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 awards £450,000 in grants to infrastructure charities to support a strong local ecosystem
21 January 2021
Lloyds Bank Foundation awards £450,000 in grants to infrastructure charities to support a strong local ecosystem
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Lloyds Bank Foundation awards Covid recovery grants to vital but under-resourced and small charities led Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
21 January 2021
Lloyds Bank Foundation awards Covid recovery grants to vital but under-resourced and small charities led Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
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Paul Streets: Small charities must not be forgotten once COVID-19 is behind us
20 January 2021
In a post-pandemic world, will compassion fatigue only stretch so far?
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Act now to support vital small charities
15 December 2020
If small charities fail communities will suffer, and public services and the treasury will have to pick up the tab.
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Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales has distributed £530m to small but vital charities over the last 35 years
14 December 2020
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New data resource from leading voluntary sector bodies shows small charities are delivering vital services despite shrinking government funding in the lead up to the pandemic
10 December 2020
Small frontline charities faced years of funding cuts leaving many in a precarious financial position coming into the Covid-19 pandemic.
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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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35 years of… working together
23 November 2020
To mark our 35th anniversary, our Director of Development shares the work of her team in local communities as they build on relationships for lasting change.
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35th Anniversary: Our journey as a grantmaker
17 November 2020
To mark our 35th anniversary, Director of Grants, Harriet Stranks looks at our funding strategy since she started and the ways we adapted during COVID in response to the needs of charities.
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Lessons learnt from Changing Lives, Changing Systems report in partnership with Social Finance
10 November 2020
On 4th November, we shared our learnings from the latest report by Social Finance and Lloyds Bank Foundation, Changing Lives, Changing Systems: Lessons from Reducing and Preventing Domestic Abuse.
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