A Festival took place today at The Spot, and St Peter’s Cross, which drew on the talents of many different communities living in Derby – Kurdish, West Indian, Bosnian, Nepalese, Indian, Congolese, […]
Whilst Refugee week was a chance for people to celebrate the positive aspects of diversity, it also helped to promote a better understanding of why people seek sanctuary in this country. Much […]
The Sikh temple, or Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara in Normanton (Stanhope Street), contains one of the largest free food halls ,( langar in Punjabi), in Derby. It operates for 14 hours a […]
Acting Staff Sergeant Baljit Kaur Cornell (46) from Littleover Derby has been honoured with receiving the Joint Commander’s Commendation for her outstanding dedication and commitment on Operation SHADER in Iraq. As Chief […]
The annual St George’s Day parade, together with quirky, quintessentially English, side-shows, took place today down St Peter’s Street and in the Market Place. There were a variety of dancers – Morris, […]
Vaisakhi is one of Derby’s largest annual outdoor events which moves slowly through the streets of Normanton visiting 3 of the City’s Gurdwaras. More information on Sikhism and photos from previous years […]
Born out of Shakti Arts, founded in 1995, by Anna Gautama, is Shakti Academy, launched last night at the Hindu Temple in Normanton. Based on dance as a medium of expression, the […]
Michal Daniel, left his home in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic, with his parents and siblings, when he was 7 years old. They were living in a Roma ghetto, with little prospect […]
Guest Author: Ruth Richardson – Youth Worker; Multi-Faith Centre (Roma Community Care) The youth club in Peartree was established over four years ago and since then has been engaging upward of sixty […]
Guest Author: Ruth Richardson – Youth Worker; Multi-Faith Centre (Roma Community Care) Whether it is covert, or overt, the young people of Peartree are routinely experiencing racism. Many of the children and […]
Health awareness is about community, it’s about people being encouraged and educated by peers, in culturally appropriate ways, from people they trust. Rarely does it happen from leaflets lying on a desk, […]
What is Ramadan? What does it mean, and what happens during the month? For many of us outside of the Muslim faith it can be a bit of a mystery. Rather than […]
I last attended Vaisakhi in Derby 2 years ago, and use one of the images on my Facebook page, and on my cards. A wonderful, colourful, and serene event, that starts at […]
The annual Diwali celebration took place on November 6th 2015 at the Hindu Temple in Normanton. The lights were switched on by the Mayor, Paul Pegg, and the event included dance, and […]
Making progress in the UK for Asylum seekers and refugees can feel like a constant battle with conflicting, interlocked, meshed and crunched cogs, frustrating the free-wheeling machine that should guide them through […]
In March 2015 I reported on the launch of a new programme at JEM (Jobsearch-Employment-Mentoring) to support a small number of people, typically from ethnic minorities, with focussed professional support from Dr […]
When John Loudon first designed the Arboretum Park in 1839 he did so with great intent to encourage the people of Derby to gather, meet, and enjoy a green space in the […]
175 years ago Joseph Strutt, a wealthy mill owner, commissioned the Arboretum Park as a thank you to the workers who helped him make his fortune. It is famous for being the […]
Just over a dozen students, and ex-students, from the Littleover Community School and Derby Moor College made an impromptu visit to the Indian Community Centre (ICC) today. 30 minutes before the Centre […]
“Vermin – deport” was the response to an article I posted (July 25th 2015) on the Roma Community Fun Day in the Arboretum and Normanton Neighbourhood Group Facebook Page last week. […]
