Posts Tagged ‘Participatory grantmaking’
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. They chose the theme because of the number of people in the borough struggling…
Read MoreGive it a Go Fund: behind the decision-making process
Yesterday we announced the ten new recipients of our Give it a Go Fund. A big thank you to the wonderful group of eight residents who helped us choose these recipients and co-design this round. We have received positive and constructive feedback from the residents about the decision-making process. One resident shared: “There was beauty…
Read MoreGive 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 Fund is basically the same but we worked with a new group of eight residents to make a few tweaks based on what we learnt from the first round. They decided that there should be…
Read More3 Steps and One Giant Leap for Barking and Dagenham
Our community-led investment GROW Fund successfully reached people that other funders and social investors don’t often reach. 70% of applicants and recipients of the GROW Fund were from Black and ethnic minority communities who often lack equitable access to capital. As a team we didn’t explicitly target those communities. Instead we involved members of those…
Read MoreLearning from the GROW Fund pilot
A community-led social investment fund for local businesses 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, consisting of £200,000 in grants and £160,000…
Read MoreGive 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…
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