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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.

Selected articles

Finding the Good: How commissioning in Wales can work better for everyone

11 July 2025

Our Finding the Good project sparked important cross-sector conversations about how to improve commissioning in Wales so that everyone can get the support that they need, when they need it.

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Equipping neurodivergent and disabled people to turn their passions into businesses

21 March 2025

Logan, a young person supported by our charity partner SAMEE, shares how he has been supported to set up his own business and gain more independence.

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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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A chalk drawing of a man going up a set of stairs with the words 'What next?' written

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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Professional headshot of Nicole Skyes, new PCR Director at Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales

Nicole Sykes appointed as new Director of Policy, Communications and Research

11 October 2024

Nicole will join the Foundation and lead and shape it's influencing work, overseeing research, and championing small charities

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Research reveals women seeking asylum are experiencing high levels of coercion and control in hotel accommodation

25 September 2024

Andrea Vukovic, Deputy Director at Women for Refugee Women, shares key findings from their recently published report into the treatment of women seeking asylum in hotel accommodation.

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How we're supporting charities impacted by the riots

16 August 2024

We’re immensely saddened to see the violent actions of far-right groups against Muslim, migrant and racialised communities and the charities who are led by and support them.

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Charities responding to the far-right riots

07 August 2024

We’ve been speaking to charities we partner with about the impact the far-right riots have had on them, their staff and their communities.

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Our response to the riots

05 August 2024

The violent riots that we have seen unfold across the country over the weekend are deplorable. We stand in solidarity with the people, communities and charities impacted by these violent acts.

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