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Building trust and sharing responsibility
After the first meeting of the Community Steering Group with BD Giving’s trustees, we spoke to a CSG member and the Chair of the Board
Project work update
Click the image to download You have hopefully seen the updates from our Community Steering Group over the last few months, detailing their exciting journey
BD Giving Notes #7 – The 3 enabling characteristics for participatory impact investment
What is the point of hoarding money in the face of social and environmental breakdown? Shouldn’t we instead invest it to support solutions that can
BD Giving Notes #6 – The ups and downs of building a great team
A coach once told me that if you have a well-functioning team – by which he meant a group of individuals who not only excel
BD Giving Notes #5 – Towards a participatory investment policy
Time and time again, we see the people involved in our participatory grant making (PGM) process rise to the challenge, ask the right questions and
The CSG’s story so far
After 4 months, lots of learning, questioning, and more than a few laughs, now is a good time to share the B&D Community Steering Group’s journey so far.
BD Giving Notes #4 – Working in partnership
Our role is to hold a space for others to step in and work together, including funders and donors, and we do believe that our
Ask the Experts
In the fifth workshop, at the request of CSG members, we brought some experts in to talk about their experiences of social investment. The first
Join the team!
Do you want a career with meaning? Barking & Dagenham Giving is a small team of progressive and passionate people. Our work is about shifting
