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New Mills artist is a double winner!

Artist and printmaker Joanna Allen from New Mills, who won Buxton Fringe’s design competition for the 2018 programme cover, has found herself celebrating again having scooped first prize in the festival’s latest cover art contest.

Forest Society Grants Are Now Open

The second round of the Forest Society grant scheme is now open until 22nd February 2022. The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 21st February 2021.
 
The Forest Society Grant scheme funds new ways to support the health and wellbeing of residents and communities within the National Forest. It aims to engage new and diverse audiences, increase participation, and use local woodlands to harness the wellbeing benefits of spending time outdoors and connecting with nature. 
 

Grants to boost local communities

Are you involved with any local groups that support residents and communities? If you are, you'll be interested in our new £1.5m grant scheme.
 
Community projects, groups and charities that support people across Derbyshire are invited to apply for grants.
 
Our Cabinet agreed to the funding yesterday so that we can support the vital work being done by community groups, local enterprises and volunteers in the county.
 

No Jobs In The Arts - Open Call

No Jobs in the Arts is now taking entries for their sixth zine; they’re seeking visual artwork submissions from early-career artists and creatives currently living, working, or studying in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Derby, or Derbyshire.
 
Opportunity:

2022 Concerts Remembering Mick Peat & Barry Coope - featuring Barbara Dickson, Bob Fox, and Daphne's Flight

This year the music world in general and Derbyshire in particular has lost two giants.
 
Promoter musician & folk icon Mick Peat died in January. Barry Coope, whom John Tams described as 'the greatest singer of this or any generation', passed away on 6th November.
 
St. Peter's Church, Belper will be the venue for three concerts in May 2022 celebrating the lives of two remarkable men.
 

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