Derby-based rail engineering business Collis Engineering Ltd has taken on its first degree apprentice after finding the ideal candidate at a careers fair held at The Roundhouse
Luke Payne, who has a level 3 qualification in advanced manufacturing and engineering from Derby College Group, got the chance to apply for the role after meeting the company’s directors at the Diversityin2Engineering event.
Derby College Group runs the Welcome Café in Derby. However, this is no ordinary café but also provides training opportunities for people with special educational needs and disabilities. And due to its continuing success, it is now opening four days a week.
And its success continues with being awarded a five-star hygiene rating, which reflects the care and attention as to how the café is run.
A Derbyshire science company is helping put smiles on the faces of Derby children with complex needs, by supporting them to enjoy a grand day out by the seaside.
Matlock Storytelling Cafe presents:
Landscape & Longing
folktales and folklore from Northern Ireland
As told by
Olivia Armstrong
On Friday the 5th of May 2023 doors open at 7:00 PM
Stories and Music begin at 7:30 PM
In the Imperial Rooms, Imperial Road, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3NL
Olivia will be supported by our regular band Cage of Crows and our resident local tellers.
The two organisations responsible for leading on the promotion, marketing and development of the visitor economy in the Peak District, Derbyshire and Derby have formed a partnership that has been recognised by VisitEngland in a government programme to establish a new structure for the tourism industry.
Visit Peak District & Derbyshire and Visit Derby have come together as Visit Peak District, Derbyshire and Derby to receive official Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP) status from VisitEngland.
The highlight of the summer events calendar, The Darley Park Weekender is bringing our new show, Ultimate 90s, to the Bank Holiday weekend, Fri 25 - Sun 27 August with names such as Peter Andre, East 17 and FIVE.
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.
Health and social care champions, Healthwatch Derbyshire marks 10th anniversary by highlighting difference the public have made to improve NHS and social care services.
Healthwatch Derbyshire, the county’s health and social care watchdog, is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a plea to the public to continue having their say about services that affect their lives.
£36,294 per annum pro rata. Three-year fixed term 24.5 hrs per week either fully remote or hybrid office & home working within a flexitime contract.
We are looking for a person with relevant experience and ambition to manage our exciting new project for enhancing community creativity in five market towns across the East and West Midlands.
Supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund through the ’10 Years of Walking Together’ project, we are delighted to share a short book and film which commemorate the 106 miners who died and also shares the story of the project and all those who contributed.
You can view an electronic copy of the book and watch the film here on The Story Mine website.
Since its launch in 2021 the Level Residency Lab, with support from Arts Council England, has supported 24 professional artists who either identify as disabled or whose work has access at its heart. The selected artists, all with ambitious ideas that strengthen Level’s charitable mission to ‘Celebrate the Art that Difference Makes’, will continue to explore contemporary practice in rural Derbyshire.
Now part of their year-round programme, Level are excited to introduce the new cohort of residency artists from across the England who have been awarded a residency:
CUTTING edge science is happening all around us here in Derbyshire. To mark British Science Week which runs until March 19, we speak to scientists working in companies right on our doorstep whose work is having an impact all over the world.
MORE and more of us are seeing the benefits of vitamins and supplements to maintain our health – but have you ever stopped to wonder how they’re made, and how each one is exactly the same?
Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service has partnered with Derby College’s Broomfield Hall Animal Unit and is receiving training on how to deal with a broad range of animals.
Over the next couple of months, four groups of firefighters will be working with animal trainers and gaining in-depth knowledge of dealing with animals in the wild, especially those in distress.
Jon Collins, Head of Land-based studies said: “It’s great that we are able to support Derbyshire Fire and Service with animal handling training.
THE manager of one of Derbyshire’s newest restaurants wants his establishment to become the go-to place for elevated British cuisine in the county.
And Tom Shelbourn – who has previously worked in a five-star hotel that boasts two AA Rosettes and a Michelin star – wants the Fork & Furrow drinks menu to be talked about just as much as the food, with an eclectic mix of alcoholic and non-alcoholic options plus bespoke cocktails created by mixologists specifically for the countryside eatery.
Leading East Midlands charity, Star Trust, has welcomed several new business leaders and entrepreneurs as patrons and trustees.
Star Trust is run by local business owners and entrepreneurs. Since its launch more than ten years ago it has donated more than £777,000 and awarded grants to 100 East Midlands-based charities.
Kavita Oberoi OBE and Tony Hillary have joined as patrons of the charity.
An award-winning Derbyshire creative agency is playing a vital role in the battle to protect our planet with its mission to champion low carbon websites.
Claire MacDonald, co-founder and director of MacMartin full-service marketing agency, is leading the company’s innovative strategy on the design and build of low carbon websites, saying it is a key component in the fight against climate change.
Claire said: “It’s perhaps not that well known that if the Internet was a country, it would be the world’s sixth biggest polluter.
