News
Breast Cancer awareness session with young people
In 2026, the TDC youth and participation team got together with the Act on Cancer Together team to run a breast cancer awareness session for young people.
Climate for Communities in Hollingdean
We would like to take this opportunity to update everyone on how the Climate for Communities Project is progressing. We began with an Introductory ...
Meet Kirsty from Racehill Orchard: Whitehawk’s community orchard with a sea view
The Racehill Orchard is part of the Brighton Permaculture Trust and is one of our community partners in the Whitehawk Hills project. The Whitehawk Hills ...
On The Tracks: The Launch
In May, we launched our new 'On The Tracks' project, in partnership with the BCRP, Thameslink & Southern Rail...
Warm Welcome Event at Moulsecoomb Library
On 18th March, we brought together a variety of health and community service providers to bring the Warm Welcome campaign to a close by providing ...
Reconnecting with Whitehawk Hills: A Community Project Rooted in Place
High above East Brighton lies a landscape shaped by thousands of years of human life and still part of everyday life for the people who live nearby. ...
Climate for Communities 1 Year Update
It's been a year since we started our Climate for Communities programme and during this time we have learnt so much!
Cancer awareness session with young people in Moulsecoomb
At the start of the year, the ACT team spoke with TDC’s Youth Voice Participation Worker. The worker shared some of the topics which are regularly coming ...
TDC Worker Wins National Award for Transformational Street Work
Georgina (George) Grant-Mills, a Youth Work Manager from the Trust for Developing Communities (TDC), has been honoured with the inaugural ‘Bill Cox Award’ ...
Our Connected Youth Strategy
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new Connected Youth Strategy - a bold and ambitious blueprint for the future of our youth work in ...
“I am telling my sons, who are between the ages of 45 and 55, get yourselves checked out, and tell your friends”.
November is men’s health awareness month. We spoke to George and Paul about their experiences of being diagnosed with prostate cancer and accessing ...
Wild Park Community Celebration
This year, Wild Park has had a big year turning 100 years old with a lot of projects to celebrate: a new Rainscape, a community orchard and a new ...
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Act on Cancer Together workacross Brighton and Hove to support people with understanding the early signs of cancer, feel confident about going for cancer ...
Find Your Way…: A Success
Our last "Finding Your Way" course, a six-week program designed to help adults explore new pathways into work, volunteering, and learning, ran over autumn ...
Violence Reduction Partnership: Youth Participation Training
A part of Trust for Developing Communities' (TDC) work with young people in partnership with Sussex Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) to ensure young ...
March is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
1 in 8 men will get prostate cancer Know the risk factors and look out for yourself and the men in your life. Prostate cancer is easier to treat if ...
TDC will lead a partnership of local organisations in new Climate for Communities Project
Thanks to National Lottery players, the Trust for Developing Communities has been awarded almost £1.3 million over three years to empower ...
A Case Study from Our Turnaround Youth Coaching Project
Bradley was referred into Turnaround due to a recent arrest and coming to notice for handling illegal substances.
Youth Work Week: A Day in the Life of a Hospital Youth Worker
This week we’re marking Youth Work Week with some stories from our amazing youth workers, making a difference in the live of young people across Brighton ...
Youth Work Week: Connect 1-2-1 Coaching
This week we're marking Youth Work Week with some stories from our amazing your workers, making a difference in the live of young people across Brighton ...
Over One Hundred People Attend Our Latest Inclusive Employer Job Fair
On the 17th of September, our latest Inclusive Employer Jobs Fair took place at the Methodist Church Dorset Gardens, organised in partnership with the ...
Getting to the Bottom of the Matter
There are some things you can’t wait to share with friends and family – and then there’s being told you have anal cancer.
Screening is normally normal so don’t put it off
Cervical screening awareness week This week is cervical screening awareness week, running from 17 – 23 June. It’s an annual reminder of how important ...
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month starts next week
Almost 43,000 new cases of bowel cancer are diagnosed in the UK each year. That’s nearly 120 every single day. But if caught early, more than 90% of bowel ...
Youth Voices: Improving Access to Support Services
The Trust for Developing Communities (TDC) is facilitating a youth peer-research study into improving ethnically diverse young people’s access to support ...
Looking back at our AGM
Last October we held our AGM at The Brighthelm Centre, celebrating work throughout 2022-23 and our Community Champions. We've been posting the ...
Meet Our 2023 Community Champions – Nick Wood
Watch this short video about Nick’s fantastic work with his local community.
New Classes from Friends at BMECP
Friends at BMECP began to emerge in 2023 with the purpose of bringing community activities for BME people back into the BMECP Centre. They had their AGM ...
Welcome to Lunch and Learn
Lunch and Learn was created because many senior members of the Ukrainian community were saying that there was a need of a class for absolute beginners in ...
Meet Our 2023 Community Champions: Kira Makohon
Watch this short video about Kira's fantastic work with her local community.
Meet our 2023 Community Champions: Nargis Durrani
Watch this short video about Nargis’s fantastic work with her local community.
Meet Our 2023 Community Champions: Daisy Brown
Watch this short video about Daisy’s fantastic work with her local community.
Meet Our 2023 Community Champions: Sharon King
Watch this short video about Sharon’s fantastic work with her local community.
Meet our 2023 Community Champions: The Sudanese Society in Brighton and Hove
Watch this short video about The Sudanese Society in Brighton and Hove's fantastic work with their local community.
Meet Our 2023 Community Champions: Sarah Griffiths
Watch this short video about Sarah’s fantastic work with her local community.
Meet Our 2023 Community Champions: Nawal Al Baraze
Watch this short video about Nawal’s fantastic work with her local community.
Our Third Inclusive Job Fair Welcomes Job Seekers from Across the City
On 14th November we held our third inclusive job fair with Brighton Chamber.
Meet Our 2023 Community Champions: Jonathan White
Watch this short video about Jonathan’s fantastic work with his local community.
Meet Our 2023 Community Champions: Dimah Al-Saedi
Watch this short video about Dimah’s fantastic work with her local community.
Our Youth Bus: Youth Work Week 2023
This week on the TDC blog we're marking Youth Work Week. The theme is Youth Work in Every Place and Space. George Grant-Mills is one of our youth workers, ...
Youth Work in Schools: Youth Work Week 2023
Every day this week, we are marking Youth Work Week 2023, focussing on Youth Work in every place and space. Rachael Sergeant delivers our youth work in ...
Turnaround Project: Youth Work Week 2023
Every day this week, we are marking Youth Work Week 2023, focussing on Youth Work in every place and space. Grace Martin delivers our Turnaround ...
Welcome to Youth Work Week
TDC are dedicated to supporting young people around the city with a wide variety of different projects that engage with them and meet their individual ...
How a Few Words Saved My Life
When Irene was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2020, she was so grateful for all her family support. However, she was even more grateful to the ...
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Act on Cancer Together will be busy this month encouraging people in Brighton and Hove to examine their chest ...
Our Summer Community Health Event continues in East Brighton.
The Community Summer Event at Robert Lodge was on a beautiful August day, with sunshine, food and activities in both the communal gardens and in the ...
Introducing our new Youth Bus
We're delighted that our new and brightly-coloured youth bus is out on the streets of Brighton. The bus will be out and about supporting local young ...
Healthy Neighbourhood Fund 2022/23 Review
In 2022/23 TDC’s Healthy Neighbourhood Fund gave out over 90 grants, supporting over 4,000 people. We supported local community partners to form panels ...
Our Summer Community Event in Moulsecoomb and Bevendean Brings Everyone Together
On Saturday July 22nd we held the 2023 Summer Community Event together with Moulsecoomb Local Action Team and Action on Bevendean.
Brighton and Hove’s Amazing Volunteers
We couldn't do what we do without volunteers supporting our work. Today we'd like to take a moment to thank some of them, and also to pay tribute to all ...
Welcome to Volunteers Week 2023
It's Volunteer's Week and TDC will be celebrating the work of volunteers who do so much to support communities in Brighton and Hove.
A Visit to Brighton’s Long Running Repair Cafe
The Brighton Repair Cafe is one of the longest running repair cafe's in the UK. The monthly event has been running for over ten years at various locations ...
It’s time to get fundraising for the Martlets Hospice- BAAAArilliant
It’s time to announce that TDC Young People are involved with this years Martlets Shaun the Sheep By the Sea Arts Trail. We have our very own SHAUN to ...
