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. Brookfields, which is the oldest nursing home in the city, has been crowned with a series of accolades this year after impressing judging panels for the high quality of its […]
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 face. Students at Ripley Academy have been helping out less fortunate people in their communities by putting together festive boxes of treats and groceries to help Amber Valley residents of […]
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 Lubrizol in Huddersfield stepped out of their labs and offices to help the Project Youth Cancer charity put together hundreds of festive gift bags for cancer patients aged between 13 […]
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 decided to throw their support behind the Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre which since 1891 has been providing seaside stays at its Skegness base for the county’s children who would otherwise […]
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 of a local company. The team at NFU Mutual in Stratford-upon-Avon spent time assembling boxes of Christmassy treats so that more than 60 people living in Derventio Housing Trust properties […]
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 more than £15,000 in fundraising for St John Ambulance. Staff at science company Lubrizol’s UK Technical Centre in Hazelwood, near Duffield, put on their best Christmas jumpers, antlers, Grinch outfits […]
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 licence during the summer. Olivia Thompson, from Smalley, hit the headlines all over the world when she made history by earning her Private Pilot’s Licence (Helicopter) on July 4 – […]
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 can often be their loneliest time of the year. Raj Johal, executive director of Derby carers organisation Blue Sky Brokers, says the festive period can be a particularly tough time […]
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 residents this Christmas. A team from Lubrizol took time out of their working day to take part in the ‘Give … a few words’ campaign which sees volunteers writing thousands […]
Teacher’s cancer journey inspires quilt that unites school community
A headteacher who faced a life-changing diagnosis has turned her experience into a heartfelt project that symbolises the strength and unity of her school community. After a routine mammogram, executive headteacher Paula Martin was diagnosed with breast cancer and immediately underwent surgery. Just two weeks later, she returned to work, where she finds comfort and […]