Be Inspiring - Live pledges
They've taken the Challenge and been inspired!
Here are the current pledges aiming to make a difference in Derby. Let them inspire you to make a pledge or perhaps get involved with one that is already going on!
| Rolls-Royce plc has pledged to... Employees to provide mentoring sessions |
| GOEM has pledged to... We will volunteer 2012 minutes of staff time working as a team on a community project that will inspire others and improve the potential of the city |
| Ray Cowlishaw has pledged to... Your hired!! I pledge to run a series of challenges for 12 unemployed young people over 20 weeks resulting in work placements |
| Derby Cityscape has pledged to... We will offer one weeks job placement to 20 year 7 or 8 students at inner city schools, who we would then mentor through to the end of their GCSEs |
| GMB has pledged to... Over the next 20 months, I pledge to bring 12 new visitors to Derby to share our vision on the citys future with them |
| Bill Bailey Jazz Band has pledged to... I pledge to assist is a Derby has talent contest |
| MAX team building has pledged to... I pledge to provide a one hour free taster session on how to handle threatening situations to 2012 Derby school children by the start of 2012 Olympics |
| Jobcentre Plus has pledged to... We promise to support our employees to volunteer in the community, so raising their own skills and skills of local communities and voluntary organisations |
| Keith Burn has pledged to... I pledge to walk the boundaries of the city with Sir Christopher Ball |
| Theresa Whyte has pledged to... I pledge to walk instead of using the car 12 times per month until 2012 |
| Derby Homes has pledged to... Offer 250 DCC unemployed tenants or their family members work opportunities or training placements |
| Derby Homes has pledged to... Derby Homes staff pledge to raise £15.000 for local charities through a range of voluntary activities and sponsorship |
| Derby Homes has pledged to... Derby Homes pledge to rehouse 1500 homeless individuals or families |
| Derby Homes has pledged to... Derby Homes pledge to plant 300 trees on Council housing estates to offset the carbon footprint of staff travel at work |
| Derby Hospitals NHS Found has pledged to... Support a scheme to encourage Trust staff to provide mentorship to young people |
| Derby Hospitals NHS Found has pledged to... Identify five individuals or groups to raise £2012 for local charities |
| Clare Labram has pledged to... I pledge to run a marathon in 2009 |
| Sinfonia VIVA has pledged to... Sinfonia VIVA pledges that it will ensure 2010 attendences of young people at music workshop sessions in 2009 |
| Derby Homes has pledged to... Build 150 new homes to rent |
| Corporate College / Derby has pledged to... We will strengthen our partnerships with Derby City businesses to support Derby City with the skills required to compete globally by increasing employer engagement by 50% by 2012 |
| Corporate College / Derby has pledged to... We will increase our employability skills training offer by 100% |
| Derby College has pledged to... We will support elite athletes by contributing to Derbyshire Sports Talented Athletes Fund |
| Derby College has pledged to... We will offer Derby College students and staff who are recongnised elite athletes free Fitness Centre membership and associated support |
| Derby College has pledged to... We will help 2012 people to improve their literacy, language or numeracy skills |
| Derby College has pledged to... We will work with local companies to provide 390 new Apprenticeship opportunities |
| Derby College has pledged to... We will continue to provide access to a vocational curriculum for 14-16 year olds from the school sector |
| Derby College has pledged to... We will provide high quality additionality to all AS and A2 level students |
| Kaleidoscope Community Mu has pledged to... Kaleidoscope Community Music will set up a Community Samba drumming band |
| Derby Hospitals NHS Found has pledged to... Derby Hospitals to provide 2012 work experience places for school children, mature students, health proffessionals and job seekers who wish to know more about working in the NHS |
| Home Start Derby has pledged to... Home Start Derby pledge to improve the lives of 20 families and children as a result of traning 12 new volunteers during 2009 |
| Vinvolved has pledged to... Vinolved pledge to collect evidence of over 2012 youth volunteering hours and will offer national recognition through the v awards for the young volunteers taking part in this pledge |
