Posts by Magie Dang
A Bold Step on the Journey to Fairer Funding for People of Barking & Dagenham
This week, BD Giving welcomed 12 local people to an online event marking the launch of a Community Steering Group , which is set to change the ways decisions about funding are made in the borough. The Community Steering Group is an advisory group made up of 12 people that have a stake in the…
Read MoreLondon giving schemes awarded grant to address discrimination in access to funding
Haringey Giving recently led a successful bid from a collaboration of six local place-based giving schemes and has been awarded a grant from The Cornerstone Fund to help address structural discrimination in accessing funding and support for diverse communities in London. As the nation recovers from the pandemic and the uncertainty this continues to bring,…
Read MoreNational Lottery Community Fund Grant Awarded to Grow BD Giving’s Team
Barking & Dagenham Giving is grateful to have been awarded £358,160 over four years by the National Lottery Community’s Reaching Communities Fund for projects that work to make positive changes in their community. The new funding from The National Lottery Community Fund will allow BD Giving to recruit three new posts into the team. The new posts…
Read MoreNew Trustees and Advisors bring experience and diversity to BD Giving’s board
Barking & Dagenham Giving is pleased to announce the appointment of six new trustees to its board. The expansion of BD Giving’s board from six to 12 members reflects the significant development of the charity in the last year and its ambitious pathway for 2021. BD Giving became an independent funding in 2020 by merging…
Read MoreModels of Community Investments
During Giving Week 2021, as part of our learning journey on local investment models we hosted an online workshop on “Investing in Our Future: Models of Community Ownership” in collaboration with Stir to Action. Following the decision by Barking and Dagenham Council on 15 December to establish an endowment fund with BD Giving, we launched…
Read MoreGiving Week 2021: Celebrating our local community
On 21-25 June 2021, BD Giving organised its second ever Giving Week. We joined forces with local organisations to deliver free training, exciting talks, opportunities to participate, and shared some funding news. In this blog, we look back at what Giving Week achieved, what we have learned, and what we will take forward for next…
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