Archive for August 2022
BD Giving Notes – #18 ‘Help! Understanding the Investment World?!’
But why would we want someone sitting in a swanky high-rise office in central London deciding where this money goes. It’s not their money and it’s not even BD Giving’s, it’s for the residents of Barking & Dagenham… —Jack Webb As many of you may be aware, BD Giving has been given a £1.5 million…
Read MoreBD Giving Notes – #17 ‘Building A Digital Platform For Community Engagement’
For any organisation that wants to connect with people, online engagement is both important and a potential strain on money and resources…. People being so central to our work, our aim has always been to favour in-person participation when we can. We feel that face-to-face interaction is most suited to building relationships, confidence and collaboration.…
Read MoreBD Giving Notes – #16 ‘Co-creating Communications with local people’
This week’s Note is written by our communications consultant, Louise Kavanagh. It covers what we learned while planning and delivering communications with and for the local people that make up the Community Steering Group (CSG). Originally the ideas in this blog were intended to guide new colleagues who are taking on communications responsibilities. That guide…
Read MoreBD Giving Notes – #15 ‘Taking Something Really Mundane And Making It Fun’
We’re always talking about what we’re learning at BD Giving. So, I thought learning this new system and learning daily as we try to build it will give us more to contribute to the learning conversations. — Kate Harmatz BD Giving has grown a lot since its launch in 2020 but in many aspects, we…
Read MoreBD Giving Notes – #14 ‘My Journey So Far’
That realisation, and the pressure of wanting to be a part of a team that doesn’t just talk the talk but does the deed, is one of the things that has made me feel like I must ‘perform’. — Adeshola Adejare This Note is about new beginnings, losing and regaining self-worth I’m like many artistic…
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