| Learning for Living Group has pledged to... Learning for Living pledge to introduce 12 new learning groups in Derby libraries by 2012 |
| Housing and Advice Servic has pledged to... We will take 2012 households out of fuel poverty by 2012 |
| Derby Hospitals NHS Found has pledged to... The Derby Hospitals Trust is paying for over 100 staff to take part in Weight Watches at work, to encourage staff to loose weight and become healtier. Many staff are being sponsored to do so, or are going to make a personal donation to charity once they have reached their goal weight |
| Derby Hospitals NHS Found has pledged to... The staff of Derby Hospitals are taking part in a group 2.012km sponsored swim. This takes you from Derby to Rome. In Partnership with a local gym this encourages staff to take part in regular exercise (they are encouraged to swim every week) to become healthier, as well as to raise money for charity |
| Derby Hospitals NHS Found has pledged to... We have a team of staff who are entering the Derby 10km in April 2009. They are all being sponsored to do so, and we are encouraging staff who would not normally enter an event like this, to get involved and get fit with the help of one of the trust exercise instructors, who has pledged to help people with training programmes and exercise! |
| Derbyshire Sport has pledged to... Children in Derbyshire schools will walk the equivalent of Derbyshire to Beijing during June and July 2008. |
| Derby City Primary Care T has pledged to... We will help 2012 additional people to quit smoking for 52 weeks between 2008 and 2012 |
| Derby City Partnership Ce has pledged to... Our team members will take part in 20 new activities over the next 12 months that raise our aspirations, inspire us and help us inspire others |
| Cococo has pledged to... We promise to hold at least 20 co-coaching graduation events, as a result of working with at least 12 DCP partners |
| Derby City Council Librar has pledged to... We will provide a minimum of 12 accredited volunteering opportunities in libraries each year to 2012 |
| Bemrose School has pledged to... We will increase the number of pupils achieving 5 A* - C GCSEs including English and Maths from 14% to 30%, an increase of 16%, by 2010. This is a particularly challenging pledge, due to 57% of our puplis not having English as a first language. |
| Marketing Derby has pledged to... Derby Ambassadors will go into schools and give a presentation to 2012 school pupils this summer |
| Marketing Derby has pledged to... 2012 visitors to Derby will be greeted by Derby Ambassadors between 2008 and 2012 |
| Derby Council for Volunta has pledged to... We will recruit and place an additional 50 volunteers a year - or 11% - achieving a total of 2012 volunteers by 2012 |
| Forum of Faiths for Derby has pledged to... We promise to recruit and train 20 new and additional mentors in the next 12 months through Black Boys Can |
| Connexions Derbyshire has pledged to... We pledge to reduce the number of 16 - 18 year olds not in employment, education or training (NEET) by an additional 150 young people by 2012. |
| Derby Evening Telegraph has pledged to... We promise to promote the objectives of the challenge, encourage participation among readers and record their achievements through a detailed and sustained editorial campaign |
| Derby City Council has pledged to... We promise to support our employees to volunteer in the community, so raising their own skills and skills of local communities and voluntary organisations. |
| Sir Christopher Ball has pledged to... I pledge to walk around the boundary of the city of Derby on 11 October 2008 and will raise £2012 for the Be inspiring challenge. I invite anybody who wishes to join me. |
| Learning and Skills Counc has pledged to... We will ensure that 2012 young people will be successful through vocational pathways |
| Inspira has pledged to... I pledge to provide free training in facilitation for anyone in DCP, and identify 2012 ideas on how we can work better together. |
| RNID has pledged to... I pledge to support 12 deaf and hard of hearing people into sustained employment each year up to and beyond 2012. |
| DCC Children and Young Pe has pledged to... I pledge that an additional 2012 young people will benefit from positive activities, including the design of new or refurbished facilities. |
| Helen Osler has pledged to... I pledge to coach, and be coached by, one young person in Derby |
| Derby and Derbyshire Educ has pledged to... We pledge to provide 2,012 school students with work experience placements. |
