Archive for September 2021
Closed Collective Model – Week Three: Painting a Picture
After some technical hiccups on my end, We started the session with a check-in led by Georgina from BDYD, who asked the group to reflect on how they were feeling in that moment and to describe how they felt as a colour. What we heard was that the group represented a range of colours from across…
Read MoreClosed Collective Model – Week Two: Moving Forward
Our second meeting started on a grey day following a busy weekend. The check-in question for the day was ‘If your feelings controlled the weather, what would the weather be like right now?’ We heard that people felt like slow-moving clouds, creeping through the day, or like a busy sky that doesn’t know if it’s…
Read MoreLondon giving schemes awarded grant to address discrimination in access to funding
Haringey Giving recently led a successful bid from a collaboration of six local place-based giving schemes and has been awarded a grant from The Cornerstone Fund to help address structural discrimination in accessing funding and support for diverse communities in London. As the nation recovers from the pandemic and the uncertainty this continues to bring,…
Read MoreClosed Collective Model – Week One: First Steps
This Monday, 13 September, saw us move into the next stage of a project that has been in the works for a few month. As a funder, we want to look beyond the impact the money makes to how the processes of allocating funding could be used to improve outcomes for the borough. To this…
Read MoreBD Giving collaborates with local organisations to pilot new model of funding
Barking and Dagenham Giving is excited to announce that it is piloting an innovative model of funding in partnership with local groups from the Barking and Dagenham Children and Young People’s Network (BDCYPN). The Network aims to unite the sector, address inequality in collaborations and improve partnership working for the benefit of young people in…
Read MoreNational Lottery Community Fund Grant Awarded to Grow BD Giving’s Team
Barking & Dagenham Giving is grateful to have been awarded £358,160 over four years by the National Lottery Community’s Reaching Communities Fund for projects that work to make positive changes in their community. The new funding from The National Lottery Community Fund will allow BD Giving to recruit three new posts into the team. The new posts…
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