Each year, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham organises a range of events and projects to celebrate and promote equality and diversity within the Borough.
These are mostly highlighted in our Equality & Diversity Calendar. Charities and community groups play an important role in delivering these events. One of the objectives of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 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.
They should also help foster or encourage good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who don’t. Further information on protected characteristics can be found on the Equality and Human Rights Commission website.
We hold three rounds for the Equality & Diversity Community Funding every year, applications will only be accepted during the application window for each round.
When open, applications can be made on 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 at email CE-strategy@lbbd.gov.uk.
E&D Fund Guidance (PDF, 279.55 KB) provides further information to help support you with your application.
27 January – Holocaust Memorial Day
LGBT+ History Month
17 February (tentative) – Ramadan begins
Women’s Empowerment Month
4 March – Holi
8 March – International Women’s Day
9 March – Commonwealth Day
20 March (tentative) – Eid al-Fitr
31 March – International Transgender Day of Visibility
1 – 9 April – Passover
2 April – World Autism Awareness Day
3 April – Good Friday
5 April – Easter Sunday
14 April – Vaisakhi
22 April – Stephen Lawrence Day
23 April – St George’s Day
17 May – International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia
27 May (tentative) – Eid al-Adha
9 to 15 June – Carers Week
22 June – Windrush Day
11 July – Srebrenica Memorial Day
18 July to 17 August – South Asian Heritage Month
18 July to 17 August – South Asian Heritage Month
15 to 21 September – National Inclusion Week
Black History Month
9 to 15 October – Baby Loss Awareness Week
18 October – World Menopause Day
Islamophobia Awareness Month
8 November – Diwali
9 to 16 November – Interfaith Week
13 to 19 November – Transgender Awareness Week
20 November – Transgender Day of Remembrance
25 November – 10 December – White Ribbon Day followed by 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
December
3 December – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
4 to 12 December – Hanukkah
25 December – Christmas Day