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Welcome to the website for the Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside Community Association.

What’s on

Upcoming Events

Mondays

Toddler Group: Chinley Independent Chapel, The Wash. 1.15 – 3pm. £1.50 per family. Term time only.
Modern Pilates: Chinley Community Centre. 9.45 – 10.45am. Email julietvincon@hotmail.com or phone 01663 740088 for more details. This class is full.
Community Swimming: Peak School Hydrotherapy Pool, Buxton Road, Chinley. 6.30 – 9pm. Quiet lane swimming. Limited places. Email rosybateman@gmail.com to enrol.
Chinley Community Choir: Scout Hut, Chinley. 8 – 9.45pm. Adults £1 and Secondary aged children 50p. Email choir@chinleyca.org.uk for more details.

Tuesdays

Women’s Institute Coffee and Chat: Chinley WI Hall. 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 10am – 12pm. Everyone welcome.
Parent & Toddler Group: Chinley Community Centre. 10 – 11.30am. £1.50 per family. Term time only.
Informal Dog Walking Club: Informal meeting place for dog walkers who would like to walk in the company of others. Entrance of Bugsworth canal basin (opposite the Navigation Inn carpark in Buxworth). 10am. Phone Caroline on 07800 819901 for more details.
Exercise to Music Class: Come and enjoy some fun and fitness to the sounds of the 60’s. All abilities welcome. Chinley Community Centre. 1.30 – 2.30pm. £4.50 per session. For more information contact Bridget on 01663 751166.
Craft Club: Chinley Community Centre. 2 – 4pm. Email lpage999@gmail.com or phone Linda on 01663 750448.
Brownies: Term time only. Email judith_hargreaves@yahoo.com or go to the Girlguiding UK website for more details.
Women’s Institute Evening Meeting: Chinley WI Hall. 1st Tuesday of the month (except January). 7.30pm. Visitors/new members always welcome. Phone the Secretary on 01663 732890 for more details.
Chinley and Buxworth Women’s Fellowship: Chinley WI Hall. 2nd and 4th Tuesday’s of the month. 7.45pm. Meetings are informal. Find more information about events and speakers in Chinley launderette window.
Book Group: Chinley Community Centre. 3rd Tuesday of each month, 8 – 9.30pm. Phone Liz on 01663 750640 for more details.

Wednesdays

Book Swap & Drop: Chinley Community Centre. 9.30 – 11.30am (hot drinks and cakes served) and 7.30 – 9pm (unmanned). Phone Liz on 01663 750640 for more details.
Breastfeeding Group: Tea on the Green, Chinley. 10 – 11am. Just turn up to chat with other parents and local health visitors. All welcome regardless of feeding methods. Contact Breastmates on 07768 540951 for more details.
Chinley Drop In: Parish Rooms, Lower Lane. 10am – 12pm. All welcome – just turn up.
Walking for Health: Very easy 10 minute walk starting from Chinley Community Centre at 11.30am. Phone Richard Leyshon on 07545 420593 or email richard.leyshon@highpeak.gov.uk for more information.
Line Dancing: Chinley Community Centre. 1.30 – 3.30pm. £2.50 per session plus 50p for tea and biscuits. Phone Marjorie Jackson on 01298 22836 for more information.
We invite everyone who is affected by dementia to join us for Musical Memories: a musical gathering and community singing group where we will all have a sing, drink tea and eat cake! 2-4pm, every other Wednesday. For further information, contact vic_kayee@hotmail.co.uk
Street Dance and Musical Theatre for Children: Chinley Community Centre. 4 – 7.25pm. Samantha Wood Theatre Company. Phone Sue on 07785 787771 or email samanthawoodtheatreacademy@hotmail.com for more details.
Katy’s Cardio Kettles: Chinley Women’s Institute Hall. 6.30pm – 7.30pm. £4 per class. Just turn up. Email katyswets@hotmail.com for more details or phone Katy on 07923 462203.
Chess Club: Buxworth War Memorial Club. 7.45pm. Free. Just turn up. See buggychess.org for more details.
Craft Club: Chinley Community Centre. 7 – 9pm. Email lpage999@gmail.com or phone Linda on 01663 750448.
Netball (women and girls over 14): Chinley Community Centre Hard Court. 7.15 – 8.30pm. £2 adults, £1 students. Email jackie.pettitt@aol.co.uk for more details.

Thursdays

Beginners Pilates: Chinley Community Centre. 9.45 – 10.45am. £6 per session. Email julietvincon@hotmail.com or phone 01663 740088 for more details.
Pilates (all levels): Chinley Community Centre. 7.30 – 8.30pm. £3.50 per class or £17.50 for six sessions. Email gail.heathcote-milner@manchester.ac.uk for more details.
Guides: Term time only. Email nicola_parkin@hotmail.com or go to the Girlguiding UK website for more details.
Over 35’s Football (casual 5-a-side): Chinley Community Centre Hard Court. 7.30 – 9pm. £2. Email Wilkins.Steve@sky.com for more details.
The Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside Parish Council meeting is held monthly on the fourth Thursday of each month at 7:30pm, except for August and December when there is no meeting.

