Barking & Dagenham Giving is a place-based, resident-led funder and social investor focused on improving life in Barking and Dagenham through community decision-making. It supports local pilots, community ventures, crisis response, green space projects, and investments in community assets, often backing smaller organisations, resident groups, CICs, and local businesses that are trying out new ideas or delivering tangible borough benefits. Its approach is distinctive for combining grants, social investment, and participatory funding processes that let local residents help decide where money goes.
Primarily local, invite-led or programme-based funding with no unsolicited proposals; awards are usually small to mid-sized pilot grants, with some larger pooled investments and occasional blended grant/loan support through the GROW fund. Funding is often one-off or time-limited, and many programmes use participatory decision-making by residents or community stewards.
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Watch for programme-specific calls rather than a general application form, since many funds are run by invitation or participatory selection and do not accept unsolicited proposals. Applicants should be rooted in Barking and Dagenham, clearly show community benefit, and be ready to test an idea, improve a local place, or demonstrate how residents will be involved in design or delivery.
Current and upcoming funding from Barking & Dagenham Giving that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Applicants must be over 18, trading in Barking and Dagenham, and have a positive impact in the borough. Earlier criteria also referenced at least a one-year track record and turnover below £300,000.
Deadline: The 2025 launch was announced for 24 April 2025; the 2026 programme selected 10 entrepreneurs and held a live pitch event on 13 May 2026.
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