{"id":9,"date":"2023-10-12T15:38:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T15:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2024-02-02T19:38:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T19:38:20","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-d2bb875c alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-a4f17389\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to our newly formed Derbyshire and Dales Residents&#8217; Association. The DDRA has been formed by residents living in the Derbyshire market town of Wirksworth, but we are about supporting all those residing in Derbyshire and the Derbyshire Dales, all are welcome.<br><br>Our remit is wide and includes but not exclusively, the following broad categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cost of living crisis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crime and Policing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Council Planning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local and National concerns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forms of pollution that are currently being ignored in policy making, such as 5G &amp; RF (radio frequency) radiation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pollution of our atmosphere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-08e13974\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1398\" height=\"1725\" src=\"https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/derbyshire.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/derbyshire.jpeg 1398w, https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/derbyshire-243x300.jpeg 243w, https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/derbyshire-830x1024.jpeg 830w, https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/derbyshire-768x948.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/derbyshire-1245x1536.jpeg 1245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1398px) 100vw, 1398px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:29px\">Reasons for joining a Residents Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp; They reduce the negative impact of party politics on communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp; They allow residents to get together on topics that may not otherwise be discussed e.g. 5g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp; They provide a greater sense of community with local people working together for the benefit of their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp; Allows the people to take back more control from local councils and ensure money is spent more wisely.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp; People who stand in these associations will be more interested in their local area than in party politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp; The system of using these is already in place and help in starting one is also readily available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp; These associations already occupy a moral high ground compared with party politicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp; These associations are really needed in order to restore trust in democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp; Corruption more difficult as so many residents are involved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;font-size:32px\">New <a href=\"https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/index.php\/contact\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"104\">members are welcome<\/a> from anywhere in Derbyshire,<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/index.php\/contact\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"104\">the more of us that join<\/a>, the more influence we have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalresidentsassociation.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nra.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176\" style=\"width:131px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nra.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nra-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nra-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aim is to create a national group to research and protect our national and local communities.<br><br>In recent years, many of us in the UK have become aware of failures in the democratic system that results in our interests not being represented. Out of this has grown the National Residents Association, founded in 2022 by a group of concerned people from around the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our newly formed Derbyshire and Dales Residents&#8217; Association. The DDRA has been formed by residents living in the Derbyshire market town of Wirksworth, but we are about supporting all those residing in Derbyshire and the Derbyshire Dales, all are welcome. Our remit is wide and includes but not exclusively, the following broad categories: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/derbysanddalesra.uk\/index.php\/author\/britonsf\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Welcome to our newly formed Derbyshire and Dales Residents&#8217; Association. 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