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News and blogs

Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.

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Houses at the heart of a community

Eleven councils sign up to Locality’s new Keep it Local network putting communities at the heart of local services

04 March 2020

This work is in direct response to calls from the small and local charities we fund about the challenges they face when it comes to commissioning

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Lloyds Bank Foundation Chief Executive Paul Streets

Paul Streets: the Challenging Behaviour Foundation, an overlooked gem

25 February 2020

Paul Streets: the Challenging Behaviour Foundation, an overlooked gem

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A week in the life of a Lloyds Bank Foundation Regional Manager

20 February 2020

A week in the life of a Lloyds Bank Foundation Regional Manager

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Jill Baker

Jill Baker: The View From the World Out There

04 February 2020

Jill Baker, Director of Development, takes us through her learnings from the first 18 months in the role and explains the work of the Development Directorate

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Lloyds Bank Foundation Chief Executive Paul Streets

Paul Streets: How small charity Make Some Noise is supporting the young parents hit hard by austerity

04 February 2020

Paul Streets: How small charity Make Some Noise is supporting the young parents hit hard by austerity

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EU flag

How charities can help EU citizens they support to access Settled Status and why it’s important

31 January 2020

Our Public Afffairs and Programmes Officer Rachel Cain writes how charities can help vulnerable people they support access EU Settled Status, even if they do not specialise in migration issues

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Caroline Howe, Policy and National Programmes Manager at Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales

Caroline Howe: How Lloyds Bank Foundation selected charities and partnerships for its Reform Justice National Criminal Justice Programme

30 January 2020

Caroline Howe: How Lloyds Bank Foundation selected charities and partnerships for its Reform Justice National Criminal Justice Programme

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Grants programme relaunches

Lloyds Bank Foundation announces new investment of £2.5m in charities seeking to influence and improve the criminal justice system

28 January 2020

Lloyds Bank Foundation announces new investment of £2.5m in charities seeking to influence and improve the criminal justice system

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Duncan Shrubsole

Duncan Shrubsole: Why we're investing to help specialist charities fix a broken criminal justice system

28 January 2020

Reform Justice: Investing to help specialist charities fix a broken criminal justice system

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Lloyds Bank Foundation Chief Executive Paul Streets

Paul Streets: We must hold Boris Johnson's 'one nation' to account

20 December 2019

Paul Streets: We must hold Boris Johnson's 'one nation' to account

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