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What we're up to

Selected articles

Who is furthest from being In a Good Place?

27 May 2026

The Good Place Index suggests 15.6 million people in England and 860,000 people in Wales are not in a good place.

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How will we know more people are In a Good Place?

27 May 2026

We are committed to openly sharing our impact and our learnings throughout our strategy. Our first year 'Learning OKRs' are available.

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Our Chief Executive, Matt Hyde delivers welcoming speech at the Civil Society Covenant

18 July 2025

We sponsored the Civil Society Covenant at the Science Museum, to explore how Government, civil society and the impact economy can achieve more in partnership. Read Matt's opening speech in full. 

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Our refreshed commitments to being an open and trusting funder

25 February 2025

The changes we have made to our grant processes to ensure that we are a flexible funder and better meeting the needs of charities.

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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.

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Deaf and Disabled people's organisation co-design workshop

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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Paul Streets, CEO of Lloyds Bank Foundation

Paul Streets: A parting eulogy to the voluntary and not-for-profit sector

13 June 2024

In his final Third Sector blog as Chief Executive of Lloyds Bank Foundation, Paul Streets sums up his big picture view of the voluntary sector.

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Paul Streets, CEO Lloyds Bank Foundation

Small charities must meet overwhelming need – and try to change the system

23 May 2024

Paul Streets, our CEO, considers the contracting roller coaster of many local charities as a result of state and public sector commissioners that prove themselves to be fickle fair-weather friends.

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Advocating for more social housing in Wales

30 April 2024

Kelly Huxley-Roberts, Wales Policy and Partnerships Manager, shares some of the comments and recommendations we have shared in response to the Senedd’s inquiry into social housing supply in Wales.

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