News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
Celebrating women supporting women
08 March 2024
On International Women’s Day we want to celebrate some of our women-led charity partners and the women that they are supporting to recover from abuse and rebuild their lives. #IWD2024
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International Women’s Day: Inspiring Inclusion in the workplace
05 March 2024
As part of International Women’s Day, Gemma Goymer, Head of HR at Lloyds Bank Foundation, shares what we have been doing to become a more inclusive organisation and how this has benefitted women.
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Redefining the narrative on compassion in an election year
09 February 2024
As a sector, we need to act together if we are to work towards a national narrative that puts compassion before self-interest, which is surely what our sector is all about.
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Introducing our new Advisory Group for our research project into by-and-for organisations
10 January 2024
We have now recruited a diverse and knowledgeable Advisory Group who will be integral to the project and help us guide and shape the research on by-and-for organisations.
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Sharing power: Learnings from a participatory approach to funding
08 December 2023
Read about what we learned and how we hope to continue to develop a more participatory approach to funding.
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Lloyds Bank Foundation awards £2.4m to charities influencing and improving national policy and practice
30 November 2023
Funding of £2.4 million to support 18 projects focused on influencing and improving national policy and practice in social security, support for refugees and asylum seekers and housing.
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The quiet tenacity of small charities
29 November 2023
Paul Streets visited addiction charity High Level (Northern) Trust where he meet staff and the people they support that showed how small charities are filling the gaps when society fails to provide.
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Learnings and reflections from three years of working with people and communities
28 November 2023
Our online event attracted over 120 people who are involved or interested in bringing about systemic change in their communities. We summarise their views on how to bring about local change.
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Black and minoritised ethnic led charities receive £3m in funding thanks to Lloyds Bank Foundation
09 November 2023
Black and minoritised ethnic led charities receive £3m in funding thanks to Lloyds Bank Foundation
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Trustee visit to modern slavery charity Ella's
06 November 2023
Charlotte Davis, Human Rights Manager at Lloyds Banking Group, shares her experience of being a trustee for modern slavery charity Ella’s
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