Queen’s Croft High School unveils plans for Sixth Form block and appeals to local businesses for help
A STAFFORDSHIRE special school is asking for help from local businesses as work begins on a brand-new Sixth Form block. Queen’s Croft High School, in Lichfield, is a secondary special school for pupils aged 11-19 with moderate learning difficulties. It has more than 200 pupils on roll and covers Lichfield, Rugeley, Tamworth, Cannock, Stafford, […]
Tree-mendous donation offers staff and students a place to relax at Netherthorpe School
A generous donation is helping to provide a place to relax and work in peace for staff and students at a Derbyshire school. Netherthorpe School has been developing a piece of land as a well-being area for those at the school. Now the project has been given a boost by holistic and well-being therapists Sanctuary […]
Award-winning special needs organisation Sunshine Support welcomes trio of new starters
AN award-winning special needs organisation has strengthened its team with a trio of new starters. Jess Gould, Jessica Mead and Jayne Gissing have joined Sunshine Support, which is based in Derby. The organisation helps parents, carers and professionals who support young people with SEND (special educational needs and disabilities). Jess has been appointed as personal […]
The Bemrose School thanks businesses for helping pupils gain valuable work experience
BUDDING journalists, teachers and doctors have been gaining valuable work experience as part of their personal development. Pupils at The Bemrose School, in Uttoxeter Road, have been learning about the world of work with Derby businesses such as Penguin PR, primary schools across the city and even a local pharmacy. Those in school years 10 […]
Derby’s JDR Group urges SMEs to think ahead before tying up with social media platform Threads
Business owners are being urged to wait and see before signing up to the new social network Threads in case they get tangled up in pursuing a strategy that does nothing to serve their interests. Leading UK marketing agency JDR Group, based in Derby, says companies could lose precious time and derail their sales campaigns […]
As MET Office predicts a heatwave in August, what are your rights at work?
THIS August is expected to be hotter than average according to meteorologists, with temperatures across the UK set to reach 30C-plus. But as the summer season looks set to get off to a scorcher, what are your rights if you have to work through a blistering heatwave? Emma Tice, head of Employment Law at leading […]
Staffs mum-of-three who has been through home loss lands ‘dream job’ helping others after homelessness
A mum-of-three from Tamworth says she has landed her “dream job” helping others who have been through the trauma of homelessness – having had a similar experience herself. Kayleigh Robinson, 36, of Tamworth, says she could not be happier now she has landed her dream job as a housing support officer with Derventio Housing Trust. […]
Friends from Lubrizol race for life in Derby in memory of much-loved colleague
Work colleagues were in the pink to remember the happy times when they took part in Derby’s Race for Life in memory of a much-loved colleague who died from cancer aged 50. The group of 12 friends and colleagues from science company Lubrizol, whose UK headquarters is in Hazelwood near Belper, took part in the […]
Staffordshire special school thanks business for kind donation towards Year 7 Enterprise project
Pupils from a Staffordshire special school have thanked a company from West Bromwich after they donated to an educational project. Steel and Alloy, which is based in Union Street, donated £250 to Queen’s Croft High School’s Year 7 Enterprise project. Queen’s Croft, in Lichfield, is a secondary special school for pupils aged 11-19 with moderate […]
High praise for campaign video created by Derby agency for global social project that is making a difference to young girls in Brazil
THOUSANDS of miles away, on the 2,790-mile stretch of the BR-116 highway in Brazil, brightly-coloured pink houses signal hope for many young women sexually exploited in their own country. These houses belong to social project Meninadança and offer a place where girls learn their worth, take back their confidence, and crucially learn that they can […]