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“We know that it is the residents in neighbourhoods across the city who are best placed to decide what they need. At TDC we support them to develop their ideas and turn them into action.”
Fabia Bates

In September 2014 we launched a Guide for community groups and voluntary organisations who want to become more Dementia Friendly.

We have supported Food Banks in partnership with Fareshare, in three areas of the city. Purple People Kitchen is based in Portslade and has expanded into a café and catering.

‘The Food Bank helps me out at a time when I am finding it hard to pay my bills. I hope that in six months I will be able to look after myself. I like coming to have a chat and something to eat.’
Richard

Health Walks – The Hollingbury Multicultural Women’s Group explored a little bit of Hollingbury on foot

‘We can have fun with our friends. If we don’t understand we can get help from our friends – they can help us with Thai words. We can ask one to help the other.’
Tay

An exhibition resulting from the Community Curators project supported by TDC and in partnership with Brighton & Hove Museums, which involved the residents of Portslade and West Hove selecting works of art from the Arts Council Collection.

The project….‘enabled a small group of people to experience something entirely new and life-changing’
Wendy, Portslade resident

161 young people attended/
“This [event] is good because it’s for us. We always have to go into town to find fun stuff to do”
Jade, 13

Vera from the Food Partnership takes us through a Food Waste Quiz at our 2014 TDC AGM

‘The Strolling Activity got off to a good start then some wet weather made it difficult for wheelchair users. The raised bed we were tending to at Coldean Community Allotment got neglected as a result, but by July it had become a magnet to bees and everybody on the site was approving of this happy accident!’
Derrick Neilson, New Larchwood Activities Group Chair/strong>