Archive for August 2025
Three Investment Ideas for Barking and Dagenham
Tell Us What You Think About Resident-Led Ideas for £1MN Investment The Spaces and Places Programme brought together residents (Neighbourhood Stewards) from all over Barking and Dagenham to work together and explore how £1 million should be invested in the borough. The idea was that people who live in the borough should make decisions about…
Read More5 Years of Barking and Dagenham Giving: Community-led Decision-making sees over £1m distributed locally
Yesterday, BD Giving marked five years of being a participatory grantmaker, while also celebrating passing the £1m mark in grant distribution. Over the summer of 2020, we ran our first ever participatory grantmaking process – the Rapid Response Fund – which saw 50 local people decide how to distribute £100,000 during lockdown. At the time,…
Read MoreBD Giving Note #61 – Becoming a Data-Informed Funder
However much our culture pushes a narrative of the rugged and brilliant individual, the reality is learning is a communal endeavour. Cameron Bray Barking and Dagenham Giving has always been committed to being as open and transparent about our work as possible. We think this is an important part of our work as a local…
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