Elton, Derbyshire

Please see below the latest update on how local services and facilities have been affected by the latest restrictions to reduce Coronavirus infections across England.

We hope you find this information useful and we will continue to keep you updated if/when things change or develop.

Please, where possible, pass this information on to your friends, family and neighbours to help keep them informed. We also continue to provide regular updates and information through email and the village website. To sign-up, please send your email address to elton@live.co.uk or visit www.eltonderbyshire.com. Please get in touch if you need further details, to ask questions or seek support.

Government Guidance, Self-Isolating and Support

• Government guidance has changed. Residents are asked to stay at home as much as possible to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus, reduce pressure on our NHS and save lives. You can go out, but this should only be for exercise or essential journeys.

• You should only leave home for essential or specific purposes. There are exceptions which include:
  1. Work and volunteering – if you cannot work from home and your workplace is Covid-secure.
  2. For essentials – including shopping, collecting prescriptions, postal services, to get money etc.
  3. Medical appointments – including dental, hospital and doctor appointments.
  4. Education, school and childcare.
  5. To meet with and provide care for others in your ‘support bubble’.
  6. To exercise outdoors – there is no longer a time limit or distance you can travel.
  7. Other exceptions include private prayer at a place or worship and funerals.

• You should limit your time outdoors as much as possible and not meet indoors with people from another household. You can spend time outdoors with people from your household or support bubble and one other person. At all times limit contact with other people as much as possible and always keep a 2 metre distance.

• Stay at home and isolate yourself if you or anyone in your household has symptoms of Coronavirus which include a high temperature, a new/continuous cough or loss/change to your sense of taste or smell.

• Non-essential shops are closed. Pubs and restaurants are also closed, but takeaway is permitted.

• For full details on the government’s guidelines, visit www.gov.uk/coronavirus

• There are no formal requests for people with underlying health conditions to shield or self-isolate. It is advised, however, that anybody with a chronic health condition should stay at home as much as possible and limit contact with others unless it is essential.

• Elton residents who are self-isolating can get support by calling either Colin Swindell on 07816 986 956 or Carolyn Wilson on 01629 650 757. We will get one of our volunteers to assist.

• Derbyshire County Council has set-up a Community Response Unit in partnership with other voluntary organisations to help with shopping, checking-in on people, collecting and delivering prescriptions and preparing meals. Register for help online at www.derbyshire.gov.uk or call 01629 535091.

• For NHS advice on the symptoms of Coronavirus, how to prevent it spreading and advice on self-isolating, visit www.nhs.uk/coronavirus
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Local Services Update

• Council offices remain closed to the public. If you need services, you should call the District Council on 01626 761 100 or County Council on 01629 533 190.

• Council offices remain closed to the public. If you need services, you should call the District Council on 01626 761 100 or County Council on 01629 533 190.

• Help and support is still available for anybody struggling to meet their normal payments to Derbyshire Dales District Council, such as council tax. Please contact the Revenues Section preferably by email at revenues@derbyshiredales.gov.uk or call 01629 761188.

• All car parks remain open and charges apply as normal.

• Parks, country parks, play equipment and public toilets all remain open for use. Please follow Coronavirus safety measures when using these facilities – using hand sanitiser where provided, maintaining a 2 meter distance with others and wearing a face covering in public and enclosed spaces.

• Leisure centres and gyms are closed.

• Waste collections and most District Council services will continue as normal. Please continue to present your bins and containers for collection as normal.

• Bakewell market continues to operate on Mondays. Stalls will be sited on Granby Road only (not the Market Place) with around 20 traders selling essential goods only. A one-way system and hand sanitiser stations will be in place and customers are asked to wear face coverings at all times. Numbers will be limited, so please expect queueing at times. Other weekly markets are currently suspended.

• Elton Parish Council continues to meet via ZOOM on the first Thursday of the month at 7:30pm. The public can request to join the meeting or submit questions and comments by emailing the Parish Clerk, Janice Jackson at janicejackson86@hotmail.co.uk. Minutes and agendas are available on the village website www.eltonderbyshire.com

• Elton Village Hall remains closed to the public and bookings are suspended for the time being. Access will be granted solely for Elton School to carry our PE lessons throughout the winter months.

• Elton Jubilee Field and the play equipment remain open for use to allow people and children to exercise. Anybody using the Jubilee Field is asked to use common-sense, adhere to social distancing rules and be respectful of others.

• The 172 bus service continues to operate. A copy of the timetable will be placed in the village notice board and is available to view on the website www.eltonderbyshire.com

• Winster shop and Post Office remain open. Please visit www.winstervillageshop.com or call 01629 650 683 for further details.

• Government guidelines no longer prohibit the use of public benches.

Please email elton@live.co.uk or call me on 07816 986 956 if you need further details on the above points.

PLEASE NOTE: Coronavirus/lockdown restrictions are set by national government. If you have questions relating to these, please contact your Member of Parliament, Sarah Dines. Enforcement of restrictions and rules are a matter for Derbyshire Police who can be contacted on 101 from any landline or mobile phone. 

County, District and Parish Councils and Councillors have no say or influence over these matters and do not have the powers to enforce the law. 

Stay safe.

Colin Swindell
Written on behalf of Elton Parish Council

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