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

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An open Lloyds Bank Foundation booklet

Lloyds Bank Foundation and Social Enterprise UK call for public bodies to rethink how they use Social Value

24 May 2019

A new report by Social Enterprise UK, co-funded by Lloyds Bank Foundation, calls for a rethink on how public bodies use social value, urging it to be placed front and centre of how local and...

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Lloyds Bank Foundation CEO Paul Streets speaking while holding paper

Paul Streets: It’s time we looked local

03 April 2019

Paul Streets: It’s time we looked local

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Audience at a Lloyds Bank Foundation event

Good capacity building support puts grantees in the lead

28 March 2019

A new report launched by Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales sets out five key things that they have learned about how best to provide capacity building support following following five...

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Regional Manager Peter Cunnison speaks at Lloyds Bank Foundation event

How ‘Funder Plus’ development support can enhance your charity

28 March 2019

How ‘Funder Plus’ development support can enhance your charity

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Lloyds Bank Foundation Chief Exec Paul Streets speaking

Paul Streets: Leeds charity that provides solace to asylum seekers

11 February 2019

Paul Streets: Leeds charity that provides solace to asylum seekers

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Lloyds Bank Foundation Chief Executive Paul Streets

Paul Streets: The dilemma of the bottom-up approach

17 January 2019

Paul Streets: The dilemma of the bottom-up approach

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Woman writes on a Lloyds Bank Foundation #ValueOfSmall sign

Lloyds Bank Foundation fund new partnership to help voluntary and charitable groups in the Wirral

07 January 2019

Lloyds Bank Foundation fund new partnership to help voluntary and charitable groups in the Wirral

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Lloyds Bank Foundation Chief Exec Paul Streets speaking on stage

Lloyds Bank Foundation celebrates the value of small charities in the North and explores findings of small charity research

07 December 2018

Lloyds Bank Foundation celebrates the value of small charities in the North and explores findings of small charity research

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Lloyds Bank Foundation team at report launch event

Lloyds Bank Foundation celebrates the value of small Welsh charities with launch of new research report

05 November 2018

Representatives from over 30 charities gathered in Cardiff today to recognise the distinct value of Wales’ small charities to their local communities.

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Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales chief Executive Paul Streets

Local authorities on the brink: councils forced to cut preventive services to meet rising crisis costs

12 September 2018

New research published today shows councils are struggling to provide services for rising numbers of people facing disadvantage, with the most deprived areas hit hardest. Faced with increasing...

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