Our aim is to roll out ten hyper-local networks across Barking and Dagenham, with resident voice at the front and centre, over the course of two years.

Feel free to scroll down to the bottom of the page and join us for the journey, exploring where we’ve come from; or, see the most recent activity and what the current networks are up to, starting at the top.

We kicked off with our first learning meeting in September 2025.

We started with three networks, all whom had gone through a selection process to ensure they were able to start the work at this point.

We were keen to promote the five key aspects of the Neighbourhood Network programme, introduce the learning framework, and begin from a point of building relationships, both in the new networks themselves, but also amongst each other.