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Delivering Newsletters in the West of Hove

West Hove newsletters Community Development

Communication has been crucial during the Covid-19 pandemic as normal channels have been disrupted and people have needed to swiftly find new ways of interacting with each other. Our teams across the city have worked with Brighton & Hove City Council as well as local services in each of their areas to create local community newsletters directing people to services which meet whatever needs they might have.

TDC’s community development worker in the West of the city, Mark Drayton, has praised the work of the local volunteer newsletter delivery team in the Portslade and Portland Road area.

One challenge they have been dealing with since the Covid-19 outbreak is in delivering newsletters across political wards totalling almost 15,000 addresses. This piece of work has been essential in making sure that individuals and families are able to connect with vital services. Prior to receiving the newsletter this may not have been the case especially if residents had no computer access.

Along with the Community Engagement Team at BHCC, Mark has been supporting the newsletter team by organising the volunteers to deliver across the two wards in Portslade. This has been a huge undertaking to liaise with them and council colleagues to make sure streets/flats, etc weren’t duplicated or missed. Once the newsletters were received Mark allocated them across the volunteer base to be delivered to individual households. The work all volunteers did distributing across their area of the city was outstanding. Their hard work has meant that food aid and advice during the Covid-19 lockdown has reached many isolated residents. TDC’s Cal Chester has also been able to support residents with their enquiries and the Extra Time Food hub has been distributing food parcels every week after residents contacted the council for emergency food using the contact details listed in the newsletter. Going forward these residents will continue to be supported where before they may have been missed.

This photo shows Mark delivering the COVID 19 Community Support newsletter to Becky Wigzell of the Purple People Kitchen in Portslade. Becky said “this newsletter has proved really useful to many of our vulnerable clients who are facing financial hardship and food poverty. It contains contact details of over 40 useful services that offer support to those who need it. It helps us sign post the people we serve and pair them up with the right agencies”.

Covid-19 IT support

In the period before the lockdown TDC’s Cal Chester had been working with residents of the Ravensbourne Court housing scheme in Woodingdean to tackle what’s known as digital isolation - a term used to describe when individuals can't access the internet or digital devices as much as other people.

Through his Ageing Well work, Cal had supported Alex, a resident, with using a laptop that had been gathering dust – over several sessions and fuelled by numerous cups of tea and Penguin biscuits they worked together to get Alex safely online. Cal says “After very patiently working our way through what was possible, Alex was finally able to use his printer and to connect with the online world. This included grocery shopping, hot meal deliveries, paying bills, e-bay shopping, banking, staying in touch with friends and family via e-mail and most importantly following the football and racing.

"Having learnt these new skills on his laptop Alex has been able to remain connected to the outside world during the lockdown and even secure regular online shopping deliveries! Of course, we haven’t been able to meet in person recently, but we have remained in touch via e-mail and I have continued to offer support to Alex and made him aware of local services and resources available around Covid-19. We are now setting up regular online ‘Zoom’ meetings to better keep in touch and further expand Alex’s horizons under such challenging circumstances.”

In Alex’s words: “Before I started, I didn’t have a clue how to switch a PC on, now after several one to one session with Cal I have really got the gist of it.

I don’t get out as much as I might because of medical conditions, and this has given me the support encouragement and skills I needed to shop and to manage my accounts.

I can now send e-mails, log on to various sites and online accounts using the chrome browser. I do online Asda grocery shopping, banking, Parsley meal delivery and manage my EDF energy and o2 phone accounts. I also now do e-bay shopping and get up to date with all the news. I now feel like I have more control over my day to day business and all my accounts.

I would like to say thank you to Cal and TDC for giving me this support - It has really given me a purpose”

PPE for care workers

Over the past few weeks we’ve been sharing stories about some of the inspiring community initiatives that have surfaced from the Covid-19 crisis. This week we focus on some of the work being done to reduce isolation and loneliness. According to a government report released early this year, loneliness can have a hugely negative impact on our health, wellbeing and self-esteem, as well as being linked to early deaths and an increased risk of illnesses such as coronary heart disease, stroke, depression, cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s.

In April we launched our new digital hub “Covid Brighton & Hove” - a coronavirus help directory for the city providing vital information through one trusted site. The site links people with a range of services and provides hundreds of signposts to help address many needs. From food shopping to financial assistance the site reminds visitors “You’re not alone. We’ll get through this together”.

