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Hollingdean Community Catch Up

Hollingdean Community Cath up TDC Community Development Brighton

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 invited to discuss the following areas, and everyone was welcome to share their ideas.

Getting my information
The place I live in
My health and wellbeing
Who might find it difficult to join in?

Organised by TDC and the Hollingdean Development Trust (HDT), the Hollingdean Community Catch Up was a real success this year with dozens of local residents and anchor groups attending as well as representatives from local services such as Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) Libraries, BHCC Children services, BHCC Housing, CASE (Community, Advice, Support and Education) Central, Digital Brighton & Hove, the Impetus Neighbourhood Care Scheme. Delicious food was provided by the local community chef and many positive contributions were made, with a range of perspectives, generating great interest in working collaboratively.

One resident told us “Well done for organizing the Community catch up – I’m really glad I came, it gave me lots of ideas. [My nine year old daughter] said she was really glad she’d gone to the meeting too as she said she learnt a lot and also that you’d made her feel really important when talking and listening to her – thankyou!” and we were happy to hear from one of the trustees of HDT, a local resident “I thought it was the best we’ve had by a long way”.

Read more about Hollingdean on our blog and find out what TDC’s community development work in the area covers.

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Tarner Festival 2018

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 interpreters and highly visual performances.

Along with Brighton Unemployed Family Centre Project, Tarner Area Partnership and Tarner children’s centre, TDC were there on the day and we particularly appreciated the opportunity to ask people about what matters to them in Queens Park Road for the neighbourhood action plan. One new resident even told us “This park is a hidden treasure”.

The festival was a fun celebration on a beautiful sunny day, and the people of Tarner showed their community spirit with an excellent turn out. Neighbourhoods projects manager Kirsty Walker said of the festival “This event is a great way of celebrating young people’s volunteering and creativity instead of focusing on negative issues related to anti-social behaviour in the park”.

There were plenty of activities on offer at this year’s festival – from poetry workshops, skateboarding, t-shirt designing and graffiti to a chance to meet a selection of unusual animals. And as usual the festival showcased a fabulous selection of food and drink – from slushies and cocktails to a BBQ and delicious home made Indian cuisine.

A routine from local dance troupe Tantrum and mini Tantrum was a particular highlight and the members of the troupe had the opportunity to meet Audio Active Patron Rag ’n’ Bone Man who was there enjoying the day out with his family and cheering on the talented young people on stage. If you don’t know much about Tantrum, read our interview with project leader Sue and find out the part that TDC community development workers played in helping set up the group.

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Youth Welfare at Brighton Pride

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 young people looking to join in the annual celebration of the LGBTU+ community.

This year, TDC will run a Youth Welfare tent throughout the Pride party. This tent will provide refuge for any young person in distress – trained Youth workers from the Brighton and Hove Youth Collective will be on hand alongside the TDC team to help and support any young person in need.

Adam Muirhead, TDC Projects Manager for youth work, will be co-ordinating Pride Youth Welfare again this year. Adam said “We’re really happy to be at Pride Festival this year, making sure young people have the maximum fun without it becoming unsafe through alcohol, substance misuse, sex or sunshine. The Police, Council and Pride Team themselves have all been fantastic at recognising this need and bringing our team of dedicated youth work professionals on board to help make it another hugely successful festival.”

The Tent will be positioned just outside of the border to the party at Preston Park. The youth team will be based there both Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th August, wearing official Brighton pride festival t-shirts. They will be on the lookout for any young person who looks like they may be in need of assistance. Free condoms, water, snacks, sun cream and sick bags will be available and the team will also be able to help young people make contact with friends and family members to ensure they get home safely.

For further information please contact [email protected]

BevFest 2018

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 weather and World Cup football, lots of Bevendean residents and neighbours came to celebrate the summer with great music from Brighton bands, beer from the Bevy, yummy food, activities for kids and young people and of course to meet local community groups presenting their important work and promoting healthy living in their neighbourhood.

Read more about our Community Development and Youth Work in Bevendean.

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All photos credit: Clare Forder

Volunteering at the Trust for Developing Communities

BME wellbeing event TDC community development Brighton

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 across the city. This has led me to wanting to support their work further and now I am working at TDC as an administrator.

As part of my study, I was interested in learning and gaining experience of how community development approach is used to build, develop and strengthen community cohesion.

I came across TDC whilst looking for volunteering opportunities in Brighton and Hove. I had always thought volunteering was merely a nice addition onto my CV. However, my volunteering experience at TDC has completely altered my impression of volunteering.