A Warm Welcome at Community Living Rooms
Last winter TDC partnered with BELTA, The Old Boat and Hollingdean Development Trust to run a four week pilot of Community Living Rooms. Community Living ...
Introducing Act on Cancer Together
In general, residents of our more deprived neighbourhoods and members of ethnically diverse communities are diagnosed for cancer later, which of course ...
The 10 Year Journey of Bevendean Food Bank
Did you know that Bevendean Foodbank has now been around for more than 10 years? Whilst it’s difficult to celebrate something like a foodbank, we would ...
What do our Young People Think About the Cost of Living Crisis?
TDC's Youth Team recently hosted and Citywide YouthWise meeting, consulting with our young people about the effects of the Cost of Living Crisis.
Goodbye to Our Ageing Well Project Manager Sue Sayers
This week we say goodbye to our Ageing Well Project Manager Sue Sayers as she retires.
The First Six Months of our Hospital Youth Work Project
An Update from SeanO our Hospital Youth Worker It's been a busy beginning to our Hospital Youth Work (HYW) project, and we are incredibly grateful to all ...
Mohammad and Maha at the Macmillan Horizon Centre
Two members of TDC's Equalities Team, Mohammad and Maha, will be supporting people affected by cancer at the Macmillan Horizon Centre beside the Royal ...
Our Highlights of the Year
In 2022 TDC continued to work to support communities across the city of Brighton and Hove. ✨Here are our Highlights of the Year✨
Youth Work with the Traveller Community
St Michael’s Way Traveller site became the home of one of the TDC ‘Girls groups’ in September 2017. TDC youth workers George, Reana, and Shannon have ...
An Update on our Work with Albanians in Sussex
TDC have been helping me engage my community for the past 18 months, although some of us have called Brighton and Hove home for more than 2 decades, ...
Apples and Eyes Creates a Half Term Tempest with our Young People
This Autumn half term, TDC's Youth Team got together with theatre company Shakespeare in Italy to run the second year of our Apples and Eyes project. A ...
Busy Turn Out for Our First Inclusive Job Fair
Last week we held our first Inclusive Job Fair at the Brighthelm Centre in partnership with the Brighton Chamber of Commerce and the Department of Work ...
Ageing Well in 2022
This year's Ageing Well Festival took place from 19th September to the 3rd October all across the city. TDC were involved running events at HAWKS cafe, ...
The BMWs cycle the undercliff to Ovingdean
The BMWs -- The Brighton Multicultural Women's Cycling Club formed in 2021 as a Covid safe activity for TDC's MESH project, in partnership with Brighton ...
Brighton Streets Project Nominated for Prestigious National Award
We are delighted to announce that Brighton Streets has been shortlisted for another award. The already award-winning Brighton Streets detached youth work ...
Supporting LGBT Young People at Brighton Pride
In 2022 Brighton Pride returned to the city, celebrating its 30th anniversary after two years of Covid cancellations. The huge event took place on a ...
Two new groups of students kick off a new term on our Finding Your Way course
Our course Finding Your Way — which has helped scores of women and other marginalised groups into employment, volunteering and training — is kicking off ...
Our Peer Educators Reach Thousands of People Across the City with Vaccine Confidence Message
In the early summer of 2021 Brighton and Hove City Council identified a need for the mobile vaccination unit sessions across the city to be more welcoming ...
Goodbye to our Community Development Worker Mark Drayton
Last week we said goodbye to our long standing Community Development Worker Mark Drayton, most recently part of the central Brighton team. Mark said of ...
Young men from Brighton talk about their lives in new audio documentary ‘Young Ends’
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Young Ends is a powerful piece of audio that amplifies the voices of ...
Celebrating the Community in Moulsecoomb and Bevendean.
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Saturday, 30th July was a busy day in Moulsecoomb and Bevendean ...
Beautiful Henna Designs for Our Young Women’s Groups
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Recently our Young Women's Groups in North and East Brighton were visited ...
Our 50+ Group Visit an Extraordinary Painted Church in Goring-by-Sea
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Tucked away on an unassuming residential street in Goring is the Catholic ...
Sharing Inspiration, Information and Ice Cream at Whitehawk Community Day
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] On Thursday last week we held a community day at Whitehawk Community Hub. TDC ...
Learn Around the World Celebrates with the Mayor of Brighton and Hove
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Learn Around the world is a multicultural drop in that has been running ...
Healthy Neighbourhood Fund 2021/22 Review
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] In 2021/22 TDC’s Healthy Neighbourhood Fund gave out over 90 grants, ...
MY-G Radio
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] TDC’s Moulsecoomb Young Men’s Group, recently teamed up with Platform B, ...
Meet This Year’s Community Champions: Yvonne Davy
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] From TDC's Amy Allison Yvonne is Chair of the BMECP 50+ (a multicultural ...
Meet This Year’s Community Champions: Sarah McCarthy
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] From TDC's Mark Drayton Over the last year Sarah has been a key player on ...
Meet the Year’s Community Champions: Ruth Sennett
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Video"][/siteorigin_widget] From TDC's Sue Sayers Ruth has run the Winter Warmers Reminiscing Group for many ...
Meet this Year’s Community Champions: Peter Spence and Michael Collett
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] From TDC's Emma Reeves Despite lockdown, and everything else, Peter and ...
Meet this Year’s Community Champions: Lauran Kinsey
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] From TDC's Caroline Vitta Lauran is regularly keen to get involved in her ...
Meet this Year’s Community Champions: Gaston Mallia
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] From TDC's Caroline Vitta In 2018 Gaston was part of a group of ...
Meet this Year’s Community Champions: Emma Richardson
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] From TDC's Amy Allison Emma lives in Mile Oak and during lock down ...
Meet this Year’s Community Champions: Jane Hunter
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] From TDC's Anke Thurm Jane has been active in her community for years ...
Meet This Year’s Community Champions: Marc Gory
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] From TDC's Tony Silesby Marc has been an exceptional volunteer to the east ...
Learning Coffee Making Skills at a Probarista Class.
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Earlier this month, our MESH and Community Learning projects ...
Our Work with the Albanian Community in Brighton and Hove
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] The Vision of the Project Strengthen Albanians pride and belonging and ...
Tackling the Isolation of Older People in Our Community
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] From Sue Sayers, our Ageing Well Project Manager "A wonderful lady who ...
Curiosity Club – The Home of Curious Young Minds
“I come to the curiosity club for the nice people. It’s important to make a difference to someone’s life and to help your community”. [siteorigin_widget ...
Meet the BMWs 🚴♀️
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] The Brighton Multicultural Women’s Cycle Club began in June 2021 as our ...
Craven Vale’s Annual Wassail Returns
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] The Craven Vale Community Centre were delighted to be able to hold their ...
TDC Win Award for Partnership Working at Children and Young People Now Awards
TDC has won the Partnership Award at the Children and Young People Now Awards 2021 for our Project Brighton Streets. Brighton Streets is a ...
The Bevy Responds to Local Need with LGBTQ Events
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] The Bevy — a community run pub in East Brighton — door-knocked their ...
Noor-ul Huda Adventure Into the Woods
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] After a long time of not seeing each other during the pandemic, Noor-ul Huda – ...
Circus Fun at Preston Park for Migrant Families
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] During half term TDC’s Equalities team held a special free Flying Seagulls ...
TDC’s Curiosity Club Head to the Science Museum
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] A museum trip is a great way to spend a grey autumn half term day. Last week three ...
15 Brilliant Students Graduate from our Finding Your Way Course
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] At the end of September, on the last sun-soaked day of the year, students from our ...
Looking Back on Summer Fun with TDC’s Youth Team
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] Summer already feels far away, but some of our best memories of this summer are ...
Dance, Dance, Dance 💃
As part of the fabulous Ageing Well Festival this year we brought a delightful dance event to Woodingdean with Rosaria Gracia Dance. Local people over 50 ...
September Sun Shines on the Welcome Return of Tarner Festival
The much-loved annual Tarner Festival was one of so many events that couldn't take place in 2020. This year the celebration was pushed back to September, ...
Brighton Streets project a hopeful for prestigious national awards!
The Brighton Streets project is announced in the Finalists shortlist of the prestigious 'Children & Young People Now Awards 2021' in not one, but two ...
