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 and Hove. Today Hospital Youth Worker Saskia tells about a day in the life. I start my workday at 11am, because we work on teenage waking hours! I get … Read more
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 and Hove. Today Youth Coach Evie Beardmore tells the story of her work with a young person as part of the Connect Project. Georgia* was referred into Connect, TDC’s … Read more
On the 17th of September, our latest Inclusive Employer Jobs Fair took place at the Methodist Church Dorset Gardens, organised in partnership with the Brighton Chamber of Commerce and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). We were delighted to welcome over a hundred people through the doors to meet organisations, training providers and businesses from across the … Read more
There are some things you can’t wait to share with friends and family – and then there’s being told you have anal cancer.
Cervical screening awareness week This week is cervical screening awareness week, running from 17 – 23 June. It’s an annual reminder of how important – in fact, lifesaving – screening can be. According to Macmillan, nearly one in four people don’t attend their cervical screening (also known as smear tests), often because they are worried, … Read more
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 cancer cases can be treated successfully. That’s why raising awareness about screening is so important and why The Hangleton and Knoll Project, Macmillan Cancer Support, NHS … Read more
The Trust for Developing Communities (TDC) is facilitating a youth peer-research study into improving ethnically diverse young people’s access to support services in Brighton & Hove. TDC have recruited and trained a diverse group of young people to design and deliver this research study as peer researchers, working alongside TDC staff. The focus of this … Read more
Last October we held our AGM at The Brighthelm Centre, celebrating work throughout 2022-23 and our Community Champions. We’ve been posting the fantastic films that were made to showcase each of our Community Champions. You can watch them all in this playlist, here. Or by clicking on the individual thumbnails below. TDC Office Coordinator Cerys … Read more
Watch this short video about Nick’s fantastic work with his local community.
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 in October during a combined MOSAIC and Ageing Well Event. Their aim was to increase wellbeing and a sense of belonging for BME people and to be run … Read more
From Maryna Kirpikova 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 English and there was another request for such ESOL group from East Brighton community. So the first Lunch and Learn 8-week course ran from the end … Read more
Watch this short video about Kira’s fantastic work with her local community.