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.
Give it a Go Fund is back!
We’re excited to launch the third round of Give it a Go Fund.
Just like before, we teamed up with a group of local residents to pick a theme for this round of funding.
The group chose: Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thinking Big About Community Spaces in Barking and Dagenham
‘Spaces + Places’ is an ambitious new project bringing together local people to decide how to invest £1 million in community space in Barking and Dagenham.
Changes to our governance for 2025
We say goodbye and special thanks to our outgoing trustee, Jeremy Grint, and extend a warm welcome to three new trustees joining us this year.
Building Stronger Partnerships Between Civil Society and Public Bodies
Read our response to the Civil Society Covenant consultation.
BD Giving and The Boathouse Studios Shortlisted in Social Enterprise UK Awards 2024
Together with The Boathouse Studios, we reached the final six of the Social Enterprise UK Deal of the Year Award 2024 recognising our groundbreaking social investment partnership.
Give it a Go Fund: behind the decision-making process
We chose to make our decisions for the Give it a Go Fund in a slightly different way to before, so we wanted to share a bit about how we did this.
Give it a Go Fund: Togetherness recipients announced
We are excited to announce ten new recipients of our Give it a Go Fund!
A panel of eight residents selected ten ideas to receive a £2,000 grant each.
BD_Collective: Reflecting and Reinventing
BD_Collective is becoming a Community Benefit Society (CBS). While this change offers a chance to reflect on its achievements and future goals, the focus on collaboration to build a stronger, more connected social sector in the borough remains. BD_Collective is a values-driven movement. Over the last five years, it brought the social sector of Barking […]
