Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Universal Credit Christmas Carol Concert and then Parliamentary Hustings in Dronfield


The Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Unite Community Branch is staging a Universal Credit Christmas Carol Concert on Saturday 30th November at St Paul's Church, Dronfield at 3.30pm half an hour prior to the Parliamentary hustings taking place at that venue.  Please see example below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyRcx1E9QaA&t=58s

First join the festive sing song at St Paul's Methodist Church 85 Green Lane, Dronfield S18 2LP.  It will be followed by a General Election Hustings at the same venue from 4 PM on Saturday 30th November. Taking part will be the four parliamentary candidates for North East Derbyshire :
Chris Peace Labour
Lee Rowley Conservative
Ross Shipman Liberal Democrat
Frank Adlington-Stringer Green Party

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Today's Guardian on Politics in NE Derbyshire.

For a viewpoint on the current electoral situation in North East Derbyshire see the central section of this article in today's Guardian, starting from just above the followng photo showing Chris Peace the Labour Candidate along with other campaigners. Click here.
     You may need to scrawl up the page.
Chris Peace (left) campaigning in Clay Cross in the North East Derbyshire constituency.

Monday, November 4, 2019

Our support for the Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centres

See the link below for access to the current key 2019 Annual Report of the Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centres. Of particular relevance to those who have connections with Dronfield Blather see (a) the report of the Centres Chair Graham Baxter on page 4, he fully participates in our Discussion Meetings, (b) the report of the bodies coordinator Colin Hampton on page 5, he recently addressed one of our meetings, (c) material on the Centres work in the North East Derbyshire area on pages 22 to 25 and (d) the obituary for the late John Gilbert who worked fully with the Centres and was a regular at our meetings. The report fully explains the financial difficulties facing the Centres key operations due to the recent withdrawal of funding by the recently elected Conservative controlled NE Derbyshire District Council. The support given to the Centres by the former Labour controlled District Council under Graham Baxter's leadership is something we need to fully press to re-establish. Click here for access to the full report.

The three items on this blog below this one are also of relevance to the above matters.