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There will be a meeting at the Lonny Wilsoncroft Community Centre Stepping Lane, Derby DE1 1GL regarding the traffic calming measures which have been proposed for the area. If you would like to look at the proposed plans and ask any questions this is your chance. The meeting will be held on Tuesday 21st August from 5.30pm until 7pm. So make sure you come along if you want to have your say and input.

We will be starting our weekly trips to the Meteor Centre for shopping from Monday 6th August at 10am. There are limited spaces available, so if you would like to book a seat please get in touch. We will collect you from your home and drop you off at home afterwards. We have chosen the Meteor Centre because they have shops there which we do not have in our neighbourhood, such as Morrisons and Aldi. We will be asking for a small donation to cover the cost of petrol for the trip.

As most of us know, there has been a couple of major changes within the council these past few months. We have a new Mayor, Councillor Mike Carr from the Liberal Democrat party and the Conservatives are now leading the council. With these changes, leaders believed it to be a good idea to go out and connect with the public. All parties were invited to attend a residents meeting at the Lonny Wilsoncroft community centre, located in the New Zealand area. The residents meeting was open to all members of Derby, not just to members of the Mackworth ward.The councillors in attendance were, local Co...

I would like to thank everyone that came along to Gala Day on Cheviot St Rec, we hope you enjoyed yourselves, we had lots of new attractions this year, which went down really well. I have to thank our lovely volunteers, who worked so hard both before, during and after the event. Thanks to Peter Good, Cllr Adrian Pegg, Shania, Rosie, Shyler, Kia and Sarah, who all turned up on the day to run stalls for us.To Andy, Jude and Lynn who provided us with plants and Andys fantastic bug hotels for the children to assemble, which went down a treat. To Trudy also. Thanks to Alan Marley for again tur...

New event for this year - two local residents will be opening their gardens to other residents to come and have a look. Both are keen gardeners and have previously entered the New Zealand Garden Competition, one being a winner and another taking 2nd place. So if on Saturday 23rd June between 2 and 4pm you have some time to spare, please pop along and take a look. 50p entry and refreshments on sale at each house - all monies going towards the boiler and roof fund at the Community Centre. The addresses are 49 Morley St DE22 3DG and 64 Howe St DE22 3ER