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Read the latest community news, ideas and opportunities from Barking & Dagenham Giving.
Feast for our Future Event
This event is perfect for you if you care about how decisions are made – and who gets a say, you’re frustrated by how money is spent in your area, you’re ready to explore new ideas and help change things for the better.
Residents & Board Back Neighbourhood Steward Proposals
Spaces+Places reaches next phase What happens when local people aren’t just consulted, but trusted to lead on decision-making? Our latest exploration of this question is the Spaces+Places programme. Spaces+Places is an ambitious project bringing residents together to decide how to invest £1 million in community space in Barking and Dagenham.
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
5 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
Meet the 2025 GROWers!
We’re thrilled to introduce the ten brilliant local entrepreneurs who will take part in GROW 2025. Each of them brings passion, skills and a vision for making our borough even better.
Update on the Community Space in Gascoigne Estate
In April residents came to share ideas about what an empty community spaces in Gascoigne Estate could be. Find out what they said and how you can get involved in the next steps.
Give it a Go Fund: Children & Young People recipients
We’re excited to announce the ten new recipients of the latest round of our Give it a Go Fund. Selected by our ‘Given it a Go’ cohort, made up of previous grantees and decision-makers, the theme for this round was Children and Young People. Give it a Go is our
Residents’ Recommendations for Community Space
Spaces+Places Session 11 The penultimate session of the Spaces+Places programme was an important moment for the Neighbourhood Stewards. With the focus on developing a ‘long short-list’ of investment ideas, the session on 21 May brought together all the research and conversations they’ve had over the past few months. It was
Empty Building Fills with Imagination
We teamed up with BD Reside to get local people involved in a conversation about what an unused building in Gascoigne West could become.