NWRC Springtown

Meet award-winning beekeeper Hanna at Derry event Derry and District Beekeepers Association has announced Hanna Bäckmo of Hanna's Bees as the guest speaker at its next public event.

🐝 Derry District Beekeepers are delighted to announce our Annual Talk! 🐝

We are thrilled to welcome Hanna Bäckmo to Derry on 26th September for what promises to be a great afternoon.
You may have already seen Hanna on Facebook; she’s travelling to Derry to share her passion, knowledge and experience from keeping 70 colonies and running a sustainable beekeeping business.
Hanna is passionate about her business and the native Irish honey bee, and is a fantastic educator. Her unique way of explaining how beekeeping works and how bees live and work “bees-plaining” — makes her talks both informative and entertaining! 🐝🍯

Open to all!

📅 26th September
🎟️ FREE EVENT
☕ Refreshments available
Don’t miss out!
What you need to do:
📧 Email [email protected] to register your interest and reserve your place.
We look forward to welcoming you all! 🐝

🐝 Derry & District Beekeepers Open Day 🐝
Last year’s Open Day was so much fun that we’re doing it again!! We’re looking forward to doing it all again and would love to see you there.
📅 Saturday, 15th August�🕚 11:00am – 1:00pm�📍 Derry & District Beekeepers Apiary
Come along and:�🍯 Buy local honey�☕ Enjoy tea, coffee and refreshments�🐝 Find the Queen in our Observation Hive 🔎�💛 Chat with our beekeepers and find out more about Native Irish honey bees and beekeeping�🌼 Ask questions and discover how important bees are to our environment
Whether you’re thinking about taking up beekeeping or simply fancy a lovely morning out, everyone is very welcome.
Bring your family, bring your friends, and come and enjoy the buzz 🐝 we’d love to see you there!
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And we have a winner!🎉🎉🎉

Huge congratulations to Tiarnan McKinney who won the Higher Level Apprentice of the Year award at the 2026 North West Business Awards, he is currently studying the HLA in Electrical Engineering and works at AE Global as part of the programme.

Fantastic achievement, Tiarnan!

Students and staff in the Springtown Campus participated in White Ribbon Training workshops this week. These were expertly delivered workshops which were informative and insightful. We had discussion and coversations around the topic of violence against women and girls. Our young people in Springtown fully engaged with the training and it is and really important to put this conversation front and centre.Thanks to Gillian, Corey and Suyi for their expertise.

Happy World Bee Day 2026 from NWRC Springtown

Springtown students and staff are attending White Ribbon Training Workshops over the next 3 days in the Springtown Campus. Thanks to Gillian and Corey for their excellent delivery of such an important topic.