Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

News and blogs

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

Selected articles

People and Communities gathering - presenting to a group

£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.

Read more
Paul Streets, CEO of Lloyds Bank Foundation

Small charities support the issues our society has failed to address

11 April 2024

Organisations that quietly fill the gaps created by limited statutory services remind us of the vital power of community

Read more
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

Read more
Matt Hyde CEO

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

Read more

How we are supporting Disabled and neurodivergent people in the workplace

20 March 2024

Gemma Goymer, Head of HR, shares what we have done to become a more inclusive and accessible workplace for Disabled and neurodivergent people.

Read more

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.

Read more
Paul Streets, CEO Lloyds Bank Foundation

Redefining the narrative on compassion in an election year

09 February 2024

As a sector, we need to act together if we are to work towards a national narrative that puts compassion before self-interest, which is surely what our sector is all about.

Read more

Sharing power: Learnings from a participatory approach to funding

08 December 2023

Read about what we learned and how we hope to continue to develop a more participatory approach to funding.

Read more
Photo of a group of people from a community (photo courtesy of the Bevan Foundation)

Lloyds Bank Foundation awards £2.4m to charities influencing and improving national policy and practice

30 November 2023

Funding of £2.4 million to support 18 projects focused on influencing and improving national policy and practice in social security, support for refugees and asylum seekers and housing.

Read more
Paul Streets, CEO Lloyds Bank Foundation

The quiet tenacity of small charities

29 November 2023

Paul Streets visited addiction charity High Level (Northern) Trust where he meet staff and the people they support that showed how small charities are filling the gaps when society fails to provide.

Read more