Volunteering one day a week since March 2018, I learnt about the incredible work of many statutory, community and voluntary organisations. I gained insights into challenges these groups and organisations face on a daily basis, and how they work together to support the wellbeing of our community and ensure community cohesion.

My volunteer highlight so far was working on the BME wellbeing event, A Way A Day, held at BMECP on Wednesday 18th April. Prior to the event I researched how to reach and where to advertise the event in order to attract the attention of BME residents. This was really interesting and useful because it taught me about reaching people of BME backgrounds we are not in contact with.

Around 400 people attended the A Way A Day event representing a wide variety of service providers and social groups from different ethnic backgrounds. Through a range of activities, groups and organisations were able to ensure community cohesion, and promote available services for improving health and wellbeing, including where to find help and how to access support.

These all would not have happened if it were not for all the individuals and groups who volunteered that day, making it a joyous celebration of Brighton and Hove rich diversity!

By Louise Yu, former TDC volunteer on the BME Communities Wellbeing Project and now TDC administrator.

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Find out about current volunteering opportunities at TDC alongside our BME worker.

Summer Holiday Programme for Moulsecoomb, Bevendean and Coldean out now!

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 asap. Contact Caroline on 07481896892 or via email [email protected] if you would like one posted out to you.

The summer programme is supported by the Bevendean Activities Group. The BAG, as they are otherwise known, are a group of young people who help the TDC Community Workers for Young People to develop youth activities locally. We are going to expand this group to include Moulsecoomb and Coldean too, so if you are (or you think you might know) a young person who would like to get involved in making sure that activities for 11-16s are fun and affordable please get in touch with Caroline. Its great volunteering experience and would look pretty good on your CV!

Pick up your copy of the programme, or check out the listings on the Brighton Summer website. Here is our digital marketing apprentice Elle showing off her copy alongside local MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle who visited us recently for our Sports and activities festival!

Whitehawk Youth Café

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, get homework done or just chat about the day. Over time young people will help to decide what else the café can offer them. We are hoping that someone will give us an exciting new name so watch this space!

Adam Muirhead, Projects Manager for the TDC Youth Team said of the initiative “Whitehawk is a relatively new area of delivery for us at TDC and we’re keen to deliver something meaningful and impactful. The new Youth Cafe at the Whitehawk Inn on Mondays is going to be a great way for local teenagers to come together to socialise, have fun and gain skills and experience through getting involved in its delivery. We hope to see lots of people getting stuck in!”

And Caroline Vitta, TDC Community Worker with Young People elaborates “We are really hoping young people come to the Whitehawk Youth Café with lots of ideas about what they’d like to see. We have been out and about in Whitehawk promoting the café and chatting to young people about this. Our venue, The Whitehawk Inn, is a lovely space so it would be amazing to see it buzzing with young people on a Monday afternoon.

We also want local volunteers of all ages to get involved in running the café. We have already seen great examples over the years of how successful community led projects benefit young people, for example the Crew Club and Manor Gym, so we would love to see that happen with our project.

I ran the old Whitehawk Youth Centre for 10 years until it closed a few years ago. I have many happy memories of working in Whitehawk and so I’m really excited to be developing new provision for young people in the area.”

The café is open 3.30-5.30 every Monday including over the summer holidays. Please come along and tell all your Whitehawk-based friends!

Want to volunteer or have an idea of what you’d like to see at the café? Get in touch with Caroline TDC Youthworker on facebook or email her [email protected]

Moulsecoomb Sports and Activities festival for Young People

Moulsecoomb Youth sports festival. Community Development Brighton TDC

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 tournament and trying out skating, climbing, table tennis, disc golf, the smoothie bike, Boccia and other activities. It was great to see so many young people getting active.

We had a visit from MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle and the Mayor of Brighton & Hove Cllr Dee Simson too, both of who spent time chatting to young people and joining in activities. Many thanks to the East Brighton Trust for funding a substantial part of the day and also to Albion in the Community, Branched Out, the BHCC Skatepark Team, Freedom Leisure and the BHCC Duke of Edinburgh Award Youth Team for helping to make the day a success.

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Yoga Project

And in other sports news, we’ve just finished a 10 week Yoga for Teenagers Project at Moulsecoomb Leisure Centre which was funded by the Robert Eatom Memorial Fund and supported by the Brighton Yoga Foundation. 20 young people tried Yoga for the first time. We are looking at interest to run the project again in September but are also really keen to get some yoga sessions into Whitehawk too.

