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Congratulations to the Joined Up Care Derbyshire (JUCD) Wellbeing team who have won two national awards for their work in the last week.
We process large amounts of personal data and ensuring the confidentiality of this and keeping people's personal information safe is of huge importance
Black History Month (BHM) is an opportunity to learn, understand and celebrate Black cultures and histories and we are proud to be a part of this celebration.
It's Derbyshire Day and we're marking it by flying the Derbyshire flag at County Hall and we'll be lighting up the building in green tonight.
Don't forget the South Asian heritage 'Stories to Tell' webinar on Tuesday 26 September from 1pm-2pm
There are five community banks within Derbyshire, all covering different parts of the county.
An updated version of the Constitution has been published which incorporates a number of amendments.
If you are approached by the media asking for information, a comment, or an interview, this must always be referred to the communications team.
A message from Managing Director, Emma Alexander about a report that Cabinet will be considering on 21 September 2023.
Do you work with or know someone who needs a bit of extra support to remain living independently at home?
Last week we told you that we were carrying out urgent work to determine if there was any RAAC in any of our council buildings.
We're funding a new Living Well with Autism training programme designed to help organisations offer better support to autistic people.
The digital adoption team is launching a digital accessibility campaign
Regular saving is one of the first steps towards financial good health and we've set up an easy way for colleagues to save direct from your pay.
Do you work out in the community with residents, partners, service users and businesses?
It's Pension Awareness Week from 11 to 15 September
For Pension Awareness Week, the Derbyshire Pension Fund's team is holding two drop-in sessions.
World Suicide Prevention Day is on 10 September. This year's theme is 'Creating Hope Through Action.
Did you know that Community Banks (also known as Credit Unions) are a great way to save and borrow while helping out the local community?
In Derbyshire, to the best of our knowledge, there is no RAAC in local authority maintained schools.
The Early Payment Partnership (EPP) will give our suppliers the opportunity to be paid earlier than contracted.
Extra consultation events have been arranged so the public can learn more about proposals to change our community care charging policy.
It's Know Your Numbers Week from 4 to 10 September 2023. Do you know your blood pressure numbers?
Work is continuing at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery to protect, pack and move exhibits and artefacts for structural investigation work to begin.
We are supporting World Suicide Prevention Day with a series of events and training opportunities.
We have created a new process that will save time, prevent duplication, and speed up the process of the reimbursement.
The Joined Up Care Derbyshire (JUCD) wellbeing team has issued a new edition of your self care pack.
Explore South Asia's rich and diverse South Asian heritage at the Stories to Tell webinar on Tuesday 26 September from 1pm to 2pm.
Fancy a free day out in the fresh air helping us celebrate sustainability and traditional and contemporary woodland crafts?
If you've got children, preparing for their return to school after the summer holidays can be an expensive business.
A new senior coroner for Derby and Derbyshire has been announced jointly by us and Derby City Council.
Cabinet Member for Clean Growth and Regeneration, Councillor Tony King called in at our new employment and training hub last week.
Do you work with someone you think might be at risk of getting involved in extremism or terrorism?
We've been asking Derbyshire residents to have their say about our services via a short survey
Joined Up Care Derbyshire (JUCD) has launched their Your Wellbeing website which details all the wellbeing services available to you.
Mark Rogers has been appointed as the Interim Chief Officer of the East Midlands devolution programme.
Join the next Women's Network meeting on Wednesday, 6 September, 3pm to 4pm on Teams to find out updates on the menopause policy and next steps.
Join us for a conversation with Mentell, an organisation providing men's mental health support in Derbyshire and across the UK.
On 27 July, Cabinet approved the introduction of our new menopause policy.
Have you shopped and saved with Our Derbyshire Rewards? We'd love to hear from you if you've bagged a bargain.
Do you or anyone in your team have video content stored in Stream (Classic)? If the answer is yes then please read and share this!
If you have an LGPS pension with Derbyshire Pension Fund, your annual benefit statement will be available later this month through My Pension Online.
