Date set for opening of new Co-op store
A NEW Co-op food store which is creating more than 20 jobs will open in a Derbyshire town before the end of the month.
Central England Co-operative says its Ashbourne store, in Blenheim Road, will open at 9am on Friday, October 26, with a ribbon cutting ceremony performed by local schoolchildren and charities.
The store, which will open from 7am to 10pm seven days a week, will offer a range of products, including fresh fruit and vegetables, breads and pastries from an in-store bakery, chilled beers and wines, fresh and frozen products and ‘food to go’.
It will also offer Paypoint, Collect Plus, foreign currency, free parking and a cash machine.
The Co-op also have a supermarket at the Shawcroft Centre in the town.
The store is in part of the former Peak Leisure Vehicles and Accessories building. The Co-op was given permission to create two additional units in the remainder of the building. It is thought one of those units could be a veterinary surgery. A SCHOOL nurse who went ‘above and beyond’ for a Derby family when their son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes has been shortlisted for an NHS award.
Zoe Everingham, who works at St Giles School – the city’s only special primary school – was nominated for the ‘Compassion in Practice Award’ by Sharon Harrison, the mother of former pupil Ryan Fulcher.
Zoe will find out if she has been successful during a special ceremony for the annual Delivering Excellence Award at the Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust headquarters, on the Kingsway Hospital site, in November.
The awards highlight individuals who have made outstanding contributions to patient care and continue to make strides to improve the patient experience.
More than 130 submissions across all categories were accepted by the Trust this year.
“I am honoured and amazed to be nominated for this award,” said Zoe, who started working at St Giles in 2017, initially as cover.
“Ryan is an absolute star, but all the children at St Giles are lovely. We’re one big, happy family.
“It is very much a collaborative approach. We at St Giles have worked together with other professionals to ensure his needs have been met, and for Mum to say that I have gone above and beyond and nominate me for the award is just so lovely.”
Ryan,11, was born with Down Syndrome. He has an underactive thyroid, a hole in the heart, and, 18 months ago, he was diagnosed with diabetes.
Sharon says that Zoe, and teaching assistants Emily Deacon and Rob Moore, had a special bond with Ryan and were pivotal in helping him cope with the diabetes diagnosis.
She said: “Zoe had that ‘magic’ touch when it came to helping Ryan to take his medicine.
“As a family, we feel she went above and beyond. She helped us so much and has kept in touch with our family now that he’s moved to secondary school.
“Zoe, along with Emily and Rob, had so many ideas of how to cope with Ryan and getting him to monitor his blood sugar at school.
“They sourced a teddy bear, via charity JDRF, who has patches on his arms, legs, tummy and bottom, to show children where they can inject insulin and take their blood tests.”
Zoe says that she is incredibly proud of Ryan and how he has progressed from being quite passive in monitoring his blood sugar to doing it independently.
She said: “We have managed his diabetes in school and helped the team to understand his condition and presentation better, and how to encourage him.
“On occasions, Ryan would be upset