Thank you to the Eastwood Park Petanque Club who recently donated £180 which had been fundraised by their members.

Thank you so much to all the students, parents and staff from Barlborough Hall School who, this week, have donated us a whopping 616 pot noodles!

Thanks to the incredible generosity shown on the run up to Christmas clothing donations are now paused to give us time to sort through everything.

Thank you so much to everyone who has donated rucksacks and other items on the run up to Christmas! We’ve been overwhelmed by everyone’s good will and are so grateful for the support the people of Chesterfield have shown us after our Rucksack Appeal went out.

Thank you so much to to Clair and the team from Tilbury Douglas for creating 20 wonderful crisp packet blankets for the people we support who are rough sleeping! the crisp packets have been donated by the staff from Tilbury Douglas as well as pupils from Wren Park School, Aughton Junior Academy and Losco C of E Primary School.

We had a lovely time at our Christmas Party yesterday! It was great to be able to celebrate with all of the people we work with. Thank you so much to our fabulous staff team and volunteers for making it happen!

Thank you to everyone at New Life Church who did a coin trail to raise money for Pathways. People have been saving their loose change all year and raised a whopping £115!

Today is the day!! The Pathways of Chesterfield Art Exhibition and Silent Auction is open! We’re at West Studios from 3pm – 8pm so pop along to see the amazing work.

Thank you so much to Alpkit Hathersage and Edale Mountain Rescue for their donation of lots of outdoor gear including jackets, sleeping bags, hiking boots and rucksacks.

Thank you so much to Councillor Ed Fordham who donated 11 bags of items to Pathways.

Back in January 2024 Tracey was referred to us by Trent PTS and Derbyshire Recovery Partnership to be involved in our groups to aid her recovery. Tracey suffered from anxiety, depression and PTSD and needed structure and routine in her life.

The following 2 organisations have generously volunteered to act as a drop off point for the rucksacks to allow for a bit more flexibility if you’re unable to come to the pathways office during work hours.

Thank you so much to Brian and The National Highways Staff who have donated lots of sleeping bags and food.

As well as people who access the service, some of our volunteers work is also being exhibited at the Pathways of Chesterfield Art Exhibition and Silent Auction. One of these volunteers is Chris.

Pathways of Chesterfield is registered with #easyfundraising, which means over 7,000 brands will donate to us for FREE every time you use #easyfundraising to shop with them.

In advance of the Pathways of Chesterfield Art Exhibition and Silent Auction we wanted to highlight some of the artists who’s work will be exhibited. First up is Mia.

We had a lovely Friday evening attending the Foresters Friendly Society’s annual dinner. Their Chief Ranger Mike kindly chose Pathways to be the charity they support

We had the pleasure of joining lots of other charities at the weekend for the Tesco Community Day.

Some of the pieces of art that will be shown in the Pathways of Chesterfield Art Exhibition and Silent Auction have been worked on collaboratively by the people in groups.

Thank you so much to The Christadelphian Church who have been fundraising for Pathways recently

This year Pathways of Chesterfield is launching a Christmas Rucksack Appeal.

We’re delighted to have been chosen by People’s Postcode Lottery to receive £50,000. This is so much money for our charity and will make a huge difference to the people we work with.

We are excited to invite you to the first ever Pathways of Chesterfield Art Exhibition and Silent Auction.

We recently received some wonderful feedback from someone we’ve been working with for a number of years.

Thank you to Amy Derbyshire who has raised a huge £60 by making and selling loom band bracelets, to her friends and with a stall outside her house.

Pathways Christmas Cards are now on sale!!
£5 for a pack of 10.

Sarah was born and bred in Chesterfield and in her spare time likes to keep fit through dance and walking in nature,

A big thank you to one of our recovery partnerships STAND TO for their generous donations of coats for our rough sleepers.

On Saturday 5th October at Holymoorside Village Hall, a successful collaborative arts event organised by Holymoorside and Walton Arts Festival Society raised £100 for Pathways.

