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Read the latest community news, ideas and opportunities from Barking & Dagenham Giving.
Is Investment Right for your Business?
Join BD Giving and the Growth Impact Fund for an in-person information session on social investment and what it means for your business.
Mapping Our Borough
Read about the latest Spaces + Places meeting and tell us what opportunities and offerings you know exist in Barking & Dagenham.
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
Give it a Go Fund: Mental Health & Wellbeing recipients
Ten grantees for Mental Health & Wellbeing round of Give it a Go Fund announced!
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.
