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Barking and Dagenham Council has announced ambitious plans to transform care for high-risk children in the borough, following a provisional offer of £5.4 million from the Department for Education (DfE). The funding is part of a wider £11 million capital investment by the council over the next decade to build and refurbish specialist homes for vulnerable young people. The DfE is match funding the capital portion of this investment.
Seven Barking and Dagenham parks have once again been awarded the prestigious Green Flag Award, a mark of excellence given to well-managed parks and green spaces that meet the highest standards of cleanliness, safety, and community involvement.
Barking and Dagenham Council is pleased to announce that planning permission has been officially granted for the long-awaited repair and restoration of the historic North Moat at Valence House - one of the borough’s most treasured heritage sites.
Barking and Dagenham Council's Trading Standards team took a step toward community engagement by hosting an interactive training session with a large group of young people from the borough.
Over the past few months, the Accident Prevention Officer from Barking and Dagenham Council has delivered the Junior Citizen Programme to thousands of local school children.
Children from nine local schools brought their school-grown fruit and vegetables to Barking Market for a special event celebrating food education and community giving.
Online safety and identifying safe and unsafe places in the borough were just some of the key topics discussed at the 2025 Youth Safety Summit, held on Wednesday 2 July.
Trading Standards officers carried out a series of coordinated enforcement raids on Saturday, 28 June, targeting multiple retail premises suspected of selling illicit tobacco and vape products.
Barking and Dagenham Trading Standards has seized almost 1,300 illegal vapes from local retailers in the two weeks following the introduction of a nationwide ban on single-use vapes, which came into effect on 1 June 2025.
