Swanwick Centenary Centre on Sunday July 28th starting at 1.00pm.
Family Disco at Riddings Community Centre
Friday 23rd August and 27th September. 7pm until 11pm. £2 for adults and children are free. No children allowed without parents. Look out for a September Disco and a Halloween Special later, for more information call 01773 607907.
Somercotes ‘Our Rubbish Day’
Come along and join the childcare workers making things from recycled items Monday 29th July, 10:30am - 2:30pm At Somercotes Children’s Centre , Nottingham Road, Somercotes, DE55 4LY For more information call 01773 604843
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This month we aim to help you solve some of your nail problems by helping you to identify and treat your individual nail needs. Once treated, this will lead to stronger and more beautiful nails . Can you identify any of these problems? You might have a combination of more than one of these – I’m sure we can help and advise you as to the best products to use.
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Nails bend slightly when pressed Grow easily Nail bed is a healthy shade of pink Nails have a natural sheen Advice : Maintain nails with cuticle oil and by using a good quality hand cream.
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Nails bend very easily when pressed Nails rarely grow past your fingertip Nail bed is a healthy shade of pink Nails have a natural sheen Advice : Apply Mavala Scientifique to harden and strengthen nails tips and prevent chipping and peeling. To promote nail growth, use mavaderma conditioner. Treat your nails regularly with nail oil or cuticle cream.
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Alfreton Safer Neighbourhood Update Your local Safer Neighbourhood policing team is advising residents about the safe and responsible use of mini-motos, scooters, off road and quad bikes. The advice follows a slight increase in reports about them being used anti-socially during the warmer weather, especially around public footpaths, parks and open spaces. As well as carrying out patrols, speaking to riders and taking positive action whenever possible, we have also worked with the Amber Valley Community Safety Partnership to produce an information leaflet which explains the law around riding vehicles such as go-peds, scooters, mini motos, motorbikes and scramblers. Along with advice to riders, the booklet also features information to sellers, to land owners, residents and also parents who might be thinking of buying one for their teenager. Vehicles including mini-motos, go-peds, scooters, motorbikes or scramblers cannot be used on footpaths and cycle routes and they must be taxed, licensed and insured for use on public roads. Bikes can be seized, scrapped and the riders or owners given a fine if they are used illegally. Residents who are concerned about this type of issue are encouraged to make a note of as many details as they can about the incident, from the times dates and locations, to the type or model of bike and colour, and if possible a description of any riders. Please report any information you have to police on 101, the non emergency number, or through Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 so that we can take appropriate action against any riders causing a nuisance or using their bikes illegally in your neighbourhood. If you would like to get hold of a leaflet please contact your local Safer Neighbourhood policing team on 101, the non emergency number for Derbyshire police, or visit Amber Valley Borough Council’s website: www.ambervalley.gov.uk
Carla’s Choice I just wanted to let our readers know about a full body massage that I received with Heather at Body & Sole recently. Massages aren’t usually my thing but after being presented with a voucher as a gift for my birthday I thought it would be rude not to. Heather was amazing and is fantastic at what she does. She clearly knows her stuff and I felt in such good hands, (excuse the pun) that I didn’t want it to end. Heather has an array of treatments available and I will definitely be visiting her soon for all my pampering needs. Thanks Heather xx
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1. Keeping Hardwick Inn on your right, cross the cattle grid and walk up the road into Hardwick Park. Stay with the road until it bends sharply left. At this point, go straight ahead to pass through a gate and into a field. 2. Follow the well-trodden path across the field to pass through another gate. You will begin to enter woodland. Follow the path up hill to a T-junction and turn right. Follow the path ahead and then down into a dip and up the other side. At the very end of the woodland, pass through a gate and onto a lane. 3. Follow the lane straight ahead passing a cottage on the left. Further on you will reach ‘Norwood Barn’ on the left. Here take the sign posted footpath through the large wooden gate to the left. The path will take you between the buildings, through a gap in a stone wall and on into an open field. 4. Go straight across the field and into a wooded arder ea. Head down hill, cross a small footbridge Reaffer and into another open field. Follow the path for O a short distance and then into a small wooded area. Just inside the trees you will cross ‘Rowthorne Trail’. Take the path straight ahead signposted for ‘Rowthorne Village’. 5. Continue straight, passing through 3 hedgerows and eventually onto a road. Turn left along the road to reach a T-Junction and then turn right into Rowthorne Village. 6. Continue along the road until you see a footpath to with every purchase of the left signposted for ‘Ault Hucknall’. Take the Millers Complete Dog Food path through a wooden gate and after a short diswith this coupon tance through a metal gate into a field. Go straight ahead and then turn towards the bottom right hand corner of this field to pass through another metal gate. Keeping the hedgerow on your right, cross this field to pass through a wooden gate and onto a road.
