News and blogs
Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.
Selected articles
New data resource from leading voluntary sector bodies shows small charities are delivering vital services despite shrinking government funding in the lead up to the pandemic
10 December 2020
Small frontline charities faced years of funding cuts leaving many in a precarious financial position coming into the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Lessons learnt from Changing Lives, Changing Systems report in partnership with Social Finance
10 November 2020
On 4th November, we shared our learnings from the latest report by Social Finance and Lloyds Bank Foundation, Changing Lives, Changing Systems: Lessons from Reducing and Preventing Domestic Abuse.
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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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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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Ask a Regional Manager – October 2019
21 October 2019
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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Ask a Regional Manager – September 2019
30 September 2019
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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‘Grantmakers need to be flexible to better support small and local charities’
04 September 2019
‘Grantmakers need to be flexible to better support small and local charities’
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Ask a Regional Manager – August 2019
28 August 2019
Ask a Regional Manager – August 2019
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