Our apprentice hub is for our apprentices to find resources, share top tips, connect with and gain support from other apprentices.
The Director of Public Health Annual Report is out now, and this year's theme is mental health and wellbeing.
Our Network (CNN) which represents county and unitary authorities is working with PwC on research into the future of the local government workforce.
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the 1973 Mining Disaster at Markham Colliery.
Earlier this week, along with Derby's Association of Ukrainians, we held our first Ukrainian support fair at our headquarters at County Hall in Matlock.
Our 2023 employee survey results are in, thanks again to everyone who took part.
Security in our buildings is really important for the safety of employees and security of data and equipment.
Simon Stevens has been appointed as our new executive director for adult social care and health.
Our Bus Service Improvement Programme (BSIP) team recently hosted a visit from Department of Transport (DfT) officials.
The Member and Officer Relationships Protocol has been updated to reflect the expected timescale in which employees should respond to enquiries from Members.
The Joined Up Care Derbyshire (JUCD) wellbeing team will be in the reception area at County Hall on Tuesday 1 August.
If you find you are suffering with a stiff or painful lower back, we have introduced a new class to our free online employee exercise sessions.
South Asian Heritage Month takes place annually from mid-July to mid-August.
Make the most of Our Derbyshire Rewards over the summer holidays.
Antisemitism in Modern Britain.
The Derbyshire flooding hardship fund is providing emergency payments to households and businesses affected by the recent flash flooding across the county.
This summer you can take advantage of free Sunday morning bus journeys from 23 July to 27 August 2023.
There are many benefits to be gained when using AI although equally, there are many dangers. It's important to be aware of these risks.
We're recruiting to our legal and ICT teams.
Our Youth Employment Support hub (YES) initiative in Chesterfield has been so successful that it will be continued and extended.
The majority of new Canon devices (also known as Multi-function devices or MFDs) have now been installed and the final few are due to be delivered soon.
Important message for employees using messaging apps as part of their work.
Please remember to double check an email address before pressing send.
Colleagues that don't have a Derbyshire.gov.uk email address can still get news from the Our Derbyshire website.
Did you know that yoga is an ancient physical, mental and for many also a spiritual practice that originated in India?
For the second year running, we are very proud to have been involved in this year's virtual Local Government Apprentice of the Year 2023 event.
Joined Up Care Derbyshire (JUCD) has launched a new 'Your Wellbeing' programme of activities.
Do you work with young people or vulnerable young adults in Derbyshire?
Come and find out you could benefit from starting at apprenticeship.
With Kinto, our car share partner, you can cut your costs and emissions by finding someone to share your journeys with.
We're carrying out our annual spring clean of county's dual carriageways.
We've launched a consultation on proposed changes to our community care charging policy to make it fairer, sustainable and protect those who need us most.
The Joined Up Care Derbyshire wellbeing service deliver programmes, activities, and initiatives to help you remain healthy, safe and well at work.
Fancy learning something new this autumn, taking up a new hobby or boosting your job skills?
We're working with partners to let Derbyshire residents know where they can turn if they need help and support to deal with anti-social behaviour.
Our trading standards and legal teams have added another successful prosecution to their list in the war against traders selling illegal cigarettes and tobacco.
If you're a director or manager at grade 14 or above, you'll soon be able to see and update your corporate risks directly online.
This Shared Lives Week 2023 we're celebrating the role of our amazing shared lives carers.
Plans are taking shape for our 22nd Derbyshire Woodland Festival to be held at Elvaston Castle Country Park on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 September 2023.
The Employee survey 2023 closes at midnight tomorrow (Friday 30 June 2023).
Each year, £33 billion of public sector funding is lost as a result of fraud or error. It's a huge issue for the public sector - including us.
Thank you to colleagues who came along to the recent Journey to Net Zero day at County Hall.
Our Women's Network invites all colleagues to their next meeting on Monday 3 July 2023 from 10am to 11am.
