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 twitter to see our posts about Youth Work Week 2019. Today we are shouting loud and proud about the contribution that TDC youth work makes … Read more
This Autumn half-term our youth team brought residents of Moulsecoomb together to build a set of skate ramps for the area. Planning meetings took place throughout October then work sessions were held on each day of the half-term break. The group was made up of young people, youth workers, local residents and the skilled handypeople … Read more
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 Community Centre – this offered local people the chance to meet like-minded people, enjoy some refreshments together and to learn about what’s on in Woodingdean. Here’s what Sue Sayers, our … Read more
The Trust for Developing Communities, along with Brighton’s ONCA and MakerClub are delighted to have been awarded support by Curiosity (co-funded by Children In Need and Wellcome Trust) to run Curiosity Club, a three year science engagement project with young people in East Brighton, starting in autumn 2019. TDC Director Athol Halle says, “The aim … Read more
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 October. Community Roots is a network of 16 organisations providing services and resources to support mental health across Brighton & Hove. The services are all person-centred, responsive … Read more
TDC is commissioned by the Clinical Commissioning Group to conduct health consultations with the BME communities in Brighton with the aim to gather feedback about using health services in Brighton. On the 25th of September our TDC BME Engagement Worker Sayanti organised a health consultation for East Brighton residents held at the Whitehawk Inn. The … Read more
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 Spaces, a collaboration of local outdoor community groups, we asked residents about their favourite open and green spaces, how they access them and what they thought needed improving. The purpose was … Read more
By Céza Da Luz, Community Development Worker – Hollingdean & Saunders Park Local young people in Hollingdean have created a Youth Council which is designing how to transform the disused skate park area at the back of Hollingdean Park into an eco-café and chill out area open to everyone. The plan is for WILD.ECOCAFE to be … Read more
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 site on Whitehawk Road. The boards had been tagged with crude and racist words and images and had been flagged up by the local BHCC Housing Team. The … Read more
We are seeking an experienced Chair to lead our Board of Trustees as we deliver community-led solutions to tackling inequality. At TDC we deliver grassroots community development work across the city of Brighton and Hove. Last year we supported over 6,000 local people across 250 community groups and provided over 67,000 hours of volunteering support. … Read more
On the Sunday afternoon of August 11th, the Friends of Downlands Court, Peacehaven held their annual summer fair with support from TDC worker, Sue Sayers. They raised enough to produce their monthly 4 page, coloured newsletter and What’s On for the coming year. This will cover the cost of printing which is kindly undertaken at … Read more
Emma Reeves, TDC’s community development worker for Tarner has been working with local people and organisations to support a community takeover of Brighton’s Phoenix Gallery this autumn. From Saturday 21st September, the gallery will become a dedicated space for Phoenix community projects to be created, showcased and celebrated. A pop-up photographic studio will occupy the … Read more