Posts by Louise Kavanagh
Feast for our Future Event
You’re invited to Feast for Our Future – an immersive event with great food, good company and big conversations! You’ll journey through a series of ‘decision chambers’ inspired by local history – eating, chatting, voting and imagining what it means to share power and shape the future together. Please share the registration link with anyone…
Read MoreResidents & 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. In 2024, we recruited a…
Read MoreThree 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 MoreMeet the 2025 GROWers!
Local Entrepreneurs Make An Impact! 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. They’ll get a £10,000 grant, coaching and peer learning, and access to social investment from £25,000 to help them…
Read MoreUpdate on the Community Space in Gascoigne Estate
What Residents Said They Want Back in April, the community space in the Gascoigne estate opened up so residents could pop in, check it out, and share ideas about what it could become. The response was brilliant with lots of people getting involved and sharing their thoughts. Here’s what happened: It was fantastic to see…
Read MoreResidents’ 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 a lively evening full of…
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