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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 year, on 1st December, rather than asking for donations, Barking & Dagenham Giving is taking the chance to thank and celebrate local people for playing
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 half a year in a state of lockdown and I celebrated a full year of working for the charity, which seemed like good enough reasons
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 will benefit from a £60,000 fund, created by council partner Clear Channel, designed to give local people the chance to rejuvenate and create new public
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 sustain community responses to the pandemic. Our response focused on the role of participatory philanthropy and opportunities for young people. The report, titled ‘Levelling Up
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 across government to develop proposals to maximise the role of volunteers, community groups, faith groups, charities and social enterprises, and contribute actively to the government’s
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 of this week. It feels very strange to be on the other side of things and even if we’re not quite finished yet, I wanted
Rapid Response Fund: Who we funded
We’re pleased to announce the recipients of the Rapid Response Fund for Barking & Dagenham. In the end, we had 43 applications totalling £187,452. With only £100,000 available, this obviously meant that we could not fund everybody. That said, a majority of applications were successful, with 24 applicants being awarded
Barking and Dagenham Renew appoints new CEO
Geraud De Ville has been appointed Chief Executive of Barking and Dagenham Renew (BD Renew) the charity that enables and empowers residents to develop their ideas and initiate activities that add something to the borough. Before taking up the post Geraud led the development of the B&D Giving platform on