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7. Cross the road diagonal left and then go through a wooden gate into a field. Cross the field, then through a hedgerow into another field and eventually through a wooden gate onto a road. 8. Turn left on the road to pass Ault Hucknall Church on your right. Just past the church take the bridle path on your left signposted for ‘Hardwick Park’. 9. Continue straight along the bridle path passing a signpost reading ‘residents vehicles only’ and then onto a blue wooden gate. Pass through the gate and in a short distance where the bridle path bears right, go straight down to a road. 10. At the road turn left, cross the cattle grid and turn immediately right and head down hill, keeping a fence on your right. After a short distance turn right through a wooden gate. Follow the path passing several ponds on your left and passing through a kissing gate. After passing a large metal gate on your right at a cross roads, take a sharp left onto a footpath. 11. Continue ahead, passing through a wooden gate and keeping a large pond on your right. After a short distance, take a left fork to move slightly away from the pond and to eventually pass a smaller pond on the left. 12. Pass through a wooden gate and continue ahead towards a wooded area behind a metal fence. Keep the fence on your right and continue until you have reached the Hardwick Inn. This walk is for illustrative purposes only. The Amber Valley Voice takes no responsibility for anyone who chooses to follow this route and encourages all walkers to obey all byelaws and signs and to respect the area they are walking in, ensuring they pick up all dog mess and obey the countryside code at all times.
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Give Your Business Room to Grow Green Gables has a cheerful and friendly atmosphere, with many of our residents choosing to take part in a variety of trips
Affordable office space to let right now:
Easy-in, easy-out terms Fully furnished & serviced Plug in-and-go phone & broadband Free parking & business signage Meeting room available
For info. & viewings, call Steve on 01773 510882 @ South Normanton Business Centre, 34-40 High St., SN, DE55 2BP
We pride ourselves on supporting our residents to be independent and to take part in community activities as they wish We currently have bed vacancies. For information please contact Linda Barker on: 01773 832 422 linda.barker@LCDisability.org www.LCDisability.org Green Gables. Wingfield Road, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7AN
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Now come on - admit it - when the radio plays your favourite track, or you’re indulging in a great rousing CD, you do actually wriggle those hips a little - or even succumb to dancing round the kitchen, leaping round the bedroom and shimmying round the lounge?
his treatment my fingers were sinking into soft toffee instead of hard caramel! Holiday time is another great way of converting your body and mind into pliable mode instead of pent-up tension. We all feel better for the sunshine and a break and it is transporting this into everyday life winter AND summer that is the trick to a more balanced life and feeling more relaxed and self fulfilled. Whilst holidaying very regularly isn’t for everyone taking a day off to walk/cycle one of the lovely tracks we have in the area, or start walking and cycling to work so you can get a break on a daily basis can make a real difference. It’s about considering changing habits which can make all the difference to our joints, muscles, general and mental health...so on that note, I better get on my bike…
And why not? Apart from the sheer exuberance of just ‘letting go’ which is great for releasing stress, the, sometimes erratic movement is a great antidote to the ‘chair position’ ingrained in many people in their working day. Just getting up and moving and putting your body in positions you wouldn’t encounter in your day to day potterings, keeps a good range of movement in your joints even in your 40’s you can start to stiffen and it really IS a case of use it, or lose it! A great way to keep dancing is join a group whether it be jive, ceroc, ballroom or ballet… For muscle and joint pain...About whatever your style there will be a dance Backs & Bones Tel 01332 553332 for you. And if dancing really isn’t your thing consider - anything which makes you stretch. Recently I was amazed at the difference in a patient when he was made redundant. His previously locked up shoulders and neck which had needed monthly maintenance and numerous exercises to keep mobile, suddenly freed up as he was no longer staring at a computer screen 9-5pm. Instead, he was moving: decorating his house, walking more and generally giving his body time to relax. The difference was staggering: less muscle pain only a healthy glow of exercised muscles, and so pliable during
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A daily guide to some of the local clubs and groups in your area Monday Baby Massage - The Hub, Shiners Way, South Normanton, DE55 2AA - 2pm - 3pm. Ages birth - 4 months. Contact the children’s centre on 01629 533735 for information on the next course. Alfreton Jog Club (for those that can run for at least 30mins at a steady pace) - meet at 7:10pm at Alfreton Leisure Centre. Contact Anne or Amy at alfretonjogclub@gmail.com.
