[Bankrobber]

Are the club planning on doing anything to support the locals who have been affected?

[clarevoyant.]

DIFH, on 23 October 2023 - 12:10 PM, said:

I never knew all that Michael, but not all white van men deliver parcels.

You're never to old to learn David.

[Sammy Spireite]

Bankrobber, on 23 October 2023 - 12:36 PM, said:

Are the club planning on doing anything to support the locals who have been affected?

The trust have this evening offered free access to Chesters Den to families affected by the floods.

[RN Blue]

Have the floods subsided, saw it made the national news the other evening, looked horrendous?

[JonB]

Yep pretty much all the water has gone just leaving the mess it made behind for folk to tidy up. Some more rain this morning but hopefully wont cause the carnage it did on Friday.

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Worth mentioning temporary lights at the Alma leisure thing causing build ups around the area.

Avoid Derby Road if poss...

[dalekpete]

Sammy Spireite, on 23 October 2023 - 07:07 PM, said:

The trust have this evening offered free access to Chesters Den to families affected by the floods.

As well as free meals and access to showers.

[StaffsSpireite]

I did notice that over £33,000 has already been raised to help the people affected on the Chesterfield Flood Appeal Gofund Me page which is great to see.

[spireitetoo]

We actually have a flood victim living with us atm...

He is only an African Grey parrot, but his home along with his owners home has been devastated... and he needed some where to lodge for a month or 6...

Every little helps..

[jamie_bolsover]

dalekpete, on 24 October 2023 - 09:01 AM, said:

As well as free meals and access to showers.

Great work as always Pete, well done to all.

[Alice Cooper]

dalekpete, on 24 October 2023 - 09:01 AM, said:

As well as free meals and access to showers.

Well done CFC.

[Siberian Spireite]

Belper Town flooded out again, and are running a fundraiser as they cannot obtain insurance against floods:
https://www.gofundme...source=customer

[Siberian Spireite]

clarevoyant., on 23 October 2023 - 06:54 AM, said:

Well, I've concluded that a high percentage of "white van drivers" deserve their reputations. Using bullying tactics, over aggressive driving etc. just to gain an extra minute. This is brought about by the way the industry is run based on avarice. The top of the chain are always wanting more, sat looking at their spread sheets, seeing that if they deliver X they then want Y and putting pressure on the next link (be that financial or job security) in the chain and so forth until it reaches the bottom of the chain, the driver. Who then puts pressure on themselves resulting in pressure on other unsuspecting road users.

In the interests of road safety the industry needs government regulation. But the trouble is when it comes to avarice they can't regulare themselves!!

A lot of my mates are postmen and their Union is constantly fighting as the Royal Mail tries to adjust pay and conditions to compete in a market place where unregulated competitors can just skim off the cream of the market and pay pennies to their drivers.

Postmen can be disciplined for making a delivery without switching off and locking their vans- inspectors try to catch them out, I’m told (even if delivering to isolated farms) yet couriers will just park anywhere, engine running, lob the parcel over the wall and drive recklessly onwards.

[camyat]

dalekpete, on 24 October 2023 - 09:01 AM, said:

As well as free meals and access to showers.

Can a bucket collection be arranged at a future fixture?

[clarevoyant.]

camyat, on 24 October 2023 - 11:03 AM, said:

Can a bucket collection be arranged at a future fixture?

A bit late, hopefully.

Sorry

[Sammy Spireite]

spireitetoo, on 24 October 2023 - 10:25 AM, said:

We actually have a flood victim living with us atm...

He is only an African Grey parrot, but his home along with his owners home has been devastated... and he needed some where to lodge for a month or 6...

Every little helps..

Pity he's not a she, her Eggs would have more than paid for her keep!

[spireitetoo]

Sammy Spireite, on 24 October 2023 - 11:35 AM, said:

Pity he's not a she, her Eggs would have more than paid for her keep!

Ha ha, yeah, forgot there was a good market for those..

[JonB]

Siberian Spireite, on 24 October 2023 - 10:47 AM, said:

A lot of my mates are postmen and their Union is constantly fighting as the Royal Mail tries to adjust pay and conditions to compete in a market place where unregulated competitors can just skim off the cream of the market and pay pennies to their drivers.

Postmen can be disciplined for making a delivery without switching off and locking their vans- inspectors try to catch them out, I’m told (even if delivering to isolated farms) yet couriers will just park anywhere, engine running, lob the parcel over the wall and drive recklessly onwards.

Yep the other delivery companies are working to different rules. There was a time where they would put deliveries to further flung parts of the country into the Royal Mail pipeline to save time and money of getting them there themselves. I had a brief 4/5 weeks as a postie a few years ago on a temp xmas contract whilst looking for another job and the pressure they are under is ridiculous. Amazon deliveries had to be scanned and all sorts to prove delivery while their own drivers deliver it to somewhere in the vicinity of the house, sod off and the first you know about it is a notification from the amazon app that something has been delivered!!