Jobs, Education and Training (JET) on Normanton Road, Derby has delivered employment training to the local community for many years – the event this week was just another celebration in a long […]
JET Derby Celebrates more Training Successes
Positive Policing : A sensitive approach to Prostitution in Derby.
Standing on a street corner, meandering, trying to be conspicuously inconspicuous, looking into cars expectantly, but with trepidation, searching, hoping, but in all ways, totally desperate. It’s not about food, or sex, […]
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. […]
Neringa : Lithuanian migrant helping people to get jobs in Derby
5 years ago, Neringa Kolendaite, a 21 year old Lithuanian girl, visited the UK for the first time. She had a cousin who was studying in Birmingham, and she wanted to spend […]
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, […]
Landlords : Are they contributing to the fly-tipping problem?
It is fairly self-evident that the fly-tipping in the Normanton area is a symptom of an underlying problem that is more profound and complex than people just dumping large, unsightly items in […]
Fly-Tipping in Normanton – How serious is the problem?
This week has seen publicity on Channel 5 and in the Derby Telegraph on the fly-tipping in Normanton centred around the findings of the Normanton Empowerment Team (NET). I went out with […]
Arboretum Park (Normanton) Music and Family Day in the Sun.
Arboretum Park in the heart of the Normanton district of Derby was host to a small Music Festival ( courtesy of Derby City Council) and a Family Fun Day ( courtesy of […]
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. […]
Normanton : The Underlying Problems of Litter
There are many anecdotal reports about the state of the streets in Normanton and particularly the fly-tipping of large household items in the area. Whilst the council have responsibility for managing this […]
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