Agricultural Chaplaincy Partners Organisations that link to the Agricultural Chaplaincy project and help us help others. Expand Methodist Church of Great Britain, including Sheffield District and Nottinghamshire & Derby District. The Agricultural Chaplaincy project is funded by the Connexional Fund of the Methodist Church. Their generous support means that the project can get on with the business of supporting farmers in Derbyshire for which we are immensely grateful. Read more about their support here. Workplace Chaplaincy Derbyshire (WCS). WCD is a Christian organisation which provides pastoral support to people in the county by building bridges of understanding between industry, faith, commerce and society. WCD provide excellent training and support to Derbyshire's Agricultural Chaplains. Read more about their support here. The Royal Agricultural Benevolence Institution (RABI). RABI offer financial support to farming people in hardship of all ages and do a fantastic job supporting farmers. The Derbyshire Agricultural Chaplaincy cannot commend RABI highly enough. The lead Agricultural Chaplain, Rev'd Alan Griggs is a member of the Derbyshire RABI Fundraising Committee. Read more about their work here. Addington Fund A charity whose main area of work is to provide homes for farming familiies living in England and Wales who have to leave the industry. The Addington Fund have provided vitally needed support to farmers in Derbyshire, helping the Agricultural Chaplaincy offer holistic support in times of need. Find out more about the Addington Fund. Farming Community Network (FCN) FCN is a voluntary organisation and charity that supports farmers and families within the farming community through difficult times. The Agricultural Chaplaincy works closely with FCN on the ground, cross referring and working together to support farming in Derbyshire. Read more about FCN.
OIl and LPG Partners Organisations that support our LPG and oil buying schemes. Expand Oil The Community Oil Buying Scheme works with Olive (trading name of eSmartMetrics Ltd), a small company based in Carsington to provide an efficient and competitive oil buying option for anyone in Derbyshire relying on kerosese to for their heating, hot water and or cooking. RAD and Olive launched the new internet based system in October 2015. Olive run the website and negotiate with the suppliers. They have also developed a 'smart' oil tank sensor/smart meter that links via the internet to your computer giving you an extensive range of information on your oil usage. If set up to pay for your oil buy direct debit, there is also a facility to set up automatic oil orders so you have peace of mind you will never run out. The scheme couldn't work without the involvement of a number of oil suppliers that can deliver to properties throughout Derbyshire. These suppliers work with us to provide our members with the best possible price for oil. LPG We work with Swift Energy Consultants and FloGas to try and get the best possible deal for households using LPG for their heating/cooking needs. Competitive prices are available for the cylinders, but more significantly for bulk LPG contracts. Swift Energy Consultants was set up in 2009 by two friends, Paul Cross and James Robertson. Swift Energy provides fuel solutions to the off grid communities in Warwickshire, Shropshire and Derbyshire. The concept was to develop a LPG buying group, similar to that seen within the oil market. Swift work alongside RAD and Flogas, supplying competitive bulk LPG contracts. To compliment the oil customers, some of whom use LPG for cooking, Swift also supply LPG cyclinders.
