The latest news from producers, makers, venues and events organisers from around Derby and Derbyshire. If you have news to add to this page, then email us to let us know about it: editor@madeinderbyshire.org
Derbyshire Local Offer
Information for young people & children with SEND, families and professionals
‘Derbyshire Local Offer’ website which provides information for young people & children with SEND, families and professionals. If your organisation has an offer appropriate for children with SEND you might want to get your offer listed so families can find it.
Masterclass in Nature Writing with Mark Cocker. This is a four-hour masterclass, split over two consecutive Saturdays, exploring some of the techniques of nature writing. Paying careful attention to language, and to the power and importance of your initial observations.
Language and the Imagination with Aoife Mannix. A 6-week poetry exploration using imagery and imagination, this course will help you develop your poetic voice.
Each week you will focus on a different aspect of using language and the imagination in poetic writing. You will read a poem closely for inspiration, undertake practical and fun writing exercises, share your work and receive constructive feedback on what you have written.
Ghosts of the Landscape is a new nature writing competition for young and adults writers, run by ourselves in partnership with Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.
The prize is designed to raise awareness of the plight of Derbyshire’s moorlands, and the practices that have stripped the land of its wild inhabitants, including its crucial ability to capture carbon.
Don't miss out on these talks, workshops & activities
With summer beginning to come to a close, and September just around the corner, it's an ideal time to take a look at what we've got coming up at the Barn in the next few weeks. With our events programme having just restarted, we have plenty of great talks, activities and workshops coming up for you to get involved with.
'150 Bird Species in a Year by Public Transport'
Wednesday 1st September, 7:30pm, £4 (£2 Friends)
Autumn adult education courses are now available to book
Are you looking to try something new? Why not take a look at our range of adult education courses on offer for the new term?
Whether you’re looking to gain new qualifications or skills or fancy starting a new hobby, there’s tonnes of courses to choose from.
This September – the Mobile Libraries return to full service, Music & Drama service returns, you can book onto Baby Babble sessions, there’s exciting content for World Alzheimer’s Month and Recycling Week, and much more!
The Current Provision
Libraries are open for the following:
Derby Industries by Sarita Gnaniah, image © Derby Museums
People have flocked to the streets of Derby this summer to enjoy the fabulous Derby Ram Trail, which has been a Ramtastic success. Now, there is a chance to give one of the rams a forever home at the Ram Trail Auction, which takes place on 9 September and will be hosted by renowned auctioneer Charles Hanson.
The next World Cheese Awards will be held in Oviedo, Spain, as part of the Asturias Paraíso Natural Internacional Cheese Festival from the 3rd – 6th November 2021.
Originally due to take place in 2020, the event has been rescheduled to ensure that the event takes place in the truly international spirit that it has engendered for over 30 years.