Committee members of Derby Pride are very proud and honoured to present the Annual Jeffery Tillett Award.
 
In line with their Mission Statement and in memory of Jeffery Tillett, the award will be presented to acknowledge achievement, work and dedication to the LGBT Community of Derbyshire.
 
The award will also be a celebration of Jeffery's life and work for the LGBT Community. Jeffery Tillett was Mayor of Derby in 1977, the Silver Jubilee year, when the Queen visited and made Derby a city.  He was a Conservative member of the Council for 33 years and became its Leader in 1988, the week that Section 28 became law.  His signature appeared on a national petition against the new law in The Independent, a story that was covered in the Derby Evening Telegraph at the time. Rather than supporting Section 28, he risked legal action by seeing to it that Derby City Council funded the first Gay Film Festival at Derby's Metro cinema.  A festival that has visited Derby every year since. He also founded the Derby CAMRA Beer Festival and City of Derby Community Arts Trust (now QUAD).   
 
The award is designed to recognise equality and is open to anyone.
Nominations are confidential and the short listed entries will be announced in April 2010. For a nomination form visit the Derby Pride website or call Derbyshire Friend on 01332 207704.
 
The winner will be presented with the award by Councillor Robin Woods at The Inaugural Derby Pride Ball on 8 May 2010 at the Royal Stewart Hotel, Derby. Ticket information for the ball is also available on the website. 
   

Today we have launched the annual Community Action survey.  Feedback from the survey will tell us how we can improve the services we offer to the voluntary and community sector and help us plan for next year.

 

There are two versions of the survey; one for statutory partners and one for voluntary and community groups. To get as wide a response as possible please feel free to forward the survey link to individuals or groups in your networks.

 

Statutory partners online survey  

Voluntary and community organisations online survey  

   

The responses from the survey will form the basis of a series of Focus Groups giving you further opportunity to contribute to the development of Community Action Derby and our continuing representation of voluntary and community organisations within the city.

 

The deadline for completing the survey is 1 April 2010. 

 

To say thank you for taking the time to complete the survey we will automatically enter you into a prize draw with the chance to win £50 in Westfield Vouchers - don't miss out!  

 

Derby City Partnership are holding their 15th annual Derby City Partnership Week in 2010 from 28 June to 4 July. The theme is 'Inspiring Derby - showcasing the great things in our city'. 

 

For more information about putting on an event and to download a booking form visit the DCP website, email Lisa Stephenson or call 01332 255627. Please note that completed booking forms must be returned by next Monday - 15 March.

 

Let's make 2010 the best DCP week yet!

The Derbyshire Equality and Human Rights Partnership will be launched at a conference on Wednesday 31 March. The conference is being held at The Multi Faith Centre, Derby University, Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1GB from 9:30 am to 3:45 pm.

 

There will be presentations and local perspectives from key partners of Derbyshire EHRP; the official launch of Derbyshire Friend Rainbow; workshops; and an open forum for questions.

 

Lunch will be provided.

 

For more information and to book a place call 01332 372428 or email

Derby Racial Equality Council. The closing date for bookings is 24 March.

    

Derby Racial Equality Council in partnership with NCISE Derbyshire, Derby Equality and Human Rights Commission and Fatima Women's Network are holding a workshop on Racism, Equality, Human Rights and Social Enterprise. The workshop takes place on Tuesday 16 March 2010 from 12:00 to 4:00 pm in the Gallery, Place of Welcome, 35-36 Queen Street, Derby, DE1 3DS.

 

There will be the following presentations on the day: 

 

The World that Lost it's Imagination
By Ilona Navickiene, NCISE Derbyshire
 
Derby Equality and Human Rights
By Kirit Mistry, Derby Racial Equality Council
 
Social Enterprise and Equality
By Parvin Ali, Fatima Women's Network
 
The event has been organised to promote European Week Against Racism 13 to 21 March 2010.

For more information email Ilona Navickiene or call 01332 29772 or alternatively email Kirit Mistry or call 01332 372428. 

 

The Creative Exchange is running an exciting and informative series of FREE training courses aimed at improving the regions skills base. These two day classes are instructor led and largely hands on. Instructors are friendly and experts in their field, all are passionate about passing on their creative skills and experience.
 
Who is eligible?
 
Anyone living in Derby who is currently in work; job seekers who have actively sought work in the last 4 weeks and are able to start work in the next 2 weeks; and anyone out of work and due to start work in the next 2 weeks. Courses will be run regularly over the next 12 months.

The following two day courses are available:
 
Graphic Design;
Mac for PC Users and an introduction to iLife;
Film Making;
Radio Presenting;
Film making;
Digital Photography; and
Web Essentials
 
For full details visit the Creative Exchange website or call 01332 593114 .  Courses will take place at the University of Derby, Markeaton Street site.

 

Voice4Change England have launched the Promote Performance campaign to encourage BME third sector organisations to evidence the value and benefits of their work.  They have produced four factsheets in collaboration with the Charities Evaluation Services and ten BME partners across the country.

The factsheets: Capturing Progress; Thinking Ahead; Meeting Expectations; and Sharing Good Practice, provide key information on each performance approach as well as a scenario involving a BME organisation describing how it can help them build on what they are already doing. 

 

Visit the Voice4Change website for more information and to access the factsheets.