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Successful Pilot Project Prompts Continuation: Call for Bulk IT Equipment Donations from Businesses In partnership with PCrefurb, we are delighted to announce the continuation of a successful pilot scheme aimed at refurbishing donated IT devices to help those who are digitally excluded. We are looking to businesses, big or small, which are updating IT equipment to donate their old devices. Windows 10 will be coming to the end of its supported life in October next year which

The real cost of charm is something many p ople only di cover once they have lived in a rural home for a while. Derby hire' stone cottages,converted farmhouses and isolated homes are full of character, but that character often comes with higher energy costs, complex heating systems and difficult decisions about how, or whether, to invest for the future. Many rural homes are not connected to the mains gas grid. Instead, households rely on heating oil, LPG, solid fuel systems

Rural Action Derbyshire (RAD) is delighted to announce the appointment of Emma Simpson as its new Chief Executive Officer, from 1st January 2025. She takes over from Beverley Parker who has retired after 10 years with the organisation. Bev has been an extraordinary leader, guiding the charity through significant growth. Emma has a long-standing and deeply rooted connection to RAD, having worked with the organisation for over a decade. Her dedication to addressing rural disa

Rural Action Derbyshire, as the lead organisation for Feeding Derbyshire, has welcomed a majo r national policy change that will help lift thousands of families out of food insecurity. From September 2026, all children in England whose families receive Universal Credit will qualify for free school meals—regardless of household income. Currently, families must earn under £7,400 per year (after tax) to be eligible, meaning many low-income working families are excluded. This lon

Heating Oil costs more than double as Middle East conflict hits rural Derbyshire households Rural Action Derbyshire is warning that the fast-moving crisis in the Middle East is now pushing domestic heating oil prices to extreme levels. Disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, where traffic has fallen by more than 80 percent following military escalation and attacks on tankers, is severely affecting global supply routes and contributing to sharp price increases.