Permanently placing a piano on the side of the street in the heart of Normanton didn’t sound like the most sensible of ideas. The cynics, and many realists, would not have expected […]
The Piano in Normanton : Sound of Success
10 Years of Multi-Faith Centre in Derby : Music Evening
2014 is the 10th Anniversary of the Multi-Faith Centre based in the grounds of the University of Derby. There was a “Reflective” event a few months ago, which presented perspectives, throughs and […]
NHS New Communities Team: Health Care for Roma in Normanton
There are many difficulties facing people from new and emerging communities within Derby and conversely many challenges that the City’s institutions face in ensuring that the new arrivals can become properly settled. […]
Roma Community Care: A unique approach in Derby
For anyone who is familiar with the plight of the Roma people, would be surprised to find the words ‘Roma’, ‘community’ and ‘care’ in the same sentence let alone in the title […]
Multi-Faith Centre: 10 Years of promoting Cohesion and Understanding
On September 11th 2004, Derby’s Multi-Faith Centre (MFC) was opened. This date in September was not engineered to coincide with the events of 3 years earlier but, in retrospect, it is extremely […]
Health Champions: “Be Clever on Cancer” in Derby’s BME Community
Health Champions from all over Derby’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community (BAME/BME) gathered in a city centre hotel to continue their Cancer Awareness campaign. Nishi Madan from the Public Health Team […]
Urban Turban: A brief glimpse of Sikhs in Derby
This is the second year that the Sikh Community in Derby have created an event in the City Centre to give others a glimpse into their culture. On offer was the opportunity […]
Rally for Gaza in Derby; Missed opportunity to promote cohesion
2 weeks after a national demonstration in London in support of the Palestinians in Gaza, Derby held its own version on 23 August 2014. The group of about 150 people, mainly Muslims, […]
English Language Training (ESOL) in Derby: Is it Delivering for everyone?
In April 2014 the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), in conjunction with the Skills Funding Agency, issued a joint statement that introduced new rules regarding the assessment of English language […]
Petra : Roma, finding home through the English Language
Petra, a Roma girl from Plzen in the Czech Republic, remembers her school days. “We were scared to go to school , they were waiting for me at the gates. They used […]
Jangir Khan: Proud that Derby is his Home.
In 1962, in a small village, 10 miles away from Mirpur, in the Azad Kashmir region of Pakistan, a young man, with his wife, and small children sat, thinking about his future. […]
Improving employability for Refugees and New Communities
Although there are many standard Work Programme facilities to help Job Seekers into work, there is little that provides the focussed attention to help people who are refugees or migrants. New Communities […]
Derby City Council and Macmillan support Cancer Awareness for Roma Community
Derby City Council (DCC) has been sponsoring a short project in conjunction with Roma Community Care (RCC) to increase the health awareness for the Roma people in the Normanton area. Today was […]
Derby Refugee Advice Centre : Photography class by Derby News
People who are Asylum Seekers in Derby have a difficult time. They will be housed in very basic accommodation, disallowed from taking paid employment, may have little command of the English language, […]
Derby Refugees, Asylum Seekers and migrants : help is on hand to get back to work.
Derby is home to many asylum seekers and refugees, a lot of whom are very educated and professional people. Unfortunately for those who are still at asylum seeker status, they are not […]
Easter is celebrated by the Baltic Community of Derby
In early April I reported on the launch of the Baltic Community group in Derby. At that meeting they started discussing an Easter event. Just 2 weeks later, and a lot of […]
Sikh Guru Nanak Mission : Feeding Derby Homeless
A chance discussion with Jas just outside the Guru Arjen Dev Gurdwara on Stanhope Street introduced me to this recent initiative where they provide hot food for the Derby homeless. Motivated by […]
Vaisakhi : A Journey into Sikhism
Before Vaisakhi this year, if someone had asked me to quote 5 things I knew about Sikhs, and Sikhism, I would have struggled to have reached that number. The Vaisakhi event started […]
Remembering Roma on Nation Day 8 April
Derby recognized Roma Nation Day on Sunday. It is a day for people to understand and celebrate that the Roma people are a Nation, but a Nation without a home. Despite this […]
The Baltic Community Group in Derby is launched
Derby is home to many people from the Russian speaking nations of the ex-Soviet Union. Principally they are from the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, the remainder being from Russia […]
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