Safe and Sound, the specialist charity which supports children and young people across Derbyshire who are victims of or at risk of child exploitation, has appointed Lucy Orme as fundraising and marketing officer.
Lucy joins the charity from the University of Derby where she was business development manager and she was previously corporate sales and events officer at QUAD.
Family-owned Wathall’s, Derby’s longest established independent funeral directors, have expanded their unique Dandelions Bereavement Support programme to help more local people come to terms with losing a loved one.
The new bereavement counselling service is run by Wathall’s experienced grief support team members Fay Bloor and Sarah Legg who are both qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellors and accredited members of the National Counselling Society.
Derby Museums is thrilled to be holding its first virtual fundraising auction on Thursday 11th February, hosted by auctioneer and TV personality Charles Hanson.
A company that came from an idea floated during a Marketing Derby live webinar has been named as the organisation’s Rising Star for 2021.
Daniel Henshaw’s fifth children’s book Killer Cat From Outer Space was released shortly before Christmas.
Derbyshire Poet Mark Gwynne Jones has released the second chapter of an ‘audio-artwork’ to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Peak District National Park (PDNP).
Voices From The Peak, is a project celebrating the diverse sounds and stories of the Peak District.
Chapter 2: Snow! Is now available and you can listen to an extract online at www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/voicesfromthepeak as well as Chapter 1: Burning Drake.
‘How to Write a Gripping Commercial Novel’ will be running for 7 weeks from 24th February 7.00pm to 8.30 pm.
The course is packed with secrets and surprising insights, from two friendly and helpful commercial authors published by Big Five publishers. Roz writes the acclaimed DI Meg Dalton crime detective series, short-listed for the CWA Debut Dagger Award and Sophie has published ‘Cuckoo’ and ‘Magpie’, winning the Bath Novel Award in 2017.
The shortlist has been announced for the National Campaign for the Arts' (NCA) Hearts For The Arts Awards 2021. The awards celebrate the unsung heroes of Local Authorities who are championing the arts against all odds.
Derbyshire County Council has been nominated for Best Arts Project for Necklace of Stars – an embroidery and creative writing project set up to tackle the lack of person-to-person creative engagement opportunities for housebound individuals.
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