Seasons Greetings
We wish all our members, young and old a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. We also hope this post finds you well, healthy and enjoying life. Please remember that the society exists for you and that in 2024 we will be bringing you new events to which we hope you will attend.
DGS – Tanzania Visit 2023
Remembrance Service & Lunch 2023
Our Annual Remembrance Day Service will again be held at St. Helen's House Derby at 10.50 am Sunday 12th November 2023. All ODs are welcome.
As last year, the service will be followed by a luncheon at The Kedleston Country House Hotel, Kedleston Road, Quarndon, Derbyshire, DE22 5JD. A superb meal awaits you in terrific surroundings and we would love to see as many people join us as possible.
The meal will consist of either 2 or 3 courses and you can book and pay for your meal below.
Our Facebook page and the latest newsletter also includes details of the event
Derby Grammar School Virtual Speech Day
We are pleased to advertise the forthcoming Virtual Speech Day at Derby Grammar School. Obviously a normal day is out of the question so the school is doing what it can for its students.
The following has been received so please try and tune in if you can:
Dear valued guest,
We are delighted to invite you to our first ever virtual Speech Day event next Friday 3 July at 2pm.
With the current state of affairs and restrictions on public gatherings, we have decided to do an online event to round both the term and academic year off in a celebratory manner. We will be live streaming our usual speeches, musical performances and award ceremony and would love for you to join us by clicking the following link next Friday afternoon from 1:45pm: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/derby-grammar-school
As you can appreciate, our usual September event involves almost 1000 people congregated at the Riverside venue and unfortunately bookings for mass gatherings are prohibited at present. However, we did not want to miss out on arguably the most significant date in our school calendar and so once restrictions on gatherings begin to lift we hope to supplement our virtual Speech Day with a celebratory event in the Autumn where our prize winners announced on Friday 3rd July can physically receive their prizes and we can bid farewell to our Year 13 pupils in style.
We look forward to you joining us next Friday, and if you have any questions in the meantime please don't hesitate to contact us.
Many thanks and best wishes,
Georgie Lazzari
Head of Marketing and Development
Life & Times at 10 Downing Street
Date and Time
14 November 2019
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
Derby Grammar School, Rykneld Road, Littleover , DE23 4BX
The David Walker Memorial Lecture
The Old Derbeian Society are proud to announce Jimmy McLoughlin as the special guest delivering the annual David Walker Memorial Lecture, 2019.
As former Special Adviser and Business Director to Prime Minister Theresa May, Jimmy will share with us what really goes on behind the doors of Number 10.
About Jimmy McLoughlin
Jimmy is a former pupil of Derby Grammar School. He left in 2005 to take his place at the University of Birmingham to read Political Science. From University he joined the PR and digital marketing agency Fleishman Hilliard as Account Manager before moving to Bell Pottinger, a multinational PR, reputation management and marketing agency as Associate Partner, and then Associate Director. In 2014 he moved to the Institute of Directors as their Deputy Head of Policy before joining Number 10 Downing Street in August 2016 as the Special Adviser on Business Relations, a key role which liaises between Downing Street and business.
Jimmy was awarded an OBE in Theresa May’s resignation honours for political and public service.
Tickets and timings
Doors open at 5pm and the lecture commences at 5.30pm. Please take your seat for 5.15pm.
The event is open to all. It will be followed by a short Q&A session where you are invited to put your questions to Jimmy.
Wine, soft drinks and canapes are available to all after the lecture.
Reserve your place here
Car parking
Free parking is available on site.
