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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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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

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How the Charity Excellence Framework can help small charities

How the Charity Excellence Framework can help small charities

01 February 2024

To help small charities develop, we piloted the use of the Charity Excellence Framework (CEF) to help charities identify areas they want to prioritise so that we can find the right support for them.

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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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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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Learnings and reflections from three years of working with people and communities

28 November 2023

Our online event attracted over 120 people who are involved or interested in bringing about systemic change in their communities. We summarise their views on how to bring about local change.

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People from communities at a workshop meeting for local change

How we evaluated the first three years of working with communities

21 November 2023

Helen Highley shares how consultancy Brightpurpose have been evaluating the Foundation’s work to strengthen local services and systems in six communities across England and Wales. 

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People at charity Triangular in Gateshead

Black and minoritised ethnic led charities receive £3m in funding thanks to Lloyds Bank Foundation

09 November 2023

Black and minoritised ethnic led charities receive £3m in funding thanks to Lloyds Bank Foundation

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How we’ve responded to feedback from small charities…

07 November 2023

Through regular monitoring, evaluation, and learning from our work we aim to improve our support to small and local charities.

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Lloyds Bank Foundation opens £6.3m funding to specialist charities

18 October 2023

Small specialist charities supporting people to overcome complex issues are invited to apply for unrestricted grants of £75,000 alongside a range of tailored development support.

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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 

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