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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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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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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Questions and answers from our learning from our practice event
12 October 2022
On 3rd October 2022 we hosted an event to share our learning from the last five years of our funding practice. We received some great questions from the audience at this event which we've answered
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Our Infrastructure Programme
22 January 2021
Infrastructure is important at the best of times, but the crisis has cemented the role of infrastructure organisations in making sure charities can continue to support people who need them
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Lloyds Bank Foundation launch new national Infrastructure Fund
24 August 2020
Lloyds Bank For England and Wales launch their new Infrastructure Fund. Here, Caroline Howe, Policy and National Programme Manager, discusses the approach and thinking behind the fund.
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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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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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Caroline Howe: How Lloyds Bank Foundation selected charities and partnerships for its Reform Justice National Criminal Justice Programme
30 January 2020
Caroline Howe: How Lloyds Bank Foundation selected charities and partnerships for its Reform Justice National Criminal Justice Programme
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