After emergency food provision and housing information, the pages relating to loneliness have received the third highest number of visitors, demonstrating the high demand for services addressing loneliness and isolation. The pages on the Covid Brighton & Hove site contain many useful links to organisations tackling loneliness, such as Together co, LGBT Switchboard and Samaritans.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, we have built on our existing work, using a variety of approaches to reduce and prevent isolation. These include:

Proactive outreach to identify and support vulnerable people and helping them to access appropriate pathways to statutory services, befriending, Mutual Aid and support networks.
New Digital Hub. Covid Brighton & Hove new Digital Hub providing vital information through one trusted site and linking people with services.
Off-line Support. Targeting those without Wi-fi, computer or mobile access - through phone support, phone trees, postal packs and hand delivered local CV-19 newsletters.
Proactive social prescribing and getting crucial, up to date, CCG info to excluded people. Delivering specialist mental health support with BAME communities.
Youth Work. Coordinating online YW programme keeping young people connected and supported.

Here are some of the stories which show this work in action

PPE for care workers

The lack of PPE for care home workers since the Covid-19 outbreak has been well documented in the media, particularly in the early days of the outbreak and lockdown.

Ageing Well is a city partnership for the over 50’s led by Impact Initiatives and TDC is a partner in the East of the City. We use an asset based community development approach in which older volunteers are supported to develop their own groups and activities.

Our Ageing Well Project Manager and Participation Worker Sue Sayers supports older people to recognise their own skills and develop their capacity as volunteers. She also works just outside of our city boundaries in Peacehaven thanks to establishing a group at Downlands Court that is now self-financing and can buy in her support as necessary. Downlands court is a retirement scheme made up of one and two-bedroom apartments plus shared areas for residents which include a lounge, dining areas and a courtyard garden.

Kerry, the Care Manager wanted to organise activities for the residents but was unable to do so due to insufficient PPE – specifically face masks for staff. Through her work building relationships in the community over the years, TDC’s Sue has built up a network of volunteers. She was able to reach out through this network with a call out for PPE, to which Margaret, a craft volunteer, responded. Margaret passed the request on to Julie and Beryl who very quickly made 60 cotton, washable, double-layer, close-weave masks - enough for workers to have 3 each so they can wash and reuse their masks after each wear. This meant that activities could run safely with staff knowing they were doing all they could to protect the older residents in their homes.

Not only did this solve the problem but the care staff reported the masks “were much more comfortable than the ones they are usually supplied with and because they were made from pretty fabrics they were far nicer for the residents to see on the carers, particularly for those with dementia.”

And to sum up, Sue says “It was a win-win situation for all involved. Carers and residents were protected, residents’ day-to-day lives were brightened and our volunteers got the satisfaction of knowing they had made a real difference. We have learned that it is often the local solutions to a situation that produce the most appropriate answer”.

These photos show some of the face masks made by volunteers, Julie and Beryl, for carers at Downlands Court, and Kerry the care manager with one of her team.

An Online Youth Programme

The TDC Youth team works primarily in the North and East of Brighton & Hove. Our varied youth work programme normally includes regular youth clubs, detached youth work, youth-specific consultations and participation work as well as dedicated one-to-one support on health and wellbeing issues.
Young people can talk to their youth workers in their own environment about a range of issues they might be facing. Our youth team are professionals trained in addressing mental health and sexual health concerns, knife usage, substance misuse – able to affect a lot of positive work, or refer to specialists if needed helping young people channel their strengths and interests into positive outcomes.

When the lockdown began, the TDC Youth team took swift action to create an online programme of youth work, providing a weekly schedule of events such as facebook chats, zoom youth clubs and other live streams plus daily challenges and quizzes.

Caroline Vitta, our Youth Work Manager for the East of the city said:

“The TDC youth team have been the heroes for me at this time with their ability to just get on with the job, especially as some are quite new to the team still.

The team thrives on the face to face contact they have with young people. So when we went into lockdown as a country there was an immediate focus from the team on how we could keep in touch with our groups.

They quickly put together an online programme with youth workers available every day to chat, share information and suggest fun activities. Everyone has stepped up to make this work with creative ideas, trying out new technology and actively finding ways to reach out to young people.”

