Every Wednesday morning between 10 and 11am, many Hollingdean residents participate in a community yoga class at Hollingdean Community Centre. The Hollingdean Yoga Group has been running for over 10 years, with a team of volunteers organising the weekly sessions. The initial idea was to set up a low-cost, inclusive yoga class for people with … Read more
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 working with older people as a part of her Social Policy studies. She has made an amazing contribution and has been running loads of activities for the residents … Read more
On Saturday 3rd March the Portslade community came together at Portslade Town Hall to showcase some of the great initiatives available in the area. The Portslade Community Forum (PCF) along with a number of voluntary groups, business and charities came to show off what they had on offer to local residents. Portslade Bowls Club and Mile … Read more
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 18th April 2018 10.30am – 2.30pm BMECP, 10A Fleet Street, Brighton, BN1 4ZE A family friendly event with FREE lunch, refreshments, creative activities, board games, music, practical advice and … Read more
Brighton & Hove City Council has pledged an additional £90,000 investment in youth services in the coming financial year under proposals agreed last Thursday. TDC will be one of a collective of local youth work providers who are expected to receive extra funds to deliver programmes of youth work across the city. With youth services funding subject to drastic shrinkage across … Read more
On Thursday 22nd February, TDC hosted a number of workshops at the Community Works 2018 Equality Symposium “Thriving, not (just) surviving” – which this year focused on hardships as experienced by members of the local BAME & D/deaf communities. TDC Community Development Worker Terry Adams arranged for two women from BAME backgrounds to attend the … Read more
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 hosted guest speakers from the ‘Argus’ Archive, British Legion and the Co-Op Estates Management Service and now have a sub-group, studying the world of breadmaking at the nearby Stoneham … Read more
By Sue Sayers, Senior Community Participation Worker. Last month I started to cover the post of Older People’s Worker for the North/Central area of Brighton. I am now based at New Larchwood, Coldean on Mondays – in the little office downstairs in the café area. The Café, called The Larches, is run by Impact Initiatives, and … Read more
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 need to run their group. The network meets regularly in different neighbourhoods across the city and is the place for members of small groups to meet other people doing … Read more
There was cause for celebration at the most recent Friends of Downlands Court committee meeting because earlier that week, Sue Sayers, their community participation worker, had been informed that the group had been chosen for the second time, to be one of three chosen local charities to receive a share of the Peacehaven Co-op Community … Read more
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 with lots of new people as well as with many of our long-term partners and collaborators. We asked our staff for their highlights of the … Read more
By Terry Adams, TDC Community Development Worker with BME Communities. Earlier this year TDC worked with Brighton Digital Festival (BDF) to explore notions of how the digital world deals with identity and representation. The Brighton Digital Festival (BDF) is an annual month-long programme of events that explore digital culture and celebrate Brighton’s creativity. BDF seeks to … Read more