Archive for September 2024
3 Steps and One Giant Leap for Barking and Dagenham
Our community-led investment GROW Fund successfully reached people that other funders and social investors don’t often reach. 70% of applicants and recipients of the GROW Fund were from Black and ethnic minority communities who often lack equitable access to capital. As a team we didn’t explicitly target those communities. Instead we involved members of those…
Read MoreRecognition for our First Social Investment
We are delighted that our investment in The Boathouse CIC has been shortlisted for the Social Investment Deal of the Year at the UK Social Enterprise Awards 2024. The £75,000 investment is notable for many reasons, not least because it forms part of the GROW Fund investment portfolio, which is the first 100% community-led investment…
Read MoreNew Social Infrastructure Contract
We are thrilled to share that BD_Collective, via Barking & Dagenham Giving, has secured the Council’s social infrastructure contract! Through the collective efforts of social sector partners we secured the social infrastructure contract for three years. This accomplishment enables Barking and Dagenham’s voluntary, community, social enterprise (VCSE) and faith sectors to continue to strengthen community…
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