News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
Organisational Resilience: The story so far...
06 November 2020
As part of our work to help small charities survive and thrive, we launched an organisational resilience programme in 2019. Read our findings so far
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How do you fix a broken system?
02 November 2020
New report sets out 12 lessons for successful systems change from impactful domestic abuse perpetrator programme
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Research calls for local areas – not DWP – to run employment support
27 October 2020
The COVID pandemic has led to hundreds of thousands of people falling out of work, and millions more facing uncertainty about their jobs in the coming months.
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Accessing mental health services during COVID-19: adapted services, complex needs and increase in demand
21 May 2020
Derbyshire Federation for Mental Health support those with complex mental health needs. Here, Rona Rawson discusses how they've adapted their services to meet demand.
Read moreHow mental health charities like Improving Lives are responding to impact of COVID-19
18 May 2020
Victoria Burrows, CEO of mental health charity Improving Lives, discusses the importance of raising awareness of shortage of funding during Mental Health Awareness Week 2020
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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
Read moreA week in the life of a Lloyds Bank Foundation Regional Manager
20 February 2020
A week in the life of a Lloyds Bank Foundation Regional Manager
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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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How charities can influence commissioning
10 December 2019
How charities can influence commissioning
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‘Top 5 lessons for charity mentors’
14 November 2019
‘Top 5 lessons for charity mentors’
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