Mohammad and Maha at the Macmillan Horizon Centre
Two members of TDC’s Equalities Team, Mohammad and Maha, will be supporting people affected by cancer at the Macmillan Horizon Centre beside the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
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Our Highlights of the Year
In 2022 TDC continued to work to support communities across the city of Brighton and Hove.
✨Here are our Highlights of the Year✨
Youth Work with the Traveller Community
St Michael’s Way Traveller site became the home of one of the TDC ‘Girls groups’ in September 2017. TDC youth workers George, Reana, and Shannon have worked to strengthen the relationship between St Michael’s Way Traveller site and TDC. This work has been achieved by facilitating a space that provides social and emotional support, heightening … Read more
An Update on our Work with Albanians in Sussex
From our Albanian Community Engagement Worker, Sonila Deda. TDC have been helping me engage my community for the past 18 months, although some of us have called Brighton and Hove home for more than 2 decades, contributing to the economy of this diverse city. I was proud to get this opportunity to help build our … Read more
Apples and Eyes Creates a Half Term Tempest with our Young People
This Autumn half term, TDC’s Youth Team got together with theatre company Shakespeare in Italy to run the second year of our Apples and Eyes project. A group of young people spent the week creating a film inspired by scenes from The Tempest. The project was designed to be accessible to young people from all over … Read more
Busy Turn Out for Our First Inclusive Job Fair
Last week we held our first Inclusive Job Fair at the Brighthelm Centre in partnership with the Brighton Chamber of Commerce and the Department of Work and Pensions The auditorium was full of stalls representing employers from across the city. We publicised the event with flyers, posters and social posts translated into Ukrainian, Arabic and … Read more
Ageing Well in 2022
This year’s Ageing Well Festival took place from 19th September to the 3rd October all across the city. TDC were involved running events at HAWKS cafe, Albion Community Garden and The Manor, focussing on intergenerational projects around the festival’s theme of Challenging Ageism. Including a discussion with young people and older people over 50, Challenging … Read more
The BMWs cycle the undercliff to Ovingdean
The BMWs — The Brighton Multicultural Women’s Cycling Club formed in 2021 as a Covid safe activity for TDC’s MESH project, in partnership with Brighton Bike Hub. Recently they went on a group ride to celebrate The Great Big Green Week, the UK’s biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect … Read more
Brighton Streets Project Nominated for Prestigious National Award
We are delighted to announce that Brighton Streets has been shortlisted for another award. The already award-winning Brighton Streets detached youth work project is now shortlisted for a Howard League Community Award! The prestigious awards are presented annually by the Howard League for Penal Reform to people and organisations whose innovative work helps to … Read more
Supporting LGBT Young People at Brighton Pride
In 2022 Brighton Pride returned to the city, celebrating its 30th anniversary after two years of Covid cancellations. The huge event took place on a blazing-hot August day with the theme of Love, Protest and Unity. 300,000 LGBT people and allies from the city and all around the world packed the streets for the iconic … Read more
Two new groups of students kick off a new term on our Finding Your Way course
Our course Finding Your Way — which has helped scores of women and other marginalised groups into employment, volunteering and training — is kicking off again this autumn with two classes running from September to November. The courses are running in Brighton near Preston Park and in Hove. The course in Hove has free childcare … Read more
Our Peer Educators Reach Thousands of People Across the City with Vaccine Confidence Message
In the early summer of 2021 Brighton and Hove City Council identified a need for the mobile vaccination unit sessions across the city to be more welcoming for people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities including visitors, migrants, and refugees. Peer education is a tried and tested approach to health promotion where community members … Read more