County Hall was recently featured on The Politics Show which reported on the project to find a new use for the building.
We're running free online workshops for colleagues and Derbyshire residents who are aged 50+.
Our 2023 employee survey closes on Friday at midnight so there is still time to take part if you've not yet sent in your views.
Our work with a range of partners during the Matlock floods has been recognised at the prestigious Institute of Civil Engineers East Midlands Merit Awards.
Starting this month, the team at Joined Up Care Derbyshire, JUCD Wellbeing and the NHS Menopause Hub are offering 2 new and exciting virtual menopause cafés.
As part of our commitment to support everyone through the PDR cycle this year, we have created some e-learning training courses.
Would you like to save between 4% and 7% on your grocery and household shopping?
Our project to support the planting of a million trees across Derbyshire by 2030 has reached its first milestone of more than 100,000 trees.
If you were at County Hall on Tuesday this week you might have seen some filming taking place.
Major resurfacing improvements are planned to take place on the approach roads to the A61 Whittington Moor roundabout, starting from Monday 26 June.
Over the past two years, our Modern Ways of Working programme has been supporting teams to reorganise their offices
Would you like to help your colleagues eat more healthily and get active?
Our annual surface dressing programme is now underway to help improve the surface of roads across the county.
We held another live Teams event on 30 May. Updates on key areas we have been making improvements in through our organisation action plan for 2022 to 2023.
The majority of our new Canon printers, scanners and photocopiers have now been delivered most of our sites so you'll need to learn how to use them.
Cabinet has agreed to consult on proposed changes to our community care charging policy.
It's Reserves Day on Wednesday 21 June.
Helen Coombes, Interim Executive Director for Adult Social Care and Health (ASCH), leaves the council this week.
The new printers, scanners and photocopiers (also known as multi-function devices or MFDs) are currently being delivered to sites across Derbyshire.
Latest on the current position and the trade unions' response nationally.
Learning Disability Week 2023 takes place from 19 to 25 June and is all about busting myths about living life with a learning disability.
Ensure you use the blind carbon copy (Bcc) function when sending emails to multiple external email addresses.
We're seeking ideas for alternative uses for County Hall in Matlock so that we can make the most of the historic building.
Windrush Day marks the date when the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in 1948, bringing over a thousand passengers on board from the Caribbean.
Buxton Museum and Art Gallery has been closed temporarily following investigations which have revealed dry rot in some of the building's structural timbers.
We're welcoming Wirksworth Repair Café to County Hall on Thursday 15 June 2023 as part of our Journey to net zero Derbyshire employee open day.
This week on Our Derbyshire Rewards, different retailers will have increased deals each day that you won't want to miss!
We're doing our bit for Clean Air Day on Thursday 15 June and this includes giving you the chance to win a £50 gift card from Zepnat Cycles.
We're supporting Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service by sharing the story of 15-year-old Thando Ndlovu who tragically drowned in the River Trent two years ago.
Our emergency planning team recently lead a spectacular real-time emergency exercise.
On Thursday 15 June we are hosting a Teams-based question and answer drop-in session about undertaking a leadership apprenticeship.
Our 2023 employee survey is now open for your responses and will remain open for 4 weeks, closing at midnight on 30 June 2023.
We're repeating the opportunity for colleagues interested in applying for a leadership apprenticeship to take part in our provider information webinars.
We're gearing up for this year's Carers Week with a fun-packed festival and information events.
Our part in Joined Up Care Derbyshire's (JUCD) Wellbeing Programme has been recognised with a highly commended award
In our 2022 employee survey, an area you asked us to look at was some of our key management processes.
The Annual General Meeting of the Full Council yesterday (24 May 2023) saw a number of new appointments and changes.
Our new photocopiers (also known as multi-function devices or MFDs) will start to be delivered to sites across Derbyshire from Tuesday 30 May 2023.
On Tuesday next week, the Executive Directors will be holding an online live Teams event which all colleagues have been invited to.
