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At JGFC we are proud to be involved in the Armed Forces Covenant.

Help for Heroes and many of its corporate partners are amongst over 7,000 organisations that have signed the Armed Forces Covenant. The corporate covenant is a public pledge from businesses and other organisations who wish to demonstrate their support for the Armed Forces community. Businesses are asked to pledge their support for the two key principles of the covenant and to select from a range of other commitments they may feel able to make.

We are extremely delighted to be working on a large project along with Bolsover council. We have been given some land by a local developer to create a community sensory garden along with wildlife area. We hope to be working with the local schools/scouts/guides and schools so they can take advantage of this area to further their development and learning.

Further to this, East midlands Railway are donating a train carriage so what we can convert it into a cafe, that will inclode an area for a 'pop up' so the community can use to sell their products or promote a group.

JGFC Have adopted the train station at Whitwell. We intend to make the platforms and the surrounding area are a more pleasant place to be.

We are working with Whitwell parish council and gardening groups in and around Whitwell to form an In Bloom group. Hopefully entering Britain in Bloom in the next couple of years.

We hope this venture will grow and grow but at first it'll be trowel and error.

We have opened our third Hub in Carlton-in-Lindrick. We are taking bookings but this venue is proving popular so if you're interested get in touch with us now.

WELL WORTH A READ! Matlock's Hurst Farm Social Club is experiencing a major overhaul through it's Hurst Farm Regeneration Project. Part of the new refurbishment will be the brand new Farmers' View; a revamp of the internal back section into a modern community hub with improvements made to the toilet facilities and the installation of a disabled toilet.

WOW! What a great night yet again! We love making this night happen, a rare occasion when all are members from each of our 6 clubs get together and PARTY! Already looking forward to the next one!

JGFC received a donation from Specsavers in Chesterfield from their Green Token Scheme. Thank You to everyone who popped their token into our box and thank you to Specsavers for giving us the opportunity.

Now becoming a regular Annual Event, it can only get bigger and better! Thank you to everyone who was involved. Fabulous entries from our members with Seb Swain being the overall winner. Well Done Seb!

Tom Munro attended our Promotional Evening and immediately took a keen interest in our Charity and the service we provide to our community. Shortly after this Tom was voted Chairman of Bolsover District Council again and nominated us as his Chosen Charity of The Year.

Just Good Friends Club would like to thank everyone who came to the event and a special thank you to all our amazing stall holders; Danielle (Ann Summers), Molly (Body Shop), April (FM Fragrance and Beauty), Kaley (Younique), Jo (House Wear), Jackie (Dronfield Events) and Gemma (Heavenly Bath Bombs). the night would not have been possible without you. Thank you to our DJ, PD Entertainment, for providing the fabulous soundtrack to a fun filled evening. We hope to have raised some awareness of the JGFC in the local area and we also raised some money for the club along the way so all in all it was a successful night.

We all had a great time in Blackpool despite the weather, we had arcade games, a trip to the blackpool tower and Fish & Chips!

Thank you to for providing a brilliant service

The cafe has now been closed for the foreseeable future due to lack of support

The Coffee Morning was a great success with more attendees than the previous year. We even put on bacon butties which everyone appeared to enjoy! And to top it all off we even raised £176 to go towards the JGFC to make it even bigger and better. Thanks to the staff, volunteers and everyone else at the Whitwell Community Centre

In order to grow the JGF Club to the best it can be we had a restructure of staff and roles in the organization. This has created even more employee and volunteer opportunities. This has offered new roles for our current employees and has enabled us to expand our staff team so that we have a much clearer path which will lead us to success

The coach was so full we had to get more transportation with a mixture of 47 members plus 15 staff and volunteers. Great day out in Skegness included lunch, site seeing, arcade, paddling and rides.

