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Closed Collective Model

Projects > past projects > Closed Collective Model Closed Collective Model Testing out a different approach to funding BD Giving has been exploring Participatory Grant Making Participatory grantmaking People who are affected by funding decisions choose how that money is spent. At BD Giving, residents of Barking & Dagenham decide

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Closed Collective Model

BD Giving has been exploring Participatory Grant Making
Participatory grantmaking People who are affected by funding decisions choose how that money is spent. At BD Giving, residents of Barking & Dagenham decide how to use the money for their area.
(PGM) since 2020. PGM means that the people affected by funding get to make decisions about funding, though there’s no one way to achieve that aim. From our conversational approach to seed funding, to the delivery of £100,000 last summer through the Rapid Response Fund, we are always looking to change the way that funding is done in Barking & Dagenham. We need a funding system which builds up individuals, communities, and organisations and allows them to explore ideas together.
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COVID Relief Fund

We offered 10 grants of £3,000 to support organisations that experienced a loss of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This was not a fund for new ideas. Instead, it was aimed at relieving the impact on smaller organisations that worked to support the borough, focussing on those with an annual income of less than £75,000 in their last published accounts.

The funding decisions were being made by a group of residents who used online tools to engage with each other.

Borough Innovation Fund

The Borough Innovation Fund was an initiative from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Clear Channel UK, in partnership with the charity Trees for Cities, and Barking and Dagenham Giving.

The Fund was created to improve and increase green spaces across the borough and give community groups and local people the chance to get involved in the design and creation of new green spaces in their neighbourhood.

The fund
FundA way for people to combine their money and invest together.
was publicly advertised in February 2020 and six groups responded with ideas. They were invited to present their projects and answer questions to a panel of assessors including representatives from Clear Channel, the Council, Trees for Cities, and East London Business Alliance.
Read about the two successful projects

Rapid Response Fund

The COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund was a £100,000 fund
FundA way for people to combine their money and invest together.
given to us by Lankelly Chase Foundation following the coronavirus lockdown.

We used a participatory process that involved around 30 people from across the community who designed and shaped the process and a further 15 people who stepped forward as decision-makers for the grants
GrantA gift of money with no expectation of paying it back. Sometimes, there are certain ‘conditions’ or requirements attached to the money. In other cases, there are not.
.

You can read more about how we went about this here, and read the stories of some of the people who were involved in the process on our Local Voices page.

We are in the process of evaluating this fund and we are excited to share this with you in early 2021.

All Grant Awards

BD Giving is committed to transparency and we work with 360Giving to publish information about our grants. Using the 360Giving Data Standard, our awarded grants
since 2019 are available as an Excel file by clicking on the image on the right.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. This means the data is freely accessible to anyone to be used and shared as they wish. The data must be attributed to BD Giving.

We believe that with better information, funders can be more effective and strategic decision makers. 360Giving supports funders to publish open data about their grants, and empowers people to use this data to improve charitable giving through a range of free online tools.

For more information, visit https://www.threesixtygiving.org.

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Barking and Dagenham Giving is supported by City Bridge Trust, the funding arm of The City of London Corporation’s charity, the Lankelly Chase Foundation and the National Lottery Community Fund. Barking and Dagenham Giving is registered in England | Registered number: 9922379 – Charity number: 1166335 | Registered office: 50 Cambridge Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 8FG