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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.
The Department for Education has announced that five schools in Barking and Dagenham have been awarded funding under the first part of the National School Breakfast Club Programme.
In its continued efforts to engage with the community around local issues, Barking and Dagenham Council is encouraging residents to attend next month’s Safer Neighbourhood Board meeting.
Barking and Dagenham Council are well on the way to fulfilling a pledge to plant 50,000 trees across the borough by 2030, with £180,000 secured in funding for over 36,000 trees to be planted this year.
A landlord of a property in Dagenham, has been fined over £2,300 for not providing essential safety documents to Barking and Dagenham Council’s Private Sector Housing Team.
The Equality and Diversity Community Fund, launched in 2019, offers charities and local groups the chance to apply for up to £500 for initiatives that provide opportunities for residents with protected characteristics.
Residents and community groups have the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions women have made in Barking and Dagenham as part of the council’s Women’s Empowerment Month in March.
