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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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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.

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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£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.

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

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.

Duncan Shrubsole At Work And Pensions Committee Benefits Levels Oral Evidence Session

Universal Credit Deductions at the Work and Pensions Committee

14 September 2023

Duncan Shrubsole, our Director of Policy, Communications and Research, talks about Universal Credit deductions at Work and Pensions Committee oral evidence session

Deaf and Disabled people's organisation co-design workshop

Our approach to designing the Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations funding programme

19 July 2023

We discuss co-designing our d/Deaf and Disabled People's Organisation programme and changes we have made to our approach to funding

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£1.5m collaboration funding programme launched to support impactful change locally

05 July 2023

This funding programme will support local collaborations around three key issues: social security system, access to suitable accommodation, and support for asylum seekers and refugees.