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Read the latest community news, ideas and opportunities from Barking & Dagenham Giving.
Learning from the GROW Fund pilot
A community-led social investment fund for local businesses Dancers taking part in a BDYD event. The GROW Fund is part of the UK’s first community-led social investment fund. It’s the largest sum we’ve ever granted in a single initiative and a completely new model for participatory investment. The GROW
Give it A Go Fund grantees announced
Give it a Go Fund awards ten initiatives filling a gap in the borough We are excited to announce the ten grantees awarded £2,000.00 each in our first round of the Give it a Go Fund. Selected by our eight decision-makers, a group of residents from the borough, these are
Launching the Give it a Go Fund
We are thrilled to launch a brand new fund for Barking & Dagenham!
The Give it A Go Fund will provide small grants for local people to test out new ideas in the borough.
A Collaboration for Community Benefit
BD Giving to lead social infrastructure contract bid and work with the VCSE to build and launch a Community Benefit Society.
Community investment in NextEnergy Solar Fund
The CSG has chosen to invest £250,000 into NextEnergy Solar Fund, a leading specialist solar energy and energy storage investment company with a mission to lead the transition to clean energy through solar power.
Listening to local businesses
Following on from our first session for local businesses at MAKE IT in Barking on 15 January, we held a second one at Powerhouse International Ministries in Dagenham last week. The aim of both sessions was to enable local businesses in the borough to network and build relationships. It was
Barking and Dagenham community investors are tackling UK social inequality
Barking & Dagenham’s GROW Fund decision makers have chosen to invest in The Growth Impact Fund, to help social businesses grow their impact. A social impact Social ImpactThe positive or negative effect that an individual, organisation or project has on the well-being and welfare of a community or society as
The GROW Fund podcast launches today
Our new podcast about local investment and entrepreneurs is available now!
Our community makes its first investment
This is a story of financial firsts! Our CSG has made its first investment into Snowball Impact Management.
