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Council and Creative Industries to fund English language classes

17 July 2020

Following a successful bid Derby is to receive £300k English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) funding.

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D2N2 to invest £1.5m into Castleward Urban Village

15 July 2020

D2N2 has approved an investment of £1.5m from its Local Growth Fund allocation into the Castleward Urban Village.

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Careers Derby launches YouTube channel to support young people

10 July 2020

Careers Derby, in a bid to address school and college closes, has created a Careers Derby YouTube channel to provide support and information to young people.

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Local Area Coordination support to be rolled out across entirety of Derby

22 June 2020

Derby City Council has been awarded funding to help scale its Local Area Coordination offer across the entire city.

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Tell TALK Derby who you like to talk to and win £250 for your school or nursery

15 June 2020

Derby parents, carers, businesses, children and young people of all ages are being invited to reveal who they most like to have a conversation with.

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Get silly as the Summer Reading Challenge goes digital!

4 June 2020

Let your children join the funniest team in town – the Silly Squad! It’s all about funny books, having a laugh, and putting smiles on young faces.

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First wave of TALK Derby ambassadors announced

13 May 2020

Ambassadors for TALK Derby, the Government-funded project to help children develop speech, language and communication skills have been announced.

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TALK Derby training and support benefits mum and daughter

27 April 2020

A Derby mum is already seeing the improvements in her daughter’s communication and language skills thanks to courses for parents run by TALK Derby.

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Derby Book Festival launch fifty word stories competition

24 April 2020

Derby Book Festival is challenging children and adults to write a story on the subject of ‘Home’ for it's Flash Fiction Writing Competition.

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Derby’s Virtual School gets its best ever Primary SATs results

20 April 2020

The Virtual School for Looked After Children in Derby has received excellent results through national comparison data, coming in the top 10% for results.

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