News from producers around Derbyshire

Coppicing has recently got under way at Farnah House Farm – the home of popular Derbyshire farm shop Croots – as part of future sustainability plans.

Co-owner of Croots Farm Shop, Steve Croot helped to gain grant funding for the work before he sadly passed away last year.

His wife Kay, whose family own Farnah House Farm, on Wirksworth Road, Duffield, and who now runs Croots Farm Shop, said she was proud to be carrying on Steve’s legacy.

Blue and Boyzlife headline second phase of acts confirmed for summer 2023’s biggest throwback extravaganza

Buxton Fringe has revealed that this year’s festival has once again provided a significant financial boost to the town with combined audience and performer spending resulting in a huge contribution to the local economy.

A trail of giant lantern sculptures has been installed at key cultural landmarks in Derby to shine a light on the city’s cultural diversity.

Local artist Frazer Johnston has been commissioned to create the lantern sculptures by Surtal Arts, the long-established Derby organisation rooted in traditional South Asian arts, as part of the Derby Season of Light festival of activities, events and performances which have been taking place between September and December.

A 60-year-old has said old dogs can be taught new tricks after signing up for an apprenticeship with Derby-based Blue Lion Training Academy.

Pat Mullen, 60, a technical manager at Ineos chemicals company in county Durham, is currently studying for a level five apprenticeship delivered by Blue Lion, based at Pride Park in Derby.

Blue Lion Training Academy gives adult learners the opportunity to gain apprenticeships to allow them to benefit the organisations they work for.

The countdown to the festive season has begun and Derby has everything you need to make it a Christmas to remember. From ice skating and live entertainment to tasty treats and seasonal shopping, Festive Derby has something for all the family.

• Hartington Creamery in the Derbyshire Dales beat hundreds of other applicants to appear on Aldi’s Next Big Thing 
• Six-part series sees food and drink suppliers compete to be listed in all Aldi stores nationwide
• Programme will air on Channel 4 on Thursday 10^th November at 8pm

New BSL Resources Highlight Dangers of Child Exploitation

The Royal School for the Deaf Derby has produced a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted video in partnership with Derbyshire’s specialist child exploitation charity, Safe and Sound.

The video feature students from the school in Ashbourne Road who sign the question and answer scenarios that raise awareness amongst the deaf community of child exploitation.

Join us for the Christmas Lights Switch On in Chesterfield on 20 November and help us to light up the town for the festive season.
 

The Christmas Lights Switch On is a firm favourite in the festive calendar, and it will include stage show entertainment from 3pm, festive market stalls and the lights switch on itself at 4.45pm.