News from producers around Derbyshire

Matlock Storytelling Cafe presents:

Landscape & Longing

folktales and folklore from Northern Ireland

As told by

Olivia Armstrong

On Friday the 5^th 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 10^th 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.