The Trust for Developing Communities was set up to offer, in the wider South East Region, the sort of community development projects existing in the Hangleton & Knoll area of Hove.  The Hangleton & Knoll Project was frequently being requested to help other neighbourhoods, in Brighton & Hove and wider afield, to employ new community development workers and support new communities.  The Project decided to concentrate only in Hangleton & Knoll but to help create a new organisation to help others. This became the Trust for Developing Communities and the Director of the H&K Project became employed as the Chief Executive of the Trust, although this took a few years to achieve.

Demand for its services means that the Trust for Developing Communities is now responsible for work in 13 neighbourhoods and communities across the city of Brighton & Hove.

For a more detailed history see The TDC Business Plan 2009 - 2013, which also has more detailed plans and actions for the future.

Looking forward

In 2009 - 2010 the Trust will have part-time community development workers working in the most deprived areas of Brighton & Hove - Portslade, the Portland Road & Clarendon area of Hove, Hollingbury, Hollingdean, Queen's Park & Craven Vale, Coldean, Moulsecoomb, Bevendean and Woodingdean and will be ‘outsourcing' work in Hangleton & Knoll, Brunswick & Regency, Whitehawk and the Bristol Estate.   It also will be undertaking city-wide work, encouraging networking across all the city's neighbourhoods and helping to decide the strategic direction of neighbourhoods work.

From 2009 - 2010, in addition to the community development workers, the Trust will employ a Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive, four Projects Managers, a full time Administrator and a freelance Administrator (most of whose work relates to the Trust's finances), community development trainers and occasional specialist consultants.