News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
Volunteering during the COVID-19 Crisis
05 June 2020
For #VolunteersWeek 2020, our Local Implementation Lead, Harriet Ballance looks at the incredible way volunteers and local communities have come together during the COVID-19 crisis.
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An update on our Covid-19 support
27 May 2020
We’ve made some changes to our grant programme over the last couple of months and some explanation of the changes and thoughts about how we move forward would be useful.
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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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Ask a Regional Manager – February 2020
19 February 2020
Our Ask a Regional Manager column lets you ask questions anonymously. Ask us about what we fund, who we fund, and why.
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Jill Baker: The View From the World Out There
04 February 2020
Jill Baker, Director of Development, takes us through her learnings from the first 18 months in the role and explains the work of the Development Directorate
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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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Lloyds Bank Foundation announces new investment of £2.5m in charities seeking to influence and improve the criminal justice system
28 January 2020
Lloyds Bank Foundation announces new investment of £2.5m in charities seeking to influence and improve the criminal justice system
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Duncan Shrubsole: Why we're investing to help specialist charities fix a broken criminal justice system
28 January 2020
Reform Justice: Investing to help specialist charities fix a broken criminal justice system
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How charities can influence commissioning
10 December 2019
How charities can influence commissioning
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