Meet TDC’s New Peer Educators
I'm very excited. I can't wait to get involved with other people and encourage them to get the vaccine. New Peer Educator Israa In an exciting new ...
Summer Holiday Fun in Whitehawk and Moulsecoomb
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget][siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] TDC are ...
The Impact of TDC’s Migrant Support Hub
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]“When I came to Brighton, I was like a plant pulled from its land, I was afraid ...
TDC’s Vaccine Confidence Programme Reaches Out
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] As lockdown eases and vaccination provides more protection, TDC has been ...
Reviewing the First Year of Community Roots
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]TDC is one of the partner organisations of Community Roots, a network of ...
Help Staying Healthy with TDC and Active Sussex
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] The challenges of the last year mean that wellbeing has never been more ...
Healthy Neighbourhood Fund 2020/21 Review
In 2020/21 TDC’s Healthy Neighbourhood Fund gave out over 100 grants, supporting 4,600 people.
Healthy Neighbourhood Fund 2020/21 Review
In 2020/21 TDC’s Healthy Neighbourhood Fund gave out over 100 grants, supporting 4,600 people. We supported local community partners to form ...
Volunteer’s Week 2021 – OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS
We couldn't do what we do without volunteers supporting our work. Today we'd like to take a moment to thank them all. The volunteers who work with TDC and ...
Volunteer’s Week 2021 – THANK YOU CLARE
Today we’re celebrating our volunteer Clare Abdel-Basit. Clare has been working as a volunteer for TDC since January 2021 and her time with us got off to ...
Welcome to Volunteer’s Week 2021
It's Volunteer's Week and all week TDC will be celebrating the work of volunteers who do so much to support communities in Brighton and Hove. Over ...
Communities Tackling Covid
Our communities in Brighton and Hove have done some amazing things to support each other through this extremely challenging year of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
TDC’s Youth Team Deliver 59 Food and Warmth Hampers Across the City
Lockdown has been a real struggle for a lot of people, especially when it comes to financial difficulties. Over the last couple of months, our TDC Youth ...
New Short Film Explains Sussex Violence Reduction Partnership
The Sussex Violence Reduction Partnership (Sussex VRP) is an innovative partnership tackling the root causes of serious violent crime in Sussex to ...
Intergenerational Pen Pals Scheme fights Loneliness
“Are you like me? You hear the sound of the letter box and you go to retrieve the mail, hoping there might be something more than the usual junk ...
Our Youth Workers Are Still Working
As we all got used to being locked down again, TDC's Youth Team got busy with a range of ways that we could stay in touch with young people in Brighton ...
Young People Help Out in their Community
Just before Christmas our Youth Team and Albion in the Community launched our Youth Action Project in Whitehawk. The project was created with young people ...
Youth Work Week 2020
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] Youth Work Week 2020 took place last week and gave us the chance to celebrate our ...
Report – The NHS, COVID – 19 and Lockdown: The Black, Asian, Minoritised Ethnic and Refugee Experience in Brighton and Hove
In July 2020, TDC and five partners: Sussex Interpreting Services, Hangleton & Knoll Project, Voices in Exile, Network of International Women and ...
Area networking goes online
In each of four areas across the city, TDC and our partners hold regular sessions for service providers to meet one another, share information and find ...
Post-lockdown promotion for East Brighton Park Café
East Brighton Park is a beautiful part of our city next to the Sheepcote Valley nature reserve. The park café was recently taken over by Stephen and ...
New Networks in Hollingdean
Community Development is a relational tool and is largely about getting the right people in the room talking to each other. The recent Covid-19 crisis saw ...
Delivering Newsletters in the West of Hove
Communication has been crucial during the Covid-19 pandemic as normal channels have been disrupted and people have needed to swiftly find new ways of ...
Covid-19 IT support
In the period before the lockdown TDC’s Cal Chester had been working with residents of the Ravensbourne Court housing scheme in Woodingdean to tackle ...
PPE for care workers
Over the past few weeks we’ve been sharing stories about some of the inspiring community initiatives that have surfaced from the Covid-19 crisis. This ...
An Online Youth Programme
The TDC Youth team works primarily in the North and East of Brighton & Hove. Our varied youth work programme normally includes regular youth clubs, ...
Volunteer power – A foodbank copes with quadrupling demand
The Vale Community Centre Food Bank is a Craven Vale Community Association project. They experienced a rise from 25 to almost 100 households at peak in ...
Community led – a new food hub is formed
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget][siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] The Phoenix ...
Resilient community response to lockdown: A foodbank adapts.
As the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown continue to impact some of the most vulnerable in our communities, we are sharing stories ...
Delicious food and positive messages to NHS workers
For the next few weeks, we'll continue to share uplifting stories about some of the wonderful initiatives and ideas that have come about as community ...
Anna is cooking! – and improving English skills along the way
As highlighted in our post earlier this week, people from minority ethnic backgrounds have been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic due ...
Overcoming the language barrier for Bangladeshi women
Over the last few months it’s been incredible to witness how the people of Brighton & Hove have adapted to the Covid-19 crisis. The many groups, ...
Summer activities 2020
Are you aged 11-18 and live in Whitehawk, Bristol Estate, Manor, Woodingdean, Saltdean or Rottingdean? Join our youth team for some activities this ...
A tribute to Barry Hulyer
TDC is very sad to be sharing the news that our founder, friend and community development legend Barry Hulyer died earlier this month. Barry set up TDC ...
Solidarity and celebration this Refugee Week
Refugee Week is a UK-wide festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees, this year it takes place between 15th and ...
Volunteers’ Week 2020 – Thank you!
The week of June 1st - 7th marks Volunteers’ Week – that time of the year when we give a huge thank you and a big shout out in recognition of the ...
Volunteers’ Week 2020 – Maha’s experience
A recent recruit to our TDC Equalities team, Maha Mustafa, is working with us on the Social Prescribing Plus Project. Her journey with TDC started when ...
Volunteers’ Week 2020 – “We couldn’t exist without them”
By Kirsty Walker, Director of Neighbourhood projects In February this year, we celebrated some of our fantastic volunteers by giving “Community ...
New COVID-19 website for Brighton and Hove
TDC has partnered with Community Works to launch a new online coronavirus help directory, providing trusted information on COVID-19 to residents of ...
Brighton & Hove services come together to tackle youth violence
Organisations from across the public and voluntary sector in Brighton & Hove are coming together to tackle Serious Youth Violence. TDC will be hosting ...
Tackling Inequality in Brighton & Hove – TDC in 2020
The Trust for Developing Communities is a charity tackling inequality in Brighton and Hove through community-led solutions. We do this by delivering youth ...
Community Champions Awards 2020
The TDC Community Champions awards were launched on Thursday 20th February 2020. These awards are given to inspirational individuals in Brighton & ...
BAME Employment and Skills Fair – CANCELLED
UPDATE Monday 16th March 5pm: EVENT CANCELLED On behalf of the BME Employment and Skills Steering Group, we'd like to let you know that after much ...
Youth Group for Visually Impaired young people
The Trust for Developing Communities in Partnership with small voluntary run Charity, Look Sussex, support weekly sessions for young people, who are ...
Creating opportunities with communities and volunteers
Last year, in partnership with Community Works, TDC ran a course for Council staff on working with communities and volunteers. We followed up with one ...
Community Roots update
By Sayanti Banerjee, BME Community Development Worker. Community Roots is a network of 16 organisations providing services and resources to support ...
Community response to racist graffiti in Stoneham park.
By Mark Drayton, Community Development Worker for Portslade and Portland Road. The community of Stoneham Park responded quickly to racist graffiti ...
Coffee & Croissant Central update
Our Coffee & Croissant networking sessions continue to be well attended, with four sessions taking place across the city each month. Service providers ...
Ageing Well Partnership comes to Woodingdean
By Cal Chester, Community Development Support Worker. TDC is currently working in Woodingdean as part of the Ageing Well project. This project ...
The Avenue gets an orchard
After years of planning and campaigning, local residents of Bevendean and Moulsecoomb have planted a small orchard of a dozen apple & pear trees on ...
Planning for Real for a potential new neighbourhood hub in Moulsecoomb
Moulsecoomb & Bevendean residents and those who work or use services in the area were welcome to join a series of Planning for Real consultation ...
