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, under the title “Craven Vale Summer Jamboree”. Most of the activities were held at The Vale Community Centre on Hadlow Close and free refreshments were available throughout the week. … Read more
Residents of Hollingdean were invited to Hollingdean Community Centre on Wednesday evening to share their thoughts about the place they call home. The Hollingdean Community Catch Up offered residents the chance to bring their ideas, energy and creativity to discuss issues important to people in the area and to act collectively on them. Visitors were … Read more
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 year, Tarner Community Project partnered with Audio Active and South East Dance to provide a range of entertainment, suitable for all ages and made accessible to the D/deaf community through BSL … Read more
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 look out for young people at the party in Preston Park. In 2017, over 300,000 people gathered in the city for the Pride parade and party, many of these … Read more
Bevendean’s community festival BevFest took place this year on Saturday 7th July. The Friends of BevFest committee worked for months to bring together musical acts, food and drink stalls and the local community groups and services to create a truly wonderful family and community festival on the Playing Field in Lower Bevendean. Despite the hot … Read more
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 for Developing Communities (TDC) supporting BME wellbeing across Brighton and Hove. This experience was rewarding as it gave me great insights to how TDC carries out community development work … Read more
The summer holidays are approaching fast and our Summer Holiday Activity Programme for 11- 16 year olds is out now! The programmes/booking forms can be collected from the 67 Centre, St Georges Hall or Moulsecoomb Leisure Centre and our youth team are busy trying to try to get them distributed to more pick up points … Read more
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 young people to come in after school for a smoothie, juice or hot chocolate. There will be chance to play board games, get some health advice, … Read more
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 Centre and Moulsecoomb Leisure Centre rather than Wild Park. We had a fantastic day with 55 young people plus parents and carers taking part in a football … Read more
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, thanks to funding from East Brighton Trust. A warm and sunny day – perfect for fun on the bouncy castle and BBQ with friends from across North Moulsecoomb and beyond. … Read more
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 their neighbourhoods with the local people who live there. Check out some of the events going on… Hollingdean Saturday 16th June 10.30-3.30pm, Hollingdean Lucky Dip: The Great Get … Read more
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 a Creating Opportunities course starting at St George’s Hall in Moulsecoomb on July 4th which continues on July 11th and September 19th – It’s open to anyone who … Read more