The latest news from producers, makers, venues and events organisers from around Derby and Derbyshire. If you have news to add to this page, then email us to let us know about it: editor@madeinderbyshire.org
New Online Talk Series
Definitely more Jane Austen than Bridgerton, this online talk series will take you on a journey through Georgian high society, tales of engineering ingenuity, industrial espionage and inspirational art, all from the comfort of your own home!
How to film and edit your own video – aimed at visual artists and designer makers
We have extended our recruitment for a Company Manager (Maternity Cover) and are now seeking an experienced Administration & HR Manager to begin in March 2021.
Administration & HR Manager (Maternity Cover)
£30,507-£32,029 commensurate with experience (pro rata / 21 hours per week)
FORMAT21: Control | 12th March - 11th April 2021
Virtual multiplayer gallery to host FORMAT Festival
Undefeated by the pandemic and lockdown FORMAT have been busy finding a way to present FORMAT21 as a digital festival. Director Louise Fedotov-Clements is delighted to announce FORMAT's collaboration with California based virtual gallery, New Art City, on the creation of a multiplayer, online space for art as the new digital venue for FORMAT21.
Healing crystals popular with celebrities including Adele, Victoria Beckham and Kim Kardashian-West are proving to be the perfect tonic during lockdown according to a Derbyshire entrepreneur.
Danielle Dunn runs the handmade toiletries company Divine Box from her home in Swadlincote and came up with the sparkling idea to add the A-lister ingredients to her latest range of bath bombs.
A Derby security company, whose clients range from Covid testing centres to the Saudi royal family, have relocated to Oberoi Business Hub in Pride Park to pave the way for future expansion.
Monarch Security was set up last September by Farhaan Bhatti and Phil Wright who have more than 25 years’ combined experience in the industry.
Derby-based washroom services and water conservation specialists HSG have joined forces with a premium German company to help UK businesses and venues keep hand hygiene at the top of their agenda.
HSG are the first in the UK to be able to offer a range of sleek and stylish hand liquid sanitiser and foam soap dispensers which have been designed and manufactured by premium bathroom furnishing specialists KEUCO – a family-owned company based in Germany.
Do you live with dementia, or care for someone living with dementia?
Have you felt socially isolated and not comfortable using online technologies?
Have you been frustrated over lockdown by the lack of activities you can do, and missed learning and trying new things?
A Culture of Care, CHWA National Conference will take place online 21st – 23rd April 2021.
The new National Centre for Creative Health has grown out of the work led by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Arts, Health and Wellbeing.
The APPG’s two-year inquiry led to the publication of the Creative Health report in 2017. Since then, the APPG has been working to support implementation of the ten recommendations in Creative Health. Recommendation 1 was for a national strategic centre to advance good practice, promote collaboration, coordinate and disseminate research and inform policy and delivery.