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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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How local collaborations led by small charities are influencing change

23 January 2025

Our Local Collaborations programme invests in collaborations led by small charities seeking to influence and achieve local or regional change

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New survey for criminal justice charities – help us understand the challenges and opportunities of the funding landscape

09 January 2025

New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) are running a survey to help us learn more about how charities working with the criminal justice system fund their vital work.

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Why we focus on supporting charities to develop

28 November 2024

We reflect on what we’ve learned after a decade of offering small charities development support, and the launch of our new organisational development support programme.

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How charities can respond when local authorities are in financial difficulty

13 November 2024

We have issued guidance for charities in areas where the council issues a section 114

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Mapping and understanding funding flows to the criminal justice voluntary sector

06 August 2024

Lloyds Bank Foundation is funding New Philanthropy Capital to deliver a new research project.

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What we’ve learned so far from funding Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations

26 July 2024

Lessons we have learned and changes made since we started our programme for Deaf and Disabled people.

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New Economics Foundation leading on research into the distinctiveness of by-and-for organisations

24 July 2024

Find out more about our new research partner and how they are approaching this project looking at the distinctiveness of by-and-for organisations.

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Receiving support from corporate volunteers has strengthened our charity and given us confidence

19 June 2024

Angie Allgood, Director of NewWay, shares how receiving support from Lloyds Banking Group volunteers has helped the charity plan strategically for the future.

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Paul Streets, CEO of Lloyds Bank Foundation

Paul Streets: A parting eulogy to the voluntary and not-for-profit sector

13 June 2024

In his final Third Sector blog as Chief Executive of Lloyds Bank Foundation, Paul Streets sums up his big picture view of the voluntary sector.

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The power of corporate volunteering

11 June 2024

Karen Tighe, Head of Community Engagement at Lloyds Banking Group, shares how offering employees the opportunity to share their skills with charities is benefitting the workplace as a whole.

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