Pantomime lovers assemble, we’re delighted to announce that Mother Goose will be landing at Derby Arena this December.
After the success of Aladdin, we are looking to 2023. Mother Goose will egg-cite audiences at Derby Arena, as Derby’s own award-winning Dame, Morgan Brind returns along with team behind the smash-hit Aladdin.
A new-born Derbyshire baby group specially for working parents has been helped to take its first steps thanks to local company Lubrizol.
The Smallprint Company, the only heritage letterpress studio of its kind in the midlands, turns 10 in January and to celebrate, an open day will be held on the 28th January.
From humble beginnings at the kitchen table to the city centre studio that the workshop and shop can be found in today, The Smallprint Co has gone from strength to strength.
Happy New Year everyone!
The deadline for applications for Derbyshire Open Arts 2023 is Monday 16th January. If you haven't already, pop along to our website to start your application now. Full instructions are shown there.
If you have already started your application please don't forget to finish it! There are quite a few of you in that position.
Any problems, drop us an email at info@derbyshireopenarts.co.uk
Junction Arts are seeking a new Managing Director. The ideal candidate will lead the charity, deliver its vision and be responsible to the Board on all matters of strategy, policy development and management.
Global Brands Limited has announced its purchase of the Hooch, Hooper’s, and Reef trademarks from Molson Coors Beverage Company. The brands have been produced and distributed by Global Brands since 2012 and will now form parts of its owned portfolio.
This sale to Global Brands will mean Global Brands own the brands and can now focus on them as part of their own portfolio with all the freedoms that brings.
Derby Book Festival is challenging children and adults to write a story or poem in up to fifty words on the subject of ‘Light’ for its 2023 Flash Fiction Writing Competition launched today (4 January).
The eighth Derby Book Festival will be held from 19 - 27 May 2023. The winning stories will be printed on a set of bookmarks and will be distributed across Derby and Derbyshire to promote Derby Book Festival.
Mickleover Golf Club has pledged to support a local charity which supports hundreds of disabled children, young adults and their families across Derbyshire in this, its centenary year.
A wide range of events have been planned throughout the year by the club in Uttoxeter Road with the proceeds going to Umbrella Derby and Derbyshire towards its extensive play and leisure programme.
The fundraising is being driven by club captains Mitch Handley and Margaret Brooks who met with Umbrella CEO Ann Rowlands to officially launch the fundraising pledge.
Family-owned funeral directors, Wathall’s, have donated five computers to Derby’s specialist child exploitation charity Safe and Sound which will be passed onto local families in need.
The computers have been wiped clean of content and will be protected with high privacy settings before being given to young people who at present do not have access to computers to support their education.
Belper Recorder Players are looking for a new Musical Director. Our group has been in existence for almost nine years now. We play seven sizes of recorder from the garklein to the great bass and cover a wide variety of music.
We are looking for a musician (ideally a recorder player) with both conducting and adult teaching experience to help develop playing skills, to provide us with an interesting and fun repertoire and to conduct us in performances (2-3 per year).