Georgina and Abi who run Look Sussex led the way in organising fun sessions on Zoom for young people and their families. They have done quizzes, talent shows, a sensory Scavenger Hunt and just had fun.
Tara who is one of the Founders of Look Sussex, and also a mum to one of the members fed this back: “Georgina is doing a brilliant job of keeping our much-needed group connected through this very difficult time. Huge praises for her professionalism throughout all – we love you Georgie & of course the Abi’s x2! We look forward to seeing you all ‘properly’ very soon 👏👏👏👍😜😊XXX”

Caroline continues, “At the end of May the Youth Work team were assigned Key Worker status by Brighton and Hove City Council which meant we were able to resume our Street Based Youth Work. This means we have been able to talk to any young people that are out and about with their friends and check on how they’ve been feeling, that they understand the latest guidelines on socialising and offer support and guidance where needed. All youth workers now carry PPE and are mindful of social distancing to keep ourselves and young people safe. We have up to 6 sessions a week covering Patcham, Whitehawk, Woodingdean, Preston Park, Saltdean and Rottingdean as well as keeping an eye on any emerging areas that we are notified of.

And a last piece of good news is that the team worked hard with young people to write applications for the Brighton & Hove City Council Youth-Led Grants scheme. These applications focused on funding for activities that young people want to do once we are able to get youth groups running again. As always, the young people had great ideas and we were granted funding for a summer activity programme, a social action project, a Travellers’ drama project, Moulsecoomb Young Men’s Group, a new Whitehawk young women’s project, a substance awareness piece of work, a young person’s football event and Look Sussex will be running a wellness project. We hope that as UK restrictions continue to ease we will be able to plan some great things for young people to get involved with”.

Volunteer power – A foodbank copes with quadrupling demand

The Vale Community Centre Food Bank is a Craven Vale Community Association project. They experienced a rise from 25 to almost 100 households at peak in lockdown.

To meet this demand, they were supported to move site to the closed Edge Community Centre and merge with the Pankhurst Area. Sim, the lead volunteer, set about upscaling their volunteer recruitment and coordination. Alan, who has been supported with fundraising in the past was encouraged to do some direct fundraising and he was able to secure £20k.

As a small operation they had attempted to meet diverse needs of recipients, including provision for babies or sanitary products as well as activities where possible. They have tried to stay true to this value, which has added to their challenge in upscaling.

Amy, the community worker, has offered advice and support around this balancing of demand and the need to self-care for the 25 strong team of volunteers. Sim has even signed up for peer sessions with TDC community learning to help him establish clear boundaries and continue without overstretching himself. The wellbeing of community volunteers was a cause for concern, and the response by Community Learning to offer peer support was really appreciated.

Amy is now helping the group look at reducing demand as much as possible through ‘moving on’ people to other services where appropriate. This will enable the banks to split back to separate areas and for The Edge to start being used for other community needs. The group will continue to run the food bank until September and are committed to tackling the economic and social injustices which affect people in the area and which have been worsened by Covid-19. They are looking forward to being once more a run-of-the-mill community association, organising fun events and involvement for the residents and providing general help, and maintaining its earlier small food bank facility - but just one day a week, not seven! Hopefully, some of the new, younger volunteers and some of those who have been helping will stay in touch and strengthen the already-impressive sense of local community and pride.

Hollingdean Food Hub

Kirsty Walker, TDC's Director of Neighbourhoods has something to add as we conclude our round up of some of the emergency food provision across the city. "I’d also like to chip in some thanks to the 12 volunteers who helped at our very own TDC hub in Hollingdean, which we ran on behalf of Hollingdean Development Trust (HDT), as they didn’t have the on-site capacity. They let us use their building while closed and we even had a trustee volunteering with us. We helped over 60 households and I am pleased to say that following lockdown we were able to ensure existing local foodbanks will be able to meet our referred demand when we close on 21st August. A couple of volunteers will even continue to collect for people as a result of relationships formed during this process. Meanwhile as with The Edge, HDT will be supported in opening back up."

Community led – a new food hub is formed

The Phoenix Residents’ Group is an organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people in the Phoenix area of Brighton and nearby. As the Covid-19 crisis unfolded, Sarah, Chair and Amy-Lou, secretary, coordinated local action. They brought in local stakeholders like Hyde Housing, the council and the local community forum. It became apparent that the area needed a food hub as it fell between other beneficiary areas and was a pocket of high need. This was a new project for the residents’ group and it now delivers to 30 households each week.

