Pilot area: Holme Hall, Chesterfield.
Focus: Localised community approach to understand how every day walking can influence social and community connectivity and improve the health and wellbeing of residents.
Lead Partner: Derbyshire Voluntary Action (DVA).
In collaboration with: Chesterfield Borough Council, Chesterfield FC Community Trust, Active Derbyshire, DCC Public Health, Holme Hall Unite, Friends of Holmebrook Valley Park, AECom, Local Councillors.
As the Summer of activities at Holme Hall comes to an end, we celebrated it by holding an exhibition event to showcase all the amazing people we met and the activities we did together. We saw some familiar faces from the Holme Hall community who had joined us over the summer and it was also great to introduce some new people to the project.
The exhibition celebrated discovering new and creative ways to enjoy walking in our local area. During the summer we used creative activities as prompts to experience walking differently. Whether focusing on the textures of the plants and flowers during the pottery walk, or opening our eyes to the colour combinations around us for the painting session; on each activity day we tuned into our surroundings in different ways. The exhibition showcased the work created over the summer and celebrated our time being Holme Hall Explorers!
I just hope there is more of this activity and more opportunities to share together in these kind of activities.
Great family activity which all the family could get involved in. From our youngest to our oldest age range 4-10.
Looking forward to more of this activity in the future. Good community spirit building new connections and friendships.
Here’s a round up of the Holme Hall Explorer Summer of activities.
On the 2nd of August Holme Hall Explorer are starting a month of summer activities for all ages. With seven free activities to choose from, ranging from art and crafts to gardening there is something for all residents living in Holme Hall to enjoy. Ending with an art exhibition to display everyone’s crafts and bring the community together to celebrate.
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On the 18th of May Holme Hall Primary School opened their doors for the Holme Hall Explorer Art Trail Day.
The art trail showcased clay models created earlier in the year by the children.
There was a great turnout with pupils turning up with their parents and extended families, and armed with instructions, a pencil, and a trusty map for directions, they set off to find the posters.
Proudly displaying pictures of their models, each poster was captioned with an action, from a simply question like ‘Do you like going for a walk?’ To ‘Make people laugh! – tell a joke, pull a funny face or do a silly dance’.
The pupils and adults had a great time. Once the trail was completed it was time to collect a prize! Then it was smiles all round, as goodie bags were opened and ice cream eaten.
Thanks to Holme Hall Primary school and their Head Teacher Jackie Littlechilds, The friends of Holme Hall, Clare Gage and the Chesterfield ANP members (Cllr Gavin Baldauf-Good, Juliet Grace, Gina Taylor, Cllr Judy Staton and Jenny).
Written by Caron Fellows, Walk Derbyshire Workforce Lead