Strategic report of our charitable activities
Ahead of our AGM on 20th february, we invite TDC members to read our annual report for the financial year 2018/19. The report details our objectives and ...
REBOOT Newsletter
The REBOOT early intervention project for 11-17 year olds, launched in Sussex in Spring 2019 thanks to support from the Sussex PCC. REBOOT is a ...
Join us at our AGM this February
Please join us at our AGM on Thursday 20th February from 6pm at Brighthelm Community Centre. You will have the chance to learn about TDC's work across ...
Comment from the new Chair of the Board of Trustees
In November we welcomed a new Chair, Jan Chmiel, to our Board of Trustees. Here are a few words from Jan by way of introduction: “After a number of ...
All aboard the Santa Bus
This year, TDC is honoured to have been chosen by Brighton & Hove Buses as one of the official Santa Bus charities. Since November, the Santa ...
Our team highlights 2019
It's been a busy year at TDC, with so much activity within the communities we work with and lots of new projects to get stuck into. We asked our team for ...
Stories of our MESH service users
This year, TDC partnered with Friends Centre and Voices in Exile to deliver the Migrant ESOL Support Hub (known as MESH) - a service supporting migrants, ...
Health & Wellbeing Youth Work
This week is National Youth Work Week and that gives us a good reason to celebrate our youth team and all that they do. Follow TDC on facebook and ...
New skate ramps for Moulsecoomb
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] This Autumn half-term our youth team brought residents of Moulsecoomb together to ...
Ageing Well in Woodingdean
As part of this year's Ageing Well Festival (formerly known as the Brighton & Hove Older People's Festival) we held a special event at Woodingdean ...
The Curiosity Club comes to Brighton
The Trust for Developing Communities, along with Brighton's ONCA and MakerClub are delighted to have been awarded support by Curiosity (co-funded by ...
Community Roots launches – a new mental health and wellbeing service for Brighton & Hove
We are proud to be a part of a brand new citywide mental health and wellbeing service which launched this year on World Mental Health Day – 10th ...
East Brighton CCG event
TDC is commissioned by the Clinical Commissioning Group to conduct health consultations with the BME communities in Brighton with the aim to gather ...
Green Spaces Survey in Moulsecoomb & Bevendean
Over the summer we've been asking residents of Moulsecoomb and Bevendean about green and open spaces in the area. Working together with Local Wild ...
WILD. ECOCAFE Hollingdean – designed by and for young people
By Céza Da Luz, Community Development Worker – Hollingdean & Saunders Park Local young people in Hollingdean have created a Youth Council which ...
Amazing community art project in Whitehawk
In September, the TDC Youth team in Whitehawk led on a Community Art Project to cover up some nasty graffiti on boards surrounding a Martin Homes building ...
We are seeking a new Chair of Trustees
We are seeking an experienced Chair to lead our Board of Trustees as we deliver community-led solutions to tackling inequality. At TDC we ...
Downlands Court Summer Fair 2019
On the Sunday afternoon of August 11th, the Friends of Downlands Court, Peacehaven held their annual summer fair with support from TDC worker, Sue ...
Community Takeover of the Phoenix Gallery
Emma Reeves, TDC's community development worker for Tarner has been working with local people and organisations to support a community takeover of ...
Moulsecoomb & Bevendean Open Spaces Survey
Together with Local Wild Spaces, a collaboration of local outdoor community groups, we are asking residents about their favourite open and green spaces, ...
Hollingdean Pop-up library
There was a great turn out for the launch of the Hollingdean Pop-up library on 1st August. The free, drop-in, family event at Hollingdean Community Centre ...
Bevendean Summer Fayre on Farm Green Park
By Anke Thurm, Community Development Worker for Moulsecoomb, Bevendean and Bates Estate. This year the community of Lower Bevendean celebrated their ...
Taking Account social and economic audit
We're thrilled to have been a part of a recent report on the impact of the charity sector in Brighton & Hove. Taking Account is an audit of third ...
Stanmer Park Restoration Project Memory Days
As part of the Stanmer Park Restoration Project a number of Oral History Memory days are taking place this October providing a chance for people to come ...
Tarner Festival 2019
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] The 2019 Tarner festival took place on Saturday - the hottest day of the year, ...
Hollingdean Lucky Dip Festival 2019
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] The annual Lucky Dip fair took place in Hollingdean on Sunday 30th June, with ...
Local Wild Spaces: Bevendean & Moulsecoomb Nature Trail
Residents of Moulsecoomb and Bevendean have launched a new project to establish a nature trail which links the accessible green spaces in Bevendean and ...
Refugee week 2019
During Refugee Week 2019 (17–23 June) people across the city celebrated the contribution that refugees & migrants have made and continue to make ...
Brighton & Hove comes together to tackle exploitation
Brighton and Hove like many cities and towns across the UK – is impacted by violence, vulnerability and exploitation related to drug dealing, serious ...
Craven Vale Blossom Day
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] We had a wonderful time on Saturday 15th June at the very first 'Blossom Day' at ...
A TDC Youth Kit Car Project delivered in partnership with Sussex Police and St Giles Trust
On 12th May, a group of young people from Brighton & Hove headed to Goodwood Motor Circuit to race an F24 kit car they had built from scratch. This ...
Volunteering at TDC
By Temi Oguntolu, student volunteer on our Department of Health volunteering project. Volunteering with The Trust for Developing Communities (TDC) ...
What are the Sustainable Development Goals and what do they mean for TDC?
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] Local to Global: Community-led solutions to a sustainable city in Brighton and ...
REBOOT launches
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] We're excited to share that REBOOT, the Sussex early intervention project for ...
Summer in Hollingdean
There is plenty going on in Hollingdean over the summer months. Here are just a few of the highlights for your diaries from Ceza Da Luz, our Community ...
Chattri Memorial Service
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] TDC met with old friends and new at the Chattri Memorial Service on Sunday 9th ...
Volunteering at TDC
by Nichola Dixon, volunteer on our Department of Health volunteering project I wanted to be part of this volunteering project at the Trust for Developing ...
Health and Wellbeing event at the Open Market
On Saturday 25th May, we took part in a Health and Wellbeing event at Brighton's Open Market. The event was a chance for residents from across the city to ...
Wheels, Coffee & Croissants
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] By Emma Reeves, Community Development Worker for Tarner. Well last week's East ...
Chalk, Clay and Cameras by the Whitehawk Creative Youth Project
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] Over the past few months, Caroline from the TDC Youth Team has been working with ...
Department of Health volunteering project
By Cal Chester – Community Development Support Worker. I began working with the Department of Health (DoH) funded project as a support and administrative ...
Community Buildings Network February 2019 Meeting
On the 26th February, The Brighton and Hove Community Buildings Network (CBN) supported by TDC hosted an event in the Conference Room at Community Base, ...
The Hollingdean Women’s ESOL Group
Local Hollingdean resident Cicely Lloyd, a very experienced English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teacher and new TDC team member on our MESH ...
MakerClub at the Whitehawk Youth Cafe
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] On Monday 25th March we hosted MakerClub at our Youth Cafe at the Whitehawk Inn. ...
Ageing Well in Brighton & Hove
We are thrilled to be part of the new Ageing Well commission, led by Impact Initiatives, which will deliver joined-up services for older people across the ...
BME Wellbeing Fair 2019
Our annual BME Wellbeing Fair took place this year on Tuesday 2nd April. The event was a chance for people to connect with and learn about some of the ...
Brighton and Hove STI Testing Week
This week is Brighton and Hove STI Testing Week and the Brighton & Hove Sexual Health and Contraception Service are aiming to increase sexual health ...
Community learning event at Moulsecoomb Hall
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget][siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] On 21st March ...
Friends of Farm Green Open new play park in Bevendean 23rd March.
In Farm Green three years ago, 2 mums met over an online petition about the unsafe playground, which is also the only playground in Bevendean. The local ...
Brighton & Hove’s first ever BME volunteer fair
On Saturday 16th March 2019 we enjoyed hosting Brighton & Hove’s first ever BME Volunteer Fair at the BMECP in central Brighton. In partnership ...
Workshops for Community Volunteers In Moulsecoomb & Bevendean
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] TDC are hosting a series of workshops for community volunteers in Moulsecoomb ...
