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Community Chest Fund – reflections on the process
with Georgina Alexiou and Jenny Fribbins
In the Autumn of 2022, the Local Authority was awarded £40,000 for social prescribing from the DH Health Inequalities...
Letter from Mayor of London on Cost of Living | communications toolkit
The Mayor of London is asking for help in sharing information about support for Londoners struggling with the high...
There’s A Lot Happening Across The BD_Collective
There are lots of important meetings coming up over the next few weeks which we would love for you to attend. We will...
Why Discourse? A reflection by Sarah Haler
The regular e-bulletin we used to send out was a useful tool for disseminating information that organisations sent to...
Help shape the future
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF BD COLLECTIVE As we are in a period of transition over the next 6 months, it...
Happy New Year! Some Important Dates For Your Diary
Happy New Year to all BD_Collective members! We hope you had a lovely time over the Christmas period. 2024 is an...
VENUE OPPORTUNITY Heath Park Community Centre – Recruiting Consortium Members
Heath Park Consortium is a new idea to run a hyper-local community centre through a truly genuine partnership-based...
Social Prescribing Community Chest Information Day
The Community Chest funding is back in Barking and Dagenham after a successful pilot. We would like to invite you to...
Social Value Workshop
Following the Social Value workshop earlier this year hosted by BDGiving (see report here), BD_Collective has...
BD_Collective Annual review
We are inviting all of our VCSE colleagues to our next annual review on the 1st November 2023 from 9.30am – 12.30pm at...
Last call out for expressions of interest to
develop the Heath Park Community Centre
It’s exciting that we now have expressions of interest for the consortium to develop the Heath Park Community Centre...
Special Bulletin: Transition Year
Transition is a strange process. It raises excitement, insecurity and some fear too. BD_Collective was established in...
Facilitator call out: Social Value Project
Social Value Strategy Implementation. BDGiving was invited to facilitate a workshop for interested parties to explore...
Facilitator call out: Community Asset Consortium
BD_Collective is working in partnership with Barking Enterprise Centre and BDGiving to pilot a fresh multi-use...
A conversation about BD Collective with Lorraine Goldberg, CEO Carers Centre B&D
Lorraine Goldberg is CEO at the Carers Centre SA Ltd. They support informal carers who look after a relative, friend,...