@DerbyCityCouncil might not be documenting us this 2025 alongside
@MarketingDerby,
@UniversityofDerby and
@DCFC, but at least we're showing community how to startup, even without community/business support. Today we've got
@DerbyCollege onboard, expressing that they want to offer their students more opportunities into 2026 and also capitalise on the tools available by Derby startup
@TXTWRK (TXTWRK).
This Christmas 2025, you can give the gift of
www.Derby.support to your family & friends, where you can share knowledge (like you do every Christmas), about how to get involved in developing the City of Derby, how to present your character, your organisation and make way for a new generation of learning.
Derby based students have literally signed up and are now in the Derby.support menu link index! Setup a TXTWRK account, add your Derby based location and magic, people can now discover you in our
www.Derby.support link index. You only have to make a page, update your details once and you're good to go! By simply indexing yourself, you make yourself accessible, with all of the right settings other big tech are not offering, such as "Are you looking for volunteers", "Are you a community leader and want to be discovered better?", etc...
This is your chance, because our founder of both Derby.support and TXTWRK will succeed either way, whether people join or not, because he's committed to the work and tools he's not just made for community, but also himself. To work on our founder's work, whether it be Derby Community Hub or TXTWRK, it's all documented on TXTWRK, because that way, you can feature all of the work you do for people or organisations like so
@ImSunnyClaire (Sunny Claire):Checklisting! and all stakeholders can win, from understanding, what an earth is going on in this organisation, how it's really thinking and it's next steps!
And this is where the bigger picture starts to reveal itself.
Everything we’re doing — from
Derby Community Hub to
TXTWRK — is about
public work, done visibly, so people can learn by
seeing, not guessing. When work is documented openly, confusion turns into clarity. People can finally understand how organisations think, how decisions are made, and how progress actually happens.
That’s what TXTWRK enables.
On
TXTWRK, people don’t just post ideas — they:
•Document work in real time
•Give feedback in public logbook form (from streets to systems)
•Make pledges that can be revisited and measured
•Collaborate openly, so no one feels locked out of the process
This is how communities innovate
together.
It’s also how students, founders, volunteers, and leaders build
credible public profiles that show
how they work — not just what they say they do. Profiles that future employers, collaborators, and investors can actually trust.
That’s why the interest from
Derby College matters so much.
They see what this unlocks for students heading into 2026:
•Public work experience before university
•Confidence working in shared spaces
•A visible record of contribution, collaboration, and learning
•Better preparation for university life and real-world teamwork
This is how we help students move from education into leadership — steadily, openly, and with purpose.
And yes — this work may not be officially documented in 2025 by
Derby City Council,
Marketing Derby,
University of Derby, or
Derby County FC — but it
is being documented.
It’s being documented by the community.
It’s being documented by students.
It’s being documented by builders, organisers, and people who care enough to start without permission.
Because history isn’t only written by institutions — it’s written by those who show up.
Years from now, we’ll be able to look back and see:
•Who asked which questions
•Who offered help when no one else did
•Who invested time, effort, or belief
•How public inclusion online changed real outcomes offline
These are the opportunities many of us wish we had early in our careers.
Now, we’re creating them — together.
Turning chaos into reason.
Setting stages everywhere.
Building leaders who are respected not because of titles, but because of
visible contribution.
This is Derby.
This is public work.
And this is only the beginning.
COMMUNITY
People