Join us on Wednesday, 12 July 2023 from 1pm until 2.30pm for a webinar examining Antisemitism and Jewish culture by Dr Daniel Staetsky
Pay awards for council employees are negotiated on a national basis with other councils across the country.
Summer is almost upon us - have you thought about how Our Derbyshire Rewards could help you spend a bit less while having a bit of summer fun?
Last month we held the first Our Derbyshire Awards as a celebration of our people and a chance to formally recognise colleagues' achievements.
The Government is conducting an independent public inquiry into Government and public sector responses to the COVID pandemic.
Changes on your payslip if your job means that you have to be available for contact or response outside your normal hours
In our 2022 employee survey, a key area employees asked us to look at was work environment.
Find out more about the newly relaunched Derbyshire Time Swap scheme at an online launch event on Monday 22 May 2023.
Last month, Joe O'Sullivan shared the launch of the new Transformation and Strategy Division.
Our therapy dogs session at County Hall, for Mental Health Awareness Week was a great success.
Boldness, innovation, embracing change and thinking and doing things differently are all essential to our success in achieving high performance for Derbyshire.
This week is the first of Foster Care Fortnight - an annual campaign to highlight the importance of foster carers.
It's Mental Health Awareness Week and this year the focus is anxiety and how to manage it.
Wearing the Hidden Disability Sunflower is a discreet way to choose to make the invisible visible.
Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) is a campaign that raises awareness of business continuity and resilience and runs from 15 to 19 May.
17 May marks International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), which celebrates LGBT+ rights and culture.
We're taking the opportunity to make some changes that will help us save money and make printing easier.
Here's a date for your diaries – Thursday 15 June.
If you're looking to progress in your career or you're just looking for a new challenge, free careers advice and support is available from our careers team.
Have your say on proposals for a new political map for Derbyshire County Council.
Our next employee survey runs for 4 weeks across June and it's really important that everyone has the opportunity to participate and share their views.
Have you started saving using the discounts and cashback available with Our Derbyshire Rewards yet?
Henpicked recently delivered a 90-minute webinar in collaboration with Healthy Workplaces Derbyshire.
Do you have 3 minutes to help colleagues in the climate change and sustainable travel teams understand more about the council's 'travel to work' patterns?
If you've had an email asking you to complete the online information governance training, please make sure you do so.
We recently shared our revised Performance Management Policy and explained that we are replacing My Plan with a new PDR process.
First Aid at Work courses are available to book through Derbyshire Learning Online.
Research has shown that being around dogs and petting animals can reduce the heart rate and feelings of anxiety.
All employees are reminded of the need to follow our rules in relation to the receipt of hospitality or gifts.
If you use our flexitime scheme you are permitted to work between the hours of 7am and 7pm Monday to Friday subject to agreement.
District and borough council elections are coming up next week and we're appealing for colleagues to help support the running of them.
Please report any faults so that they can be sorted - making colleagues more comfortable, saving money and reducing our carbon footprint.
This year's Deaf Awareness Week runs from 2 to 8 May 2023. The theme is 'Access to Communication'.
Boost your pension benefits for retirement through our Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme
We're encouraging local people to join us in planting a million trees in Derbyshire by 2030 to help tackle the effects of climate change.
Joined Up Care Derbyshire provides a programme of activities, groups and support to improve both your physical and mental wellbeing.
During National Apprenticeship Week 2023, for the first time, we ran virtual drop-in sessions to talk about apprenticeships at the council.
We are launching a new initiative for our suppliers - the Early Payment Partnership
Our Women's Network invites colleagues who would like to better understand hearing loss and the role of our Deaf and Sensory Team to join their next meeting.
On Sunday 23 April 2023 at 3pm the government will test its national emergency alert system.
If your employee profile includes working from home, please remember to complete your working from home risk assessment by the end of April 2023.
The Big Help Out is an initiative to get individuals, organisations or businesses to make a difference in their community.
If you live in Derbyshire and you're interested in having an electric vehicle charging point installed on the street near your home, we want to hear from you.
