News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
Scouts CEO Matt Hyde OBE to become new Lloyds Bank Foundation CEO
22 March 2024
Matt Hyde will join Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales as their next CEO
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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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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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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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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
Read moreLloyds Bank Foundation opens £6.3m funding to specialist charities
18 October 2023
Small specialist charities supporting people to overcome complex issues are invited to apply for unrestricted grants of £75,000 alongside a range of tailored development support.
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Hope and optimism in Great Yarmouth
16 October 2023
Our Chief Executive, Paul Streets, recently visited the town and saw some of the community-led solutions to homelessness.
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New Director of Charity Development appointed at Lloyds Bank Foundation
18 July 2023
André Clarke has been appointed as Director of Charity Development at Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales.
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