Borough Councillors Surgeries

Ockbrook and Borrowash Ward

Councillors:

Available: periodically at Ockbrook Parish Hall. Forthcoming dates are to be notified and will appear here shortly

Parish Council Meetings

At Ockbrook Parish Hall, Church Street, starting at 7pm - date to be announced. 

Councillor: Robert Parkinson (C) Derbyshire County Council, County Hall, Matlock. DE4 3AG

Further info: Contact 01629 580000 ext 6022, Home 01332 872793.  robert.parkinson(at)derbyshire.gov.uk 

Local Councillor Information for Ockbrook

Councillor:

Further info: 

An Ockbrook man is embarking on a weight loss campaign to raise money for the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary Oncology Unit and aims to raise £8,000 along with a friend from Allestree.  Lyndsay Morgan, of The Settlement, is the chairman of Ockbrook & Borrowash Cricket Club.  Along with fellow cricket fan David Ball, they aim to raise £2,400 each in memory of Mr. Morgan's late wife Bev, who was treated at the hospital, but died from lung cancer aged 49 in November last year.  Weighing more than 44 stone between them, David and Lyndsay have enrolled at Weightwatchers and aim to reach their target weight by September 2008.  They are seeking the equivalent of £100 per pound shed.  For a sponsorship form or to donate, call Mr. Ball on Derby 01332 558971.

A selection of Erewash pubs have been listed in the 2008 Good Beer Guide.  The book, which was first published in 1974, is the only guide which is annually reviewed by members of the Campaign for Real Ale, who visit local hostelries to sample the quality of ale on offer.  Erewash pubs which are credited are Ilkeston pubs the Dewdrop, Ilford and Needlemakers, Long Eaton’s Hole In The Wall and the Royal Oak are listed, as is the Royal Oak in Ockbrook, the Harrington Arms in Sawley and the White Post Inn in Stanley Common.

Sixteen people have already joined Ockbrook & Borrowash First Responders Group after a call for volunteers.  Organised by the Church Wilne Rotary Club and trained by the East Midlands Ambulance Service, volunteers are equipped with and trained on the use of essential medical equipment to be able to respond early to localised calls for help before paramedics arrive.  To set up the new group, the Rotary Club will raise funds for the kit required.  For more information, contact Colin Orrick on Derby 666865 or call Derbyshire St. John Ambulance on 0845 1304 999. 

Park Medical Practice in Borrowash has a new telephone number.  The surgery, on Derby Road can no longer be contacted on the old 665511 number, and changed to 08444 773 495 as of November 28th - a number used by all surgeries operated by the Practice.  The change follows the implementation of a new Patient Records computer system which has been installed during October.

In order to help promote music throughout the surrounding area, Music At Ockbrook Moravian Church has started a community choir called The Settlement.  All are welcome to join, irrespective of ability, and take part in regular rehearsals and events.  The choir rehearses every Friday evening in the Ockbrook Moravian Church from 7:30pm-9:30pm.  For more information, visit the website at www.maomc.com. 

Ockbrook Redhill Women's Institute meet on the 2nd Monday of each month (except August) at the Village Hall on Church Street at 7:30pm.  New members are always welcome.