Suicide Awareenss Partners Organisations that link to our Suicide Awareness Project. Expand Public Health - Derbyshire County Council RAD is funded by Public Health to deliver free seminars to raise awareness around the subject of suicide and to break down some of the barriers which may prevent people from reaching out for help. The Derbyshire Suicide Prevention Partnership Forum A group founded by Public Health Derbyshire whose work includes the following: sharing data as appropriate to help develop suicide prevention priorities engaging with local organisations and community groups regarding suicide prevention The following organisations are represented on the Derbyshire Suicide Prevention Partnership Forum: British Transport Police Derby City Council Derbyshire County Council Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust Derbyshire Mental Health Forum Derbyshire Police Derbyshire Voice East Midlands Ambulance Service Erewash, Hardwick, North Derbyshire and Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Groups Harmless North Derbyshire Voluntary Action Relate Safeguarding – children and young people Samaritans Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
The Money House Partners Organisations that support The Money House Project. Expand Derbyshire County Council The Money House has been supported by Derbyshire County Council’s Children’s Services Team, who have covered the cost of the programme for care leavers across the county. We are also supported to cover travel costs for young people by the Public Health teams in High Peak and Erewash, without which transport would be unaffordable. Derbyshire County Council website Nat West Skills & Opportunities Fund Through their Skills & Opportunities Fund, NatWest have provided The Money House with funding to get the project off the ground. Find out more about the Fund Foundation Derbyshire Foundation Derbyshire have funded the cost of the programme for ten non-care leavers from across the county. Find out more about them here. Chesterfield Borough Council The Money House takes place in a real flat which we rent from Chesterfield Borough Council, who also support the project by visiting us at lunchtime to talk to young people about the registration process, tenancy agreements and how to access further help should they run into difficulties with their tenancy in the future. Chesterfield Borough Council website Chesterfield Citizens Advice Chesterfield Citizens Advice support the project by visiting us at lunchtime to talk to young people about their Money Advice Service and the wider support and advice they can offer should the young people run into problems in the future. Chesterfield Citizens Advice website Severn Trent Water Severn Trent support the project by visiting us at lunchtime to talk about the Big Difference Scheme and the support they can offer to help people on low incomes to buy white goods for their new home. Big Difference Scheme Derbyshire Community Bank Derbyshire Community Bank support The Money House by visiting the young people at lunchtime to talk about how they can help young people budget, save and access affordable credit. Find out more here Derbyshire Law Centre Derbyshire Law Centre support the Money House by visiting us at lunchtime to talk about how they can help young people with advice on housing and debt issues, especially how they can access a Personal Navigator and the ‘Money Sorted’ project which provides one to one help with finances and debt management. Go to their website Action Action have supported the project since the pilot programmes, referring young people from their 'Sustainable Tenancy Project' and working closely with us to raise awareness of the project with referral agencies. Find out more about Action Framework Framework Housing Association have supported the project since the pilot programmes, without them the pilots may not have been possible. They also refer young people from their service and they work closely with The Money House to raise awareness of the project with referral agencies. Framework website
Wheels to Work Partners Organisations linked to the Wheels to Work project Expand Motorcycle Training Centres Wheels to Work has a network of motorcycle training centres throughout the county, who help and support the project to get the clients safely on the road by delivering the Compulsory Basic Training (CBT). All of the training centres are approved and inspected by Derbyshire County Council’s Motorcycle Safety Officer, who worked with W2W to help design the additional training the Wheels to Work project provides, the CBT Plus. Motorcycle Dealers The project works closely with Roy Jervis & Co. Ltd, Via Moto and Bob Minion Ltd. The partnerships that have formed with these motorbike shops are invaluable to Wheels to Work. They don’t just provide the mopeds, but they provide on-going maintenance, storage and a delivery and collection service. Bike Back Derby Wheels to Work provides reconditioned bicycles for people wanting to cycle to work, college or a training course, and these are bought from Bike Back Derby. Bike Back Derby supplies bicycles that have been reclaimed by prisoners from Nottingham Prison. This helps the prisoners obtain a qualification in bicycle maintenance, helping their rehabilitation by offering volunteering in the Bike Back Derby workshop and at events in conjunction with Wheels to Work. Wheels 2 Work Association (W2WA) The W2W Derbyshire Manager is a director of the W2WA, along with 5 other scheme managers and independent Directors. There is a national co-ordinator who lobbies central government on behalf of all the member schemes, and part of the Directors’ work is to consult with the other schemes throughout the country, and feed back to the co-ordinator what issues the member schemes would like the Association to work on. Funders W2W Derbyshire has had numerous funders over its 13 year life, but currently there are just 3. These are Big Lottery Fund, Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council. Each of these funders provide a contribution towards the delivery of the project in order to help Derbyshire residents access work, training or learning opportunities using either a moped loan or a bicycle provided by W2W.