Getting to the Bottom of the Matter
There are some things you can’t wait to share with friends and family – and then there’s being told you have anal cancer.
News
Screening is normally normal so don’t put it off
Cervical screening awareness week This week is cervical screening awareness week, running from 17 – 23 June. It’s an annual reminder of how important – in fact, lifesaving – screening can be. According to Macmillan, nearly one in four people don’t attend their cervical screening (also known as smear tests), often because they are worried, … Read more
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month starts next week
Almost 43,000 new cases of bowel cancer are diagnosed in the UK each year. That’s nearly 120 every single day. But if caught early, more than 90% of bowel cancer cases can be treated successfully. That’s why raising awareness about screening is so important and why The Hangleton and Knoll Project, Macmillan Cancer Support, NHS … Read more
Youth Voices: Improving Access to Support Services
The Trust for Developing Communities (TDC) is facilitating a youth peer-research study into improving ethnically diverse young people’s access to support services in Brighton & Hove. TDC have recruited and trained a diverse group of young people to design and deliver this research study as peer researchers, working alongside TDC staff. The focus of this … Read more
Looking back at our AGM
Last October we held our AGM at The Brighthelm Centre, celebrating work throughout 2022-23 and our Community Champions. We’ve been posting the fantastic films that were made to showcase each of our Community Champions. You can watch them all in this playlist, here. Or by clicking on the individual thumbnails below. TDC Office Coordinator Cerys … Read more
Meet Our 2023 Community Champions – Nick Wood
Watch this short video about Nick’s fantastic work with his local community.
New Classes from Friends at BMECP
Friends at BMECP began to emerge in 2023 with the purpose of bringing community activities for BME people back into the BMECP Centre. They had their AGM in October during a combined MOSAIC and Ageing Well Event. Their aim was to increase wellbeing and a sense of belonging for BME people and to be run … Read more
Welcome to Lunch and Learn
From Maryna Kirpikova Lunch and Learn was created because many senior members of the Ukrainian community were saying that there was a need of a class for absolute beginners in English and there was another request for such ESOL group from East Brighton community. So the first Lunch and Learn 8-week course ran from the end … Read more
Meet Our 2023 Community Champions: Kira Makohon
Watch this short video about Kira’s fantastic work with her local community.
Meet our 2023 Community Champions: Nargis Durrani
Watch this short video about Nargis’s fantastic work with her local community.
Meet Our 2023 Community Champions: Daisy Brown
Watch this short video about Daisy’s fantastic work with her local community.
Meet Our 2023 Community Champions: Sharon King
Watch this short video about Sharon’s fantastic work with her local community.