Bemrose School’s pupil-focused approach drives attendance success
A Derby secondary school has achieved better-than-average attendance after taking the time to listen to its pupils. By listening to feedback gathered through its ‘Pupil Voice’ initiative – a scheme where pupils come together to make suggestions to teachers or share their views on school life – staff at The Bemrose School, in Uttoxeter Road, […]
NFU Mutual turns Santa for Derventio Housing Trust residents facing a lonely Christmas
Kind-hearted employees at NFU Mutual in Stratford-upon-Avon have helped brighten Christmas for Warwickshire people living in housing trust properties who would otherwise be homeless. Staff at the National Intermediary Services department at NFU Mutual have clubbed together to create 14 treat-laden Christmas boxes destined for residents living in Derventio Housing Trust properties in Warwick. The […]
Gillotts Funeral Directors helps bereaved families in Selston by sponsoring new grief support group
Nottinghamshire-based Gillotts Funeral Directors has been helping bereaved people with the grieving process by sponsoring a valuable new free support group in Selston. Paula Daley, a psychotherapist who is the founder of Revive Counselling and Wellbeing Community Interest Company (CIC) at the Tin Hat Centre in Selston, has said she is extremely grateful to […]
Alphageek steps in to help poorly children sleep comfortably in hospital over Christmas
A Derby digital marketing agency has stepped in to help poorly children who are having to spend Christmas in hospital to sleep comfortably by donating dozens of cuddly, heatable toy elves. Alphageek handed over the elves to the team at Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity, which will share them with ward staff to ensure young […]
Autistic Derby teenager excluded from school shines at work in partnership between L.E.A.D. IT Services and Transition2
An autistic Derby 19-year-old has been flourishing in the workplace through a powerful partnership between Derby City Council’s skills and support hub Transition2 and L.E.A.D. IT Services. Shae Ormond was excluded from school for a year but has now been given a chance to shine with a weekly work placement at leading technical organisation L.E.A.D. […]
Innovative Royal School for the Deaf Derby project teaching sign language to emergency service staff wins national TV recognition
An innovative project at Royal School for the Deaf Derby teaching sign language to firefighters and police has won national recognition after being shown on top breakfast show BBC Morning Live. Film crews from the show – whose presenters include Sara Cox – were at the school filming a level 3 British Sign Language (BSL) […]
Derby pupils enjoy festive fun at YMCA community hub
PUPILS from a Derby school were invited to “have fun and stay at the YMCA” for a Christmas-themed day of treats and festive fun. Thirty pupils from The Bemrose School and The Bemrose Primary School – who are part of the school’s intervention group – attended the Padley@YMCA Derbyshire Community Hub at Parcel Terrace to […]
Special Santa visit makes up for missed Christmas morning
A Derby youngster who was too poorly to attend his school’s festive celebrations still got to meet Father Christmas – after teachers arranged a surprise visit to his hospital bed. Eight-year-old Michal Winter had been eagerly counting down to the annual Breakfast with Santa event at Firs Primary School, in Derby, where he is in […]
Enterprising sixth formers dazzle at Derby Cathedral School’s first ever Christmas market raising more than £2,000 for charity
Enterprising sixth formers have raised more than £2,000 for charity after holding Derby Cathedral School’s first ever Christmas market. Around 150 teenagers in year 12 at the secondary on Great Northern Road – part of Derby Diocesan Academy Trust – organised the whole school event which saw every pupil taking part in a wide range […]
Kind Sale & Davys school families buy sugar, tea towels and cutlery this Christmas to help YMCA young people move into their own homes
Young people using the services of YMCA Derbyshire have been given a helping hand into their own homes this Christmas thanks to kind-hearted families at a local primary school. Children at Sale & Davys CE Primary School in Barrow-upon-Trent – part of Derby Diocesan Academy Trust – have come up with an unusual new fundraiser […]