News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
Paul Streets: What 35 years of the Lloyds Bank Foundation has taught us about funding
26 November 2020
Perhaps the next three decades will see us grow bolder and more confident in our voice and position across society
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Where does Organisational Resilience end and where does Organisational Development begin?
11 November 2020
Tom Watson has been working with the Foundation to develop an Organisational Resilience programme. Here, he offers his reflections and where it ties in with Organisational Development.
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Marking 35 years, side by side
09 November 2020
This winter we mark our 35th anniversary. Here, our Chair of Trustees, Baroness Rennie Fritchie DBE, looks back at our history & our continual support for small and local charities.
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Organisational Resilience: The story so far...
06 November 2020
As part of our work to help small charities survive and thrive, we launched an organisational resilience programme in 2019. Read our findings so far
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Small charities have delivered remarkable service transformations during Covid-19
27 October 2020
While Covid-19 might have done something to bridge the digital divide, there are a significant number for whom any tenuous bridge has now become a yawning chasm.
Read moreOur response to Danny Kruger's report
24 September 2020
Our response to Danny Kruger's report: The report is welcome, we now urge the government not to delay
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Paul Streets: Charities must lead the way in recovering and rebuilding from Covid-19
21 September 2020
Summoning the energy to drive more change may feel impossible, but the opportunity will not be there for long
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Lloyds Bank Foundation launch new national Infrastructure Fund
24 August 2020
Lloyds Bank For England and Wales launch their new Infrastructure Fund. Here, Caroline Howe, Policy and National Programme Manager, discusses the approach and thinking behind the fund.
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Paul Streets: Shaping a more equal future demands re-education, honesty, and action
13 August 2020
Being ready to have difficult conversations and work hard will be vital in a world where Covid-19 has dissipated, but the discrimination and inequality it so starkly exposed remains
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Paul Streets: Our thinking and approach during COVID-19
30 July 2020
Ahead of the launch of the new COVID Recovery Fund, Paul Street explain the ways the Foundation has been rethinking and adapting our support and approach to funding.
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