Money in the Community is a new initiative to tackle debt, financial hardship and fuel poverty in London. The service supports Diverse Ethnic Communities and disadvantaged groups. It will target the economic harm done to those communities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Saint Francis Hospice has 6 months' funding to provide bereavement counselling to people whose loved one has died of COVID-19. The service is available across Barking & Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge. It is running until April 2021.

SHINE London offers a dedicated helpline and affordable warmth interventions. SHINE (the Seasonal Health Intervention Network) helps households reduce utility bills, tackle energy debt and ultimately stay well and warm.

During the current COVID-19 situation this is a list of food banks open in Barking & Dagenham. Do let us know if you have further details.

BDCVS is currently exploring how commissioning operates in Barking & Dagenham.

Local Giving Barking & Dagenham was established, by Barking & Dagenham CVS, in December 2017 on Local Charities Day. We set it up to look at what actions could increase financial and volunteer support for local charities and not-for-profits.

Social prescribing enables GPs, nurses and other primary care professionals to refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services. We are compiling an online database of social prescribing opportunities. If your organisation would like to be included in the database, read on for details.

Do you provide children's and young people's services in Barking & Dagenham? If so, the Council would like to hear from you.

BDCVS is looking to bring together more organisations that work on tackling Hate Crime, Extremism and Intolerance. To support the development of a new strategy for the borough.