Jobsearch-Employment-Mentoring (JEM) is a young organisation but is blessed with a huge amount of experience. Dr Patrick Boateng, who is the Founding Director, and Rex Panti-Amoa, his colleague in JEM, have been […]
Jobsearch-Employment-Mentoring: A real JEM, helping people back into work and employability
Dr Patrick Boateng: Coping with racism with a clear sense of identity.
Patrick was born into an affluent African family in the city of Kumasi in Ghana. When he was born in 1948, it was the start of the self-government movement, which led to […]
Derby City Council Voluntary sector Grants – no cuts now for 2015/16
Updating my previous article Derby City Council Voluntary Sector Grant Aid: Reports of cuts “have been greatly exaggerated” the Cabinet will ratify on the 18th March that all Grants will be extended […]
Celebrating, Participating, Liberating : International Women’s Day Derby 2015
After many months of planning by a group of committed volunteers, International Women’s Day in Derby took place on 7th March; for the first time this year the event was held outside, […]
The ‘1 in 4’: Men! Why are we not angry about the shocking reality of violence towards women?
If 1 in 4 dog-owners abused their pets there would be an outcry, if 1 in 4 car owners had their cars indiscriminately damaged on a routine basis, there would be […]
Women’s Rights should concern us all – including Men!
Although in the UK we might consider that we have come a long way in the last 100 years on women’s rights, in reality, many of the underlying perceptions, behaviours and core […]
International Women’s Day Derby : Planning and Fundraising for the main event – 7th March 2015 – Market Square
Whilst Women’s Day in Derby is about Women, it’s not solely for women. It’s not a single-issue event, it’s not about being anti-men, it’s probably not about any pre-conceived perceptions or notions […]
Awareness of the child abuse/maternal protection paradox that is Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
About 140 million females worldwide are currently living with the consequences of FGM – one of the worst bodily mutilation practices prevalent in the world today. Euphemistically, it is referred to as […]
Chinese New Year celebrated in Derby
The Derbyshire Chinese Welfare Association celebrated the New Year at the May Sum restaurant in Derby on 24th February. This year is the Year of the Sheep ( Goat). Although the Chinese […]
Margaret Beckett opens 2 home-grown Derby Homes
The opening of 2, two-bedroomed houses in the centre of Normanton doesn’t sound like it should be the cause of a major celebration, particularly when there is a plan to construct over […]
Policing the Community is about Police in the community
There is only one certain thing about policing the Normanton and Arboretum wards in Derby, and that is the level of unpredictability. As with the majority of deprived inner city areas it […]
Hardwick Primary school: Cohesion through CARE and education
There are many challenges about the Normanton, and Arboretum areas of Derby which stem from the wide diversity of culture, religions, languages and upbringings. There are also many opportunities that this brings […]
Derby City Council Budget: Short on detail to explain £69m cuts.
Although the Council has issued a comprehensive 95 page report entitled “Derby’s 15 Year Vision and Budget Consultation 2015 to 2018” there seems to be some misunderstanding and mis-directed skepticism with the […]
Derby City Council Voluntary Sector Grant Aid: Reports of cuts “have been greatly exaggerated”.
There seems to have been much confusion and misunderstanding around the position on Grant aid from the Derby City Council to the Voluntary and Community and Faith (VCF) Sector. The worst extent […]
Dignity Action Day 2015 at Indian Community Centre
Dignity Action Day is an annual event, UK wide, which provides the opportunity for health and social care workers, and members of the public to uphold people’s rights to dignity and provide […]
Ukrainian / Jewish Music night to end Holocaust Memorial week in Derby
Both the Ukrainian and Jewish people suffered at the hands of different dictators in the middle of the 20th Century, with millions being slaughtered. Many from those communities have found their homes […]
Turkish Embassy tries to censor speeches on Armenian Genocide at Holocaust Memorial Day in Derby
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) in the UK occurs on the 27th January each year to commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops in 1945. Formal events are arranged in most […]
Bev : On being Black and “wonderfully made”
Crewe Street in Normanton, in the 1960s was a much simpler place to live. Life was more binary; it was more black and white. Summers were always sunny; life was tough as […]
Artcore launches the “Open Hands Project” at the Indian Community Centre in Derby
Reducing crime through Art, probably doesn’t sound like the most obvious of connections but then employing more Police to do the same isn’t a guarantee of success, either. Using a variety of […]
Saeed: Stateless Somalian sought sanctuary in Derby
Saeed was about to take the gamble of his life. He had managed to collect together $4000 of money that he could ill-afford, pay it to a man he’d never met, in […]
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