A British army veteran is using his military training to serve communities and the environment after setting up a waste management company with the aim of helping people get rid of rubbish in the most planet-friendly way.
Tyler Bloomhill, of Breedon-on-the-Hill near the South Derbyshire border, says his training and service with the British Army’s 4 Armoured Medical Regiment are now helping him in his new venture: waste management company Kwiktip Limited.
Derbyshire’s specialist child exploitation charity, Safe and Sound, is inviting people to spend the King’s Coronation bank holiday tackling an action-packed fundraising challenge.
Monday May 8 has been declared a Bank Holiday following the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and people are being encouraged to join the Big Help Out and make a change in their local communities.
Health and social care champions, Healthwatch Derbyshire marks 10th anniversary by highlighting difference the public have made to improve NHS and social care services.
Healthwatch Derbyshire, the county’s health and social care watchdog, is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a plea to the public to continue having their say about services that affect their lives.
The two organisations responsible for leading on the promotion, marketing and development of the visitor economy in the Peak District, Derbyshire and Derby have formed a partnership that has been recognised by VisitEngland in a government programme to establish a new structure for the tourism industry.
Visit Peak District & Derbyshire and Visit Derby have come together as Visit Peak District, Derbyshire and Derby to receive official Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP) status from VisitEngland.
A Race Night, organised by local charity Safe and Sound, romped home above target – raising more than £4,000 to enable the charity to support more children and young people across Derbyshire who are victims of or at risk of child exploitation.
More than 130 people attended the event at Nicco restaurant and bar in Pride Park including the Mayor of Derby Cllr Robin Wood and representatives from a wide range of local businesses.
Race sponsors included Loates HR Consultancy, Wathall’s, Timms solicitors, Cosy, HUUB, Colleague Box, Logic Barn and JJPR.
When you've experienced the King's Coronation come along to Spital Arts in the evening to enjoy this brilliant show with two local musicians, Poke O'Swedgers with an original Judy and Punch show!
Poke O’Swedgers are a sweet, Anglo-Scottish acoustic duo. They have unwisely described themselves as “half Rab C. Nesbitt, half BBC”.
Buxton Festival Fringe was joined by a host of performers and supporters for Springboard, its busy, spring-themed party at the Green Man Gallery on Saturday April 1st featuring entertainment from acts. The Fringe runs from July 5th to 23rd with April 16th being the deadline for entries to the printed programme.
Are you a local food producer, farmer or artisan? Or do you like to buy locally made produce? We’re holding our first Producers’ Market at County Hall in Matlock on Wednesday 24 May to support Derbyshire’s farmers, producers and artisans across the county.
We may only just be embarking on spring, but plans for the 2023 Festive Derby celebrations are well underway. Derby City Council and the Cathedral Quarter Business Improvement District (BID) are delighted to announce that the city’s popular ice rink will return this Christmas – and tickets are on sale now.
The undercover ice rink was a popular destination for all ages during the 2022 festive season, with 12,600 people donning their skates, around half of them children. The Cathedral Quarter Ice Rink will be back on the Market Place from 2 December until New Year’s Eve.
Vulnerable children supported by a highly valued Derby charity have been given a sweet treat this Easter with the donation of a huge pile of chocolate eggs.
The winner of Derby Book Festival’s fifth Derby Children’s Picture Book Award is announced today (30 March). The winning book, from a shortlist of three, is Human Town by Alan Durant and Anna Doherty (Tiny Owl Publishing). The children, in Years 2&3 at 51 Derby schools, voted for their favourite book on Voting Day, 28 March having read the three shortlisted books in their classes. The book has a strong message about pollution and its impact on the natural world.
The CEO of Derbyshire’s specialist child exploitation charity Safe and Sound, has been recognised in the East Midlands Leadership Awards – which celebrate the people that are role models within their organisations and rais
A community-based organisation in the West Midlands, which supports women who have experienced domestic abuse, honour-based violence and forced marriage, has received vital funding from a charitable foundation set up by Derby-based entrepreneur Kavita Oberoi OBE.
The Oberoi Foundation has marked International Women’s Month in March by awarding a grant to The Circle, a global feminist organisation which supports frontline grassroots organisations in the UK and some of the world’s most vulnerable countries to tackle gender-based violence.
The deadline for our VAA Professional Artist Award 2023 Phase 2 is fast approaching. Closes April 6th 2023
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Alastair Campbell will open Derby Book Festival 2023 on Friday 19 May at Derby Theatre. Tickets go on sale today (Tuesday 4 April) for this event, sponsored by Geldards, and for over 50 exciting and wide-ranging events at the eighth Derby Book Festival. Alastair Campbell is an author, political commentator, strategist and now, probably best known as the co-host of the chart-topping podcast, The Rest is Politics. The Festival, which will be held from 19 - 27 May, is funded by Arts Council England and the University
Still on until Saturday 15th April
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