Blackwell Residents Action Group

27/11/2011      Graffiti art engages teenagers

The last two weekends have seen teenagers from Blackwell Youth Club and from within the village getting creative down at the newly-built skate park on Blackwell rec. Under the expert guidance of Pete Barber from Urban Canvas, they have designing and painting their very own graffiti art on the skate read more »

12/11/2011      BRAG’s Christmas Fair brings in the Christmas spirit

Blackwell Residents’ Action Group raised over £850 at a Christmas Fair held in the Community Centre in Blackwell on Saturday. First prize of a luxury hamper was won by a raffle ticket in the name of Ford and the weight of the Christmas Cake was correctly guessed by Mark Stone. read more »

08/11/2011      Christmas Crafts Activities

Blackwell Residents’ Action Group have THREE different Christmas crafts activities coming up:

1) Christmas Craft Classes - Weds 16th / 23rd / 30th November 6 - 8pm at Blackwell Primary School for adults and children aged 11+. Price £15 for the three sessions. Develop your skills with a course read more »

09/10/2011      Blackwell’s bumper crop of ideas!

Well on one of the hottest days of the year (who’d have thought it?) we were really pleased to have such a great turnout to “What’s next for Blackwell?”, a public consultation to find out what people want to see in our village.

Thirty people came along to give read more »

23/08/2011      Cream Teas raise £266!

Cream Teas were held by BRAG on Saturday 20th August at the home of Janet and Ian Newham. There was a selection of cakes, scones and other delights that had been made and donated by members of BRAG and the local community. Raffle winners were announced on the day and read more »

29/07/2011      Blackwell Neighbourhood Watch Breaks Records

Over fifty people attended the initial Neighbourhood Watch meeting last week to set up seven schemes throughout the village. This is a record for Derbyshire, and covers more than one hundred homes. Signs have been erected in the village, and local coordinators appointed for the individual schemes. Keep your eye read more »

26/07/2011      New policing priorities set for community for the next three months

Police officers in Tibshelf, Newton and Blackwell Safer Neighbourhood Team have been working alongside the local community to set policing priorities for the next three months.

These are: tackling anti-social behaviour on Vicar Lane, Tibshelf and drug-related activity on Central Drive, Blackwell.

The Safer Neighbourhood Team are very read more »

22/07/2011      Football sessions to bust holiday boredom

How often have we heard people saying there’s nothing for kids to do in the school holidays in the local area? Blackwell Residents Action Group have decided to "tackle" the problem by commissioning a local football coach to run weekly football sessions on the football pitch at Scanderlands playing fields. read more »

17/07/2011      Art Exhibition displays local talent

An art exhibition was held by Blackwell Residents Action Group on Sunday 17th July 2011 at Blackwell Community Centre. On display were pottery, paintings, brooches, suncatchers and enamelwork that had been created by local residents during a series of arts and crafts workshops. These were funded by a Small Arts read more »

14/07/2011      Blackwell School Leavers Party

Blackwell Residents Action Group held a leaving event for eighteen Year 6 children from Blackwell Primary School at the snack bar on Thursday 14th July. Accompanied by two teachers, the children enjoyed a selection of baguettes and cakes at Blackwell Community Centre. Each child was presented with a commemorative keyring read more »