BD Giving Notes #58 – What Makes a Great Application
If you’re considering applying to GROW 2025 this Note will help you understand what makes a strong application. Read these tips before you start writing to save you time.
Which Fund is Right for Me?
Read to help you figure out which fund is the best fit for you.
Give it a Go Fund is back!
We’re excited to launch the fourth round of our Give it a Go Fund. This time, the theme has been chosen by our ‘Given it a Go’ group: 11 local people who’ve either received funding or helped make decisions in previous rounds. Their choice? Children and young people – because our borough has the highest […]
GROW Fund is back
The investment fund exclusively for entrepreneurs in Barking & Dagenham is back! We’re searching for 10 ambitious local entrepreneurs who are ready to take their businesses to the next level.
Give it a Go Fund is back!
We’re excited to launch the third round of Give it a Go Fund.
Just like before, we teamed up with a group of local residents to pick a theme for this round of funding.
The group chose: Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thinking Big About Community Spaces in Barking and Dagenham
‘Spaces + Places’ is an ambitious new project bringing together local people to decide how to invest £1 million in community space in Barking and Dagenham.
A rich history and equally bright future for the Boathouse
From grant funding to social investment For Carole Pluckrose, it all started at a building site. Recently the team from BD Giving stood at the entrance of The Boathouse with Carole as her eyes swept across its exposed brick walls and wooden floors: “I didn’t choose this building. This building chose me.” The Boathouse Barking […]
Our first community investment
Participatory social investment We are very excited to announce our first investment in the borough, with a £75,000 investment into The Boathouse Studios. The investment will accelerate the growth of the business, through upgrading facilities and building increased brand recognition. We want to encourage participatory social investment in the borough. Our aim is for Barking and […]
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 the ten people and initiatives […]
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.
