On the 17th of September, our latest Inclusive Employer Jobs Fair took place at the Methodist Church Dorset Gardens, organised in partnership with the Brighton Chamber of Commerce and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). We were delighted to welcome over a hundred people through the doors to meet organisations, training providers and businesses from across the … Read more
There are some things you can’t wait to share with friends and family – and then there’s being told you have anal cancer.
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
On 14th November we held our third inclusive job fair with Brighton Chamber.
When Irene was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2020, she was so grateful for all her family support. However, she was even more grateful to the kind words of encouragement that prompted her to check her breasts. A nurse prompted me to check myself I was initially prompted to examine my breasts after going … Read more
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Act on Cancer Together will be busy this month encouraging people in Brighton and Hove to examine their chest regularly for anything that isn’t normal for them. To get a free monthly text reminder to check yourself text REMIND ME to 82228 or go to this sign up … Read more
We couldn’t do what we do without volunteers supporting our work. Today we’d like to take a moment to thank some of them, and also to pay tribute to all the volunteers who work across Brighton and Hove. We owe so much to the volunteers who work with TDC and all the volunteers that support … Read more
It’s Volunteer’s Week and TDC will be celebrating the work of volunteers who do so much to support communities in Brighton and Hove.
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
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
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
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