Equality and Diversity Community Fund - October 2026
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 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategyis greater community cohesion and ensuring that change in our community is resident led.
The Equality and Diversity Community Fund allows 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 events/projects should promote social inclusion, celebrate diversity, and support equality through providing opportunities for people with protected characteristics.They should also help foster or encourage good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who don’t.
We are pleased to now open up applications again, inviting you to apply for funding to hold an event for any Equality, Diversity and Inclusion calendar date, in particular the following upcoming dates:
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)
Please complete the application form below. Alternatively, If you would like a MS Word version of the application form, please contact the team at CE-strategy@lbbd.gov.uk for a copy of the latest version to ensure that your application can be accepted.
Applications open on Thursday1 October 2026 and will close on Sunday 25 October 2026 (23:59).
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 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategyis greater community cohesion and ensuring that change in our community is resident led.
The Equality and Diversity Community Fund allows 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 events/projects should promote social inclusion, celebrate diversity, and support equality through providing opportunities for people with protected characteristics.They should also help foster or encourage good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who don’t.
We are pleased to now open up applications again, inviting you to apply for funding to hold an event for any Equality, Diversity and Inclusion calendar date, in particular the following upcoming dates:
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)
Please complete the application form below. Alternatively, If you would like a MS Word version of the application form, please contact the team at CE-strategy@lbbd.gov.uk for a copy of the latest version to ensure that your application can be accepted.
Applications open on Thursday1 October 2026 and will close on Sunday 25 October 2026 (23:59).
