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BD Giving Notes #57 – Through the Looking Glass 

Going forwards, I want to make sure that I am more present in decision-making processes Sophie Miles In our latest BDG Note, Programme Officer Sophie Miles looks back on her Deep Democracy training and how she is utilising it in her work. I went into the training with a bit of an understanding about facilitation and Deep […]

BD Giving Notes #56 – A Close Call

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In this week’s note, Magie Dang shares some preventative measures you can implement to protect yourself and your organisation from phishing scams.

BD Giving Notes #55 – Finding Common Ground

I believe support from others is vital when it comes to facilitation Melanie Gunetilleke This Note by is written by Melanie Gunetilleke, one of our new Project Officers. We have written before about our use of the Lewis Deep Democracy facilitation method in our work. With the team recently expanding, we took the opportunity to […]

BD Giving Notes #54 – Finding Our Feet

Settling into a new job is always tricky but when your new employer is creating radical systems and ways of working with communities, the learning curve can feel especially steep. It has been just over two months since our team grew from five to eight, enough time to get a feel for our work. The […]

BD Giving Notes #53 – What Does Participation Look Like?

Participation is a word that we often hear in various contexts, such as education, work, politics, sports, and social activities. But what does it mean to participate? And who gets to decide how we participate? Our Head of Learning and Participation, Cameron Bray, looks to their past for an example of why we do not […]

BD Giving Notes #52 – Local businesses make a difference

Our latest BD Giving Note has been penned by Jonathan Simmons, who is partnering with us on a project to create fair financing options for essential local businesses whose impact Impact Means the changes to the world we expect to see because of an investment. This could be numbers of people helped, the amount of […]

BD Giving Notes #51 – Counting the Days

Instead of enforcing rigid hour-monitoring systems, we prioritise trusting our colleagues to maintain professionalism and deliver their finest work. Géraud de Ville​ With the first Note of 2024, our CEO looks back on one of the most radical changes BD Giving adopted last year, the 4-Day Week. Serving as a companion piece to Jack and […]

BD Giving Notes #50 – Paying people for participation? Sounds like Greek to me.

Participation makes a big difference to those of us who have the privilege of supporting communities in their decision-making. Cameron Bray Rather than a contemporary contentious concern, the idea of paying people to participate in society is older than you might think, as Cameron Bray, Head of Learning and Participation explores. I’ve written previously about […]

BD Giving Notes #49 – 4-Day Week: The personal perspective

Not dreading work on a Monday is a tangible benefit from a 4-Day Week Jack Webb Following the conclusion of our six month 4-Day Week trial, our next two Notes will explore the benefits, challenges and lessons that we have experienced both personally and organisationally. This time, we hear from Programme Manager Jack Webb  and Finance […]

BD Giving Notes #48 – “Diligently doing”

The transformation that is needed in funding relationships goes beyond bureaucratic adjustments. It calls for a genuine shift in mindset Géraud de Ville Following a series of conversations and experiences he had over summer, the first Note of November sees our CEO Géraud de Ville talk us through the gruelling cycle of due diligence. Ahead […]