St George’s Hall Community Day

St George's Hall Moulsecoomb, TDC Community Development Brighton

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.

It was also a day for community groups based at St George’s Hall to showcase their work. The 55th Brighton Scouts Group, North Moulsecoomb Tenants and Residents Association, Moulsecoomb Bangladeshi Women’s Group and New Life Church were there.

St George’s Hall Committee also had the chance to ask some questions about the neighbourhood and what the hall could offer on top of the groups that are meeting there. The Committee is now planning for future community activities in the hall in and after the summer.

Read more stories of our Community Development and Youth Work in Moulsecoomb.

Community Events for Summer 2018

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 Together. More details on Facebook.

Moulsecoomb and Bevendean

Saturday 16th June – Youth Sports Festival in Moulsecoomb. Dozens of activities for young people to get involved with at Moulsecoomb Leisure Centre and the 67 Centre. Details here.
Saturday 23rd June, 12-4pm, St Georges Hall Moulsecoomb community Day. Details here.
Saturday 23rd June, 10-12, Summer Fayre and Fun Day at St Andrews, Moulsecoomb. Event details here.
Saturday 7th July, 1.30 – 9pm – Bevfest, Bevendean’s very own live music festival for the whole family. Heath Hill Avenue, Bevendean.
Saturday 14th July, 11-4pm, Moulsecoomb Primary School Summer fair, Details.
Saturday 4th August, 11-4pm, Wild Park family fun day. More details here.

Tarner

Saturday 21st July, 12-5. Tarner World Festival in Tarner Park. More details here.

West Hove

Saturday 23rd June, 11-4, Stoneham Park Midsummer Fayre. Details.
Saturday 14th July 12-6 Wish Park, WishFest. Details.

And the Craven Vale community won’t be doing their usual big summer event this year but instead will be doing an entire week of smaller activities at the end of July. All activities will be held at The Vale Community Centre, 17A Hadlow Close, BN2 0FH (or just outside) and there will be cheap refreshments available at all activities throughout the week.

The activities planned are:

Monday 23^rd July AM Free Yoga Taster session 11 – 12pm, PM Free Gentle Exercise Taster session 12.15 – 1pm PM Craft activities for young people
Tuesday 24^th July AM Free Darts knock out competition 10 – 12pm, PM Free Quiz 2pm
Wednesday 25^th July AM Café morning 10.30 – 12.30, PM Free Jigsaws and board games afternoon, for all ages
Thursday 26^th July AM Free Older People Outing (advance booking essential – please contact [email protected] or 07723 338463)
Friday 27^th July Free cookery demonstration – cooking on a budget 2pm
Saturday 28^th July BBQ/Planting/Clean up 1pm

Hope lots of you can join us at some of these community events – the perfect chance to get to know your neighbours. Keep an eye out for team TDC and make sure you come and say hi.

Community Development Training in Moulsecoomb

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 provides a service in the area and registration is open now. For more information drop us a line at [email protected] or register directly online at the Brighton & Hove City Council Learning Gateway.

Find out more about the Community Development training we offer across the city.

Moulsecoomb Sports Festival

Youth sports festival Moulsecoomb TDC Community Development Brighton

By Elle Hartle, Digital Marketing Apprentice.

The Youth Sports festival is a yearly sports Festival for young people, the festival is run by The Trust for Developing Communities in partnership with Freedom leisure which is based at Moulsecoomb Leisure Centre. This year the sports festival will be running on the 16th of June from 12:30 until 5:30 and will take place at the Leisure Centre and the 67 Centre. The Festival is open to any young person above the age of 11 whether they have an interest in sport or not, there will be something for everyone to enjoy.

There will be lots of activities and sports taking place throughout the afternoon some of these will include:

* Football

* Monkey Climbing

* Disco golf

* Circuits

* Dance Fitness

* Table Tennis and many more

As well as all of these sports activities there will be a BBQ, music and a smoothie bike available.

A full programme of what is happening throughout the day will be available on the day of the sports festival. This programme will be able to tell you more about the festival and what other activities there will be – all of which will be free.

As well as all the activities that will be taking place throughout the festival Brighton and Hove Council’s skate park team will be there throughout the afternoon with their mobile skate park. They hope to talk to young people about the possibility of having a more permanent skate park in Moulsecoomb and gather thoughts and ideas about it.

If you are interested or you have a child over 11 years who might be interested then follow the event on facebook. For further details contact Caroline on 07481 896 892 or via Facebook Caroline TDC Youth Worker.

Look forward to seeing you there.

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