Daniel is young man in his 20s who first presented at pathways in May. At the time of referral he was staying a tent.

We wanted to say a huge thank you to Westfield Infant School for their harvest collection for Pathways

The Art and Craft Group have been making some beaded wire trees the last few weeks.

Thank you so much to Calow C of E Primary School for the amazing Harvest Festival donation they have delivered today.

Robert and his young child came to our drop-in after fleeing from his partner due to domestic abuse. They had been placed in B&B by the council but needed support whilst they were in temporary accommodation and to find a longer term option.

We’re delighted to have received some funding from Foundation Derbyshire- Food Access Programme. The funding allows us to keep our food cupboard topped up meaning we’re not solely reliant on donations to provide food to the people we work with.

Thank you so much to NHS Charities Together for donating 600 bottles of water.

Laura has worked at Pathways for 5 years and was office manager for a small charity in Manchester for ten years prior.

Our Charity Christmas Cards will be coming on sale soon! They have been designed by two of our clients who are incredibly talented, Tracey and Mia.

We’ve recently received a donation of a couple of benches which we’ve used to create a multi use, quiet, welcoming space at the back of one of our buildings.

What a month September has been celebrating all individuals who are in recovery from drug and/or alcohol addiction!

We recently shared Ben’s story, one of the people working with Bec, our Recovery Worker. At the time of sharing he was on a waiting list for supported housing but we’re delighted that he has now moved into a new home with Derventio.

Thank you to the Tesco Extra Community Champions, Jane and Karen, who chose Pathways to receive the donations made to the August book table.

Pathways Art Exhibition coming soon

In August, Pathways supported 257 different people who were homeless or at risk of homelessness. We were able to successfully support 32 people into new housing.

Whether you say Tomatoes with an ATO or a MATO it still tastes the same!

For a lot of the people I work with, who suffer with addictions, keeping themselves busy and distracted from their negative thoughts has been a huge struggle for them. To help them with this I have been putting together some distraction packs.

Ainsley, a man in his 50s had been living with his partner but when the relationship broke down, the tenancy was in her name he had nowhere to go so found himself sleeping rough.

As part of Recovery Month, today we hosted a Graffiti Recovery Event. It was a celebration for people in recovery and we had people from other projects in the Growing Recovery in Derbyshire Network join us for the event.

As part of our Paths to Recovery project, Pathways has been working closely with Steve, the new Derbyshire Recovery Partnership (DRP) Rough Sleeper Worker.

We’ve recently taken out a licence to become trained in and deliver SMART Recovery sessions. SMART Recovery helps participants decide whether they have a problem, builds up their motivation to change and offers a set of proven tools and techniques to support recovery.

Ben is in his mid 20s who has been diagnosed with a multitude of mental health conditions. Trauma in his early years has meant he has always struggled to regulate his emotions in a health way.

Paths to Recovery is a project run by Pathways, funded by Derbyshire County Council as part of the Recovery Network in Derbyshire.

At Pathways we offer a range of activity groups which provide a safe space for people to come to, develop new skills and make new friends.

Once a week we offer a full cooked breakfast along with cereal and hot drinks to anyone who is rough sleeping in the area.

As part of Recovery Month in September, we’re hosting a graffiti event for people in recovery.

Frank is a single man in his 40s who came to Pathways for help when he was evicted from his mother’s house and found himself sleeping rough.

Gemma is an 18 year old who approached Pathways for help when she was sofa surfing with a man who was sexually exploiting her.

Nathan has been a housing and homelessness support worker since September 2023 having previously being a service user of Pathways and a volunteer.

Grove Farm Garden is having an open day in support of Pathways. There will be music, tea and cake and a look around this beautiful garden!

Jules has been working for Pathways for 5 years and has a just do it attitude! She enjoys the outdoors and even walks over 6 miles to work on Fridays before doing a full shift!