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Author: Michael Wren

Church Re-Roofing Project

Church Re-Roofing Project

Great news. The project to re-roof the church and fit solar panels is now completed

The solar panels and battery storage are in place and operating. This will benefit both the church and the community shop by substantially reducing electricity bills. Thanks to everyone for putting up with the disruption caused by the work and the scaffolding.

Shop back on the internet

Shop back on the internet

No Thanks to BT

Last year we were told that Plusnet were closing their business accounts and that the shop should transfer to BT.  This was duely ordered in October.  Nine months later, after 70 emails, hours on the phone, five failed connection dates, the shop was still not connected. In the meantime Plusnet switched off the broadband on 24th May.  Fortunately it was possible to run a temporary cable across the churchyard from next door.

Finally it was decided in the middle of August to give up on BT and place an order with SKY.  No problem they said, we have a dedicated UK manager who will see it through to completion.  Two weeks later an engineer turned up at 8.15 and everything was done by 8.45.  The shop and the church now have faster broadband and phone for £10 less a month than BT.

Grindleford Goat Charity

Grindleford Goat Charity

We are very pleased to announce the Grindleford Goat Charity is now open for bids. The latest edition of The Grindleford News will carry an article explaining who we are, what we are about and how we hope to benefit residents of the Parish of Grindleford, including community groups that work and play within our environs. Have a look at our Goat webpage for full details: www.grindlefordgoat.co.uk

Updated Website

Updated Website

I have been asked to look after the village website. The first thing that struck me was that it had a lot of out of date information on it. The second is that things have changed since the website was first set up. News is now more likely to be shared on Facebook or Whatsapp and many of the village organisations now have their own websites. I see the website as being a point of reference for people wanting to find out about the village. As such, it is important that the information is reliable and up to date and I am in the process of going through the content to bring it up to date.

In addition to this, I am aiming to simplify the design and introduce a range of new security features. One of these is to replace visible email addresses with links to code that will call your email program.

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New Shop Management Team

New Shop Management Team

A new management team has taken over at the community shop. Kaori Carter and Fiona Outram are now managing the shop on a job share basis. They took over from Peter Ragdale who has managed the shop with great success for the two and a half years. Peter is continuing to volunteer at the shop and giving support to the new team.