Despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the winter weather, Burbage Primary School Pupils and the wider community are looking forward to being able to make the most of outdoor activities, thanks to a new Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA).

A safety campaign at Tarmac’s Tunstead site has given Blythe House Hospice’s annual Light up a Life* appeal a valuable boost in a year in which many charities’ income has been hit by the pandemic.

People living in Tideswell are excited to see work start on a new Community Hall, after fire destroyed the old wooden building in 2015. After much hard fundraising and planning work by the Tideswell and District Voluntary Youth Club Committee, construction work started in September 2020.

Whilst closed to the public due to the pandemic restrictions, Poole’s Cavern, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Peak District has not been totally quiet. Behind closed doors, work has been carried out to totally upgrade parts of the venue’s café floor, improving the safety and experience for the 80,000 people who visit the fascinating site each year.

An early Christmas present, in the form of hundreds of tonnes of stone, has boosted the progress of a major project to build an equestrian arena for riders with disabilities in the High Peak.

The darker winter days is not stopping pupils at Peak Forest CE Primary School from enjoying outdoor learning and Forest School lessons. Sporting bright new high visibility waistcoats, they can now get outside and be easily seen on their walk to the woods.

Sporting activities in Tideswell have been promoted to a new level, following the completion of a major project to upgrade the village’s Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA).

Buxton scouts, beavers, cubs and explorers have even more reason to look forward to the pandemic restrictions being lifted. They can’t wait to get back to normal with their Tuesday and Wednesday meetings, now that their scout hut has had a total makeover.

Employees at Tarmac’s Tunstead quarry are showing their support to the NHS by joining in with the weekly Clap for Our Carers campaign to recognise and celebrate those working on the frontline during the coronavirus pandemic.

Tarmac has submitted a planning application to Derbyshire County Council for permission to expand the cement bagging facilities at its Tunstead cement plant near Buxton.