This week marks the official launch of our new portfolio management and transformation function.
On 13 March more than 80 of our apprentices joined our first organisation apprentice event at County Hall.
The booking system for the staff exercise classes has changed. We've also added a new class - lower back stretch and strengthen - from 2pm to 2.30pm on Mondays.
Data Breaches are defined as the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data.
Our new working arrangements policy has now been approved and will see the introduction of our revised employee profiles.
An updated version of our Constitution has been published which incorporates a number of amendments.
Healthy Workplaces Derbyshire has teamed up with Henpicked, a national specialist menopause training provider to deliver a free 90-minute interactive webinar.
Ramadan is the holy month in the Islamic calendar and this year it started on Thursday 23 March and ends on Friday 21 April 2023.
Thank you for your support during last week's Neurodiversity Celebration Week.
We hold monthly drop-in sessions for neurodivergent colleagues to share experiences, the challenges and the joys of neurodiversity.
We're pleased to announce that the finalists for the Our Derbyshire Awards 2023 have now been chosen.
We started running climate change courses in 2021 as part of our climate strategy.
This is a national event with participants across the country competing to become the Local Government Apprentice of the Year 2023.
All parts of the SAP system will be closed to all users to allow system updates, updates required for legislative tax and National Insurance changes.
Kinto, our car share partner, will be visiting County Hall on Thursday 13 April.
The Government has extended the £2 bus fare scheme until the end of June meaning most single fares on buses in the county will remain at £2 until then.
Updates on key areas where we are making improvements, based on our organisation action plan for 2022 to 2023.
Janet Scholes has become interim Director of Property and Jen Skila moves into the role of interim Director of Organisation Development and Policy.
As many of you will be aware Helen Jones left last week which means we have a vacancy for Executive Director for Adult Social Care and Health.
Do you know someone with a disability who is looking for a job?
Joined Up Care Derbyshire and Be Well Midlands is putting on a week-long lunchtime virtual menopause event starting on Monday 20 March.
Neurodiversity Celebration Week, runs from 13 to 19 March 2023, is an annual opportunity to raise understanding and bring about neurodiversity acceptance.
Please help to spread the word among family and friends about our Net Zero eNewsletter for Derbyshire residents.
It's No Smoking Day – a great time to quit for good!
Our countryside service has lined up a range of seasonal events for residents and visitors to enjoy.
8 March 2023 is International Women's Day, an annual celebration of women's achievements raising awareness of issues affecting women and girls.
Join us on Tuesday 7 March 2023 from 3pm to 4pm on MS Teams to learn more about the wellbeing and menopause support we offer.
If you're eligible, and find it hard to deal with your energy supply, you could get extra help from your energy company.
Colleagues in Highways are invited to find out progress, updates and the next steps in the service's ambitious transformation programme.
Please make sure you understand all your responsibilities when it comes to keeping information safe and secure.
Join us during Neurodiversity Celebration Week to learn and understand the experiences of our colleagues living with neurodivergent conditions.
We were delighted to receive so many nominations for Our Derbyshire Awards.
This week we are launching our new equality, diversity and inclusion induction e-learning.
A tree-planting ceremony is being held at County Hall on Tuesday 7 March 2023 at and staff are invited to come along to watch the proceedings.
This year, BBC Radio Derby wants to celebrate and say thank you to people who make where we live a better place and they've asked us to help spread the word.
From the end of February 2023, there will be changes to our wellbeing support providers.
Please make sure you don't use the old 08456 058 058 telephone number that used to go through to Call Derbyshire.
All employees are invited to observe a national minute's silence to mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
National Apprenticeship Week 2023.
The Derbyshire Business Centre at County Hall, provides a large range of high-volume print, design, post, scanning, and van delivery and distribution services.
Adoption East Midlands urgently needs more adopters and is hosting information sessions specifically for our employees to find out more.
We're supporting a new energy efficiency scheme, Connected for Warmth, which is offering free cavity wall and loft insulation to eligible households nationwide.
