Amber Valley Info Monthly Newsletter - May 2013
Welcome to the May update for Amber Valley Info
Amber Valley Info is a free resource to promote the Borough of Amber Valley.
We promote business, community and tourism and provide this as a free service to you so can we ask a little favour of you?
Please tell someone about our site; forward them this email, text them our web address www.ambervalley.info or just give them a call and ask them to google 'AmberValleyInfo'
If everyone on our mailing list tells just one person then that will be a massive boost for us!
Diary of Events
We list over 300 active events including live music, karaoke, community fairs and events, public meetings, seasonal events, festivals and much more.
We have a range of event specials for 2013, if you want to add any events for this special or to our events list in general then you can let us have details.
A few of the forthcoming events we have listed are shown below;
- Belper Youth Market And Festival At Belper Market Place
- 11th Annual May Day Charity event At The Village Inn, Marehay, Ripley
- Robbie & Gary from Take That (Tribute Acts) At Bluey's Aussie Bar & Bistro, Alfreton
- Amber Valley Business Club Networking Meeting At Alfreton Leisure Centre
- Ripley Spring Festival and Well Dressing At Ripley Market Place
- Heanor Farmers Market At Market Place, Heanor
View Full Events List | View Latest Events Added
Business Directory
Our local directory continues to expand with over 4000 local businesses and groups and this is growing every day, we offer all businesses and groups in and around the Amber Valley opportunity to have a profile page on our site – This profile page can contain your contact details, a description of your business/group as well as a logo and some photos, we can even include a brochure if you let us have a PDF.
Some examples of companies who have made the most of their profiles by adding logos, text or images are;
- Alfreton Leisure Centre has added some photos
- Manuka Roofing has added their logo and some photos
- Belper Acupuncture Centre has added their logo and photos
- Riverbank Floristry has added their logo and photos
- Derbyshire Motorbike School has added their logo and photo
- Incognito Cakes has added their logo and photo
If you want to extend your profile then you can go online, find your own profile and submit an update or upload documents (photos or PDF files) or you can email us back with your update and attachments – please allow a couple of days for the updates to be applied. We pick a few each month to include in this email.
Ripley Royal British Legion Raise A Glass To St George
At 11am On Tuesday 23rd April the Royal British Legion Ripley branch toasted St George on the steps of Ripley Town Hall in the company of the Town and Borough Mayors.
A Town Cryer announced the toast to St George which was made with a flagon of Everards ale supplied by the Sir Barnes Wallis Pub Landlord, Murray Hart.
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Amber Valley Hornets Create a BUZZ!
Amber Valley Hornets Ladies Hockey Club have just been crowned Derbyshire Hockey league Division 2 champions - finishing the season undefeated in the league by beating Ilkeston 8-0 at the weekend. The club based at Mill School in Ripley are only in their third year and are already looking forward to playing Division 1 hockey next season. They also reached the semi-finals of the cup with their 2nd team who have just completed there first season in the league finishing a respectable 4th and reaching the final of the plate competition which takes place on the 27th April against Burton.
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#AVYourSayLive event at the Marquis of Ormonde raises £100 for local charity
Amber Valley’s Twitter networking group #AVYourSay took their weekly online Twitter chat from cyberspace and into the real world last week under the slogan ‘Don’t Just Tweet, Meet’ with a dynamic event held at the Marquis of Ormonde in Codnor.
#AVYourSay is a weekly Twitter networking event held online every Tuesday night from 8pm to 9pm giving Amber Valley businesses and groups the chance to ‘tweet in’ using the hash tag #AVYourSay. Within a short space of time it’s huge popularity has had it trending nationally on a number of occasions.
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News In Amber Valley
Do you have a press release and want us to run it, we publish a range of local interest stories including charity fundraising, club news, business events and much more. Send your press release to us at info@ambervalley.info
A few of our news articles from last month are shown below;
- Short Story From A Local Author - Grapes and Wrath
- Police seek to raise awareness of digital stalking
- Marehay Vauxhall baking in support of Help for Heroes
- Funding boost for burglar alarm project
- A busy weekend at Heage Windmill!
- Parents urged to help keep Derbyshire measles cases low
Our Monthly Statistics
A very busy month on Amber Valley Info with over 8000 visits to the site.
View Our Full Statistics
Monthly Update
We will send a monthly update to all businesses and groups that have registered with Amber Valley Info, if you do not want to receive this again then just click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email or reply back to this email asking us to remove you from this mailing list.
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Find Us On Twitter
Our Twitter name is @AmberValleyInfo
Follow the link to our Twitter Profile and if you are new to Twitter then sign up along the way.
#AVYourSay
#AVYourSay is a Virtual Meeting Event for anyone in our around Amber Valley – it’s just one big conversation with people who have one thing in common – Amber Valley
The Event is every Tuesday from 8pm to 9pm – Come along and say Hi, tell people about you and your business, ask a few questions and answer other peoples.
But just remember Twitter is a conversation, join in the conversation and don’t keep posting an ad for your business every few minutes.
Who Else In On Twitter
We have put together a list of local businesses we know are on Twitter – Check out here and let us know if you need adding to the list.
Twitter Training
Would you like to ‘Tweet’ but don’t know where to start? Why not try one of the training courses offered by our friends at Social Myna.
Kaye and her colleagues provide a range of social media training and support services that can be tailored to suit your business needs.
Other Social Media
Don’t forget we also have a Facebook Page and have recently joined LinkedIn
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More News From Amber Valley Info
| Mobile speed camera locations in Derbyshire during June 2026 Derbyshire Casualty Reduction Enforcement Support Team (C.R.E.S.T) will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement read more | |
| DCG's Broomfield Hall set for a weekend of dogs, rare plants and family fun this July Broomfield Hall in Morley, Ilkeston, the historic campus of Derby College Group (DCG), will ope read more | |
| Derbyshire Wildlife Trust unveils nature-led vision for Common Farm in Amber Valley A 34-hectare site in Amber Valley is beginning a remarkable transformation into a thriving nature read more | |
| Local charities share community funding from Alfreton and Somercotes funeral directors Three community projects making a positive impact on peoples quality of life in and around Alf read more | |
| Belper teenager completes 160km horse ride in just two days A 14-year-old rider from Belper has completed her first 160km endurance ride with her horse, Cotswolds Shaquille. read more | |
The Amber Valley Info Noticeboard
| Food waste recycling is coming to Amber Valley From June 2026, Amber Valley Borough Council will introduce weekly food waste recycling across the borough as part of a phased roll-ou read more | |
| Stallholder Bookings Now Open For The Tansley Big Day Out We're excited to announce that Tansley's Big Day Out 2026 will take place on 6th & 7th June 2026! read more | |
| Christmas and New Year bin collection dates Over the festive season, bin collections will operate on revised schedules. Some collections may take place up to two days earlier than u read more | |
| Launch Of WOMBLE MANIA! At the Heights of Abraham, Opened by Marcus Robertson, Son of Wombles author, Elisabeth Beresford, officially launched WOMBLE MANIA! at the Heights of Abraha read more | |
| Belper School and Sixth Form Centre Closed Today Due to a significant water leak, resulting in the water being turned off at school, we unfortunately have to close the school today. read more | |
