Local Support Services
Please contact us if you spot anything missing.
Cost of living help
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Home living support
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Illness support groups
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Technology for beginners
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Transport
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Visual impairments
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Weekend doctors
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Wheelchair hire
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Ongoing community projects
There is lots of work being done by local groups and individuals, to improve our town and fix problems. Here are all the ones we know of......(please contact us to add more projects to this list, or give us more information)
Air quality
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Ashbourne Reborn
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Clifton Road pavement
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Future of the Town Hall
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Overgrown hedges
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The East-West path
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Traffic
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Weeds
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Someone should be doing something!
If you want to be active in making Ashbourne better, then you don't need to ask permission. Here are some ideas awaiting someone to step forward and take the lead. (please contact us to add more ideas to this list, or give us more information).
Derby Road barriers
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Pavements in disrepair
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Rural pavements
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Someone has already done it!
We don't have space to list all the amazing things already done to make Ashbourne a better place to live, work and play, but here are a few.....
Litter
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Voluntary & charity
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We're working on it....
Topics below are on their way -we've not written them yet!
Anti-social behaviour
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Artwork on roundabouts
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Football pitch improvements
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Giant knotweed
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Henmore brook ecosystem
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QR codes for places of interest
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The Pavilion
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Thinking Place
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Community directory
The community directory includes links to lots of useful community information in Ashbourne.
Community blog
Launched in 2023, the #Discover Ashbourne community blog will feature history, local projects, community campaigns, interviews and other happenings and goings-on around Ashbourne.
Any local group or individual is welcome to blog here - please contact us with your ideas.
What else?
Please tell us what else you would like to see covered on these community pages.