Equality and Diversity Community fund

Each year we organise a range of events and projects to celebrate and promote equality and diversity within the borough.

Charities and community groups play an important role in delivering these events. One of the aims of the Borough Manifesto is greater community cohesion and ensuring that change in our community is resident led.

The Equality and Diversity Community Fund will allow local charities and community groups to take a greater role in delivering events related to the Barking and Dagenham Equality and Diversity Calendar, creating new and engaging projects that will benefit our residents. These projects should promote social inclusion, celebrate diversity, and support equality through providing opportunities for people with protected characteristics. Further information on protected characteristics can be found on the Equality and Human Rights Commission website. 

Applications

We are pleased to open up applications again from Thursday 1 October 2024 to Monday 4 November 2024 (midnight), inviting you to apply for funding to hold an event for any Equality, Diversity and Inclusion event in particular, but not exclusively, for:

• Christmas (December)
• International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December)
• Hanukkah (December)
• Holocaust Memorial Day (January)
• LGBT+ History Month (February)
• Chinese New Year (February)
• Women's Empowerment Month (March)
• Young Carers Action Day (March)
• International Transgender Day of Visibility (March)
• Eid-ul-Fitr (March)

Applications can be made until Monday 4 November 2024 (midnight), via the One Borough Voice website (you’ll need to create an account for your application).

If you would like a MS Word version of the application form, please contact the team on CE-strategy@lbbd.gov.uk

The Equality and Diversity Community Fund Application Guidance provides further information to help support you with your application.

The Equality and Diversity Community Fund Application Guidance (January 2024) (PDF, 191.88 KB)

We hold three rounds for the Equality & Diversity Community Funding every year, applications will only be accepted during the application window for each round.

1 February - applications open:

• Early March - panel meets.
• Mid-March - applicants informed of decision.

1 June - applications open:

• Early July - panel meets.
• Mid July - applicants informed of decision.

1 October - applications open:

• Early November - panel meets.
• Mid November - applicants informed of decision.

Equality and diversity calendar 2024