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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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Trustee visit to modern slavery charity Ella's
06 November 2023
Charlotte Davis, Human Rights Manager at Lloyds Banking Group, shares her experience of being a trustee for modern slavery charity Ella’s
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Hope and optimism in Great Yarmouth
16 October 2023
Our Chief Executive, Paul Streets, recently visited the town and saw some of the community-led solutions to homelessness.
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