UPDATE 11 November 2020
Connex is still providing many services to vulnerable people in our area, despite the constraints of the Lockdown rules. And where we can’t help, we can often put you in touch with other organisations who can. While many of our services are free, some are charged for – but we keep our charges as low as we can.
Get in touch if you are in the HIGH PEAK area and need help with:
- Transport to an essential medical appointment
- Having shopping delivered
- Getting prescriptions collected
- Temporary loan of a wheelchair
- Urgent help in having smoke alarms and telecare equipment installed
- Help with domiciliary personal care and support
Get in touch if you are in the DERBYSHIRE DALES area and need:
- Transport to an essential medical appointment
- Having shopping delivered
- Getting prescriptions collected
- Temporary loan of a wheelchair
- Urgent help in having smoke alarms and telecare equipment installed
How to get in touch
Our offices are operating on reduced staff cover, but we will endeavour to respond to your enquiry as soon as possible.
In the High Peak area:
Please email admin@connex.org.uk or call 01298 23970.
In the Derbyshire Dales area:
Enquiries regarding all Dales Services may be made via dales@connex.org.uk or call 01335 348600.
Connex has our very own Captain Tom – the latest update!
Alan’s recovery, being supported by our own Home from Hospital service!
Here’s a little video Alan sent through of Fiona from Home from Hospital visiting to bring him some supplies – including Paracetemol!
Ouch!!!
21/10/20
Alan’s taken a tumble! He had an unfortunate run-in with a delivery van (which he refers to as ‘a little spill’!) on his way back from Saturday’s ride. If you visit his challenge website you can see what happened: https://www.alans-challenge.org.uk/
It looks worse than it is, he assures us he’s OK but he’ll be out of action for a while. He had completed 11 of the 19 rides at this point and still intends to finish the rest once he’s fully recovered, so do please continue to support him!
Alan’s marathon mountain biking challenge is well underway now
You can find out more about the challenge by going to:
https://www.alans-challenge.org.uk
or go directly to https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/alans-challenge to donate now! He wants to raise £25,000 in total – so far he’s reached £5000 – so any help you can give, either by donating or sharing details – will help.
COME ON ALAN!!!!
Volunteer Driver
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Our new WAV is taking shape!
Our new WAV is taking shape! Feels like we've been waiting ages, but we're nearly there. Our new Vauxhall Combo XL is starting to take shape. These are the first stages of conversion to a wheelchair accessible vehicle. We can't wait for our clients to be able to see...
Latest donations!
We would like to say thank you to the following organisations for our latest donations! We received a very generous £270 from High Peak Lodge of the Masons. We also received £25 from Chapel Ladies Guild, following a talk given by Howard Gunn, our Transport Manager....