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Volunteers needed

The process of recruiting volunteers to the `Our Heritage` project is underway. Response so far has been great. We are looking for volunteers that have an interest in media, History, Photography, IT, and Graphics. Or people that have a flair for organising and paperwork. There are loads more areas of

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Celebration Lunch event – 22 November 2012

Key Stakeholders where invited to a very special celebration lunch following the wonderful news that we have  been successful in securing funding for the `Our Heritage` project from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Partners from Derby City Council, Staffordshire Council, Probation Service and key members from Derby’s faith establishments came together

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November 2012

Following securing the funding for the `Our Heritage` project a steering committee has been formed. Their job is to ensure we are going to deliver what we have promised. It is going to be a rewarding challenge for all involved. If anyone is interested in joining the group please get

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Heritage Lottery success

We have just found out we have been successful in securing funding for the `Our Heritage` Project form the HLF. This is fantastic news and we are very excited.  We plan to build 2 mobile and 1 static interactive exhibitions which will a natural progression of the work we do

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Chesterfield Schools celebrate Cultural Diversity

We were so pleased to help the Chesterfield schools with their month of celebrations themed on Cultural Diversity. We hosted 3 Faith Trails where representatives from all the schools attended, followed by a range of cultural workshops back at school. Feedback from all that participated was great and it was

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ESREC secure funding for another year

We are pleased to hear that East Staffs Rights and Equality Council have received funding for a further year to continue running the programme supporting East Staffordshire Schools to visit the Open Centre. This programme has been running for over 5 years now and has increased in popularity year on

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September 2012 – New Workshops

The new staff are settling and have been busy creating new and exciting workshops. Qudsiya has come up with a fantastic Asian craft workshop and David has developed an Asian and African comic strip storytelling one. Check out our booking page for more details or give us a call.

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August 2012 – New Staff: How fantastic

We would like to welcome Qudsiya Talib, David Gibb and Tomar Beh to our team. All are extremely talented and we are confident they will be an asset to our already experienced team. We can`t wait for you to meet them.

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Happy New Year!

Spring is here and what better way for our minds to be refreshed than to come down to The Open Centre and have lots of

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