Last year we asked you to fill out a short survey to give police and partners understand emerging risk and gaps in knowledge around terrorism and extremism.
Flu vaccinations will help to protect you from becoming seriously ill if you become infected so it's important that you take up the offer of a free flu jab.
Mark Kenyon will take up the post of the council's Director of Finance and ICT in Corporate Services and Transformation in April.
Do you care for someone who is concerned about their memory or has been diagnosed with dementia?
How much do you know about different genders? Find out more at an online workshop on 23 February 2023 from 10am to 11.30am.
Our Derbyshire Rewards is a valuable offer that includes discounts and cashback, help dealing with personal and professional problems and expert advice.
Our Derbyshire Rewards provides you with a package of benefits, discounts, support and advice in one place.
We were so pleased to see so many people, over 1800 colleagues, at our live Teams event on 31 January, led by Emma Alexander and our Executive Directors.
We're supporting National Apprentice Week which takes place this week, between 6 and 12 February 2023.
Can you identify when an interest in IT becomes a concern and puts young people or vulnerable young adults at risk of committing cybercrime?
Do you work with community or voluntary organisations that would benefit from funding to continue their local response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
As we approach the end of this financial year, it is an opportunity to reflect on the year and make time to have a quality conversation reviewing performance.
If you read this week's wellbeing edition of Our Derbyshire you will have spotted that we're introducing an exciting, new employee benefit platform.
Following a recent issue with the booking of electric pool vehicles, the booking Power App has been updated.
Parents and carers are being asked to talk to their children about what they're doing online as part of the fight to keep them safe from online harm.
We're delighted to announce that we are launching a 2-year graduate development programme which will begin in September 2023.
The contract for the management of all our printers, scanners and photocopiers is due to be renewed this summer.
LGBT+ History Month runs throughout February and focusses on the celebration and recognition of LGBT+ people, history and culture.
We have had a fantastic response with colleagues right across the council sending in their nominations for Our Derbyshire Awards.
We have a number of pedestals available free of charge for colleagues to use at home.
The National Education Union (NEU) has announced that its ballot of teacher members in England has met the thresholds required to begin industrial action.
We want to ensure all our employees feel confident with maths at home and at work.
We're aware of a problem with the Power App which staff use to book pool cars.
Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on 27 January each year.
The nominations for Our Derbyshire Awards have been flooding in - thanks for taking the time to get involved.
We're transforming the way we support people to ensure they are at the heart of our adult social care services.
Find out more about Skills builder - Unison's new literacy and numeracy app.
We have received 95 nominations so far for the Our Derbyshire Awards
Friday 27 January marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and it's a commemoration of victims of Holocaust and subsequent genocides.
We recently updated our Attendance Management and Ill Health Capability Procedure which is now in place.
Operation Explorer is a full day's immersive training on Prevent and safeguarding roles, run by Derbyshire Police's Prevent team.
Derbyshire's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), is now consulting residents on the policing budget for 2023 to 24
We will be partnering with a leading external training provider, t-three, to roll out our new leadership development programme.
A range of free workshops that will focus on basic things that will make your work much easier.
Find out how more people from ethnic minority and other diverse backgrounds can get involved in taking part in public life and in their local communities.
To mark the start of the year we're encouraging residents across the county to consider starting their foster care journey.
Engineers from Circuit Compliance will be at County Hall to undertake Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) between Tuesday 10 January and Friday 3 February 2023.
We are delighted to announce that we are accepting nominations for Our Derbyshire Awards from today until midnight on Friday 27 January 2023.
An updated version of the constitution has been published which incorporates a number of amendments.
The digital adoption team has put together some top tips on how you can make your working routine easier, learn and upskill yourself.
Cyber criminals don't take a holiday, so the chances of the council or you becoming a victim of a cyber attack can increase.
Helen Jones, our Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health, will be leaving the organisation towards the end of the financial year.
As winter viruses are circulating, please remember the to follow guidance about attending your workplace.
