Connections is a unique blend of outdoor living, bushcraft, bee keeping, animal interactions and therapeutic gardening, all mixed with peer support and a safe space.
Find out more >We understand that whether someone is seeking support or is in recovery from an alcohol or substance use problem, there may still be challenges for those who are close to them. Our Family Interventions Worker, who has lived experience knows how difficult it can be to navigate recovery alongside a loved one. Fears of relapse, treading on eggshells, fear for the future and the stability of the family unit are some of the difficulties to face. Our family interventions support project provides advice and support to help you work through the difficulties and meet others who are experiencing similar concerns.
Find out more >Growing Lives provides a combination of skill-building and learning activities with personalised support to help people in recovery develop their social networks, improve their wellbeing and move closer to education, training and employment.
Find out more >Home-Start Erewash is dedicated to empowering parents to provide their children with the best possible start in life. Support will include, Home-Start home visiting support, Connection Café, Embrace Groups and six weekly specialist mindful group activities allowing parents in recovery and their children to connect.
Find out more >Recovery Through Nature - Shipley Park Project
Find out more >Kelsey Family CIC delivers family based recovery activity boxes, family health and well-being activities, family recovery coaching, family retreat space and breathing space for those in recovery commencing their journey out of treatment.
Find out more >We offer opportunities for anyone in recovery from alcohol or substance use, in treatment, or attending another recovery support project, to engage in a range of social and physical activities across Derbyshire. Veteran Led Recovery Connections provides veteran-to-veteran support, befriending and recovery activities for ex-armed forces who have experienced alcohol or substance use problems. STAND TO is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of our veteran community.
Find out more >Carers in Derbyshire has been created by a partnership of unpaid carers and local health, social care and voluntary sector organisations, to jointly create a partnership website to act as ‘starting point’ for carers who are using the internet to find help, advice and support services at any time of the day or night.
Social eating at Cotmanhay Children’s Centre every Tuesday and Thursday 11.30am – 1.30pm. Go along for a three course meal costing around £2.50 and get involved too as they are always looking for volunteers.
Derbyshire Community Bank is the largest Credit Union in Derbyshire with just over 3500 members. Credit unions aim to help people take control of their money by encouraging them to save what they can, and borrow only what they can afford to repay. They are community savings and loan cooperatives, where members pool their savings to lend to one another and help to run the credit union.
We can give you free, confidential, impartial and independent advice and information on a wide range of subjects. We can work with you to sort out any debt worries and claim all the benefits you may be entitled to, help with housing and employment problems, or deal with queries about consumer or tax issues. We can advise on legal matters, answer questions about immigration, and we have lots of experience on family and personal matters too.
Delivered in partnership with People, Potential, Possibilities (P3) and Derbyshire Federation for Mental Health (DFMH), the service will help people improve and maintain their mental health and wellbeing and reconnect with their local community by offering access to targeted one-to-one staff support, telephone support and community groups, and is open to anyone over the age of 18 living in Derbyshire who is experiencing mental ill health.
We provide free and independent welfare rights advice and representation, as well as campaigning for the rights of those who are unemployed, on a low income or sick, injured or disabled by their work.
The Derbyshire Veterans Group HQ is for veterans, their spouses, partners and children from Derbyshire and the surrounding area.The group is for those with an alcohol and/or drug issue and also those with a mental health problem. The group is led by veterans of all Forces, who are best placed to understand the needs of an individual, while bridging the gap veterans often find difficult to bridge.
Derventio Housing Trust provides accommodation for people who are facing homelessness. Each resident is supported to take positive steps to improve their situation and achieve their goals.
We provide support for disabled people to find training, work experience, voluntary work and paid employment. We can advise you about support in the workplace, such as equipment or other support you may need and help employers to support their disabled staff.