Emma, TDC’s community worker, helped by advising on governance and safeguarding, including operational roles and processes:

Sarah had informal training to develop her online access and proficiency so she could attend emergency food network meetings and learn from peer projects across the city.
Amy Lou was mentored in interviewing skills for managing referral processes.
Another bank’s lead volunteer was brought in to offer advice and peer support on coordinating packing & delivery.

An important aspect not to be lost in all this ‘need’ is the huge value in the community member’s opportunity to ‘give’:

Tina, who is currently shielding, has written a recipe book based on the contents of the food parcels and has helped with researching costings on purchased supplies.
Simon who delivers to the furthest-away properties on a regular basis and has built a good rapport with some very vulnerable service users and acts as a local befriender.

“We couldn't do this without the support of all of our volunteers and have a fantastic network of volunteers from our community who are dedicated to supporting those most in need.”

Sarah, Chair of the Phoenix Residents' Group.

As with Moulsecoomb & Bevendean, the Phoenix group is being networked with local partners to look at more sustainable long-term projects that can mitigate food poverty. For the future, the group hopes to create a community food club or collective of some sort, enabling local people to buy reasonably priced, healthy food.

Resilient community response to lockdown: A foodbank adapts.

As the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown continue to impact some of the most vulnerable in our communities, we are sharing stories about some of the awesome individuals and communities making such a positive difference across Brighton & Hove.

This second collection of hero stories will focus on how our communities and staff have responded to the overwhelming rise in food poverty as lockdown took its toll. Many families and individuals already living in difficult situations have had Covid-19 negatively impact their income as well as their access to essential supplies.

The foodbanks and food access projects we work with serve 1,400 families across the city. Some of the support we have provided during the crisis includes:

developing new referral and supply processes, new risk management and safeguarding protocols
recruiting new volunteers
creating and maintaining hyper-local systems to coordinate essential supplies for vulnerable self-isolators - meal delivery and shopping schemes
working with local grocers and pharmacies, establishing payment methods and safe delivery
supporting community groups to transition to take on vital new activities.
supporting groups to repurpose community buildings into food hubs, storing essentials

TDC works in some of the poorest neighbourhoods in the city and so it was not surprising that many of our community groups found their attention drawn toward making sure the vunerable in their community had food. This was further complicated by many groups relying on older volunteers or volunteers with life limiting conditions who were now having to isolate. So, let’s have a look at what this has meant for community members and staff in the neighbourhoods team.

Resilient community response to lockdown: A foodbank adapts

Moulsecoomb and Bevendean is a large suburb in the North East of Brighton. Multiple generations of families live here and although people face many challenges connected to poverty in the area there is a devoted community of people and organisations working together and looking out for each other.

The Bevendean food bank has been running since 2012 and as well as providing food parcels to those who need it, also offers a coffee morning and advice service where people can discuss financial and health concerns. Entirely run by volunteers, the food bank is open every Wednesday for 48 weeks of the year. In 2019 the group supported 212 people to access food with the largest number being 70 families helped during the week before Christmas.

As lockdown began many of the volunteers had to go home to isolate or shield, and services changed to remote working and the Holy Nativity Hall closed to public access. At the same time demand was rising from an average of 20 to 70+ households per week, many of these large families.

Anke, the TDC community worker:

Liaised with the local authority and the food partnership to ensure the group was following current guidance for this essential activity and being referred to the right service for their household, e.g. referring on to Ageing Well, or Children’s Services for under 5’s.
Made use of local contacts, Brighton volunteer centre and the university to replenish the volunteer team and double it to include delivery drivers.
Linked up with local councillors and other community organisations to help increase supplies.
Supported the remaining volunteer, Mandy, to take on a co-ordination role, risk assessing and planning packing sessions to be as safe & manageable as possible.

You can see some pictures of the Bevendean Food bank volunteers below. As we emerge from lockdown this amazing grassroots activity is now spawning new projects to mitigate long term food poverty through increasing local access to affordable/ low cost healthy food.