Tuesday Little Ones Group - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA - 1.30pm - 3pm - Contact - 01629 533066 South Wingfield Youth Club - Fun & activities for kids aged 6-14 at South Wingfield Social Club, 43 High Road, South Wingfield. DE55 7LX from 7pm - 8:30pm. Contact Michael Hobson on 07545 938994 for more information.
Wednesday Alfreton Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Parent & Toddler Drop in Session Alfreton Nursery School, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA - Term time - 9am - 10am - Contact Angela Stanton : 01773 520031 Watchorn Tots Parent and Toddler Group Watchorn Church, Derby Road, Alfreton. Term time - 10am - 11.30am Contact Judith - 01773 526012 PEEP 2/3’s - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA - 9.30am - 11am (term time only) Supports mums, dads and carers to create the best start for their children by making the most of everyday learning. Contact 01629 533066 In-betweenies - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA - 1.30 - 3pm. Group for children with mums, dads and carers up to the age of 25. Contact - 01629 533066.
Wednesday Crafty Crew - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA - 1.30pm - 3pm . Contact 01629 533066. Alfreton Singers - Swanwick School & Sports College(formerly The Delves) 7.15 -9pm. Mixed choir of friendly singers. All styles of music. Contact Claire
on 01773 835316 for more info.
Thursday Top Tots - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 1.30pm - 3pm. Fun play session with arts, crafts and song time aimed at children ages 1-3 years. Contact - 01629 533066 Weighing Clinic - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 1pm - 2.30pm. Come and have your baby weighed and see someone from the health team. Contact - 01629 533066 Cypress Parent Support Group - The Hub, Shiners Way, South Normanton, DE55 2AA. 10am - 11.30am. (3rd Thursday of every month) A support group for parents and carers of children and young people with additional need and/or Disabilities. Contact 01629 533735. Breastfeeding Group - The Hub, Shiners Way, South Normanton, DE55 2AA. 1.30pm - 3pm. Make new friends, share tips and discuss any issues you may have. Contact - 01629 533735.
Alfreton Society of Painters - 7pm- 9pm at Pennytown Court Community Rooms. Visit www.alfretonsocietyofpainters.com for more info.
Friday Alfreton Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Parent & Toddler Drop in Session. Alfreton Nursery School, Grange Street, Alfreton., DE55 7JA - Term time -1.30pm - 2.30pm. Contact Angela Stanton 01773 520031
AVRUFC Senior Section - training during
Childminding Network - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 9.30am - 11.30am. A chance for local childminder’s to meet. Contact - 01629 533066
close season takes place at Amber Valley RUFC, Lower Somercotes (opposite Pye Bridge Ind Est.) starts at 7pm - 8.30. Contact Stuart Artliff 07966 867946 or Gareth Pilkington 07772 366157.
Tiddlers and Toddlers Group - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 12.30pm - 2.30pm. Run by parents and open to all. Contact - 01629 533066
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A.D.A.S.C Football Club - various training sessions for 5 - 16 year olds. Availability for 5 year olds to start training next season and 6 & 7 years olds required for the summer league. Contact Barry on 01773 836017
Sunday Greenwood Archery - Meet at Swanwick Pentrich Road Football Club on Highfield Road at 10am. Call Simone on 01773 602605 for more details. AVRUFC Junior Section Coaching - Starting 2nd June at Amber Valley RUFC (opp. Pye bridge Ind Est.) starting at 10am. Contact Stuart Artliff 07966 867946 or Gareth Pilkington 07772 366157 . Ages from 4 upwards welcome.
Other Guiding offers opportunities in the following sections: Rainbows age 5-7yrs Brownies aged 7-10yrs Guides aged 10-14yrs Adult Leaders 18yrs + Senior Section aged 14-25yrs If you or your daughter would like to know more about Joining visit www.girlguiding.org.uk/interested or call 0800 1 69 59 01
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE YOUR NON-PROFIT MAKING GROUP IN FUTURE EDITIONS, PLEASE E-MAIL carla@ambervalleyvoice.co.uk Please note that some of the groups listed incur a small charge and we would always recommend that you contact a group prior to attendance.
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