Fundraising Update – February 2019
Some recent funding successes are helping us at TDC to crack on with some exciting new projects, particularly in the realm of youth work: Funding from ...
Launch of the Phoenix Residents Community Association
By Emma Reeves, TDC Community Development Worker for Tarner. Congratulations to the hard working Phoenix Residents! We are so happy to announce that the ...
TDC AGM 2018
A huge thanks to everyone who made it to our AGM on 19th January. We had a fantastic turnout (much bigger than expected!) and it was great to spend the ...
The Portslade Neighbourhood Action Plan
The Trust for Developing Communities is working with the council and other public and voluntary services, along with community members and residents, to ...
Community Buildings Network February Meeting
The next Community Buildings Network event takes place on Tuesday 26th February at Community Base from 4pm- 8pm. The Community Buildings ...
History, art and Whitehawk come together for an exciting new project
TDC are thrilled to be involved in delivering a fantastic new art project for 11-19 year olds which begins on Friday 1st March. The project is linked to ...
SkateJam at Moulsecoomb Leisure Centre
By Caroline Vitta, Community Worker with Young People and Anke Thurm, Community Development Worker in Moulsecoomb, Bates Estate & Bevendean. On ...
Coffee & Croissant 2019 dates
Our Coffee and Croissant hub networking events proved to be a great success during 2018. In each of four areas across the city, TDC and our partners ...
Join us at our AGM
We'll be holding our 2018 AGM early in the new year - on Thursday 17th January 2019, 6-8.30pm at the Brighthelm Centre. Please join us to find out ...
TDC – Our highlights of 2018
It’s been another busy year for all of us at TDC - we've seen so much positive activity within the neighbourhoods we work with and across the whole city. ...
We are moving!
A new office for the new year! From 2nd January 2019 TDC HQ will be based at our new office in the Community Base hub in central Brighton. Please ...
Community Buildings Networking and information
In November we hosted a networking and information session for managers of community buildings across Brighton & Hove. This was held as a part of ...
A visit to Look Sussex Youth Club
By Elle Hartle, Digital Marketing apprentice. Look Sussex is a charity for blind and visually impaired children and young people up to the age of ...
Digital Inclusion Network Showcase at Brighton Library
By Cal Chester, Community Development Support Worker. Digital Brighton and Hove recently hosted a showcase event at Jubilee Library exploring what ...
Craftea Wednesdays Community Mosaic
On Wednesday 3rd October, the Hollingdean Craftea Wednesdays group held an event to celebrate the unveiling of the community mosaic they had been working ...
New Larchwood Intergenerational Supper Club
The residents of New Larchwood got into the spirit of the Brighton & Hove Older People’s Festival on Monday October 1st with a special edition of the ...
Pizza Making at the Bevy – Older People’s Festival comes to Moulsecoomb
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] By Anke Thurm, Community Development worker for Moulsecoomb, Bevendean & Bates ...
Community Building Information and Networking Event – registration open!
The Community Buildings Network is a group which brings together people who manage community buildings across the city. TDC has been working ...
Local and Family History Research for the Older People’s Festival
By Cal Chester, Community Development Support Worker. As part of Brighton and Hove' Older Peoples Festival, The Vallance Community Centre in Hove ...
Bread Baking at Stoneham Bakehouse
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget][siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] By Mark ...
TDC Summer Programme
By Elle Hartle, Digital Marketing Apprentice. Over the summer break lots has been going on across the city in all the organisations which make up the ...
Coldean Dementia Café
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] TDC works with a community volunteer to host a regular Dementia Cafe in the lounge ...
Phoenix Estate Community BBQ
By Emma Reeves, Community Development Worker for Tarner. We had a great day when we attended the Phoenix Estate Community BBQ on Saturday 15th ...
Supporting the Chinese Elders
By Sayanti Banerjee, BME engagement and link worker. This year, TDC have continued our longstanding work with the Chinese Elders - a local ...
The Park Life Big Picnic – Whitehawk
On Saturday 1st September TDC were thrilled to be involved in the Park Life Big Picnic, organised by a group of families in Whitehawk to raise awareness ...
Brighton & Hove Older People’s Festival 2018
The 2018 Brighton & Hove Older People’s Festival is fast approaching! It will take place between Monday 24th September and Sunday 7th October ...
Moulsecoomb & Bevendean Neighbourhood Action Plan (NAP)
Moulsecoomb & Bevendean launched its Neighbourhood Action Plan on 8th August with community members from across the ward joining councillors and ...
Coffee and Croissant with Colleagues – Hub Networking Sessions
Are you a service provider in any of the following wards? · Moulsecoomb and ...
Coriander Club Visit for the Moulsecoomb Bangladeshi Women’s Group
With funding from East Brighton Trust, the Moulsecoomb Bangladeshi Women’s Group (BWG) went on an educational and intergenerational trip with 25 people, ...
Summer Holiday Fun for Young People in Moulsecoomb, Coldean and Bevendean
The Activity programme for Summer 2018 kicked off this week with a chilled movie and pizza night at the 67 Centre where we settled down to watch and ...
Healthy Neighbourhood Funds
Every year TDC supports community organisations to give out small pots of Public Health funding and most are currently open to applications from small ...
Craven Vale Summer Jamboree
Instead of a Summer Fair this year, the people of Craven Vale decided to organise a whole week of free community activities for residents of the area, ...
Hollingdean Community Catch Up
Residents of Hollingdean were invited to Hollingdean Community Centre on Wednesday evening to share their thoughts about the place they call home. The ...
Tarner Festival 2018
Once again the locals put on a fantastic, family-friendly community event in Tarner Park this weekend as Tarner World Festival 2018 took place. This ...
Youth Welfare at Brighton Pride
Brighton Pride returns to the city this August and the Brighton & Hove Youth Collective will again be providing a team of trained youth workers to ...
BevFest 2018
Bevendean's community festival BevFest took place this year on Saturday 7th July. The Friends of BevFest committee worked for months to bring ...
Volunteering at the Trust for Developing Communities
Hello my name is Louise. I am currently studying MA Conflict, Security and Development at University of Sussex. Previously I was a volunteer at the Trust ...
Summer Holiday Programme for Moulsecoomb, Bevendean and Coldean out now!
The summer holidays are approaching fast and our Summer Holiday Activity Programme for 11- 16 year olds is out now! The programmes/booking forms ...
Whitehawk Youth Café
On Monday 25th June the Whitehawk Youth Café opened at the Whitehawk Inn. The TDC youth team have launched this café to provide a nice chill out space for ...
Moulsecoomb Sports and Activities festival for Young People
Our annual Sports and Activities Festival for Young People took place on Saturday 16th June this year and moved more in to Moulsecoomb to run from the 67 ...
St George’s Hall Community Day
St George’s Hall in North Moulsecoomb celebrated its place in the community and neighbourhood on Saturday 23rd June with a summer fair for local people, ...
Community Events for Summer 2018
Summer is well and truly here and fingers crossed it's going to be a good one! Community organisations all over the city are planning events to celebrate ...
Community Development Training in Moulsecoomb
TDC are proud to offer a number of courses in Community Development across the city - many in partnership with Brighton & Hove City Council. We have ...
Moulsecoomb Sports Festival
By Elle Hartle, Digital Marketing Apprentice. The Youth Sports festival is a yearly sports Festival for young people, the festival is run by The Trust ...
An update on Yoga for teenagers
By Elle Hartle, Digital Marketing Apprentice. Yoga for teenagers is a project aimed at young people, run by TDC's Caroline Vitta. The sessions run ...
Great news for the Community Buildings Network
In collaboration with the Community Buildings Network, TDC are delighted to have been awarded a grant from the Council’s Communities Fund to help ...
Neighbourhood Action Plan Eastern Road
On Wednesday 25th April, TDC hosted a Neighbourhood Action Planning event at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church for local people to come along and talk ...
What can you do for Dementia Action Week 2018?
Dementia Action Week 2018 will take place on 21st – 27th May. An initiative of The Alzheimer’s Society, the annual event encourages people to improve the ...
C-ODE Course
Congratulations to the thirteen learners who received their Level 2 and 3 accredited certificates for the Working in C-ODE course in April. Woking in C ...
Pictures from A Way A Day
By Ratna Jan Bibi, Community Development Worker, Black & Minority Ethnic Communities (Wellbeing). On Wednesday 18th April TDC celebrated A Way A ...
