Some of the highest rates of exclusions from Derby’s schools are of girls from the Roma community – yet they want to be at school, and get an education. Why is there […]
Roma girls in Derby subjected to bullying and racism at Merrill Academy
Michal: 1st qualified Roma Youth Worker in the UK…in Derby!
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 […]
Drugs on the streets of Derby: Is it acceptable that young people are exposed to this?
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 […]
Racism: clearly alive and thriving in Derby
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 […]
Remembering the reality of the need for Roma Genocide Day
“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. […]
Roma Community Fun day in Arboretum Park
Roma Community Care ( led from the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby), in conjunction with Reverend Elizabeth Pinder-Ashenden of Pear Tree Baptist Church, put on a Fun Day in Arboretum […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Support declared for Roma in Derby on Nation Day 2014
Roma Nation Day was born in 1990 at the 4th World Romani Congress with the objective of celebrating Roma culture and raising awareness of the issues that face the Roma people throughout […]
Ambiguity with new Benefit rules for Migrants will result in more poverty in Derby
The Governments strategy to placate the populist backlash over so-called “benefit-seeking” Euro-migrants as well as exploiting every opportunity to save money , involves a collection of benefit changes which will be fully […]
Roma Youth – Right to enjoy Pancake Day
In the upstairs room of the Pear Tree Baptist Church, “The Club” which consists of 50 or so local youngsters, predominantly from the Roma community, were enjoying a traditional “pancake flipping” race […]
New Roma arrivals : A brave step for a positive future
Milan Duzda arrived in Derby 8 months ago from Slovakia. He is 21 years old, has a wife and a young family and is Roma. Other members of his family were already […]
Why is Derby so attractive to some migrants?
Letter to Derby Telegraph. Barbara Wiltshire’s Soapbox “There is no room and no jobs, so what is so attractive to migrants” neatly summarises many of the myths and prejudices that seem to […]
Roma Migration : a challenge or an opportunity for our cities?
On February 13th at the University of Manchester a panel discussion took place which consisted of: Rt Hon David Blunkett, MP Dr Michael Stewart, University College London, Dept of Anthropology Carol Powell, […]
Lessons from Holocaust Memorial Day – Prejudice against Roma
Letter to Derby Telegraph. In the week following Holocaust Memorial Day on the 27th January we heard many stories from people with personal insights into genocides and racism under the theme of […]
Roma Community : Letter to Derby Telegraph on local racism and bigotry
Dear Sir / Madam I read with stunned disbelief the comments made by a number of people about the £118,000 contract awarded, by the Council, to JET to support people in the […]
