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Roma Community : Letter to Derby Telegraph on local racism and bigotry
Dear Sir / Madam I read with stunned disbelief the comments made by a number of people about the £118,000 contract awarded, by the Council, to JET to support people in the Normanton area securing...
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Derby City Council Voluntary Sector Grant Aid: Reports of cuts “have been...
There seems to have been much confusion and misunderstanding around the position on Grant aid from the Derby City Council to the Voluntary and Community and Faith (VCF) Sector. The worst extent of...
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Why does the ‘Mayor of Derby’s Charity Fund’ donate so little to Derby ?
It is routine that at the end of the Mayor’s year in office, donations are made from a specific fund, to charitable causes. The total amount is modest, and in May 2015 it amounted to just under...
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JET’s own report on their £118k contract raises questions that need...
I reported previously on the £118,000 contract that JET was awarded by Derby City Council In January 2014, to provide training and to find employment for “hard to reach” people. I questioned whether it...
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Derby Soup – local crowdfunding of small projects – with something to eat.
Raising money to fund small projects, locally, can be bureaucratic, something of a mystery, and arguably, undemocratic. It always leaves questions as to where the money went, was it really a good...
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Derby City Council has “lost the plot” on Voluntary Sector Grants
Over the last few years Derby City Council has lost all direction over the grant funding for the Voluntary, Community and Faith (VCF) Sector. It is successfully achieving only one objective, and that...
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Banwait’s Budget Illusion and the extra £9m funding
Cllr Banwait has made it his mantra that every cut that has had to be made by the Council was driven solely by the Tory Government Cuts. I’ve commented many times that this is a disingenuous position...
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JEM ( Jobsearch-Employment-Mentoring): Further funding to continue its...
Success for JEM (Jobsearch-Employment-Mentoring) is about the quality of service that they provide to those people trying to make a life in a new culture and to be a valuable contributor to society....
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Derbyshire Police Leaders tell Home Secretary, Amber Rudd –“enough is enough”...
A joint letter signed by Derbyshire’s Chief Constable, Peter Goodman, and Police and Crime Commissioner, Hardyal Dhindsa, has called on the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd to end the damaging cuts to the...
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