Green Seed From Dark Earth
Chantal Powell
28/02/20 - 28/03/20

Joining us for the evening on 27 March will be Charles Hanson, director and auctioneer of Hansons Auctioneers and star of BBC’s Bargain Hunt, Flog It and Antiques Road Trip. Charles will entertain us with stories about life as a renowned auctioneer and give insights in to what it's like behind the camera.

First Art with Prince's Trust are hosting an event for budding entrepreneurs aged 18-30 interested in setting up their own cultural enterprise. The event is for people from Ashfield, Mansfield, Bolsover and North East Derbyshire. 

We have some fantastic speakers including Alan Lane from Slung Low to Alex Barker from the bestselling book, Be More Pirate. 

Staff at a Derbyshire company proved they were all heart after celebrating Valentine’s Day by raising money for charity and helping share their lifesaving skills with members of the community.

Lubrizol, in Hazelwood, has nominated the British Heart Foundation (BHF) as its chosen charity and employees carried out a number of fundraising events to mark February 14^th, kicking off the firm’s second year of support and partnership.

Thanks to our partners' support spreading the word, we've had a surge of interest in the first Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance Awards, so we've extended the deadline to 5pm on 24 February.

In partnership with Arts Development at Derby City Council we are looking for an artist based in the East Midlands region for a special commission to make three new works for the CHWA Awards this year. The CHWA Award-winners will be given the commissioned artwork at an awards ceremony hosted by Lord Howarth of Newport on the first night of our national conference.

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In partnership with Arts Development at Derby City Council we are offering 10 free spaces to attend A Culture of Care to freelance creative practitioners and carers who live in or whose practice is based in Derby.

Glossop Bookfest 2020 is planned for August (exact dates to be decided) and we need three or four more volunteers to make it a success. The venue will be close to Glossop’s town centre.

We plan to have stalls at which local authors can offer their books for sale, workshops on aspects of writing, and activities for children. Our volunteers will be asked to direct authors and visitors to the right rooms and to help with providing refreshments.

In May, Cromford Mills, of Cromford, near Matlock, will host a stunning exhibition from the British Tapestry Group. Fabric of the North brings together works by over 30 weavers, combining regular, three-dimensional and mixed-media tapestries, large and small, with a single theme: our Northern heritage.

Fringe performers and exhibitors are being urged to enter this summer’s Buxton’s Fringe as soon as possible in order to take advantage of the specially discounted £50 entry fee available until February 29th.