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Lloyds Bank Foundation
Racial equity programme
This programme is aimed at registered charities and CICs which are led by and working with people who are experiencing economic inequity because of their race or ethnicity.
Your organisation will be led by the communities you serve, working with people over the long term to help them break free from poverty and achieve their potential. Your organisation will be directly delivering services that help people from racially minoritised communities experiencing significant economic disadvantage.
Under this programme, successful applicants will receive a grant of £75,000 over three years (£25,000 per year), along with a breadth of tailored support aimed at helping strengthen charities and building the knowledge, skills and capabilities of their staff and trustees. Learn more about what to expect from working with us in this way.
The grants will be unrestricted, meaning that you will be able to use the grant to support any costs that further your organisation’s social purpose.
Deadline for applications: 29th May 2025
More information on our website here
Contact Gary Beharrell at gbeharrell@lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk if you wish to discuss further.
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Local Collaborations Programme
This programme will support collaborations led by small charities seeking to influence and achieve local or regional change around improving the social security system, improving access to suitable accommodation, and support for asylum seekers and refugees. Collaborations can apply for grants of £100,000 over two years.
This programme is aimed at supporting impactful collaborations that are led by small and local charities that have the specialist knowledge, compassion for people, and the drive to push for long lasting change.
We are awarding flexible grants of £100,000 over two years. Collaborations will have the opportunity to extend by a further year and additional £50,000. We anticipate making grants to 15 collaborations in this round of funding.
This is the second round of funding for this programme. Learn more about the collaborations funded in the first round here, and the experiences of one of local collaborations funding under the programme in our blog.
Themes we’re funding under this programme:
We would expect your influencing work to align with at least one of these themes:
- making the social security system work better for those facing the greatest challenges.
- making sure people facing complex issues have access to suitable accommodation.
- improving support and services for asylum seekers and refugees.
This funding cannot be used to fund direct delivery of services and is exclusively to support partnerships to influence locally and regionally.
Learn more about basic eligibility on our website. For full guidance information and how we will work with you, please download the full guidance document.
Deadline for initial expression of interest: 5pm, 30 April 2025
More information on our website here
Contact collaborations@lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk. If you have further questions.