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News and blogs

Keep up with the latest news affecting small and local charities and views from our expert teams and partners.

Selected articles

Matt Hyde CEO

Scouts CEO Matt Hyde OBE to become new Lloyds Bank Foundation CEO

22 March 2024

Matt Hyde will join Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales as their next CEO

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How we are supporting Disabled and neurodivergent people in the workplace

20 March 2024

Gemma Goymer, Head of HR, shares what we have done to become a more inclusive and accessible workplace for Disabled and neurodivergent people.

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Funding the work that needs to be done in Wales

15 March 2024

Considering this year’s challenging UK and Welsh Government budgets, our Wales Policy & Partnerships Manager, Kelly Huxley-Roberts, shares what’s next for our work in Wales.

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International Women’s Day: Inspiring Inclusion in the workplace

05 March 2024

As part of International Women’s Day, Gemma Goymer, Head of HR at Lloyds Bank Foundation, shares what we have been doing to become a more inclusive organisation and how this has benefitted women.

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Paul Streets, CEO Lloyds Bank Foundation

Redefining the narrative on compassion in an election year

09 February 2024

As a sector, we need to act together if we are to work towards a national narrative that puts compassion before self-interest, which is surely what our sector is all about.

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Paul Streets, CEO Lloyds Bank Foundation

The quiet tenacity of small charities

29 November 2023

Paul Streets visited addiction charity High Level (Northern) Trust where he meet staff and the people they support that showed how small charities are filling the gaps when society fails to provide.

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Trustee visit to modern slavery charity Ella's

06 November 2023

Charlotte Davis, Human Rights Manager at Lloyds Banking Group, shares her experience of being a trustee for modern slavery charity Ella’s

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Paul Streets, CEO of Lloyds Bank Foundation

Hope and optimism in Great Yarmouth

16 October 2023

Our Chief Executive, Paul Streets, recently visited the town and saw some of the community-led solutions to homelessness.

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Duncan Shrubsole At Work And Pensions Committee Benefits Levels Oral Evidence Session

Universal Credit Deductions at the Work and Pensions Committee

14 September 2023

Duncan Shrubsole, our Director of Policy, Communications and Research, talks about Universal Credit deductions at Work and Pensions Committee oral evidence session 

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Deaf and Disabled people's organisation co-design workshop

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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