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Bakewell Business Destination Digital Marketing Brings FSB Business Networking To The Market Town

Peak District based Destination Digital Marketing has brought the Federation of Small Businesses and the Peak District National Park Authority together for a new face-to-face business networking monthly event.

Destination Digital Marketing based in Bakewell in the Peak District has brought together the FSB and the Peak District National Park to provide a brand new face-to-face business networking monthly event in the heart of this Peak District market town.

Derby Book Festival appeal for children’s books

Derby Book Festival and Marketing Derby are appealing to local residents to have a rummage for any children’s books that are no longer needed and are lurking in cupboards at home.  These will be provided to less fortunate children in the city who may not have books at home.  The appeal is launched to coincide with this year’s Festival, which will be held from 19 – 27 May which Marketing Derby supports each year as do many of its Bondholders.

Tarpey Gallery Call for Artists

This open call aims to showcase the best of UK contemporary art by bringing together emerging and established artists to create a diverse and exciting group exhibition in one of the East Midlands’ foremost Commercial Contemporary Fine Art Galleries.
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Artists Invited to Explore Performance from a Parallel Perspective

Level Centre in Rowsley have teamed up with Old Diorama Arts Centre (ODAC) to offer a joint residency opportunity for disabled artists. From the hubbub of central London to the tranquil borders of the Peak District, through the Parallel Perspectives residency artists will be able to spend time in both studios and their surrounding areas, using two distinctly different locations to explore their work.

Holi Hai! Exhibition with Artcore

The most awaited Holi Hai! exhibition is just around the corner! Take a look at the festival of Holi captured through the eyes of Masood Sarwer, Nikki Culley, Huw Davies and Phil Basi.

Derby College Group recognised for excellent student support

Derby College Group (DCG) has successfully achieved Matrix reaccreditation, demonstrating the consistent strength of its information, advice and guidance services for learners in their career, learning, work and life goals.

The matrix standard is the international quality standard for organisations that deliver information, advice and/or guidance (IAG).

Stitching Community and Making History

In just three months 282 residents from the parish of Brailsford and Ednaston have worked together to create an enormous 10.85-meter-long narrative embroidery inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry to celebrate the coronation of HM King Charles III.

The project was the concept of Brailsford and Ednaston Churches Together who commissioned Laura Burrill, a local Textiles Historian and Community Arts Practitioner, to design the embroidery and facilitate the delivery of the project alongside a team of enthusiastic and talented volunteers.

Historic Derby Guided Tours

Come on a guided tour and find out about the history of Derby. A Cathedral city in the centre of England, lying on the River Derwent, rich in history, culture and diversity. A story of Romans, Vikings and onto the 18th century Enlightenment, Derby became noted for fine ceramics, industry and engineering. A centre of the British railway industry, it is the home of iconic Rolls Royce and the Toyota car assembly plant. Derby located at the start of the UNESCO Derwent Valley World Heritage site, hosts the world’s first factory, now the Museum of Making.

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