Delicious food and positive messages to NHS workers

For the next few weeks, we’ll continue to share uplifting stories about some of the wonderful initiatives and ideas that have come about as community heroes across Brighton & Hove take action to look after one another throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

As news of the pandemic began to spread and the government took action to lock down the country, we heard about the struggles of overworked NHS staff who weren’t able to access healthy food – a combination of the extra hours they were working and the panic buying that left many supermarket shelves bare.

A recent recruit to our TDC Equalities team, Maha Mustafa works on the Social Prescribing Plus project. Her journey with TDC started when she had support from a Community Development Worker to run groups in the BAME community to bring people together. She then joined us as a volunteer, and earlier this year we were delighted to welcome her on board as a member of staff.

Maha has community spirit running through her and during the Coronavirus pandemic she has shopped for vulnerable people in her community and put together 37 food containers filled with delicious food and all including positive messages for NHS workers.

She has also been able to support an elderly person to learn how to use technology to communicate. With technical support from our digital whizz Cal, Maha was able to able to guide the person in setting up Zoom on the iPad – all done safely as the person stayed inside by the window and Maha stayed outside.

Here are some photos of the food packages Maha sent out, along with positive messages and drawings by her children:

Anna is cooking! – and improving English skills along the way

As highlighted in our post earlier this week, people from minority ethnic backgrounds have been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic due to a number of factors and barriers. Our MESH programme addresses the inequality caused by the communication barrier by improving access to language learning opportunities.

Cicely Lloyd works on this programme which we deliver in partnership with Voices in Exile. The Migrant ESOL Support Hub (MESH) works with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers on a one-to-one basis as they integrate themselves into life in Brighton & Hove.

The start of the Covid-19 pandemic saw most of Cicely’s client base stuck at home due to the lockdown. This group of people, some with very limited English skills, were required to stay indoors with their small children, many feeling vulnerable and lonely. The lockdown also meant the sudden loss of their opportunity to practise and improve their English through the adult education college courses they’d been attending as well as through the networks and friends they had made through MESH.

As our MESH case worker, Cicely thought it would be fun to get some of the women together online and quickly set up “Anna is cooking!” – a chance for a local chef to cook for an hour and a half via zoom whilst the women chatted to each other, learning English and cooking skills as they went along. Anna Schwartz of The World Food Project is an experienced facilitator, and has been running “Cook, Eat and Learn English” alongside English teachers for a while. Normally, Anna’s classes take place in a hall and everyone eats what they cook afterwards, so “Anna is cooking!” is an online version during the lockdown. Cicely has been supporting the ladies to get onto zoom and is present at each session to offer language support.

As well as the weekly sessions on zoom, the group has a WhatsApp chat going too so the participants can practice speaking English to each other.

The aim of this new, innovative peer support group is for the participants to be able to support themselves and each other and become more resilient as a group – as well as learning cooking skills and English.

Cicely is also facilitating “EC&EC” (English Conversation & Error Correction), a high-English level group for women to improve their language skills with a focus on current affairs and advanced grammar. You can see a photo of one of these recent sessions below. There will be a Food Safety accredited course taking place for EAL participants this summer too.

Read all the Covid Heroes’ stories →

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Find out more about the support available for people from BAME backgrounds

Overcoming the language barrier for Bangladeshi women

Over the last few months it’s been incredible to witness how the people of Brighton & Hove have adapted to the Covid-19 crisis. The many groups, organisations and individuals we work with across the city were already dealing with significant inequalities which have only intensified as the crisis has unfolded. These community champions are now dealing with additional challenges amidst a vast uncertainty of what is yet to come.

Our city has mobilised to take action and make sure the most vulnerable in our communities are not forgotten. It’s community activity at its finest and at TDC we have not only been impressed by the actions of groups and individuals but incredibly proud of our staff who have adjusted their roles to do what is needed during this unprecedented situation.

We’ll be sharing stories over the next few weeks about some of the amazing community initiatives that have risen out of the Covid-19 crisis and how our team has been able to support those local people taking action. Able to act as a trusted conduit between the communities we work with and statutory services, we have been focusing our pandemic response work on people in poverty and BAME people who are disproportionately affected by Covid-19. Our role is more vital than ever, as we help ensure lifesaving supplies, support and information is provided to the people who need it most, helping them access food and combat isolation and supporting communities to lead the response to this crisis.

