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
On Thursday last week we held a community day at Whitehawk Community Hub. TDC staff joined Hawks Cafe, Brighton and Hove City Council’s Healthy Lifestyles Team, Little Green Pig, Our Place, Brightstore and more to hold consultations, chat to local residents and enjoy a selection of free refreshments including an ice cream van dishing out … Read more
A museum trip is a great way to spend a grey autumn half term day. Last week three TDC youth workers and nine young people headed off to see what they could discover at London Science Museum. Project leader Kate Barker describes the fantastic day out. The first thing on the agenda was the Wonderlab! … Read more
As we all got used to being locked down again, TDC’s Youth Team got busy with a range of ways that we could stay in touch with young people in Brighton and Hove. Online Support The team are reaching out to young people to just check on how they are doing and offer support if … Read more
Just before Christmas our Youth Team and Albion in the Community launched our Youth Action Project in Whitehawk. The project was created with young people in the summer of 2020 and received Youth Led Grant Funding to pay for training, resources and an end of project celebration. The project offers young people the chance to … Read more
The TDC Youth team works primarily in the North and East of Brighton & Hove. Our varied youth work programme normally includes regular youth clubs, detached youth work, youth-specific consultations and participation work as well as dedicated one-to-one support on health and wellbeing issues. Young people can talk to their youth workers in their own … Read more
Organisations from across the public and voluntary sector in Brighton & Hove are coming together to tackle Serious Youth Violence. TDC will be hosting a conference at The Grand Hotel, Brighton on Wednesday 11th March to create innovative responses to youth violence and it is hoped that this event will kick start a coordinated and … Read more
The REBOOT early intervention project for 11-17 year olds, launched in Sussex in Spring 2019 thanks to support from the Sussex PCC. REBOOT is a personalised, one-to-one package offering support to vulnerable young people to prevent them being exploited into criminal behaviour. We are working alongside three other partner organisations (YMCA DLG, AudioActive and the … Read more
This week is National Youth Work Week and that gives us a good reason to celebrate our youth team and all that they do. Follow TDC on facebook and twitter to see our posts about Youth Work Week 2019. Today we are shouting loud and proud about the contribution that TDC youth work makes … Read more
This Autumn half-term our youth team brought residents of Moulsecoomb together to build a set of skate ramps for the area. Planning meetings took place throughout October then work sessions were held on each day of the half-term break. The group was made up of young people, youth workers, local residents and the skilled handypeople … Read more
In September, the TDC Youth team in Whitehawk led on a Community Art Project to cover up some nasty graffiti on boards surrounding a Martin Homes building site on Whitehawk Road. The boards had been tagged with crude and racist words and images and had been flagged up by the local BHCC Housing Team. The … Read more
On 12th May, a group of young people from Brighton & Hove headed to Goodwood Motor Circuit to race an F24 kit car they had built from scratch. This was a great collaboration between TDC, Sussex Police and St Giles Trust and the group achieved fantastic results on the day. TDC’s Claire Burchell co-ordinated the … Read more