About Us
Tarner is a charity based in Tarner Park, Brighton, dedicated to supporting the local community and providing year round activities for children and young people. With OFSTED Good accreditation we offer a caring, inclusive service. Healthy living and wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do, with an emphasis on physical and outdoor activities.
Children's Project
Our Story
Tarner Community Project was established in 1996. The Tarner neighbourhood experiences some of the highest levels of deprivation in the city, impacted by low income, complex living conditions, and mental and physical health challenges. A key ambition for us is to provide services, activities, advice and guidance to support these individuals and offer a wide range of free and affordable opportunities. We work with children and young people aged 4-19 (SEN aged 24) and families. We provide high quality childcare through our year round After School Clubs and Holiday Playschemes. Young people enjoy FREE weekly youth clubs, activities, and coached sport sessions, as well as school holiday clubs, projects, trips, and residentials. We offer young people one-to-one support and work with families, schools, and social workers for those deemed at risk. We also offer confidential support to parents/carers on request.
Established city-wide multi-agency partnerships we maintain enable us to access a broad range of opportunities and support. We work to ensure everyone’s voices are heard throughout the community. We regularly consult with our service users and those we engage with to understand their challenges and changing needs so we can adapt our services and seek opportunities to support them.
The Project became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CiO) in 2013 and changed its name to Tarner Community Project (formally Tarnerland Children and Y0ung People’s Project). The key ambiti0n for the project remains the same; to offer essential services to families, children, and young people in the local community. Through partnership working we now offer city-wide youth activities and support.
“We are a charity funded through a mix of fees from our services for children age 4-11 and a wide range of grants. We are not for profit, so any surplus we make is reinvested into enhancing and delivery more services and activities. This enables us to offer many children free and subsidised after school and holiday club places, of parents and carers facing difficulties. We are also able to offer one to one care for children with special educational needs and health conditions. By choosing us, you are directly enabling other children to benefit from our services, who would otherwise miss out. This inclusive model offers many benefits to individuals facing adversity and supports the wider community.” Emma Jacquest – Tarner CEO
