Posts by Louise Kavanagh
BD Giving Invests in Vital Counselling Service
We’re delighted to announce our latest investment in Ultimate Counselling CIC, a brilliant local business providing mental health and outreach services for refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants across East London. Ultimate Counselling offers therapy and access to education, jobs, and training. By tackling mental health challenges and supporting integration, they help individuals to thrive which…
Read MoreGROW Fund is back
Dreaming Big for Local Business The investment fund exclusively for entrepreneurs in Barking & Dagenham is back! BD Giving’s one-of-a-kind investment fund is searching for 10 ambitious local entrepreneurs who are ready to take their ventures to the next level. What’s on offer? The successful entrepreneurs will join a network of inspiring local entrepreneurs who…
Read MoreStatistics VS Feelings
At the last Spaces + Places meeting, we asked the group to reflect on the latest data about Barking & Dagenham. Their responses ranged from surprise to frustration, despair to determination. ‘Spaces + Places’ brings residents together to decide how to invest £1 million in a community space. The residents, called Neighbourhood Stewards, are building…
Read MoreMoney isn’t enough
Money for local communities is great. That’s why our community steering group set up the GROW Fund to offer unrestricted grants of £25k to participants. Recent events, however, have made clear that money alone isn’t enough to overcome the deep-rooted inequalities that persist in our society. Belfast’s Bash Café, a victim of the recent racist…
Read MoreLaunching the Give it a Go Fund
Got an idea that could benefit people in Barking and Dagenham? Check out 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. Eight people…
Read MoreA Collaboration for Community Benefit
BD Giving to lead social infrastructure contract bid. Organisations from the local voluntary and community sector have voted for BD Giving to lead the group of organisations that will shape the bid for the borough’s new social infrastructure contract. The ‘social infrastructure support service contract’ is awarded to an organisation to support the voluntary, community…
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