Archive for November 2021
Closed Collective Model: Week Seven – Getting on the same page
Due to some timetabling and miscommunications, we had a slightly smaller group meeting today and didn’t use all the time we set aside for it. It’s important to mark when things don’t go to plan because it gives us the opportunity to learn how we might plan better next time – in this pilot, it’s…
Read MoreClosed Collective Model: Week Six – Exploring possibilities
A note at the start about language: I am a disabled person and I sit on the board of a disability charity. In both my day-to-day life and that role, I do not use what is known as ‘person-first language’ (e.g. a person with disabilities) but instead use the term ‘disabled person’. It comes from…
Read MoreClosed Collective Model – Weeks Four & Five: Standing together
Due to time constraints, I suggested to the group that I combine the blog for weeks four and five given that they covered many of the same themes and ideas around funding. They accepted this suggestion. We seem to have settled on using ‘One good/one bad’ as our check-in – this is when you tell…
Read MoreA Bold Step on the Journey to Fairer Funding for People of Barking & Dagenham
This week, BD Giving welcomed 12 local people to an online event marking the launch of a Community Steering Group , which is set to change the ways decisions about funding are made in the borough. The Community Steering Group is an advisory group made up of 12 people that have a stake in the…
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