This funding is focused on supporting small, local, specialist charities that understand the complexity of the issues people face and are best placed to make a genuine difference to people’s lives.  

Specialist charities with an income of between £25,000 and £500,000 can can apply for three-year unrestricted grants of £75,000.

There are eight themes to this funding of:

• Addiction
• Asylum Seekers and Refugees
• Care Leavers
• Domestic Abuse
• Homelessness
• Offending
• Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
• Trafficking and Modern Slavery

In total, 83 grants will be made under this programme this year.

To apply, your organisation must be able a registered charity or CIO and be able to demonstrate in-depth services, person-centred services and personal plans for the people you support.

Priority will be given to those which demonstrate a deep understanding of additional barriers and a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion , as well as lived experience/service user involvement, trauma-informed work and strengths-based practice.   

The Foundation is also keen to work with charities that can benefit the most from partnering with them, which includes funding, support to develop, and access to resources.    

A recording of a Q&A webinar held on 19 November will be available to view.

You can also schedule a 30 minute appointment to speak to someone from their team before you submit an application.  

Application guidance will be available to download in Easy Read format, large print format and Welsh by the end of November 2024.  

Accessibility support of up to £500 can be provided to apply, such as a scribes, dyslexia software, language, or BSL interpreter.  

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday 23 January 2024.

Find out more and apply at the Lloyds Bank Foundation Specialist Programme webpage.