Unfortunately, due to limited resources, the SAP upgrade planned for January 2023 has been delayed.
As previously announced Pete Handford, Director of Finance and ICT, will be leaving the council this week.
Christmas can be a tough time. It's easy to feel pressured, lonely, anxious or sad at this time of year.
A big thank you to everyone who's been taking part in Thank You Week.
Taking annual leave is important for your wellbeing so please make sure you take leave at regular intervals or whenever it is practical to do so.
You can still get 5% off 7 day or 28-day Stagecoach Megarider tickets but the process is changing and this can now only be done using the Stagecoach app.
Emma Crapper has decided to leave the organisation to consider new opportunities.
There are increased fears that more people could be bitten by a loan shark this Christmas.
Did you know that you can view live pictures from traffic cameras that we have across the county?
We've increased the amount available to charities, community and voluntary groups to set up warm spaces across Derbyshire this winter.
The image for this year's corporate Christmas card has been supplied by one of our employees, Chris Cookman.
We're taking steps to support colleagues with hidden disabilities by joining the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
Under our modern ways of working programme, we are currently looking at options for the future management of our printers, scanners and copiers.
This year December's pay date will be Thursday 22 December 2022.
Next week we are celebrating thank you week, to recognise the support and hard work of colleagues across our organisation.
Do you know which roads we grit? You can view a map which tells you when a road was last gritted.
From Monday 12 December 2022 we're celebrating Thank You Week to recognise the support and hard work of colleagues in delivering services for local people.
World AIDS Day takes place on 1 December each year. Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day.
We've made some changes to our data protection impact assessment process (DPIA) process.
Pride in Belper has teamed up with Derbyshire LGBT+ and the Reunion Deli to host a social evening for the LGBT+ community and allies every month.
We're running an online workshop on Thursday 8 December 2022 from 2pm to 2.45pm.
A public consultation about Devolution for Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Derby, and Nottingham is now live and runs until Monday 9 January 2023.
Now that the heating is on in our office buildings you may find you need to adjust the room temperature to make it comfortable.
It's really important that we have a consistent style when it comes to email signatures.
Winter is on its way and many of our colleagues are now on standby to help out the travelling public by gritting the roads whenever needed.
Join us on awareness sessions to learn more about neurodiversity and dyslexia.
As part of the SAP upgrade, Orderpoint is being replaced by a series of apps for ordering, approving and goods receipting.
As part of our work to support Derbyshire residents with the rising cost of living we're launching a newsletter containing advice and information to help them.
Do you care for someone or know somebody who is a carer? Please help us spread the word about this year's Carers' Rights Day on Thursday 24 November 2022.
This week is Trans Awareness Week which culminates in Trans Day of Remembrance on 20 November 2022.
Wearing the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower is a discreet way to choose to make the invisible visible.
We are delighted to announce that we are launching our new recognition toolkit.
It's International Fraud Awareness Week so it's a good opportunity to think about the risks of fraud and how we can protect ourselves.
The public consultation on the proposed East Midlands County Combined Authority has been launched.
We will be marking Remembrance Day at 11am on Friday 11 November 2022.
The SAP upgrade will see the introduction of dashboards to replace Workplace and OrderPoint and will also provide lots of additional finance functionality.
You could receive a one-off payment for recommending people to join our care worker community team who support vulnerable people in their own homes.
During the engagement forums we received lots of brilliant suggestions and ideas from colleagues about what we could do to make improvements.
The 2022/23 national pay agreement for local government service employees has now been agreed.
Please spread the word about our £50,000 Warm Spaces Fund, launched to support residents affected by the rising cost of living this winter.
We run a careers service which offers impartial information, advice and guidance about career opportunities, learning and employment.
From January 2023 the current Workplace portal will be replaced with Fiori.
Would you like to develop your administration skills, work with colleagues across the council and contribute to a disability inclusive workplace?
Please take this opportunity to share your views, which will help to inform our future policy on working arrangements.
Thank you to everyone who made last week's Black History Month event happen.