A community fridge brings people together to share food, meet up, learn new skills and prevent fresh food from going to waste. They’re open to all and anyone can share or take food, including local food businesses, producers, households, allotments and gardens.

Teaming up with local Arts organisations to bring creative light to Derby!

What is the festive season really about?

This event was part of a series of public workshops and events to connect the city with the world’s most famous vampire.

We drank tea and ate soup and then, atop our stage, Barbara brought the magic of the coat to life through the stories of her travels, the people she has invited to wear the coat along the way and the transformative unifying qualities of art, song, courage and of course, HOPE which become evermore vital as we stride towards the landscape of uncertainty, that of climate disaster.

Photo Credit: Leonard Fink, Stonewall: Riot, Rebellion, Activism and Identity, https://stonewallhistory.omeka.net/items/show/14.

Friday 28th June 2024 marked the 55th year since that night; a night that is remembered annually with the Stonewall Uprising Anniversary. As Pride month technically comes to a close (even though there are still Pride parades globally throughout the year), let's take a look at what happened at Stonewall, why its myth has become so important, and links to further reading to keep learning and finding out more.

At Thrivemind Village, (as an urban organisation largely made up of women) we’ve been diving into an exciting new project; FEMINIST CITY, re-imagining Derby through an intersectional feminist lens, questioning how our city could support a culture-shift in the ways we exist here when patriarchy is fossilised into the bricks and mortar that maps day-to-day life.

It was a roaring success and we couldn't be more grateful for everyone's kind contributions.