News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
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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New report calls on voluntary organisations to deliver services in collaboration, building on the spirit of partnership developed during the pandemic
03 February 2021
The Rebalancing the Relationship report, commissioned by the Foundation and led by ACEVO and NCVO, talks about the power of partnerships and the need for sector partners to collaborate better.
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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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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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Where does Organisational Resilience end and where does Organisational Development begin?
11 November 2020
Tom Watson has been working with the Foundation to develop an Organisational Resilience programme. Here, he offers his reflections and where it ties in with Organisational Development.
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