We have collated a list of key links from trusted sources, which will give you further information on coronavirus.
GOV.UK information and links
Stay alert
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Stay at home as much as possible
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Work from home if you can
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Limit contact with other people
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Keep your distance if you go out (2 metres apart where possible)
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Wash your hands regularly
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Self-isolate if you or anyone in your household has symptoms
Do not meet others, even friends or family. You can spread the virus even if you don’t have symptoms.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): what you need to do
How to protect yourself and others
School closures, education and childcare
Businesses and other organisations
NHS links:
Key information and updates from other organisations
(by topic)
Benefits and employment advice
Derbyshire Unemployed Workers' Centre (DUWC) can offer you advice on benefits and credits. The service is currently closed for face to face enquiries, but you can contact the service for advice via:
Telephone: 01246 231441
Email: info@duwc.org.uk
General advice and information
Health advice
Animal care
Local organisations
Local emergency services
Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service is calling for people to consider their neighbours and their own safety ahead of having a controlled burn/bonfire.
As we spend more time in our gardens during the Covid-19 pandemic, smoke from a garden fire can cause a nuisance to neighbours, not to mention present a potential fire risk.
Please ensure you follow this important safety advice:
- Be considerate of your neighbours – reconsider having a bonfire in your garden.
- If you do decide to have a bonfire, situate it away from sheds, hedges and fences, making sure nothing is overhanging.
- Do not leave your bonfire unsupervised.
- Don’t use accelerants such as petrol to start a fire.
- Consider what you are burning. Smoke from plastic can be toxic.
- Contact the Fire Control team on 01332 861800 to avoid Firefighters being called out unnecessarily.
Local support organisations
Royal British Legion
The Legion continues to provide much needed support to the Armed Forces community, especially those who may be feeling more isolated than ever at this time, in a number of ways:
- The Legion’s contact centre remains fully operational to support the Armed Forces community and can be reached on 0808 802 8080 (8am-8pm, seven days a week) or at info@britishlegion.org.uk.
- The Legion continues to operate the Veterans’ Gateway along with a network of Armed Forces organisations. The Gateway supports veterans and their families across a range of issue including housing, employment and finances. Advisers are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on 0808 802 1212 or through www.veteransgateway.org.uk.
- Legion branches are undertaking a range of activities to help the vulnerable in their communities, including operating a telephone buddy service to support vulnerable individuals and our wider community. The membership team can be contacted at membershipservices@britishlegion.org.uk.
- Legion branch community support volunteers are exploring ways to provide remote support to beneficiaries.
- The Legion continues to operate 6 care homes providing residential, nursing and specialist dementia care to approximately 450 veterans and their dependents.
- The Legion’s 15 pop-in centres on high streets around the UK have now closed until it is safe to reopen them.
- All home visits have been suspended to protect beneficiaries, staff and volunteers, and we are finding new ways of connecting, with casework and support continuing.