ADHD Aware ‘Family, Friends & Carers’ Event
TDCs Community Development Worker, and prolific marathon runner, Cal Chester is helping support Brighton based ADHD aware group with their upcoming ...
East Brighton Community Grants Drop-in
On Tuesday 24th April TDC attended a Community Grants drop-in hosted by East Brighton Trust at Brighton’s community pub The Bevy. Aimed at local people ...
Brighton Marathon 2018 – TDC runner raising funds for ADHD Aware
This Sunday after months of training, TDC Community Development Support Worker Cal Chester is running the 2018 Brighton Marathon in support of ADHD Aware ...
The Brighton & Hove Youth Collective
As a part of TDC’s youth work, we are proud members of the Brighton and Hove Youth Collective - a partnership working across Brighton & Hove. Working ...
Yoga for Teenagers
Yoga for Teenagers is an exciting new project to introduce yoga to young people in Brighton. An initiative of our youth team, the group will be promoting ...
Hollingdean Yoga Group
Every Wednesday morning between 10 and 11am, many Hollingdean residents participate in a community yoga class at Hollingdean Community Centre. The ...
A Week in The Life of a Volunteer at New Larchwood
We recently published a big thank you to our volunteers at New Larchwood. Student volunteer Leila, has been with us for a while now, on a placement ...
Portslade Community Forum
On Saturday 3rd March the Portslade community came together at Portslade Town Hall to showcase some of the great initiatives available in the ...
A Way A Day – Multicultural health and wellbeing event
Join TDC at A Way A Day - our multicultural health and wellbeing event open to everyone from minority ethnic backgrounds in Brighton and Hove. Wednesday ...
Council announces increase in youth services spend
Brighton & Hove City Council has pledged an additional £90,000 investment in youth services in the coming financial year under ...
Thriving, not (just) surviving – Community Works Equality Symposium
On Thursday 22nd February, TDC hosted a number of workshops at the Community Works 2018 Equality Symposium “Thriving, not (just) surviving” – which this ...
Studying the art of breadmaking at Stoneham Bakehouse
Since last Spring, TDC have been supporting a Mens’ (+ now Women’s) Discussion Group which meets at the Vallance Community Centre in Hove. The group has ...
A big thanks to our volunteers at New Larchwood
By Sue Sayers, Senior Community Participation Worker. Last month I started to cover the post of Older People’s Worker for the North/Central ...
Brighton & Hove Small Groups Network
The Brighton & Hove Small Groups Network aims to bring together community groups from across Brighton and Hove to give them the help and support they ...
Friends of Downlands Court celebrate for the second time!
There was cause for celebration at the most recent Friends of Downlands Court committee meeting because earlier that week, Sue Sayers, their community ...
TDC – Our highlights of 2017
What a year for TDC! It's been a busy time, full of exciting activity in the neighbourhoods we work with and across the city. We've had a chance to work ...
Brighton Digital Festival researching how digital culture impacts young people
By Terry Adams, TDC Community Development Worker with BME Communities. Earlier this year TDC worked with Brighton Digital Festival (BDF) to ...
A whirlwind year for the youth team
As 2017 draws to a close, two member of our youth team share their thoughts on what has happened this year. -- By Adam Muirhead, TDC Projects Manager - ...
One step closer – a Dementia-Friendly workshop for Hangleton & Knoll
Hangleton and Knoll moved one step closer to becoming a Dementia Friendly Neighbourhood last Wednesday 29th November. Clare Hopkins, Community ...
Moulsecoomb and Bevendean Community Connections
On Wednesday 8th November, TDC hosted a Community Connections event at Moulsecoomb Hall where local people were invited along to talk to various ...
Enjoying the open spaces in our city by the sea
Our AGM this year focused on the open spaces around our city. We were very lucky to hear a presentation from Dr. William Bird, voted as one of the UK’s ...
What happened on the TDC Tech Trail
By Caroline Vitta - TDC Community Worker with Young People. Twelve young people who regularly attend our youth club sessions on Thursday ...
Opening doors to a career in tech
TDC were thrilled to be a part of the Brighton Digital Festival this year, offering a number of events for young people, aiming to inspire them to take up ...
TDC film shows contribution of older people to communities in Brighton & Hove
On Thursday 5th October, TDC showed a short film and hosted a morning of celebration, conversation and cake at the Brighthelm centre as part of the ...
The Trust for Developing Communities 2017 AGM – ‘Our Spaces’
We are pleased to announce The Trust for Developing Communities 2017 AGM which this year will be celebrating ‘Our Spaces’. Thursday 12th October ...
The “I am Able” campaign – transforming lives, regardless of disability
On Tuesday 19th September we were proud to support the “I am Able” campaign – highlighting young people who have transformed their lives, regardless of ...
Older People’s Festival 2017
As a part of the Brighton & Hove Older People's Festival 2017, TDC invites you to a morning of celebration, discussion and cake! Join us ...
TDC appoints new Chief Executive
We are pleased to announce that TDC (The Trust for Developing Communities) has appointed Athol Hallé as its next Chief Executive and he will be taking up ...
Moulsecoomb Bangladeshi Women’s group at the Coldean Family Fun Day
Members of the Moulsecoomb Bangladeshi Women’s group joined in to celebrate the Coldean Family Fun Day in August - an annual event held at St Mary ...
The TDC ‘Tech Trail’ at the Brighton Digital Festival
This year's Brighton Digital Festival will be taking place between Thursday 14th September and Friday 13th October. TDC are excited to be working with ...
Community Beacons of Brighton – Sue
Tantrum and Mini-Tantrum are a community dance group for young women in the Queen’s Park and Craven Vale area. The group performs full-length dances in a ...
Chinese Elders – Dementia Session
By Sue Sayers, TDC Senior Community Participation & Development Worker. As part of the ongoing work for the Dementia Action Alliance, I was ...
Tarner Festival 2017
On Saturday 15th July, TDC teamed up with Tarner Community Project and Audio Active to put on the 2017 Tarner Festival at Tarner Park. With a live music ...
Protect Youth Services campaigners win Star of the Year award
On Sunday 2nd July, finalists of the Argus Youth In Action awards gathered at the American Express Community Stadium in Falmer for the annual awards ...
NHS Health Checks outreach
In May 2015, we were very lucky to have Peter Sutcliffe join team TDC as local outreach co-ordinator for the citywide community health checks project. ...
Bevendean Health Day
On the 31st of May Bevendean celebrated Health Day . The event was hosted by Action for Bevendean Community, and coordinated by the local TDC community ...
Celebrating 50 years of Moulsecoomb’s 67 Centre
Last week we marked the 50th birthday of Moulsecoomb’s 67 Centre with a big birthday bash to celebrate the centre, the good times that’ve been had there ...
Community Beacons of Brighton – Jordan
This month’s Community Beacon of Brighton is a familiar face - you’ll recognise Jordan from the June page of our TDC calendar. It’s Volunteers’ Week this ...
Community Beacons of Brighton – Stan
There are people all over our city doing great things for the benefit of others. At TDC we like to celebrate these people as our “Community Beacons of ...
TDC Supports Unity Statement
Brighton and Hove Stands Up to Racism! TDC has joined dozens of other organisations to sign Brighton & Hove Stands Up To Racism's ...
Working in C-ODE – our community development course
At TDC we are committed to the delivery of good quality community development work and in respect of this, we provide a range of training programmes, such ...
Consulting with diverse communities on health & wellbeing services
The Trust for Developing Communities (TDC) is one of several community organisations commissioned by Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) ...
Youth in Action Awards 2017
We're very proud to be co-sponsoring the much-loved Argus Youth in Action Awards this year - an annual opportunity to give recognition to truly ...
Update on Youth Services
At the end of February, Brighton & Hove City Council approved their final budget. Thankfully the youth services were not slashed by the drastic 80% ...
Launch of the Brighton & Hove Dementia Action Alliance
On Thursday 9th March, 100 delegates attended the launch of the Dementia Action Alliance Brighton & Hove. Organised by Age UK Brighton & Hove with its ...
Great news from our partnership with the British Airways i360
Last year we joined forces with the British Airways i360 as their official charity partner. The team have pledged to help us raise funds and awareness of ...
