Destination Chesterfield is responsible for developing a co-ordinated approach to promoting our town

May05

A mural to celebrate the work of the NHS and key workers during the coronavirus outbreak has been commissioned by a Chesterfield pub.

Avant Homes' Waterside Quarter Chesterfield Waterside

May05

Sister company of Chesterfield Waterside developers signs £150 million regeneration deal

The sister company of Chesterfield-based Bolsterstone Group Plc, the company delivering the Chesterfield Waterside project, Urbo (West Bar) Ltd, has signed a major £150 million funding deal with Legal & General.

May05

University supplies iPads to keep hospital inpatients in touch with families

The University of Derby has supplied iPads to help patients being treated in hospital during the coronavirus pandemic to keep in touch with their families while in hospital.

4 May 2020 DBCP helps fund and distribute PPE visors for healthcare workers in Chesterfield

Derbyshire Building Control Partnership (DBCP) is one of a number of businesses paying for the materials for 20,000 masks which are then donated free of charge to frontline NHS staff, GP surgeries, First Responders, care homes and hospices.

4 May 2020 Celebrate VE Day with Chesterfield Museum

The Museum has created a special resource centre that includes activities for the whole family. This includes World War Two themed baking, quizzes and craft activities.

Seymour & Lerhn, an educational service delivered by Chesterfield technology company Oasis Studio, have recreated the Crystal Palace of The Great Exhibition of 1851 as a 3D virtual tour for Royal Parks, to mark the events 169th anniversary.

3 May 2020 Specsavers launches RemoteCare consultation service

Specsavers has launched a free sight and hearing consultation service across Derbyshire, giving access to vital advice and care from local optometrists and audiologists, via video and telephone link.

2 May 2020 “Probably the most beautiful thing at Chatsworth” goes online

Described by the current Duke of Devonshire as “probably the most beautiful thing at Chatsworth”, Lucian Freud’s painting of the Duke’s mother Duchess Deborah, ‘Woman in a White Shirt’ is the first in a series of short films featuring some of the Derbyshire estate’s most treasured artworks.

1 May 2020 Essential Site Skills provide vital Face Fit Testing to frontline NHS staff

Over the past month, the Essential Site Skills (ESS) team of fully qualified Fit2Fit accredited testers have provided both ‘Face Fit Testing’ and ‘Face Fit: Train the Tester’ training to frontline NHS staff fighting Covid-19.

1 May 2020 Chesterfield company invent upcycled phone harness to protect mobile phones and the environment

Chesterfield business, Oasis Studio, have designed and created an upcycled mobile phone harness to help protect mobile phones and the raise awareness of the environmental damage they cause.

1 May 2020 Online careers programme launched by Derbyshire Education Business Partnership

Derbyshire Education Business Partnership (DEBP) have launched a new online careers programme, Directions, which aims to support young people at home due to the impact of COVID-19.