GROW Fund is back
The investment fund exclusively for entrepreneurs in Barking & Dagenham is back! We’re searching for 10 ambitious local entrepreneurs who are ready to take their businesses to the next level.
Statistics VS Feelings
At the fourth meeting of the Spaces + Places Neighbourhood Stewards we dived into the borough’s statistics.
Money isn’t enough
Building a resilient community means addressing not only economic disparities but the social and emotional barriers residents in our borough face.
Launching the Give it a Go Fund
We are thrilled to launch a brand new fund for Barking & Dagenham!
The Give it A Go Fund will provide small grants for local people to test out new ideas in the borough.
A Collaboration for Community Benefit
BD Giving to lead social infrastructure contract bid and work with the VCSE to build and launch a Community Benefit Society.
Community investment in NextEnergy Solar Fund
The CSG has chosen to invest £250,000 into NextEnergy Solar Fund, a leading specialist solar energy and energy storage investment company with a mission to lead the transition to clean energy through solar power.
The GROW Fund podcast launches today
Our new podcast about local investment and entrepreneurs is available now!
Our community makes its first investment
This is a story of financial firsts! Our CSG has made its first investment into Snowball Impact Management.
BD 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 […]
Launching the Community-Led Investment Policy in Parliament
We’re going to the UK Parliament House of Commons to share our community-led investment approach and policy. We’re thrilled to share the Barking & Dagenham Community Endowment Fund investment policy Investment Policy A strategic document that outlines how an organisation will manage their investment assets (the “Portfolio”), with often a set of financial (and sometimes […]
