Trust’s thanks for egg-cellent donations

Derventio Housing Trust has thanked local businesses, including recruitment firm Blue Arrow, for donating Easter eggs to people it is helping after experiencing homelessness.

Derventio’s residents received more than 50 eggs donated by Sean Clare, senior business director at Blue Arrow, as well as donations from law firm Shacklocks.

They were handed over to grateful Derventio staff working at its Growing Lives base in Ilkeston.

Growing Lives is a day centre run by Derventio, which provides people in its properties – and referred there via other services – with communal activities such as woodworking, craft and walks, with the aim of helping support them to get back on their feet again.

Penny Wiltshire, funding and development manager at Derventio, said: “When you’re short of money, the last thing you think about doing is going and buying yourself a bit of chocolate.

“By doing this at Derventio with generous support from companies like Shacklocks and Blue Arrow, we are showing our residents that we’re not just helping them out with giving them a roof over their head, we want to support and look after them and help them develop, and actually just give them a treat now and then.”