News
Welcome to our News blog page. We regularly post about our latest news, meetings, events and pop up events here. Click on a story title to get the full article.
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Phase One “Base Camp” Foundations Started
DAY ONE Phase one of our project to create a new permanent home for the shed group has been a long time coming – you can read more about our…
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We Keep on Popping – But Bangers Slow to Bang!
Yet another good Shedding day focussing on things we will need for our Stall on 18th March at Oakwood Community Centre – More Bat Boxes and “A sign” boards Plus…
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Our Second Pop Up
Our Second Pop-up event of the year has proved a popular. Twelve Shedders Came along to the pop up on the 31st January, and we welcomed some new members as…
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Freeze a Jolly good Fellow !
Saturday 10th January ’26 was a beautifully bright winter’s day but bitterly cold. Still, several of our shedders braved the cold for our first pop up shed of the year.…
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Shedders “go to pot”
27 Dec 2025 Thanks to our friends at AGE UK Derby, We got an invite to take part in this year’s British Senior Snooker at the Vaillant stadium . We…
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Derby Assemble 2025
October 25th was Derby Assemble day down at the Museum of Making. The team set up a stall, along with several dozen others, to showcase some of our ‘makes’ and…
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Oakfest 2025
Our second participation in a community event was a big success. Oakfest has run for several years now and on the back of a successful attendance at Chaddesden Big 1…
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Our first Pop-Up!
10th of May saw the Group’s first Pop up shed, an important landmark in our development of the shed. This gave us the opportunity to meet, connect, converse, and create.…
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We have lift off!
It was a fantastic night at our launch meeting. Thank you to everyone who came along to support us and join up. It was great to see how quickly a…