PRACTICAL ‘HANDS ON’ IDEAS – NOT LOTS OF MEETINGS. 

The Every One Every Day Project builds on the ‘hands on’ projects that people have been creating over the last few years in their own neighbourhoods. These types of projects welcome people from all walks of life.

These projects include:

• Sharing skills, spaces and resources.
• Families working and playing more together.
• Batch cooking and community meals.
• Food growing and tree planting.
• Trading, making and repairing.

SUPPORT FOR GETTING THINGS GOING – NO COMPLICATED PROCESSES.

We welcome you to suggest ideas you would like to grow together with friends and neighbours. This project will give the support you need to bring your ideas to life quickly.

The team will make things very simple - including:

• Find you useful spaces for the projects (kitchens, workshops storage spaces etc.)

• Supplying materials and equipment for practical activities - no form filling for grants.

• By arranging insurances and health and safety.

• Holding festivals, workshops and business programmes.

Imagine high street project shops around the borough, or place you live, and one large public Makerspace to develop skills for free.

People pop in to have a cup of tea and share their ideas for new projects in the area, working with the project team to bring those ideas to life, without lots of hoops!

There’s evidence that people connect faster whilst doing practical things together, which helps to make everyday life better for everyone.

Over 6 years, 350 neighbourhood projects have been started with lots of local people participating, with as much or as little support as needed, including cooking beekeeping, growing, making repairing and much more. 

Many small things done by many people really add up, and really do make friendly, healthy and happy neighbourhoods. 

Lots of wonderful things are being achieved by local people, families, friends and neighbours!

You looked through the paper, and you are wondering ‘is this for me?’.

The answer is Yes, it is for you!  

We called the project Every One Every Day  - and we mean it!

Regardless of your starting point Every One Every Day has been designed with all your life circumstances in mind.  We are really good at making it easy for people to get involved in activity that they enjoy and benefit from. It’s our thing.

Every One Every Day recognises that most people have busy lives. Between work, raising children, caring for older relatives and keeping households going, people need participation opportunities that fit with all the other things going on. 

Over time we aim to help create hundreds of opportunities each month. There will be a wide variety of activity. These activities will be near where you live, they will be short and at different times of day, they will need all kinds of skills and ideas … and most importantly, they will be open, warm and welcoming to every single person in Barking and Dagenham.

• We will find a neighbour who can translate for you if English isn’t your first language.

• We will ensure full access and support to activities if you are experiencing health issues.

• We will talk things through with you if you have limited online access.

Every One Every Day is not a volunteering programme. This is about neighbourhoods made by everyone, for everyone, and on an equal footing.

We work with residents to help create projects that directly benefit you, your neighbours, friends and family. These benefits might include learning new things; saving you money or time; increasing confidence, happiness and health; making new friends and creating a greater sense of community;  all the way through to developing ideas for new livelihoods or community businesses. 

Whether you decide to get involved in bringing a green space to life, or get involved in projects for cooking, making, sharing, learning or playing, these things will all add up to make everyday life better for everyone, simply by doing more things you might do every day with your friends and neighbours, instead of alone.

Please take a look at this map to see where you might want to get involved. And if you can’t find the right starting point for you, please come and visit us and we can find or invent something new together.

Start anywhere, speak to one of the project designers to get your ideas moving!