News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
Accessing mental health services during COVID-19: adapted services, complex needs and increase in demand
21 May 2020
Derbyshire Federation for Mental Health support those with complex mental health needs. Here, Rona Rawson discusses how they've adapted their services to meet demand.
Read moreHow mental health charities like Improving Lives are responding to impact of COVID-19
18 May 2020
Victoria Burrows, CEO of mental health charity Improving Lives, discusses the importance of raising awareness of shortage of funding during Mental Health Awareness Week 2020
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Experiences from the frontline: responding to the financial crisis of COVID-19
21 April 2020
Share your stories of helping others through financial implications of COVID-19 and make the case for more support from the government.
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#EveryDayCounts – Join the campaign
31 March 2020
Find out how you can help the sector to call for Government support during the Covid-19 outbreak
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Not just an add on: why influencing change is a core part of the work of small charities
16 March 2020
IVAR's new report draws on the experiences of 11 small charities detailing their impact. Here our Influencing Officer, Lydia Rye reflects on the recommendations.
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Transform: How one charity was helped to innovate and improve to create change in the domestic and sexual abuse sector
06 March 2020
Romy Briant is chair of Reducing the Risk. Here she writes how the Transform programme helped to boost her charity and enable them to influence policy and practice
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Eleven councils sign up to Locality’s new Keep it Local network putting communities at the heart of local services
04 March 2020
This work is in direct response to calls from the small and local charities we fund about the challenges they face when it comes to commissioning
Read moreA week in the life of a Lloyds Bank Foundation Regional Manager
20 February 2020
A week in the life of a Lloyds Bank Foundation Regional Manager
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Jill Baker: The View From the World Out There
04 February 2020
Jill Baker, Director of Development, takes us through her learnings from the first 18 months in the role and explains the work of the Development Directorate
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How charities can help EU citizens they support to access Settled Status and why it’s important
31 January 2020
Our Public Afffairs and Programmes Officer Rachel Cain writes how charities can help vulnerable people they support access EU Settled Status, even if they do not specialise in migration issues
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