Media enquiries


The Communications and Engagement team handle all media enquiries for the Council and the office is open from 9am - 5pm on Monday - Thursday and 9am - 4pm on Friday.

If you have an enquiry, please email media.enquiries@southderbyshire.gov.uk. This will enable us to answer you fully and document correctly. 

Please note that if your enquiry is not submitted to our Communications inbox we cannot guarantee a response. Our team will respond to your email and where appropriate, arrange interviews with members and senior officers.

Name Role
Clare Hitchings Communications and Engagement Manager
Cassandra Carruthers Senior Communications and Engagement Officer
Joe Harkin Communications and Engagement Officer

If you need to contact someone urgently outside of normal office hours, please call Clare Hitchings on 07435 939889 or Cassandra Carruthers on 07769 603124.