Become a development partner

We work with a range of national partners who provide bespoke organisational development support tailored to the needs of small charities. If you think you could provide valuable support to our charity partners, we invite you to apply to become a development partner.

Please note, we are not currently recruiting for development partners. Please look out for further notices on our social media channels or email newsletter. 

Supporting charities to develop

We want to help charities become more resilient so they can thrive beyond the lifetime of our relationship. We do this by helping our charity partners identify their development goals, sharing our tools and resources, and drawing on our connections with Lloyds Banking Group and other partners.

We provide a wide range of development support to our charity partners. Aiming to address nine development outcomes, including:

• Peer networking, learning webinars and training
• Support from Lloyds Banking Group, drawing on colleagues’ broad range of skills and expertise
• Leadership development programmes including the School of Social Entrepreneurs Trading and Sustainability Programme.
• Resources and toolkits
• In-depth, bespoke 1:1 support tailored to the needs of charity partners delivered by over 100 local consultants we partner with
• A range of national partners which provide bespoke programmes of development support tailored to the needs of small charities.

How we choose our development partners

In choosing development partners to work with us:

• We give preference to organisations which are based in and serve England and Wales.
• We give preference to not for profit organisations such as charities, social enterprises, Community Interest Companies or Community Benefit Societies
• Where it helps to meet our purpose, we’ll support some infrastructure organisations
• We pay a maximum day rate (or equivalent), of £525 including VAT
• We give preference to organisations that have experience and an understanding of the context in which small charities are supporting people with complex issues
• When applicable, we give preference to organisations that have experience of working with charities that are led by and for people experiencing inequity because of their race or ethnicity or those which have experience of working with d/Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations
• We only work with partners who share our values: being passionate, rooted, ambitious and inclusive
• The development support must reflect our guiding principles, which can be read in full here.

How to apply to be a national development partner

Please note, we are not currently recruiting for development partners