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I'm sure many of you took part in the fabulous Culture of Care National Conference last week, led by Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance. It was clear that an enormous amount of care had indeed gone into the programming and delivery of this event with a wealth of stirring, motivational and inspiring presentations and speakers.
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Thriving Communities Social Prescribing Projects Announced
Following the successful 3D virtual presentation of FORMAT21 International Photography Festival, selected exhibitions will be shown across Derby in the city’s cultural institutions and retail spaces.
If you are in or visiting Derby come and enjoy the face to face experience of seeing some amazing photography from 17th May - 5th September.
Exhibitions
Bennetts: The World’s Oldest Department Store has returned to its roots and invested in a fleet of vehicles to ensure its centuries-old reputation for customer service is matched in the modern world of online shopping.
Bennetts returned to the virtual high street last Autumn with the official launch of a new retail website https://www.bennettsofderby.co.uk/ and sales of family gifts, home, garden accessories, food and drink have since soared.
Giles Davies - Magazine Collage Landscapes
We’re back! Our popular festival returns to Elvaston Castle on 18th and 19th September 2021. It’s a fantastic event celebrating traditional and contemporary woodland crafts. Look out for the updates.
The third Derbyshire Creative Heritage Conference will take place on Thursday 27th May 2021. Entitled 'Activism for Social Change', you'll be exploring the role of the arts and heritage sectors in making change, as a tool for protest and in helping to make our voices heard.
There are still a few days left to catch Victoria Lucas's online exhibition, The Entanglement, a Haarlem Periodical inviting us to the non-human world.
2020 and early 2021 has been typified by a year of chaos across the UK, impacting huge swathes of the economy and the way we lead our lives.
Although the impacts of Covid19 and the lockdowns have been far reaching for many businesses, at Baker Consultants we’ve had some great successes whilst our team has been working remotely at home and on fieldwork through the past year. As we’ve reached our twelve-year anniversary this month, we’ve taken some time to reflect on how far we’ve come.
Our third Derbyshire Creative Heritage Conference will take place on Thursday 27th May. Entitled 'Activism for Social Change', we’ll be exploring the role of the arts and heritage sectors in making change, as a tool for protest and in helping to make our voices heard.
Anyone can participate (subject to committee approval) but it is up to you to find and book your venue. Once you are sure of your venue, dates, event description, times and prices then you are ready to submit your event using our online submission form. It's simple and the festival is fun!