Culturally aware… the schools are this week, as we have had over 300 pupils visiting the places of worship in Normanton. Here are what some of the schools commented on regarding their visits… “Lots of interesting information and the children were fascinated by the whole experience.” -Portway Infant School “Children

Seven Schools this week, which has been our busiest week so far! Monday we had both mobile exhibitions out in schools near Chesterfield (Abercrombie Primary School and Shirland Primary School) as part of their exciting faith weeks. At the Open Centre we had visits from over 200 pupils at King

Another busy week at the Open Centre! Renishaw Primary have held a faith week using our mobile exhibition and through various cookery and marriage workshops. Newhall Community Junior School got a taste of some fantastic asian cusine in their cookery workshops. Great Hucklow used our faith trails to explore different

A fantastic week here, this week – Horsley C of E Primary School have been working with the Open Centre to host a faith week including; the whole school visiting on Monday for Faith Trails, hiring the mobile exhibition and all children taking part in different faith workshops all week

This week we have been rather busy, as we had our first school visit our new premises. Castle Church Primary who came all the way from Stafford to see us on Tuesday. Some of their comments were “I’ve been teaching 20 years and its the best RE trip I’ve ever

As September has started, we have begun a new start in a number of different ways. We have moved from our old premises on Charnwood Street to our new one at 152 Pear Tree Road (next to Pear Tree Baptist Church). We are hoping that this will be a more

‘Our Heritage’ Project The Open Centre and Heritage Lottery came together for a brand new exhibition and learning resource entitled ‘Our Heritage’.  The exhibition explored issues of faith, culture and the legacy of multicultural Britain. It was housed in the upstairs gallery of Derby Market Hall, the project is working

We’re very excited about our upcoming collaboration with the UK’s biggest photography festival, FORMAT. From March 12th, our Gallery 5 space in Derby’s historic Market Hall will house works by Jana Romanova and Farhad Berahman. Scroll down to view a preview of their work and learn a bit more about