News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
Lloyds Bank Foundation speaks at House of Lords Public Services Committee
30 June 2020
As part of the House of Lord public inquiry, our CEO, Paul Streets spoke about what can be learned from the way public services have responded during the pandemic, including the role of charities
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Lloyds Banking Group’s Domestic and Financial Abuse Helpline
18 June 2020
Lloyds Bank Foundation and Lloyds Banking Group are working together to help tackle financial abuse
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Paul Streets: For all the opportunities and speed brought by digital, it could struggle to replace face-to-face fundraising
15 June 2020
With so many small charities relying on group-based fundraising, we must work to fast-track learning for new, socially distant models of generating income
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Volunteering during the COVID-19 Crisis
05 June 2020
For #VolunteersWeek 2020, our Local Implementation Lead, Harriet Ballance looks at the incredible way volunteers and local communities have come together during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Lloyds Bank Foundation welcomes new manager for Wales, Rachel Marshall
01 June 2020
Lloyds Bank Foundation welcomes new manager for Wales, Rachel Marshall
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An update on our Covid-19 support
27 May 2020
We’ve made some changes to our grant programme over the last couple of months and some explanation of the changes and thoughts about how we move forward would be useful.
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Paul Streets: We must prepare for the difficult and costly challenge of recovery and renewal
05 May 2020
We know charities will prepare to spring back into recovery, but whether that leads to new beginnings or descends into disintegration is all in our hands
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Eleven councils sign up to Locality’s new Keep it Local network putting communities at the heart of local services
04 March 2020
This work is in direct response to calls from the small and local charities we fund about the challenges they face when it comes to commissioning
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Specialist charities vital to tackling domestic abuse says Lloyds Bank Foundation CEO
03 March 2020
As the Government reintroduces the landmark Domestic Abuse Bill, it is vital specialist charities are given the support they need to help tackle domestic abuse says Foundation CEO Paul Streets.
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New research shows welfare support has decreased by almost 50% since 2010
28 February 2020
Lloyds Bank Foundation has signed a joint letter to the Welsh Government raising concerns that thousands of people in need of urgent welfare assistance may be left with nowhere to turn.
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