This week's stories focus on some of our work with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups across the city. We are currently working with 10 BAME groups, reaching around 700 people. The Social Prescribing Plus, Community Roots and MESH aspects of our work are specifically geared to address the inequalities already experienced by these communities. We also have a short project scoping ways to link communities with services and explore ways they can adapt to meet BAME needs.

Current priorities for us during the pandemic include:

supporting community leaders and volunteers in BAME community groups, helping to keep people connected and well through both online and offline support.
ensuring people have access to accurate UK information.
participating in proactive outreach to overcome known barriers such as language & literacy skills, digital exclusion, uncertainty of rights and lack of knowledge of public sector services.
managing referrals and supporting food banks to supply culturally appropriate food.

Here is the first example of what one of the BAME groups in the city has been doing:

Overcoming the language barrier for Bangladeshi women

It has been identified that some ethnic groups have been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. In terms of health, Public Health England released a report at the start of June entitled “Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19”.

Regarding ethnicity, the report states that death rates from COVID-19 were highest among people of Black and Asian ethnic groups. Specifically, “an analysis of survival among confirmed COVID-19 cases and using more detailed ethnic groups, shows that after accounting for the effect of sex, age, deprivation and region, people of Bangladeshi ethnicity had around twice the risk of death than people of White British ethnicity”.

Numerous barriers have long meant that people from the Bangladeshi community are less likely to engage with healthcare providers than other ethnic groups, and the pandemic has only acted to increase this legacy in health inequality.

BAME Community Development Worker Sayanti Banerjee works on our Community Roots mental health project and on the Social Prescribing Plus wellbeing project, working 1-to-1 with people to help them improve their own health and wellbeing. Since the Covid-19 crisis began she has been working with Mish, a member of the Moulsecoomb Bangladeshi Women's group who has been volunteering in the community for many years and who has been providing assistance to people throughout the pandemic. One major challenge has been the language barrier, which has restricted people’s access to food and health advice.

Mish has been calling people in the Bengali community to see what help is needed - connecting people to food banks, mosques, and directing people to sources of help for queries around things such as benefits and mental health. She’s also been speaking with people who want to offer help - ensuring their donations and support are directed where it can be best used.

Using her extensive knowledge of local services, Sayanti has been able to work with Mish - linking her up with support and resources; finding relevant information; and connecting Mish to places that can help with benefits, job centre contact info, how to contact the council, etc.

Sayanti’s specialist knowledge through her work as a community development worker and more recently as a social prescribing case worker, has given her a firm understanding of how to navigate a complex system that can sometimes be difficult to understand. Sayanti speaks to Mish every other day on a case-specific basis – and uses these calls to also give support and make sure that Mish is okay herself, reassure her, and make sure she's taking care of her own wellbeing.

This acknowledgement of the disparities coupled with the additional support available to people in the Bangladeshi community, means that people have been able to access help when they need it most. The hope is that this increase in knowledge and skills will ultimately improve the way individuals and families can take care of their own wellbeing beyond the pandemic and far into the future.

Summer activities 2020

Are you aged 11-18 and live in Whitehawk, Bristol Estate, Manor, Woodingdean, Saltdean or Rottingdean?

Join our youth team for some activities this summer. Get in touch with Caroline Vitta 07481 896892 or [email protected] for more details.

A tribute to Barry Hulyer

TDC is very sad to be sharing the news that our founder, friend and community development legend Barry Hulyer died earlier this month.

Barry set up TDC from scratch in 2000, with the aim of sharing values driven, empowering community development work across our city. His creation has gone on to thrive as an impactful charity with neighbourhood community development always at its heart; empowering communities and employing 40 staff to deliver youth work, equalities work and the work in neighbourhoods across the city. Barry touched many lives and was responsible for training hundreds of people – many still working in the sector today.

Barry’s legacy lives on – before TDC, he ran the Hangleton and Knoll Project, was involved in setting up the CVSF (now Community Works), Audio Active and the Resource Centre – all successful and influential charities to this day. A tribute has been made to Barry in the Brighton & Hove News which further details the huge impact he made in the city.

Our condolences go out to Barry’s family and friends. We hope to run a Memorial Event when possible and will keep everyone posted on details as they form.

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Hollingdean Food Hub

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Find out more about the support available for people from BAME backgrounds

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