News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
The Queen’s Speech 2021: Small charity round up
13 May 2021
We’ve rounded up the announcements from The Queen’s Speech most relevant to small and local charities
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How to be wrong
05 May 2021
Nobody sets out to be wrong. But it's impossible to avoid error. And mistakes have value. We learn from them, perhaps more than we learn from what we get right.
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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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Small and local charities can help challenge structural inequalities #IWD2021
08 March 2021
Our Public Affairs and National Programme Officer, Rachel Cain, reflects on what has changed for women and the sector since International Women's Day Public Affairs and National Programme Officer
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What does Budget 2021 mean for small and local charities?
03 March 2021
The Budget comes at a time when small charities have been playing a crucial role during the pandemic
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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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The Government’s new Green Paper on public procurement promises a lot, but is an opportunity lost
15 February 2021
The devil is in the detail with the Government's new Green Paper on public procurement, Caroline Howe, Policy and National Programmes Manager, argues.
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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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