Reflecting on Community Development work in Hollingdean
With a background in hotel management, festival catering and as a councillor in Lewes, Liz Lee was perhaps a rather unusual candidate for the role of ...
From volunteer to trustee
At our AGM last October we welcomed a number of new trustees to the TDC board. Often working behind the scenes, the trustees play an ...
Protect Youth Services – Latest TV interview
TDC's Youth Team Project manager Adam Muirhead recently appeared on Latest TV talking about the proposed cuts to Youth Services. Watch the entire ...
The importance of youth work, and why we should fight to protect it
By Eva Baker, member of the TDC Youth Team Here at the TDC, we were all shocked and saddened when we heard the leaked news that Brighton and Hove ...
Reaching the boundaries
Last Autumn, Lewin Kjaer joined our youth team as a youth activities worker. Since then, he has been working in youth centres in some of the most ...
Cutting youth services now will cost the city more in the future
For every £1 we spend on youth work in the city, TDC, as part of the Youth Collective, calculate a saving to Brighton and Hove Council of £5.56 ...
TDC’s Sector Star winners!
Each year, Community Works celebrates community groups and voluntary organisations in Brighton & Hove with their annual Sector Star Awards. The awards ...
Black History Month: Family Fun Day – Terry Adams TDC’s BME Community Development Worker
Black History Month: Family Fun Day For the past 30 years in the UK, October has been designated Black History Month (BHM). This has ...
EAT WELL, KEEP WELL – Sue Sayers, TDC Senior Community and Participation Worker
The Pavilion Surgery, based at Old Steine, held a free drop-in healthy eating event on Wednesday 19th October at Dorset Gardens Methodist ...
TDC bring Older People’s Festival to deprived areas
Last month, TDC pulled out all the stops to entertain 100+ elderly residents from East Brighton at a special tea-party. Days later we ...
TDC’s Annual General Meeting – 18th Oct @ 6.00pm.
This year The Trust for Developing Communities' AGM will be held on Tuesday 18th October. We will be holding our ‘Communities: the difference we can ...
‘East Brighton Older People’s Celebration’ – Thursday 29th September 1.30 – 4.30
'East Brighton's Older Peoples Celebration' takes place on Thursday 29th September from 1.30 - 4.30 at Moulsecoomb Hall, Lewes Road BN2 4GA. It is on ...
67 Centre – 50 Years of History
Join us for a night of stories, histories and memories at the centre that was built in 1967 and has served Moulsecoomb well over the years. We would love ...
Community Food Event At The Open Market Friday 16th September From 11am to 2pm
Community Food Event At The Open Market Friday 16th September From 11am to 2pm (Marshalls Row, Brighton and Hove BN1 4JU) Money Advice Plus is ...
Linda’s farewell
A Goodbye from Linda… After many years, I am leaving. TDC is a wonderful organisation of dedicated, driven people with so many skills, devoted to opening ...
2016 Photo Competition Postponed.
Due to general timings including the summer holidays, we have decided to postpone our 2016 photo competition. Keep your eyes peeled for further info.
Working with Communities Short Course. 13th September and 1st November 2016
An intensive and action focussed 2 x half day course on 13th September and 1st November. On this course you will learn how to..... Identify and ...
TDC community champions take to the skies.
British Airways i360 launched their innovative new observation attraction last week and TDC were invited to experience a special preview flight, before ...
Say #NoToHate
Say #NoToHate The results of last month’s referendum have generated a new period of economic and political uncertainty, and initiated a rise in ...
Brighton & Hove’s Young Champions
Local children and young people are being given the chance to join a prestigious preview flight on the i360. TDC are looking for nominations for ...
Community Beacons of Brighton – Mish
Welcome to the first in our "Community Beacons of Brighton" blog series. The aim of these posts is to introduce you to some of ...
Linda Saltwell – TDC Chief Executive
Welcome to our new TDC blog. We've had an interesting start to the year, having secured our first charity partnership which we are all very proud of. For ...
British Airways i360 launches new charity partnership with TDC by selling graffiti hoardings
PRESS RELEASE April 7, 2016 British Airways i360 launches new charity partnership by selling graffiti hoardings British Airways i360 today announces a ...
Brighton Rocks! Sunday 7th May 11.00am – 4.30pm @ The Brighthelm Centre.
Join B&H Compass & friends in an afternoon of political creativity, conversation & engagement. Tickets £10/£5/£2 from Brighton Fringe Box ...
Prizes for Craven Vale’s Easter Bonnet and Cap Makers.
In March, Craven Vale Community Association funded and supported by TDC workers held an Intergenerational Easter Bonnet and cap making workshop. Great ...
Many Cultures, One City – BME event at The Brighthelm Centre on Tuesday 19th April.
It’s just 2 weeks away for the Many Cultures, One City, Multicultural Health & Wellbeing event and we want as many people to attend as possible. It's on ...
Community Development in Brighton and Hove
We are very pleased to announce that we have been commissioned by Brighton & Hove City Council to deliver against their Third Sector and Communities ...
Training News – A morning workshop in C-ode (Communities, Organisation, Development and Engagement)
TDC is developing a new training course 'Working in C-ODE' for anyone working in communities and wanting a level 2 or 3 qualification in Community ...
TDC’s Photocompetition on display at City College.
Our lovely photo exhibition 'Celebrating Diverse Communities' has moved onto the next venue! Come and take a look in the foyer of City College (adjacent ...
‘Celebrating Diverse Communities’ photo exhibition now at the Jubilee Library!
Don't miss the TDC photo exhibition, 'Celebrating Diverse Communities', currently on display in the Young People's section of the Jubilee Library. These ...
FREE Health and Wellbeing Workshops in 2016
TDC are running a series of free health and wellbeing workshops for black and ethnic minority residents, in partnership with Rethink Mental Illness. We ...
Press Release! Brighton and Hove Neighbourhoods Network
Brighton and Hove Neighbourhoods Network is a local discussion site focusing on common, themed neighbourhood issues. The website has case studies from ...
New Course! Working in C-ODE; Community – Organisations, Development and Engagement
We are exploring the possibility of running a new course for anyone working in communities, which will lead to a qualification in Community Development, ...
Working With Communities Course – New dates for 2016
We have some new dates for our popular Working with Communities course. The course gives an overview of different ways to work with communities and ...
TDC’s photo exhibition winners to tour Brighton & Hove
TDC's photo exhibition winners to tour Brighton & Hove Our photo competition with the theme of 'Celebrating Diverse Communities' saw many fantastic ...
Were you a WICO student? Your help is needed.
Were you a WICO student? We want to find out what you thought of your WICO course so it can help us plan a new one called C-ODE, Community - ...
FREE Health and Wellbeing Event and Healthy Neighbourhood Fund Launch Wednesday 21st October 2015, 11am-2pm at Hampshire Lodge, Brighton.
FREE taster sessions, children’s arts and crafts and find out information about health and wellbeing services in Brighton and hove. The HNF will also be ...
TDC’s AGM is on Thursday 22nd October 6.00pm at The Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton
It's that time of year again......to come and sample the delights of TDC’s AGM on Thursday 22nd October! This year we are holding our ‘Celebrating ...
The Trust for Developing Communities is looking for new trustees
The Trust for Developing Communities (TDC) is looking for new members to join our Board of Trustees. We need people who can help direct TDC towards ...
Tarner World Festival, September 12th, 12 – 4pm @ Richmond Parade, Brighton BN2 9PH.
Tarner World Festival is due to take place on Saturday 12th September, 12-4pm on Richmond Parade. This year we aim to have a much more diverse range of ...
Working with Communities training course – Thursday 30th July and Monday 28th September 9-5pm
Hello! This is an older post about our Working with Communities training course. Please click here to see the most recent post, for current dates and ...
Hollingdean – Community Picnic and Pop up Cafe, Saturday 27th June.
The Pop-up Café will open for business this Saturday 27th June at 11.00 to 3.00. The café is run by volunteers and will be open every Saturday till the ...
‘Wild Park Youth Festival’ takes place this Sunday 28th June.
Hundreds Expected for Youth Festival in Wild Park Youngsters across the city have the chance to go zorbing for free in beautiful Wild Park. On Sunday 28th ...
Brighton and Hove – Sanctuary On Sea
Dear Brighton and Hove Sanctuary on Sea Supporters Thank you to everyone who made it to Brighton and Hove Sanctuary on Sea Launch this ...
