History of success
Derby City Partnership has achieved a considerable amount since 1995 to change the city for the better. For instance, we have been responsible for, or contributed to:
- Developing and delivering the 2020 Vision - Derby's Community Strategy which aims to make Derby a city for all ages by 2020
- Gaining over £160 million in Government and European funding programmes in Derby and doubling this in match funding from public organisations and businesses
- Developing Pride Park
- Establishing Marketing Derby and developing the Derby Does it campaign to raise the profile of the city
- Developing Derby Cityscape, the Urban Regeneration Company responsible for driving forward the physical regeneration of Derby's city centre and attracting an expected £2billion investment
- Providing extra resources in 13 disadvantaged neighbourhoods that needed support in relation to education, employment, health, housing and the environment
- Securing funding for the restoration of the Arboretum, England's first public park
- Establishing four Sure Start programmes to provide family support and childcare to young children and their families
- Developing a Joint Public Health Strategy - a first for the city and the East Midlands
- Lauching getting Derby Active to increase physical activity levels in Derby's citizens
- Establishing a programme of learning and networking sessions to help partners and sectors learn from each other
- Supporting the development of Derby Community Network to give a voice to the voluntary and community sector and encouraging their representation on many partnership groups
- Achieving ground breaking new ways of simplifying arrangements for managing funding streams
- Involving more than 600 people from public services, businesses and community and voluntary groups in partnership groups to improve services and facilities in Derby
- Establishing the State of the City Forum to give organisations in the wider partnership an opportunity to contribute to strategic topics
Derby City Partnership is known for its effectiveness as a partnership. Its excellent networks and proximity of partners are renowned.
Did you know...
- Derby is England's fastest growing city and offers 11.7% of its people employment in high technology businesses
- Derby is the UK's leading rail technology city
- Rolls-Royce - a leader in aerospace - employs 12,000 people in the city
- Derby's tradition of cutting edge technology and manufacturing innovation goes back to the industrial revolution - Derby's Silk Mill is part of the Derwen Valley Mills World Heritage Site
- Derby City Council has a top 4* rating
- Derby has a top 10 health service, as rated in a recent review by the Healthcare Commission
- Derby is one of the safest cities in the region
- Construction of a new £334m Derby City Hospital is nearing completion
- The city boasts more than 2,000 acres of open public space including the Arboretum, the first public park to be opened in England
- The University of Derby, caters for over 16,000 students, has a new £20m art and design building and is also home to the Multi Faith Centre
- Some of Britain's great thinkers and artists are connected with Derby - such as Arkwright, Darwin, Pickford, Strutt-Whitehurst and Wright, not to mention Florence Nightingale and Lara Croft
- Derby is at the crossroads of major road, rail and air networks
- Derby's compact size means that even in rush hour, you can cross the city centre in less than 15 minutes
