Posts by Cameron Holleran
Our bold approach to learning & participation
Barking & Dagenham Giving is pleased to announce the publication of our first ever Learning and Participation strategy where we articulate our bold approach to grant-making. Since 2020 we have distributed over £200,000 in grants using participatory means and aim to at least match that amount in 2022/23. While we’ve published a number of blogs…
Read MoreCommunities’ Pot – Grant announcements!
Barking & Dagenham Giving is pleased to announce the twenty recipients of the Communities’ Pot, who will each receive a grant of £1,500.00. This fund was delivered by BD Giving in partnership with LBBD council using a participatory grant-making process. A panel of local residents worked collaboratively over a fortnight to assess applications and make…
Read MoreClosed 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 MoreClosed Collective Model – Week Three: Painting a Picture
After some technical hiccups on my end, We started the session with a check-in led by Georgina from BDYD, who asked the group to reflect on how they were feeling in that moment and to describe how they felt as a colour. What we heard was that the group represented a range of colours from across…
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