Fridays

Chinley Drop In: Parish Rooms, Lower Lane. 10am – 12pm. All welcome – just turn up.
Yoga: Chinley Community Centre. 10.30am – 12pm, with Sarah. For full details contact sarahhill@hotmail.com or call 01298 814 470 / 07930 488 087.
Walking for Health: Easy 30 minute walk starting from Tea on the Green, Chinley at 1pm. Phone Richard Leyshon on 07545 420593 or email richard.leyshon@highpeak.gov.uk for more information.

Saturdays

Family swimming: Peak School Hydrotherapy Pool, Buxton Road, Chinley. Limited places. Email Charlotte Harrison saturdayswim@bloomonkey.co.uk to enrol.
Katy’s Kettles: Chinley Community Centre. 9.30 – 10.30am. £4 per class. Just turn up. Email katyswets@hotmail.com for more details or phone Katy on 07923 462203.
Samantha Wood Theatre Company: Chinley Community Centre. 11-1.30. Phone Sue on 07785 787771 or email samanthawoodtheatreacademy@hotmail.com for more details.
Friends of Chinley Park Working Parties: Stubbins Lane Park. 2nd Saturday of each month. 10am – 1pm. Just turn up – we are always looking for volunteers. Email focp@chinleyca.org.uk for more details.
Table Tennis: Chinley Community Centre. 1.30pm – 3.30pm. £1.50. Just turn up. Check the Community website calendar to ensure it is running. Email graham_cooper@hotmail.co.uk or phone Graham on 07702 933585 for more details.

Sundays

Footy Totz: Chinley Community Centre, 9.40-12.10 Contact Chris at glossop@footytotz.co.uk.
Bugsworth Basin Heritage Trust Working Days: Bugsworth Basin. Fortnightly. Just turn up – we need more volunteers. Email Ian ian@bugsworthbasin.org or go to http://bugsworthbasin.org/pages/volunteer.html for more information.
Bugsworth Basin Heritage Trust Working Days: Bugsworth Basin. Fortnightly. Just turn up – we need more volunteers. Email Ian ian@bugsworthbasin.org or go to http://bugsworthbasin.org/pages/volunteer.html for more information.
Chinley Community Cinema: Chinley Community Centre. 2nd Sunday of each month. 3pm, children’s film. 7pm, adult’s film. Email newsletters@chinleyca.org.uk to join the mailing list.

Other Activities and Groups

Scouting Group: For more details about Beavers, Cubs, Scouts or Explorers, see the pages here or contact the Group Scout Leader. Email gsl@chinleyscouts.org.uk.
High Peak Running Group: Beginners and new runners always welcome! Email lizstillo@gmail.com for more information or find us on Facebook.
Chinley Churners Cycling Group: Informal road and mountain biking group. Email Nik Cook nikalascook@googlemail.com for more information or find us on Facebook.
Chinley Fishes Swimming Lessons: At Peak School. Phone Jenny Law on 07773 689919 for more information.
Buxworth Cricket Club: Juniors and seniors. Phone Mark Drabble on 07866 980392 for more information.

New Building

We are disappointed to say that the bid to Big Lottery Fund for the new community centre has been turned down.

However, after the work on the Community Vision, your involvement in telling us what was needed and your overwhelming support for the plan, we will not be deterred.

We know that the lottery fund, in its final months, was hugely oversubscribed and highly competitive. The fund closed in January, and although a new capital fund will open at some point, they can’t yet say when.

In the meantime, we will take stock, and prepare a revised scheme, to submit when a new capital fund opens.

We have been advised that the new fund will not offer the same level of investment. As such, we will be considering cheaper, one storey options, without the changing rooms built underneath, into the slope. This proposal had huge support from the community, as it made best use of the restricted site footprint, but we will have to reconsider this.

We will regroup and refine the plan, involving you along the way in the consultation, as we develop Plan B. We always knew that it would be challenging to bring lottery funding on this scale, to a community such as ours, but we will keep trying.

All funds raised for the new building to date remain ring fenced for the new building fund. No locally raised funds have been spent on the process to date, so we will continue to work hard at raising the match funding that will be needed for the revised scheme.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Poppy Appeal Organiser

Angela Phillips is stepping down as the ‘Poppy Appeal Organiser’ in Chinley due to other volunteer commitments. She has organised a strong appeal in Chinley and last year raised £3,620.33 for the Legion – a fantastic amount! If you would be interested in taking on the role, please see the advertisement.

Chinley Station turns 150

Chinley station — after which the village is named — was opened on 2 February 1867. Read more about it here.

Chinley Station in full flow.

We are collecting used Sweet Biscuit Wrappers and Home Care Products to raise money for the new centre. See the flyer for more info.