News from producers around Derbyshire

The Derby Business Show is taking place on Wednesday 27th June at Pride Park Stadium, Derby. 

A local bereavement support group has added to the total raised for The Laura Centre in Derby by organising yet more fun and games for participants at the charity’s recent Colour Blast Dash in Darley Park.

Derby Dandelions holds monthly social group meetings in Derby and Ashbourne to offer support to anyone suffering bereavement. 

The group is run by family-owned funeral directors G Wathall & Son which celebrates its 160^th anniversary this year – making it the city’s longest established independent funeral directors.

More than 15 teams from local companies have so far entered the second annual Derby Business Games with limited places still available.

The Derby Business Games will be held on Thursday July 19 2018 at the University of Derby in Kedleston Road – organised by Derby-based Choose Sports and Timms Solicitors.

Derby Business Games is designed to be a ‘grown up’ version of the school sports day.

Since July 2011 the NWG Network has continued to grow and develop. Now supporting more than 14,000 members across the Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic Youth Participation Lead who can demonstrate creative methods of ensuring we can continue to encourage and develop youth participation through a range of opportunities with our network.

Job title: Youth Participation Lead 

Derby College has become the first further education college in the East Midlands to be officially recognised by Autism East Midlands for its work to support students with Autism.

The College has developed a wide range of measures to support prospective and current students and to raise awareness of autism in the local community.

Staff and students at Derby College have helped restore the memorial garden at The 3aaa County Ground, dedicated to loyal supporters of Derbyshire County Cricket Club.

They have revitalised the picturesque garden located on the boundary edge as part of the Employer Academy partnership between Derby College and Cricket Derbyshire, which provides work experience opportunities for Construction and Hospitality students and coaching for Sport students.

A group of 35 volunteers who help to restore and maintain the historic gardens at Derby College’s Broomfield Hall campus are busy creating an exhibit, designed by head gardener Samantha Harvey, for the RHS Chatsworth Flower Show in June.

The volunteers have been working alongside Broomfield Hall’s Samantha Harvey to restore and develop the Victorian gardens to their former glory with increasing the collection of plants, shrubs and semi mature trees.

Students at Derby College’s Roundhouse campus have joined forces to stage a creative event to raise money for two local charities.

Business students organised a catwalk event as part of their study programme which showcased the skills of the Media Make Up students who created designs inspired by the film Mad Max.

More than 100 pupils from schools across Derby and Derbyshire have graduated from vocational study programmes at Derby College.

Pupils were joined by more than 100 guests, including their families, teachers and head teachers from the schools for the Pre-16 graduation ceremony at Derby College’s the Roundhouse campus in Pride Park to celebrate their success. 

Following the huge success of its inaugural events, The Roundhouse Events team, part of the Derby College Group based at the historic Roundhouse, Pride Park, are celebrating two iconic Meryl Streep movies with two special screenings and after-film parties.

The beautiful Roundhouse will be turned into an indoor cinema on Friday June 15 for a one-off showing of ‘Devil Wears Prada’ – a favourite amongst fashion fans of all ages.  Then on Saturday June 16 – the giant screen will show ‘Mamma Mia’ – a must for all Abba devotees.