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Our Research

We are championing the value of small charities nationally, regionally and locally, using research and the evidence we gather from those we work with

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Lessons for Funder Practice

  • October 2022
  • Research
  • Evaluations
  • Good Practice Guides

This report sets out eight lessons in funder practice from the work of Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales from 2018 to 2022. During the five years of our strategy 'Reaching Further', the collision of unprecedented social, health and economic crises brought both the strength and fragility of civil society into sharp focus - funders and frontline charities alike. We want to highlight th...

360 Giving

  • August 2022
  • Data

We are working with 360Giving to make data about our grant-making freely accessible.

Deductions Driver of Poverty

  • May 2022
  • Research
  • Frontline Services

The case for reform of deductions from Universal Credit payments

How to be wrong

  • March 2022
  • Research
  • Systems Change
  • Good Practice Guides

It’s hard to make change happen without learning from what hasn’t worked. That is why we co-funded research alongside Sport England and organised by Ratio, pulling together our reading, thinking and discussions on how to learn from mistakes.

Charities responding to COVID Summer 21

  • August 2021
  • Small Charities
  • Research
  • Covid

This report builds on the previous two - published in May and December 2020 respectively and how small charities have fared since the first national lockdown in March 2020. This provides a snapshot of the experiences of small charities throughout the crisis.

Rebalancing the Relationship

  • March 2021
  • Research
  • Charity Finances
  • Good Practice Guides

In 2018, NCVO, ACEVO and Lloyds Bank Foundation launched a project to address competition and collaboration. The findings from this project and considerations for practice are laid out within this report and are based on significant engagement with organisations across the voluntary sector.

The Value of Small in a Big Crisis

  • February 2021
  • Small Charities
  • Social Value
  • Covid

'The Value of Small in a Big Crisis: the distinctive contribution, value and experience of smaller charities in England and Wales during the COVID 19 pandemic' follows on from our 2018 research, The Value of Small and to test the original findings against the pandemic. 

Charities responding to COVID winter update

  • December 2020
  • Research
  • Small Charities
  • Covid

This report presents new and updated research following on from our earlier report this year, 'Small charities responding to COVID-19'.

Charities Responding to COVID

  • December 2020
  • Research
  • Small Charities
  • Covid

Our report presents research into the ways charities have been impacted by the crisis and the critical support they continue to provide people facing complex social issues during the COVID-19 crisis.