Barking and Dagenham
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| Location | Barking and Dagenham, London |
| Coordinates | 51° 33' 14.73" N, 0° 9' 1.76" E |
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Barking and Dagenham.
News
A community food supply, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Aug 14, 2024) — Urban farms are bypassing supermarkets to create their own local food systems and connect communities. Robbie Armstrong reports
Video
Community involvement
- Every One Every Day was a 5 year initiative from Participatory City, which although attracting "groundbreaking funding" ended amid some controversy.
- This Participatory City ain’t pretty, municipal-enquiry.org (Aug 01, 2023)
- Barking up the wrong tree, municipal-enquiry.org (Jun 24, 2023)
Food activism
- Dagenham Farm, growingcommunities.org
Towards sustainable economies
- Open Making Society Participatory City, added 15:05, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
Cycling activism
Cycle Superhighway 3 begins in Barking, to the south of Greatfields Park, linking the Borough to Canary Wharf, the City of London and the City of Westminster via a bike freeway, most of which is segregated from other road traffic. TfL plan to extend the cycle network to Barking Riverside in the future, for which the first consultations closed in winter 2019.
Open spaces
Open Corners, on weareeveryone.org
News archive
- Barking and Dagenham Giving are putting the decisions for social enterprise investment into the hands of residents, The Daily Alternative (Oct 26, 2023)
- This Participatory City ain’t pretty, municipal-enquiry.org (Aug 01, 2023)
- A community food supply, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jul 31, 2023) — Urban farms are bypassing supermarkets to create their own local food systems and connect communities. Robbie Armstrong
- Barking up the wrong tree, municipal-enquiry.org (Jun 24, 2023)
2017-2020
- Tomorrow Today Streets, Creating essential micro-infrastructure for post Covid 19 neighbourhoods, TessyBritton...medium.com, May 30, 2020
- A time for quick action by @TessyBritton...medium.com, Mar 22, 2020
- Every One Every Day, new makerspace opens in London...3dprintingindustry.com, Mar 20, 2019
- Could this community project be the start of a national transformation? George Monbiot...The Guardian, Jan 24, 2019
- Viewpoint: Imagine a future that works – for Every One, by Every One, Nov 30, 2017...lgiu.org.uk
- The Festival of Everyone announces full programme of events across the borough this Saturday, Nov 24, 2017...barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk
- Why We're Bringing A Hackathon To Barking And Dagenham, Sep 29, 2017...huffingtonpost.co.uk
- "Ground-breaking £6.4m initiative to create largest ever participatory project in Barking and Dagenham", Jul 31, 2017...participatorycity.org
About Barking and Dagenham
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham () is a London borough in East London. The borough was created in 1965 as the London Borough of Barking; the name was changed in 1980. It is an Outer London borough and the south is within the London Riverside section of the Thames Gateway; an area designated as a national priority for urban regeneration. At the 2011 census it had a population of 187,000. The borough's three main towns are Barking, Chadwell Heath and Dagenham. The local authority is the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council. Barking and Dagenham was one of six London boroughs to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.
External links
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2017–2025). "Community action/Barking and Dagenham". Appropedia. Retrieved November 28, 2025. |