********COMPETITION TIME************ WIN A FREE SILVER PACKAGE OF OUR MOBILE EXHBITION WORTH £225 FOR YOUR SCHOOL. To celebrate the new school year, we are offering one lucky school the chance to win a free Silver Package of our Mobile Exhibition*. Perfect for work on ‘Values’ and promoting ‘British Values’ from

FREE Event this Saturday!!! 10am till 1pm. Free food, tea and coffee. If you are interested in attending a FREE event this Saturday to learn about a variety of different cultures right on your door step – why not visit the Open Centre at 10am where you will be taken

Thank you to everyone who came to our community event last week. It was a great success and was a wonderful opportunity for the different faiths in Derby to get to know one another better. #communitycohesion. We also had a quiz, which proved to be great fun!  

Excellent staff training event yesterday at the Open Centre. Staff explored how they could further improve the workshops we provide to schools. Some excellent ideas have been noted and we look forward to implementing them in September and beyond!

Last week, Derby City and Derbyshire, RE Co-ordinators came to visit the Open Centre to not only have a good look at our Mobile Exhibition packages but also to take part in a faith trail themselves. Below are a few pictures and comments from their visit; “A great morning, with

Cultural Awareness at its best this week, with another very busy week at the Open Centre. On Monday, St George’s Catholic Primary School prepared for their week long range of activities focusing on Sikhism. Dronfield Junior School visited the Hindu Temple with 89 children, where they also learned about Asian

A fantastic start to the second half of the Summer term with over 618 visitors to the Open Centre, along with 21 workshops, 2 assemblies and the new mobile exhibition package was out too. On Monday All Saints’ C of E School, in Matlock brought over 270 pupils to all

Here are some of our most recent feedback comments from the schools that visited us in April and May 2016; St Mary’s C of E First School  – Uttoxeter – 12/4/16 “The children were amazed by everything they saw! Everything was really well thought out and explained.” St Augustine’s First

The Open Centre would like to say a BIG thank you to Gersh Subhra, author of Billu Leaves India, who has kindly donated 500 books for us to hand out to schools. This will be part of the resources section for schools who purchase the Gold package of our Mobile Exhibition, which will be

A brilliant month for the Open Centre with a 20% increase in visitors compared to this time last year (and we were only open for two weeks due to the Easter break)! On Monday William Allit returned for their final visits this week of going to the Hindu Temple and