There’s no bigger champion of Barking & Dagenham than Darren Rodwell. Born and bred in the area, aspiration for the people of the borough runs through Darren’s veins like water down a river. No one wants more for them, and nothing is too good.

The pandemic, and now the cost of living crisis, has exposed huge inequalities everywhere including in Barking & Dagenham – inequalities that accelerated as former industrial communities shed jobs and the opportunities that came with them.

Darren’s response

‘We must build – just like they did when they built the Becontree Estate 100 years ago. We have always been home to London’s workers. It is our responsibility to intervene in the economy, not sit back or wait for the market to bring things to us.’ Hence, initiatives to secure training and jobs for residents in film and food, support for a new international rail terminal, the Thames Freeport with worker’s rights locked in, a new overground station at Barking Riverside, and a campaign to tunnel the A13, and more.

Inclusive Growth Consultancy is committed to working with communities to secure the investment and infrastructure that can help realise the plan to keep building a better future for everyone.

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Having been instrumental in securing major investment in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Darren Rodwell is immensely proud to have been a key part of the leadership team responsible for delivering the brand new Eastbrook Studios.

Having been committed to creating a world class film and television campus in the area, the studio is nearing completion. Darren comments, “Seeing this project come to fruition is a major milestone for Dagenham. It has been a privilege to steer major investment to the area and to have delivered brand new infrastructure which will create employment and opportunities throughout the community”.