REFUGEE WEEK event in Brighton – Thursday, 18th June 2015 6.30pm – 9.30pm
REFUGEE WEEK event in Brighton Thursday, 18th June 2015 6.30pm - 9.30pm Conference Room, 5th Floor of the South Wing, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, ...
Tarner Community Group – Facebook link
Check out the newly developed Tarner Community group on the Tarner Facebook page
Small Groups Network workshop – Tuesday 9th June, 13.15 – 15.45.
Safeguarding considerations for Small Groups – including what to do about the results of DBS checks. Tuesday 9th June, 2015, 13.15 – 15.45 (arrivals from ...
Hollingdean Lucky Dip’s Strawberry Fair – 6th June 10am – 3pm
Come to the Fruitiest, Luckiest, most in the Middle of the Road Fair you'll find down The Dip this summer. Live music and dance - including Front Room ...
Help get Hollingbury Children’s Centre open at weekends. Meeting tomorrow (14th May)
Many thanks to those who signed the residents’ petition to get Hollingdean Children’s Centre open at weekends to allow access to the café and ...
TDC Supports Adult ADHD group
For the last 5 months TDC have been supporting a new adult ADHD and neuro-diverse group with their governance. ‘ADHD Aware!’ http://adhdbrighton.org.uk/ ...
The Latest Community Works Newsletter
Here is a link to The May issue of Community Works Newsletter, which is packed with information and news on all kind of community activity in Brighton ...
Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People’s Ears – Exclusive Fringe ticket offer for Brighton community groups!
As some of you may already know, Banyan Tree Theatre Group (formerly known as MOSAIC Puppet Theatre Group) has grown into a constituted group that has ...
New Tarner Facebook Page
For all the latest news and information about TDC's Tarner community, please go to the new Facebook page
A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY – July 11th is the date for this years Craven Vale Summer Event,
This year in conjunction with fundraising for Sue Mechens Tantrum Dance Group ... the group will be performing along with The Brighton Innchoir and the ...
Community Hub Saved Due To £10,000 Grant!
The Old Boat Community Centre in Carden Hill, Hollingbury has been saved after support from the local MPs, Councillors and TDC. To find out more about how ...
Sanctuary on Sea : Brighton & Hove City of Sanctuary
Fantastic news! In almost the last act of this administration before the elections, Brighton & Hove Councillors from all the main parties voted ...
Hollingdean Lucky Dip – Strawberry Fayre 6th June 10.00 to 3.00pm
Hollingdean Lucky Dip Lucky Dip Strawberry Fayre 6th June 10.00 to 3.00pm If you would like a stall at this ever popular community event please email me ...
Celebrate International Women’s Day
Brighton and Hove Women's Centre and International Women’s Day Brighton and Hove is celebrating the day on Saturday 7 March. This year their theme is ...
Hollingdean Children’s Centre to open on Saturday’s – Volunteers needed
Exciting News The Children’s Centre will open at weekends - with your help! How often have you been at Hollingdean Park and or skate park, or have just ...
Healthwatch Magazine Focuses on TDC’s Dementia Friendly Guide
The February edition of Healthwatch - Brighton and Hove, a monthly publication highlighting local health issues and concerns featured an article about ...
Cuts in Children’s services
Children's services in Brighton and Hove facing harsh cuts. For more details please see this article from the Brighton Independent . This piece in The ...
Coldean Community Corner ‘Christmas Robin Event’
Coldean Community Centre opened in September and here is a Latest TV piece about the community coming together for a Christmas decoration initiative, ...
Community comes together to celebrate launch of new Brighton cafe.
To see Latest TV's report on the opening of Larchwood Community Cafe click here
Hollingdean Brighton Community’s Lucky Dip Christmas Fayre is on 6th December
The Lucky Dip Christmas Fayre is on 6th December - make sure you put the date in your diary. The organisers are looking for:- volunteers to steward; ...
Jobs – Part Time Projects Manager
21 hours per week. Starting salary: £28,408 pro rata The Trust for Developing Communities (TDC) is a Brighton & Hove based Community Development ...
TDC’s AGM – 7pm on November 6th 2014.
It's that time of year again......to come and sample the delights of The Trust for Developing Communities' AGM on Thursday 6th November! This year we are ...
Older Peoples Day at Downlands Court
Older People’s Day 2014 was celebrated at Downlands Court, Peacehaven on October 1st. Singers from Telscombe W1 provided wonderful entertainment with a ...
Black History Month 2014 – Family Fun Day
There is a free family fun day taking place at The Brighton Dome Corn Exchange on Sunday 9th of November from 12pm to 7pm in celebration of heritage and ...
TDC’s Dementia Friendly Guide Launched
Thursday 25th September saw the culmination of a year’s project, when the Trust for Developing Communities launched its new toolkit guide for community ...
A Dementia Friendly Guide for Community Groups – Event 25th September
You are invited to the launch of A Dementia Friendly Guide for Community Groups Are you a community group or ...
Sunflower Support Group
The Sunflower Support Group for parents and carers of children with support needs. MEET... 9am, every second Thursday 14th Aug PICNIC, 11th Sep, 9th Oct, ...
Steve Andrews on Radio Sussex
BBC Radio Sussex 21st July - listen again! If you missed the special afternoon show on Monday 21st July, you can still catch up on BBC iPlayer to hear ...
Kalishia Le Coutre starts working in the Tarner Community!
Kalishia will be based at the Millwood Community Centre for 24 hours per week - Tuesday to Thursday She is currently supporting the festival group with ...
Summer begins for the TDC’s ‘Community Workers with Young People’
The summer programme of youth activities over in Bevendean and Moulsecoomb will kick off this weekend with the Bevendean Family Funday event (Saturday, ...
BME Health and Wellbeing Project – ‘All Our Voices’.
As part of the TDCs Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Health and Wellbeing project, we hosted our first culture specific event ‘All Our Voices’ to bring ...
TDC appoint Linda Saltwell as new Chief Executive
“We are pleased to announce that as from the 1st June 2014, our newly appointed Trust for Developing Communities Chief Executive will be Linda ...
The Big Dish Out voting event
The big dish-out
‘The Big Dish Out’ voting event at the 67 Centre this Saturday 26th April- Free Lunch, Ice Cream and Candy Floss !
The Big Dish Out voting event is upon us! Tomorrow is the big day where hoards of local teenagers will descend upon the 67 Centre in Moulsecoomb to vote ...
The Big Dish Out 2014
The TDC’s Community Workers with Young People have been working furiously over the last few months, supporting a group of local teenagers from ...
Dementia Awareness Event
Joanna Hill and Sue Sayers are leading on a Clinical Commissioning Group funded project to help the Community & Voluntary Sector become more Dementia ...
‘From Downs to Sea’ at Brighton Museum’s art gallery
The Trust for Developing Communities’ partnership with Brighton & Hove Museums on a community-curator’s project called ‘Select’, came to fruition on ...
Message from our Chair
"We know that it is the residents in neighbourhoods across the city who are best placed to decide what they need. At TDC we support them to develop their ...
Win An iPad Mini in our special website launch competition!
Win An iPad Mini in our special website launch competition! Answer one simple question based on information you can find out from searching our new ...
Supporting a Dementia awareness overview for the Bi-lingual Advocacy Service
In September 2014 we launched a Guide for community groups and voluntary organisations who want to become more Dementia Friendly.
Purple People Kitchen, Portslade
We have supported Food Banks in partnership with Fareshare, in three areas of the city. Purple People Kitchen is based in Portslade and has expanded into ...
Multi-cultural Womens Group, Hollingbury
Health Walks - The Hollingbury Multicultural Women’s Group explored a little bit of Hollingbury on foot ‘We can have fun with our friends. If we don’t ...
From Downs to Sea
An exhibition resulting from the Community Curators project supported by TDC and in partnership with Brighton & Hove Museums, which involved the residents ...
Wild Park Youth Festival
161 young people attended/ "This [event] is good because it’s for us. We always have to go into town to find fun stuff to do" Jade, 13
Working together
Vera from the Food Partnership takes us through a Food Waste Quiz at our 2014 TDC AGM
Coldean Strolling, Allotment & Shop!
‘The Strolling Activity got off to a good start then some wet weather made it difficult for wheelchair users. The raised bed we were tending to at Coldean ...