Tideswell Dale Butterflies in 2025
Common Blue (photo by Rob Acker) A group of committed TDEG members have taken surveys of butterflies down Tideswell Dale every year for the 26 weeks of the season since 2021. We now have a much larger team of ten pairs of surveyors, including our youngest surveyors so far (brilliant work from Alfie and Ellis). […]
Celebrating International Repair Day 2025
Your local Repair Café is firmly on the national and international maps! As a member of Repair Café International and a supporter of the Restart Project, we are able to add our voice to bigger campaigns nationally and internationally. The Right to Reuse and Repair declaration was recently signed by our Derbyshire Dales MP, John […]
How do we futureproof Tideswell?
TDEG whole group meeting (open to all). Tuesday 21 October 2025, 7.30pm – 9.00pm. Fountain Square Church, Tideswell. Phil Korbel’s presentation slides can been seen here. TDEG is very grateful to Phil Korbel, cofounder and director at the Carbon Literacy Project, for his dynamic talk ‘How do we futureproof Tideswell?‘. Phil gave us a whistle-stop tour […]
DRAFT TDEG Committee Notes – 1 October 2025
COMMITEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Jules (Meeting Chair), Lynn (Communications Officer), Fiona (Secretary) OTHERS PRESENT: Laurie, Philip, Allen 1. Chair for the meeting The committee elected Jules to chair the meeting. It was noted that Jill had stepped down as project leader for the Rivers & Brooks project, but would still like to attend future committee meetings […]
TDEG Committee Agenda – 1 October 2025
If you are not a member of the committee, and would like to attend, please contact us at info@tdeg.org.uk. Members of the Committee Helen, Jill, Jules, Lynn, Neill (Treasurer), Fiona (Secretary). The Chair position is vacant. 1. Chair for the meeting a. To appoint a chair for the meeting. b. To note that Jill has […]
Water Quality Action? Is it Enough?
Since we first learnt about the serious pollution of Tideswell Brook by sewage overflows and by pharmaceutical pollution in the summer 2024, we have discovered a lot more about this complex issue. The present government appears to be trying to take action. The water companies have been told they ‘must do better’. This page provides […]
Swift Action
– from Kathleen Rigg – How many Swift nests would you estimate there to be in Tideswell? Do you ever wonder where they nest and why they only visit the UK for around three months of the year – also where are they for the other nine months? Can you spot the difference between Swifts, […]
Sharing Information
TDEG’s Rivers & Brooks Group is working to learn more about the issues which affect our local water quality. Our members are researching the problems of wastewater management, and exploring solutions based on studies across the UK and around the world. We also want to keep up to date with actions proposed by our local […]
Draft Notes of TDEG AGM and Stories from the Repair Cafe – 25 June 2025
1. Welcome Communications Officer and Wildlife project group leader, Lynn, stepped up to chair this AGM in Sue’s absence, and welcomed attendees. There were 17 attendees. The outgoing chair, Sue, was not able to attend the meeting due to another commitment. The committee were very grateful for her service and advice, and had presented her […]
Take Action – Make Your Voice Heard!
TDEG’s Rivers & Brooks group wants to ensure that environmental standards are maintained and water pollution is reduced. We need to influence national policies and legislation. This is a big ask of a small local group and our individual members. But there are ways to make our voices heard. Joining forces with other campaigning groups is […]
