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
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 … Read more
By Elle Hartle, Digital Marketing Apprentice. Yoga for teenagers is a project aimed at young people, run by TDC’s Caroline Vitta. The sessions run every Tuesday at Moulsecoomb Leisure centre 4pm till 5pm. We are currently over half way through the 10 week period having started at the end of April. Yoga is a Hindu … Read more
As a part of TDC’s youth work, we are proud members of the Brighton and Hove Youth Collective – a partnership working across Brighton & Hove. Working as a collective allows us to share best practices and resources so that we can strategically address the needs of young people in the city. For those of … Read more
Yoga for Teenagers is an exciting new project to introduce yoga to young people in Brighton. An initiative of our youth team, the group will be promoting the benefits of yoga–the physical benefits of increasing strength, flexibility and balance but more importantly the other benefits to well-being such as helping to manage anxiety, stress, giving better sleep, … 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
As 2017 draws to a close, two member of our youth team share their thoughts on what has happened this year. — By Adam Muirhead, TDC Projects Manager – Youth Team. This year has been a bit of a whirlwind for the youth team! The start of the year saw us support young people to … Read more
By Caroline Vitta – TDC Community Worker with Young People. Twelve young people who regularly attend our youth club sessions on Thursday evenings at the 67 Centre in Moulsecoomb, were excited to take part in this year’s Tech Trail as part of the Brighton Digital Festival. The aim of the event was to help … Read more
TDC were thrilled to be a part of the Brighton Digital Festival this year, offering a number of events for young people, aiming to inspire them to take up a career in tech. We worked with some of Brighton’s most exciting digital businesses and educators to create a Tech Trail around the city, then teamed … Read more
On Tuesday 19th September we were proud to support the “I am Able” campaign – highlighting young people who have transformed their lives, regardless of disability. The campaign is an initiative of the DM Thomas Foundation for young people – a charity dedicated to helping disadvantaged and vulnerable young people and children transform their lives. … Read more
This year’s Brighton Digital Festival will be taking place between Thursday 14th September and Friday 13th October. TDC are excited to be working with some of Brighton’s most exciting digital businesses and educators to create a Tech Trail around the city. The trail will inspire young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to learn more … Read more