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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.
GROW Fund Grantees’ Announcement!
Barking and Dagenham Giving is excited to announce the eight successful applicants to the stage of the GROW Fund. Barking and Dagenham Youth Dance (BDYD) and Future MOLDS Communities The Boathouse Studios Company Drinks Fruitful Orchard Grounded Coffee One Room Live and Area44 Sew London Ultimate Counselling About the GROW Fund
Barrow Cadbury Trust and Access Foundation invest in Barking and Dagenham’s Transformational Community-led Funding Model
BD Giving is delighted to announce that the Connect Fund by Barrow Cadbury Trust and Access Foundation will fund FundA way for people to combine their money and invest together. the next phase of our transformational approach to community-led investment. BD Giving’s approach to investment is designed to give local
Barking & Dagenham Businesses set to GROW
A flagship new fund FundA way for people to combine their money and invest together. exclusively for businesses and not-for-profits has been launched in Barking and Dagenham. The fund includes a £25,000 grant GrantA gift of money with no expectation of paying it back. Sometimes, there are certain ‘conditions’ or
Fuel Up: a fundraising campaign to support the most vulnerable in Barking and Dagenham
Energy costs have gone up and while it is an increase for some, it is a crisis for others. BD Giving, along with BD Collective, Care City and ELBA have joined forces to launch the ‘Fuel Up’ campaign, enabling Barking and Dagenham community members that can, to help other community
Brand brief: an invitation to tender for design work
Brand designers are invited to tender for Barking & Dagenham Giving’s visual identity development project. BD Giving is a local charity that champions ‘place-based’ working, relationship building and deeply believes in growing people’s agency. Our work is aimed at bringing new resources and approaches together in Barking and Dagenham and
We launched the Community Investment Policy
We took Barking and Dagenham’s Community-Led Investment Policy to Parliament and got an extra £550k for the Fund! On Monday, 20th of June 2022, Community Steering Group (CSG) – a group of residents from the borough of Barking & Dagenham, launched the pioneering new investment approach at Parliament. The House of
Launching the Community-Led Investment Policy in Parliament
We’re going to the UK Parliament House of Commons to share our community-led investment approach and policy. We’re thrilled to share the Barking & Dagenham Community Endowment Fund investment policy Investment Policy A strategic document that outlines how an organisation will manage their investment assets (the “Portfolio”), with often a