We partner with small and local charities, people, and communities working towards a more just and compassionate society. We’re an independent charitable foundation funded by the profits of Lloyds Banking Group.
We work in partnership with small and local charities, people and communities, changing lives and working towards a more just and compassionate society. The needs and aspirations of people drive our work. We strengthen the small and local charities that support them and the communities they live in, and advocate for a better future.
Through unrestricted funding, support to develop and influencing policy and practice we help small and local charities thrive, communities grow stronger, and people overcome complex issues and barriers so they can transform their lives.
40 years ago, we were founded by Lloyds Banking Group and its predecessors to benefit communities. Over our lifetime we’ve invested over £635 million in more than 45,000 community organisations right across England and Wales.
Follow us throughout the year to learn more about our past, how it’s grown into our ways of working today, and what it means for our future.
This report, commissioned by Lloyds Banking Group and its four charitable Foundations to mark 40 years of supporting communities across the UK and Channel Islands, seeks to better understand the role small charities play in supporting financially vulnerable people and how we can strengthen that support.
This report summarises learnings from three years of working with communities across England and Wales. It highlights crucial lessons on new ways of designing and resourcing local services to provide sustainable support for people facing complex issues such as homelessness, addiction and domestic abuse.
‘Skills Based Volunteering: A Win, Win, Win’ shares our learnings from ten years of connecting Lloyds Banking Group volunteers with small charities we support through our skills based volunteering programme.
Through unrestricted funding, support to develop and influencing policy and practice we help small and local charities thrive, communities grow stronger, and people overcome complex issues and barriers so they can transform their lives.
The Lloyds Bank Foundation is more than just a funder; it's a fantastic network where you can meet and learn from other organisations. [The funding] allowed us to quickly adapt and respond to the pandemic when we received a huge number of referrals to our services – we provided emergency food and support for people who had just left care. It also allows us to meet our objectives and keep working towards our vision, rather than bend and have to shape ourselves to the funder.
We support small, local and specialist charities across England and Wales. Find out more about how they support people to overcome complex issues and fulfill their potential.
We have had streams and streams of refugees from Afghanistan at our door saying ‘Help me! Help my family!’ I can’t turn them away. I might not have the answers but – and I think that’s probably what every charity feels from the last 12 months during the pandemic – we’re still here. We’ve turned up every day because their needs are still there, so who’s going to respond to that?
Key findings from our research into by and for organisations, including their strengths, the barriers and challenges they face in regards to funding, and intersectional power imbalances.
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Read key findings from research exploring how small charities fare in the criminal justice sector funding landscape and recommendations for how funders can better meet their needs.
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We reflect on two of the lessons from our work with people and communities: changing the system takes time, and balancing shape, pace, power and certainty.
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