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Community investment in NextEnergy Solar Fund
31 Jan 2024

Community investment in NextEnergy Solar Fund

We’re delighted to announce a strategic investment of £250,000 into NextEnergy Solar…

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Listening to local businesses
29 Jan 2024

Listening to local businesses

Following on from our first session for local businesses at MAKE IT…

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BD Giving Notes #52 – Local businesses make a difference
24 Jan 2024

BD Giving Notes #52 – Local businesses make a difference

Our latest BD Giving Note has been penned by Jonathan Simmons, who…

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BD Giving Notes #51 – Counting the Days
10 Jan 2024

BD Giving Notes #51 – Counting the Days

Instead of enforcing rigid hour-monitoring systems, we prioritise trusting our colleagues to…

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BD Giving Notes #50 – Paying people for participation? Sounds like Greek to me.
29 Nov 2023

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…

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BD Giving Notes #49 – 4-Day Week: The personal perspective
15 Nov 2023

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

Not dreading work on a Monday is a tangible benefit from a…

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BD Giving Notes #48 – “Diligently doing”
08 Nov 2023

BD Giving Notes #48 – “Diligently doing”

The transformation that is needed in funding relationships goes beyond bureaucratic adjustments….

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Barking and Dagenham community investors are tackling UK social inequality
25 Oct 2023

Barking and Dagenham community investors are tackling UK social inequality

Barking & Dagenham’s GROW Fund decision makers have chosen to invest in…

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BD Giving Notes #47 – ‘’History is happening all the time‘’ 
18 Oct 2023

BD Giving Notes #47 – ‘’History is happening all the time‘’ 

Though our fund could only support eight businesses, the other ninety-something predominantly…

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