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 […]
Sikh Guru Nanak Mission : Feeding Derby Homeless
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 […]
Cross cultural music evening at Multi-Faith Centre, Derby
On Tuesday 8th April 2014, the Multi-Faith Centre in Derby arranged an evening under the title of “A World of Music”. All of the participants were from the Derby area and it […]
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 […]
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 […]
English language training for Job Seekers is not just about the money
Derby, is one of the many regions in the UK which has been given funding to improve the English language of its Job Seekers. From 28 April 2014 there will be […]
Foreign by Hollie McNish
Many thanks to Dmitrijs Solojevs, a Latvian living in Derby who was told about Hollie McNish by his Estonian wife. I listened to many of Hollie’s poems, all of which were excellent, […]
New Communities – no problem for Teachers in Derby? Not so sure!
On March 26th some of the Teachers in Derby were on strike as a protest against: – excessive workload, and bureaucracy – performance related pay – unfair pension changes. Even for those […]
List of nationalities in Derby
Derby is very much a multi-cultural city with residents from all over the world and a diversity which we should be proud of. This is the list quoted by the Office of […]
“Sweet Meet” opens at Sahahra in the Arboretum for the Community
In the Lodge, on the edge of the Arboretum, adjacent to Rose Hill street, is Sahahra. This is a Day Care centre for the elderly people from the local Pakistani community and […]
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 […]
Working Together : The community in Derby co-ordinates free food distribution
Food Banks, and other forms of free food provision, is a disturbing symptom of the times. One’s political agenda will determine how one forms a view on the reason why the demand […]
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 […]
HIV/AIDS Scaremongering over budget cuts in Derby
The Derby Telegraph reported on Monday 6 January 2014, statements by Roy Webb, the shadow cabinet member for health and adult care under the headline of “Sexual health services cuts ‘could see […]
