By Sue Sayers, TDC Senior Community Participation & Development Worker. As part of the ongoing work for the Dementia Action Alliance, I was delighted to present a Dementia friends Awareness session to the Brighton Chinese Elders Group last Friday the 27th July. PC Tang was there to interpret to a group of 20 Chinese men and women … Read more
On Saturday 15th July, TDC teamed up with Tarner Community Project and Audio Active to put on the 2017 Tarner Festival at Tarner Park. With a live music stage hosted by Kustom Vibes, lots of stalls serving delicious food and plenty of activities for local people to take part in, the festival was a great … Read more
On Sunday 2nd July, finalists of the Argus Youth In Action awards gathered at the American Express Community Stadium in Falmer for the annual awards ceremony – a fantastic event which saw our region’s children and young people celebrated and lauded for their incredible achievements. Over the past few months, nominations have poured in from … Read more
In May 2015, we were very lucky to have Peter Sutcliffe join team TDC as local outreach co-ordinator for the citywide community health checks project. Peter’s role was to raise awareness amongst 40-74 year olds of their entitlement to a free 20 minute health check every 5 years – helping to assess their degree of … Read more
On the 31st of May Bevendean celebrated Health Day . The event was hosted by Action for Bevendean Community, and coordinated by the local TDC community development worker, Sayanti Banerjee. All the community groups funded by the Healthy Neighbourhood Fund demonstrated their work at the event and it was wonderful to so many residents joining … Read more
Last week we marked the 50th birthday of Moulsecoomb’s 67 Centre with a big birthday bash to celebrate the centre, the good times that’ve been had there and all the friendships it has inspired. Built in 1967, the 67 Centre is a Youth Centre with a programme of activities and where young people can access … Read more
This month’s Community Beacon of Brighton is a familiar face – you’ll recognise Jordan from the June page of our TDC calendar. It’s Volunteers’ Week this week, a chance to celebrate the people who generously donate their time to make a difference to others. TDC volunteers make an invaluable contribution to the work we do … Read more
There are people all over our city doing great things for the benefit of others. At TDC we like to celebrate these people as our “Community Beacons of Brighton.” TDC development worker Sue Sayers got in touch to tell us about one such person, Stan, who works tirelessly with a number of local charities and … Read more
Brighton and Hove Stands Up to Racism! TDC has joined dozens of other organisations to sign Brighton & Hove Stands Up To Racism‘s Unity Statement in support of their stance against racism. The group was set up following the reported increase in racially motivated attacks after the Brexit vote, when a number of … Read more
At TDC we are committed to the delivery of good quality community development work and in respect of this, we provide a range of training programmes, such as our popular “Working in C-ODE” course. C-ODE stands for Community – Organisations, Development and Engagement – it is for anyone working in communities and results in an … Read more
The Trust for Developing Communities (TDC) is one of several community organisations commissioned by Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and the NHS to consult with diverse communities of identity on topics relating to their experience of health and wellbeing services. The aim of this work is to alert government health services to the … Read more
We’re very proud to be co-sponsoring the much-loved Argus Youth in Action Awards this year – an annual opportunity to give recognition to truly inspirational young people in Sussex. In collaboration with the British Airways i360, we are sponsoring the “Star of the Year” award. This will go to a young person who has been acknowledged for … Read more