Lloyds Bank Foundation: Specialist Programme
This programme is for small, local, specialist charities supporting people facing complex issues.
Under this programme we will support charities to strengthen their capacity and capabilities and become more resilient through a range of tailored development support offers alongside a three-year unrestricted grant of £75,000.
Learn more about this programme
We are committed to supporting charities that help people experiencing complex issues that don’t have simple solutions, such as homelessness, domestic abuse and addiction. These complex issues make life much harder for people, deepening trauma, impacting their health, leading to poverty and destitution, and preventing people from being able to fulfil their potential.
Under this programme, successful applicants will receive a grant of £75,000 over three years, along with a breadth of tailored support aimed at helping strengthen charities and building the knowledge, skills and capabilities of their staff and trustees.
Number of grants we will award:
This year, we will make 83 grants across England and Wales and across the eight themes.
Understand your eligibility:
We have several ways for you to check your eligibility for funding under this programme.
To see if your small charity meet initial eligibility requirements, please take our eligibility quiz
We will be holding a live webinar on 19 November 2024 to talk through the programme. This will include eligibility and shortlisting criteria. There will be an opportunity to ask questions live. You can learn more and sign up for this webinar by clicking here.
If you still have questions after reading the guidelines and completing the eligibility quiz, you can book a meeting to speak to someone from our team before you submit an application.
Application process:
If you are eligible to apply for funding, you can start your application process by clicking ‘Apply now’ on the relevant theme below. After you’ve entered your details on our sign-up form, you will be sent a link to access the application form in our online portal where we will ask you questions about your charity’s work.
You can find an example of the questions in this Word document to help you prepare and draft answers.
Accessibility support:
The application guidance will be available to download in Easy Read format, large print format and Welsh by the end of November 2024.
We can fund up to £500 of accessibility support to enable you to apply for this programme, including:
- BSL interpreters
- Language translation
- Scribes
- Dyslexia software
Please email us at [email protected] or 0370 411 1223 to let us know of your specific requirements. Unfortunately, we do not provide funding for external bid-writers.