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Volunteers help Derventio Housing Trust’s “tranquil oasis” homeless project put down roots in the garden featured image
24th August 2026

Volunteers help Derventio Housing Trust’s “tranquil oasis” homeless project put down roots in the garden

Homelessness project leaders wow visitors after transforming former Ilkeston curtain tape factory into a “beautiful oasis” featured image
27th July 2026

Homelessness project leaders wow visitors after transforming former Ilkeston curtain tape factory into a “beautiful oasis”

Generous Toyota funding helps Growing Lives participants go green featured image
14th July 2026

Generous Toyota funding helps Growing Lives participants go green

Public invited to Open Day at Derventio Housing Trust homeless project that’s helping to rebuild lives Derbyshire featured image
1st July 2026

Public invited to Open Day at Derventio Housing Trust homeless project that’s helping to rebuild lives Derbyshire

Growing Lives participant Leo urges kindness during Mental Health Awareness Week featured image
15th May 2026

Growing Lives participant Leo urges kindness during Mental Health Awareness Week

Derbyshire primary school children turn Easter bunny with chocolate eggs for Derventio residents featured image
31st March 2026

Derbyshire primary school children turn Easter bunny with chocolate eggs for Derventio residents

Derventio Housing Trust expands team with key new appointment featured image
27th February 2026

Derventio Housing Trust expands team with key new appointment

Derventio colleague recognised for promoting dignity featured image
3rd February 2026

Derventio colleague recognised for promoting dignity

Growing Lives Impact Report 2024–25 shows positive change through community, skills and support featured image
22nd January 2026

Growing Lives Impact Report 2024–25 shows positive change through community, skills and support

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As our Sitting in the Landscape project resumes following a summer break, here’s a previous time when Growing Lives participants visited Bennerley Viaduct: The Iron Giant.

A quarter of a mile long, The “Iron Giant” is Britain’s longest iron viaduct. Standing 18 metres above the Erewash Valley, it offers great views across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

Using the newly opened visitor centre, the session began with photographer Jon Legge explaining some photographic techniques, including the rule of thirds, perspective and forced perspective and Dutch angles. He had also brought along several books on photographing industrial and post-industrial landscapes as inspiration.

Following the introduction, participants were then split into pairs and allocated a camera before setting off along the Viaduct, to explore, going as far as the canal.

Following some additional photography after lunch, participants returned to Growing Lives. Some of the photographs from the morning session were then printed and displayed to create a mood board, generate discussion and ideas for future displays.

It was a brilliant day of creativity, which it gave the participants the opportunity to see the landscape from a different perspective. 📷

With thanks to the Arts Council England for their generous support.

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Talk Money Week is an annual campaign to encourage people to have more open conversations about money.

This year’s theme is “It All Counts" where the focus is on realistic manageable actions.
The campaign can provide people with links to support and resources to enable them to take the correct practical steps to improve their confidence talking about money and their own financial situation.

Here at Derventio Housing Trust we encourage and support residents to talk about money through one-to-one support sessions, including guidance with budgeting, debt reduction and saving money.

Click here for support and resources to help manage your money:

https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/family-and-care/talk-money/talk-money-week
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People are at the heart of what we do here at Derventio Housing Trust.

Which is why we fully support Befriending Week. Running from the 1st to the 7th November Befriending Week is the annual campaign of the incredible impact of befriending and the people that make it happen. This year’s theme is “Supporting each other through meaningful connections.”

At Derventio Housing Trust most of the homes we run are shared, there are many benefits to living in a shared home, especially for people who haven’t lived independently before. Sharing a home can lead to new friendships and mutual support. It is a good way for people to get used to living independently while still having other people around.

We encourage and support friendships between residents, building meaningful connections that help beat loneliness and build new life skills.

At our Growing Lives project participants have the opportunity to interact with staff and other participants with similar lived experience through a range of activities including arts & crafts, cooking, gardening and a bike club where participants can make a bike for themselves.

We also arrange days out with staff and residents for example a recent visit to Derby Museum’s Lara Croft exhibition, Derby Quad, Bennerley Viaduct, The National Arboretum, and Warwickshire Golf & Country Club

For more information on Befriending Week and the way you can get involved, please visit

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Befriending Week is the national campaign celebrating and raising awareness of befriending across 1st - 7th November. Find out more about how to get involved here.
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