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Strategies and Reports

You can learn more about what we do and how we do it in our strategies and reports.

Report

GROW Fund Year 1 Learning Report

The GROW Fund is 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 pilot launched with £360,000, consisting of £200,000 in grants and £160,000 for business development and loans. The Fund was for businesses with strong community ties and potential for substantial growth. 

The pilot has shown an appetite for this type of funding in Barking and Dagenham and there is a pipeline of exciting and investable opportunities here. The long-term potential – locally and nationwide – is untapped!  

Read more about what we learnt from the pilot in the report. 

 

‎GROW Fund Year 1 Learning Report v2.‎1

REPORT

A Feasibility Study on Fair and Patient Capital in Barking and Dagenham

Our study delves into the demand and potential for fair and patient loans that support small, private businesses impacting the local communities of Barking and Dagenham.

 

Insights were gathered via interviews, Town Hall events, focus groups, and conversations with community leaders and suggests these businesses are interested in funding that helps them grow.

Fair Finance Feasibility Study_Final

Strategy

Strategy 2023 - 26

Our strategy sets a vision for ensuring local communities create lasting change in Barking and Dagenham.

This is a strategy for investment in a place, with local people, for each community, and a better system.

 

We’re in it for the long haul – and we’re hopeful about the future in Barking and Dagenham.

Strategy report cover

Strategy

Learning & Participation Strategy 2022 - 23

Our first ever Learning and Participation strategy  articulates our approach to grant-making
Grantmaking Is the awarding of grants (money that is not expected to be paid back) in an effort to address community needs or achieve social good..
. It lays out how we will understand the effects of our approach to grant-making, power sharing and community involvement.
B&D L&P Strategy Document Web

Report

Impact & Learning Report 2022-2023

Our Impact & Learning Report sets out the ways we intend to monitor our impact.
ImpactMeans the changes to the world we expect to see because of an investment. This could be numbers of people helped, the amount of change or the creation of things that make the world better. This is not exclusive to investment or finance.


We know that impact is not exclusively defined by positive change  so this report takes into account our learning and highlights the positive impacts we continue to work towards. Namely our success in embedding participation.
B&D Impact & Learning - COVER