Autumn Is Here! Why not book yourself or a loved one to a creative treat:

Following the Government’s announcement of new national restrictions due to COVID-19, Derby Arena, Queen’s Leisure Centre and Springwood Leisure Centre will close their doors to the public on Wed 4 Nov, at their normal closure time.

Marketing Derby Bondholders have helped the Derbyshire Institute of Sport smash its fund-raising target from a fun cycling c

A writing group based in Chapel-en-le-Frith in the High Peak is celebrating a double win as two of its authors scooped first and second prizes in a national short story competition.

Derby College Group (DCG) has become one of the first in the country to introduce new study programmes to enable young people to join the fast-growing Electronic Sports (Esports) industry.

Just before lockdown we received a small £750 grant from East Midlands Airport for a sound project Together Through Sound and we had agreed to work with a writer & filmmaker as part of Lovelit an Arts Derbyshire project funded by ACE.

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Our community poem Ticket to Hope with poet Helen Mort is starting to take shape. A big thank you to everyone who has contributed, we will update you on progress in the coming weeks.

Joanna Courtney is offering two workshops in November on writing historical fictionand plotting a novel via Zoom. There are now only a handful of places left on 4th November workshop.