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 Bike Hub. Recently they went on a group ride to celebrate The Great Big Green Week, the UK’s biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect … Read more
We are delighted to announce that Brighton Streets has been shortlisted for another award. The already award-winning Brighton Streets detached youth work project is now shortlisted for a Howard League Community Award! The prestigious awards are presented annually by the Howard League for Penal Reform to people and organisations whose innovative work helps to … Read more
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 blazing-hot August day with the theme of Love, Protest and Unity. 300,000 LGBT people and allies from the city and all around the world packed the streets for the iconic … Read more
Our course Finding Your Way — which has helped scores of women and other marginalised groups into employment, volunteering and training — is kicking off again this autumn with two classes running from September to November. The courses are running in Brighton near Preston Park and in Hove. The course in Hove has free childcare … Read more
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 for people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities including visitors, migrants, and refugees. Peer education is a tried and tested approach to health promotion where community members … Read more
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 his time with TDC: “After many years being involved with TDC as a trustee and a worker, I am leaving the organisation in September. It is hard to say goodbye … Read more
Young Ends is a powerful piece of audio that amplifies the voices of young men from Brighton, in a project created by TDC’s Youth Team and Next Gen Radio Station Platform B. https://www.mixcloud.com/PLATFORMBradio/young-ends-voices-from-the-67-centre/ The young men featured in the project, who all attend youth sessions at the 67 Centre in Moulsecoomb, chatted with TDC’s Senior … Read more
Saturday, 30th July was a busy day in Moulsecoomb and Bevendean neighbourhoods. It started with a community breakfast at the Bevy Community Pub where Moulsecoomb Local Action Team (MLAT) invited residents to a get together to plan the future of the forum and gather ideas and priorities for Moulsecoomb & Bates Estate. A new committee … Read more
Recently our Young Women’s Groups in North and East Brighton were visited by Henna artist Huda of Henna by Huda, who created some beautiful intricate designs for them. Huda first encountered TDC through our Multicultural Employability Support Hub: MESH. She previously shared her skills at TDC with with Learn Around the World, creating henna designs … Read more
Tucked away on an unassuming residential street in Goring is the Catholic Church of English Martyrs. A 1970s building that from the outside looks quite ordinary. Inside the church, however, is an incredible 2/3 replica of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, thought to be the only such replica in the world. TDC’s 50+ group visited the … Read more
On Thursday last week we held a community day at Whitehawk Community Hub. TDC staff joined Hawks Cafe, Brighton and Hove City Council’s Healthy Lifestyles Team, Little Green Pig, Our Place, Brightstore and more to hold consultations, chat to local residents and enjoy a selection of free refreshments including an ice cream van dishing out … Read more
Learn Around the world is a multicultural drop in that has been running on Mondays at Community Base since March. The event offers a chance for people to practise English conversation while they connect with their community and there’s also IT support, social prescribing and employability support on offer. This week the drop-in wrapped up … Read more