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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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Local government funding crisis: navigating the impact on the voluntary sector

23 October 2024

NAVCA and the Foundation set out recommendations for charities affected by local government financial difficulty.

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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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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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Dan Sharkey with a member of staff at charity Arty Folks

How volunteering for a charity helped me develop skills and confidence

04 June 2024

Dan Sharkey, a Branch Manager at Lloyds Banking Group, shares how volunteering his professional skills with charity Arty Folks has benefitted him both personally and professionally.

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LBG CEO Charlie Nunn at a charity visit

Foundation urges businesses to take part in skilled volunteering to help strengthen charities and gain mutual benefits

03 June 2024

Skills based volunteering has the potential to revolutionise corporate social responsibility, providing significant advantages to businesses, employees, and charities, according to our new report.

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£1.6m Awarded to organisations working together to tackle local issues

18 April 2024

At a time of growing hardship and political uncertainty, Lloyds Bank Foundation has awarded grants of up to £100,000 over two years to 16 collaborations.

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Women at charity Mojatu Foundation

Applications open: £3m available to charities led by and working with people experiencing economic inequity because of their race or ethnicity

03 April 2024

Registered charities and CICs led by and working with people experiencing economic inequity because of their race or ethnicity are invited to apply for grants of £75,000

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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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International Women’s Day: Inspiring Inclusion in the workplace

05 March 2024

As part of International Women’s Day, Gemma Goymer, Head of HR at Lloyds Bank Foundation, shares what we have been doing to become a more inclusive organisation and how this has benefitted women.

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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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