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  • Fairfield Dreamscheme report on the Olympic Torch on its way through Buxton

    Young people from the Dreamscheme in Fairfield worked hard all afternoon, to capture the spirit of Buxton on 29th June.  They had prepared themselves with photography skills and interview questions to find out what people thought about the historic moment as the Olympic flame entered the town. A reported 15,000 people flooded the town centre

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  • The Fairfield Archway and Seating

    The magnificent archway is in Granby Road Park, on  Granby Road, Fairfield, and the quirky  seats are on the shopping parade on Victoria Park Road in Fairfield.  

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  • Whaley Bridge Water Festival June 8th-12th 2012

    The Whaley Bridge Water festival is a fantastic opportunity for  families with children of all ages and makes for a great weekend that includes local bands, dance, stalls, animal and bird shows, a traditional Punch and Judy show, traction engine displays and  fairground rides. This year HPCA took its wonder yurt out to add to

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  • HPCA and the Little Giants

      If you go down to High Lea Park today, you’re in for a CHAMPION surprise! Little GIANTS theatre present a special pre Olympics theatre event for children in collaboration with High Peak Community Arts.   Rehearsals for this year’s show “Going for Gold” are taking place in High Lea Park, St Mary’s Road, New

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  • Buxton Olympic Torch Celebration

    The Olympic Torch Relay comes to Buxton on  Friday June 29th – passing through from 5pm to 5.30pm. Are you planning to shoot video, or take pictures you want to share with our Crowd-sourcing project?  Click here for your instructions. We will have a high profile presence and have organised a number of events. The New

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  • ‘Peak Inside’ Magazine

    ‘Peak Inside’ magazine is now available for you to enjoy, free of charge.  To view ‘Peak Inside’ in a new window click here Or pick up a copy in High Peak Libraries, Volunteer Centres, other community venues, and High Peak Community Arts’ base in High Lee Hall, New Mills. There are also audio CD versions available, kindly recorded

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  • Tales in the Tent

        Tales in the Tent Fairfield and Hadfield  2012 Tales in the tent took place in Fairfield and Hadfield on May 12th and 19th, with story tellers Gordon MacLellan and Christine McMahon. Both events were part of the Derbyshire Literature Festival and were ran in partnership with the Libraries service and with the Children’s centre at

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  • Project eARTh, environmental arts and health

    This is an exciting five year project for people experiencing mental distress, funded by the Reaching Communities programme of the BIG Lottery Fund. The project is run by HPCA in partnership with the local mental health teams and High Peak CVS. Project eARTh holds weekly creative arts sessions, led by experienced artists and supported by

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  • Painted Umbrellas for the Olympic Torch Relay

    The Olympic Torch Relay comes to Buxton on  Friday June 29th – passing through from 5pm to 5.30pm. The New Mills Project eARTh group are busy with artist  Ruth Marsden and fabric paint on white umbrellas , and on the day will line the route near the Pavilion Gardens to  ‘twirl’  the colourful results as the

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