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 […]
Urban Turban: A brief glimpse of Sikhs in Derby
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 […]
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 […]
Tuberculosis in Derby : A menacing presence
Tuberculosis (TB) is usually considered by the lay public to be a disease of the past in the UK, and only really prevalent in Third World countries. This is not the case. […]
Trussell Trust Food Bank statistics – Misleading
Trussell Trust who run over 423 Food Banks in the UK ( currently zero in Derby) declared in their 2013/14 report that they handed out parcels to 913,138 people. This is a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Food banks – should be about People not PR!
Derby has over 22 organisations supplying food and/or hot meals to the vulnerable in the City. These are operated through a variety of faith based, ethnic minority and refugee support groups. Each […]
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. […]
International Day to Celebrate Nurses in Derby
A few days after the official International Nurses Day, a parade took place in Derby from the St Peters Church through the City Centre to the Cathedral. A large audience of Nurses, […]
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 […]
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 […]
3800% increase in the use of Food Banks in the East Midlands in 3 years.
The meteoric rise in the availability of food via Food Banks is a story of many dimensions. In one respect it is a modern day tragedy that anyone in the UK feels […]
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 […]
Workers Memorial Day : Are more accidents waiting to happen?
A short service took place at Derby Cathedral today marking the International Workers Memorial Day. This was established to remember those who died in their work place, and to continue to press […]
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 […]
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