Going Local
Help us spend £10,000 to improve your area
Going Local is a scheme that provides local communities with the resources to make improvements, locally, that will have an immediate impact on the area.
The Going Local scheme runs in conjunction with the Area Forums.
The four forum areas – Buxton, Central, Glossopdale and Hope Valley – have each been allocated £10,000 to spend on projects within their area. Projects will be implemented with a focus on Cleaner, Greener, Safer themes.
Many of the projects undertaken are also partly funded by other agencies or groups, and this enables the Going Local scheme to achieve the best value, with the money available.
This joint funding enables schemes, worth much more than the original £10,000, to be undertaken.
If you have a suggestion on how we can help to improve your area, please tell us here - we'd like to hear from you.
What we have achieved for you...
Buxton
Completed projects
- Open Top Bins on Slopes and in Crescent Area replaced with closed top bins;
- Gap in Spring Gardens car park wall to allow easy access to road and car park;
- Replacement of damaged stones in Spring Gardens pedestrian area;
- Repairs to the Cote Heath skate park fencing;
- Buxton in Bloom 2007 barrier troughs;
- Floral Containers (Vision Buxton/Britain in Bloom) within Spring Gardens;
- Pavilion Gardens – repairs to damaged street lights on Jordan’s walk;
- Gateway Signs on entrance to Buxton to promote East Midlands in Bloom award.
Proposed Projects
- Community notice boards to be installed in higher and lower Buxton.
Central
Completed projects
- Free swims at all High Peak leisure pools for 0-16 year olds over the February half-term holiday;
- Signage and clean-up in and around the Torrs, New Mills;
- Roadside clean-up around Queens Bridge, New Mills;
- Repair/refurbishment of public seats, Whaley Bridge;
- Weed clearance of retaining wall along Canal Street, Whaley Bridge;
- Contribution to cost of re-wiring of Hayfield village hall;
- Removal of chewing gum from pavements on market place, Chapel;
- Tidy path running down back of Brookside, Chapel-en-le-Frith;
- Contribution towards Chapel-en-le-Frith street signs in conservation area;
- Tidy up on Squirrel Green, Chinley.
Proposed projects
- Non-slip surface to wooden pedestrian bridge by Woodbrook, Whaley Bridge;
- Footpath improvements between the railway bridge off Lower Lane and Chinley Park;
- Replacement of seat by River Kinder off Mill Street, Hayfield;
- Provision of flags and bunting for New Mills Town Centre.
Glossopdale
Completed projects
- Improvement to street furniture, pathways and verges in the old hall conservation area, Hadfield;
- Nine new grit bins provided around Glossop;
- Clean-up of Hadfield industrial estate;
- Painting of benches and riverside walk signs in Harehills;
- Cleaning and graffiti removal from bridge in Harehills;
- Clean-up of Wren Nest Mill pond;
- Clean-up completed of public footpath from Newshaw Lane to Glossop Community College;
- Jet washing of walls on Whitfield recreation ground;
- Grass cutting and bulb planting around Whitfield well.
Hope Valley
Completed projects
- Contribution to works on hall floor at Edale village hall;
- New refuse bin on Shatton Lane, Shatton;
- Larger bins outside Hope Valley Post Office;
- Village public address system for Bamford with Thornhill Parish Council;
- Contribution to alterations at Castleton Village Hall;
- Sports coaches for the Yorkshire Bridge fun day;
- Safe surfacing for playing fields in Edale;
- Contribution to Parson’s Gate spruce up;
- Sets of litter picking equipment.
Proposed Projects
- Landscaping of Peak Forest village green;
- Contribution to refurbishment project at the Peak Centre;
- Contribution to restoration works to the chapel in Derwent and Hope Woodlands parish.
