Gascoigne Residents' Forum

Putting people at the heart of our mission to improve the Gascoigne area

Here at Be First we believe that engagement with residents is key to the success of our projects. Your knowledge and lived experience helps us to understand a local area better and inform design decisions to benefit the wider community long term.

What is the GRF?

A group of local residents from the Gascoigne area, who are committed to working with Be First as the estate undergoes significant change by representing the concerns, aspirations and priorities of their community .

Who is involved?

Up to 18 individuals who are passionate about where they live and motivated to collaborate with us on ideas that will help to further elevate the local area.

What is the Gascoigne Project about?

The Gascoigne neighbourhood covers an area of 34 hectares and is located immediately to the south of Barking Town Centre and the Barking Station interchange. It is owned and managed by Barking and Dagenham Council. The neighbourhood is currently undergoing significant regeneration, enabled with an outline application that was approved in 2015 for Gascoigne East for 1,575 homes and 2018 for Gascoigne West with 850 homes over 3 phases.

At Be First, our objective at Gascoigne is to create a modern, sustainable new neighbourhood, providing significantly more and better quality housing, in a mix of sizes, in an attractive, safe and healthy environment.

Join the GRF

After a year of working with the Gascoigne Residents' Forum on a number of exciting projects such as the design for the new community centre, the Phoenix pocket park, Gascoigne Park, to name but a few, were now looking to expand the group and are looking for new members!

If you live on Gascoigne, are passionate about our neighbourhood, love sharing ideas and getting stuck in - then we'd love you to apply to join us and commit to a year's membership.

• First complete the online expression of interest form
• The closing date for submitting the form is Sunday 3rd October 2021
• After the deadline, we will give you a call and have a chat about what's involved and answer any questions you may have.