Thank you to for providing a brilliant service

On the 30th of may Trish Charity got to talk to Andy Twigge (Twiggy) on Radio Derby about Just Good Friends Club

We have moved to Queens Park Sports Centre in Chesterfield to be more central as requested by our members also we have these facilities throughout the holidays so we can provide the club with continuity

Our annual Christmas Party always attracts approximately 90 guests this includes members and their families. We have a meal, disco, bar and entertainment is provided over the years this has included dancers, magicians, musical artists and performances from our members. We also have raffle and tombola with prizes provided from our community

We held free taster sessions on the 1st November and the 15th November which helped with the success of opening our new club 29th November contact us for more details.

Thank you to for sponsoring the startup of this club

AGMs have taken place in all clubs. This is where we vote our Chairpersons, Secretaries and Treasurers for the upcoming year. Fantastic participation at all clubs with some great people in place to support the clubs

It is a fantastic success and there is no doubt this will just grow and grow and grow

We now have 16 members at the Chesterfield Club which is fantastic! In order to take any more members we would need a bigger room and another regular volunteer, both of these are being sourced at the moment so that we can grow even more

We celebrated 21 years of JGFC with all our members joining us for a barbecue, drinks and disco. It was great to see everyone there, all celebrating our success and supporting us for many more years to come

Thank you to Lee and all his staff at for providing this event

JGFC first seaside coach trip was a fabulous success. Full coach with a mixture of 54 members, volunteers and staff. Great day out in Skegness included lunch, site seeing and beach games.

Thank you to for providing a brilliant service

Unfortunately we had to change the venue from The Spot and Derby, we tried The Living Lounge for a while but this was not successful due to overheads. We are now very lucky to have the support of The Cross Keys in Belper. It isn't a nightclub but we do have exclusive use of the whole pub and we create a nightclub environment

With 14 performers making up 11 acts we held the JGF has talent final. Entries included solo and group dancers and singers. The winner of the contest was Tom Wildman from our Bolsover club entertaining us with Meatloaf's Bat out of Hell

Just Good Food is a small Café and Delivery service which has been introduced to provide funds for the Charity but predominantly for our members to have the opportunity to gain skills in cooking and a working environment. This has progressed well over the initial six months, we have employed another member of staff to support this also supplying employment in the area

Fun Sports had been running for over a year without any program in place which did work well but we wanted to add some structure so that when our members joined us they knew what to expect on that day and could also choose when they would like to attend according to their preferences. We still do some adhoc activities to keep the element of surprise

Very quickly developed and already has 13 members. Brilliant club held at our main office with access to our equipment at all times

Having spent many happy years at the Adult Education Centre in Bolsover the club has grown in both numbers and different activities, meaning they needed a bigger room. Having now moved we can encourage more members to join us at our Bolsover Club for more information please contact us

Ryan is one of our members who attends most of our clubs, he volunteered himself to take photos at our Vibe Nightclub events. Ryan has created his very own Just Good Friends Photographer Facebook page Ryan ensures he recieves everyones permission before posting the images and videos on social media

We didn’t move far, we just moved downstairs to allow us more office space, storage space, the area required to hold a club and a working kitchen to allow us to open the café. We spend a lot of time transferring rooms, one in particular is regularly changed from a café to a club room and now we also offer it to be rented as a meeting room. An indication of just how versatile and resourceful we are!

We received another round of Lottery Funding which is fantastic news! It means Just Good Friends club will be around for at least another 5 years. As always we will use this funding to grow and develop, making Just Good Friends Club even bigger and better! The lottery invests in us as they see what a difference their funding makes to our community through Just Good Friends Club

Chesterfield Nightclub has been running successfully for many years and our customers just can't get enough! We listened to their request and changed our 6 weekly event to every month. Our customers do us proud with their loyalty and numbers are higher than ever each month!

We are now supported by Easyfundraising

Chesterfield club started in the Parish Rooms in Chesterfield, we needed a bigger room to enable us to grow and have more members. With the support of the local MP Toby Perkins we now have use of a much better room which enables us to encourage more members to join us at our Chesterfield Club