News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
Winter is coming – take a break
05 August 2021
Now is the time to gather energy for a long haul in an uncertain and precarious post-pandemic world
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Learning from our COVID Recovery Fund
27 July 2021
How we set out to design and build an evaluation learning framework for the Covid Recovery Fund.
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Paul Streets: A tale of two post-pandemic worlds
08 June 2021
As demand increases and public sector funding remains tight, charities will be dealing with the impact of Covid-19 for years to come
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Paul Streets: If we are to repair structural inequalities, we must begin with the facts
20 May 2021
We must ask searching questions about what is to be done in the institutions and services that lead to poor outcomes for minoritised communities
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Lloyds Bank Foundation opens its Racial Equity funding for charities led by and for Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities
15 April 2021
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Our approach to ringfencing a minimum of 25% of our funding for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
15 March 2021
Read more about how we are committed to ensuring that our funding portfolio is both distributed equitably and helps to address the needs of communities across England and Wales.
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Paul Streets: When charity leaders invest in collaboration, society changes for the better
19 February 2021
Power sharing is not easy at a time when charities of all sizes face significant challenges – but the pandemic has taught us we are stronger together
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Join us in showing Government why small charities are needed #RightNow!
17 February 2021
Join us in showing Government why small charities are needed #RightNow!
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Our Experience of Participatory Grant Making in the COVID Recovery Fund
11 February 2021
To avoid changing the nature of the relationships we built we turned to participatory grant making as a way to share the power and shift decisions to a wider group who understood their community.
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Saheli: Partnership Working, Our Experience and Learning
03 February 2021
Priya Chopra, Chief Executive of Saheli, a Lloyds Bank Foundation grant holder, shares her experience of working in partnership.
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