
Derby’s Brookfields Nursing Home ends 2024 on a high after winning a string of awards
Staff and residents of Derby-based Brookfields Nursing Home are ending the year on a high after it won a string of top awards in 2024.

Derbyshire school students help bring smiles to the faces of once-homeless Derventio Housing Trust residents this Christmas
Generous students at a Derbyshire school have been helping people facing a lonely Christmas this year by collecting gifts to put a smile on their

School celebrates diversity and heritage through creative artwork
A Derby school with pupils from 56 different ethnic backgrounds is celebrating its rich cultural diversity by creating an art installation that spans across three floors.

Local charity makes Christmas unforgettable for two outstanding Bemrose students
Two outstanding pupils have been rewarded for their hard work with early Christmas presents after a city charity surprised them both with brand new PlayStation five’s.

High-flying entrepreneurs use Christmas fayre to raise funds
Students from a Derby school had a taste of The Apprentice when they used their entrepreneurial skills to raise funds for school essentials like hoodies

Lubrizol employees help charity wrap up a special Christmas for hundreds of hospitalised young cancer patients across the UK
Science company employees from Huddersfield have helped bring Christmas cheer to hundreds of young cancer patients stuck in hospital over the festive season. Staff at

Belper WI helps Christmas come early for Derbyshire children given a festive treat by a long-running charity
Ladies from the Belper WI have helped Santa visit a group of Derbyshire children given a special festive week by a long-running charity. Members have

Once homeless Derventio Housing Trust Warwickshire residents cheered up at Christmas time thanks to generous local company
Christmas has come early for once homeless Warwickshire housing trust residents who have been given special festive boxes full of treats thanks to kind-hearted employees

Lubrizol employees raise more than £15,000 for St John Ambulance
Hundreds of science company employees turned their office canteen into a sea of Christmas jumpers as they held one of their final fundraisers wrapping up

Derbyshire teen’s whirlwind six months since becoming UK’s youngest female helicopter pilot
A Derbyshire teenager who became the UK’s youngest female helicopter pilot has described how her life has become a “whirlwind” since she picked up her

Keep carers in mind to help them cope at Christmas
Friends and neighbours are being encouraged to check up on people who are carers over Christmas to make sure they’re not feeling isolated at what

Lubrizol letter-writers bring Christmas cheer to care home residents
Science company employees from Lubrizol’s Derbyshire base stepped out of their labs and offices to create festive letters and crafts bringing cheer to care home