Give it a Go Fund: behind the decision-making process
We chose to make our decisions for the Give it a Go Fund in a slightly different way to before, so we wanted to share a bit about how we did this.
Give it a Go Fund: Togetherness recipients announced
We are excited to announce ten new recipients of our Give it a Go Fund!
A panel of eight residents selected ten ideas to receive a £2,000 grant each.
Give it a Go Fund Round Two: Togetherness
We are very excited to announce the launch of the second round of our Give it a Go Fund!
The theme for this round, decided by a new group of residents, is Togetherness.
3 Steps and One Giant Leap for Barking and Dagenham
The GROW Fund successfully reached people that other funders and social investors don’t often reach. Find out how that happened and the steps others can take to do it too.
Learning from the GROW Fund pilot
A community-led social investment fund for local businesses Dancers taking part in a BDYD event. The GROW Fund is part of 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 GROW Fund pilot launched with £360,000, […]
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.
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 Thanks to the many organisations […]
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 people control over how money […]
BD Giving Notes #40 – “My weapon of choice‘’
A few weeks ago, our Head of Learning & Participation finally finished their Level 4 training in Lewis Deep Democracy (LDD), marking the culmination of a development process that started in September 2020. Here, Cameron, reflects on what they’ve learned and what this means for their work.
