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Celebrate new funding for Barking & Dagenham at creative, online event
At the start of what is set to be another challenging year, you’re invited to celebrate the creation of an endowment for Barking & Dagenham

Barking & Dagenham Council gives power to the people with transfer of significant endowment to BD Giving
Community organisations in Barking and Dagenham are set to benefit from a new endowment fund, to be transferred by the Council to Barking & Dagenham

Celebrating the people of Barking & Dagenham on Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is an annual, global day of giving, where everyone, everywhere can do something to support the good causes that matter to them. This

Distributing funds, telling stories and building partnerships: a review of 2020
In this blog, BD Giving’s Cameron Bray shares what we’ve been up to through 2020. Image resource: Oksana_L on Depositphotos In September, the country marked

Local community groups win funding to improve & increase green spaces in Barking & Dagenham
Two local groups have been awarded combined funding of £60,000 to bring their green space projects to life. Two community projects in Barking & Dagenham

Brand brief: an invitation to tender for design work
Local brand designers invited to tender for Barking & Dagenham Giving’s visual identity development project.

‘Levelling Up Our Communities’ – Thoughts on Danny Kruger MP’s report
Back in July, we sent a letter to Danny Kruger MP as part of a consultation mandated by the Prime Minister on how Government can

Sustaining the community response: Our response to the review of civil society
At the end of June, the Prime Minister asked Danny Kruger MP ‘to consult with civil society organisations, local authorities, our colleagues in Parliament, and

How the Rapid Response Fund was allocated
In the span of six weeks, the Rapid Response Fund has been launched and allocated with the last few payments being made by the end