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 […]
Workers Memorial Day : Are more accidents waiting to happen?
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 […]
Derby link with Hebron : Irrelevant and insensitive
There is no doubt that the situation in Hebron, and the rest of Palestine, and the occupied territories is totally unacceptable. Regardless of how one reflects on history, even today, the Government […]
Sikh Guru Nanak Mission : Feeding Derby Homeless
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 […]
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 […]
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